Full list of players sold on Day 1 of IPL 2025 mega auction: Rishabh Pant emerges as costliest buy

New Delhi: It was an enthralling opening day at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Sunday as all franchises spent big money on marquee Indian names and top overseas players. Indian wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant emerged as the most expensive buy in IPL auction history after being bought by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for a staggering Rs 27 crore.

Punjab Kings (PBKS) went all out to secure the services of Team India star Shreyas Iyer for Rs 26.75 crore. Iyer was released by the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) despite leading them to a memorable title triumph in IPL 2024 earlier this year. PBKS beat Delhi Capitals in the race to sign Iyer making the most of their big purse at the auction.

PBKS also splurged big to rope in Indian pacer Arshdeep Singh and spinner Yuzvendra Chahal for Rs 18 crore each. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) broke the bank to buy back star all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer for Rs 23.75 crore, making him the 3rd most expensive pick on Day 1 of the auction. KL Rahul was sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 14 crore.

Punjab Kings headed into the IPL 2025 mega auction with the highest purse of Rs 110.50 crore and they bought the most number of players – 10, on Day 1. Punjab Kings spent Rs 88 crore from their overall purse on Day 1 and will head into the second day of the auction with a remaining purse of Rs 22.50 crore. Only 3 teams used RTM options on Day 1 of the auction.

Delhi Capitals exercised RTM to keep Jake Fraser McGruk while Chennai Super Kings used their only RTM to get back Rachin Ravindra. Punjab Kings used the RTM to keep Arshdeep Singh for Rs 18 crore which was also the most expensive RTM used by any team in the IPL 2025 mega auction.

Complete list of players sold at IPL 2025 mega auction on Day 1:

Arshdeep Singh – Rs 18 crore, RTM – PBKS

Kagiso Rabada – Rs 10.75 crore – Gujarat Titans

Shreyas Iyer – Rs 26.75 crore – Punjab Kings

Jos Buttler – Rs 15.75 crore – Gujarat Titans

Mitchell Starc – Rs 11.75 crore – Delhi Capitals

Rishabh Pant – Rs 27 crore – Lucknow Super Giants

Mohammed Shami – Rs 10 crore – SRH

David Miller – Rs 7.5 crore – LSG

Yuzvendra Chahal – Rs 18 crore – Punjab Kings

Mohammed Siraj – Rs 12.25 crore – Gujarat Titans

Liam Livingstone – Rs 8.75 crore – RCB

KL Rahul – Rs 14 crore – Delhi Capitals

Harry Brook – Rs 6.25 crore – Delhi Capitals

Devdutt Padikkal – unsold

Aiden Markram – Rs 2 crore – LSG

Devon Conway – Rs 6.25 crore – CSK

Rahul Tripathi – Rs 3.40 crore – CSK

Jake Fraser-McGurk – Rs 9 crore – DC, RTM

Harshal Patel – Rs 8 crore – SRH

Rachin Ravindra – Rs 4 crore – CSK

R Ashwin – Rs 9.75 crore – CSK

Venkatesh Iyer – Rs 23.75 crore – KKR

Marcus Stoinis – Rs 11 crore – Punjab Kings

Mitchell Marsh – Rs 3.40 crore – LSG

Glenn Maxwell – Rs 4.20 crore – Punjab Kings

Quinton de Kock – Rs 3.60 crore – KKR

Phil Salt – Rs 11.50 crore – RCB

Rahmanullah Gurbaz – Rs 2 crore – KKR

Ishan Kishan – Rs 11.25 crore – SRH

Jitesh Sharma – Rs 11 crore – RCB

Josh Hazlewood – Rs 12.50 crore – RCB

Prasidh Krishna – Rs 9 crore – GT

Avesh Khan – Rs 9.75 crore – LSG

Anrich Nortje – Rs 6.50 crore – KKR

Jofra Archer – Rs 12.50 crore – RR

Khaleel Ahmed – Rs 4.80 crore – CSK

T Natarajan – Rs 10.75 crore – DC

Trent Boult – Rs 12.50 crore – MI

Maheesh Theekshana – Rs 4.40 crore – RR

Rahul Chahar – Rs 3.20 crore – SRH

Adam Zampa – Rs 2.40 crore – SRH

Wanindu Hasaranga – Rs 5.25 crore – RR

Noor Ahmad – Rs 10 crore – CSK

Atharva Taide – Rs 30 lakh – SRH

Anmolpreet Singh – Unsold

Nehal Wadhera – Rs 4.20 crore – PBKS

Angkrish Raghuvanshi – Rs 3 crore – KKR

Karun Nair – Rs 50 lakh – DC

Abhinav Manohar – Rs 3.20 crore – SRH

Nishant Sidhu – Rs 30 lakh – GT

Sameer Rizvi – Rs 95 lakh – DC

Naman Dhir – Rs 5.35 crore – Mumbai Indians (RTM)

Abdul Samad – Rs 4.20 crore – LSG

Harpreet Brar – Rs 1.50 crore – Punjab Kings

Vijay Shankar – Rs 1.20 crore – CSK

Mahipal Lomror – Rs 1.70 crore – GT

Ashutosh Sharma – Rs 3.80 crore – DC

Kumar Kushagra – Rs 65 lakh – Gujarat Titans

Robin Minz – Rs 65 lakh – Mumbai Indians

Anuj Rawat – Rs 30 lakh – Gujarat Titans

Aryan Juyal – Rs 30 lakh – LSG

Upendra Yadav – Unsold

Luvnith Sisodia – Unsold

Vishnu Vinod – Rs 95 lakh – PBKS

Rasikh Dar – Rs 6 crore – RCB

Akash Madhwal – Rs 1.20 crore – RR

Mohit Sharma – Rs 2.40 crore – DC

Vijaykumar Vyshak – Rs 1.80 crore – Punjab Kings

Vaibhav Arora – Rs 1.80 crore – KKR

Yash Thakur – Rs 1.60 crore – Punjab Kings

Simarjeet Singh – Rs 1.50 crore – SRH

Suyash Sharma – Rs 2.60 lakh – RCB

Mayank Markande – Rs 30 lakh – KKR

Kumar Kartikeya – Rs 30 lakh – RR

Manav Suthar – Rs 30 lakh – Gujarat Titans

Complete list of unsold players on Day of IPL 2025 mega auction:

Devdutt Padikkal

David Warner

Jonny Bairstow

Waqar Salamkheli

Anmolpreet Singh

Yash Dhull

Utkarsh Singh

Upendra Yadav

Luvnith Sisodia

Kartik Tyagi

Piyush Chawla

Shreyas Gopal

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