First the marquee player, then the batsman, then… know how the bids are made in the mega auction?

IPL 2025: Every cricket fan is eagerly waiting for the IPL 2025 mega auction. Bidding for players is going to be held in Jeddah on 24th and 25th November. The list of marquee players has also been revealed. There are a total of 12 marquee players including Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Jos Buttler, who have been divided into 2 lists. Let us now tell you how players are serialized and bids are placed in the auction.

Who will be the auctioneer in IPL 2025 mega auction?

IPL 2025 mega auction is going to last for 2 days. In such a situation, the question arises that who will conduct the auction? However, till now BCCI has not officially announced the name as to who will be the auctioneer in the mega auction. But, if reports are to be believed, Mallika Sagar, who conducted the auction last season, can once again take up this responsibility. Yes, Mallika Sagar had conducted the auction in IPL 2024 also.

There will be 2 marquee player sets in the beginning

IPL 2025 mega auction will start from 3 pm on 24th and 25th November. This time the first player to be bid on is Jos Buttler. Basically, there will be two marquee players set at the beginning of the auction. Jos Buttler, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh and Mitchell Starc will be in the marquee set 1. Whereas, the second set will have Yuzvendra Chahal, Liam Livingstone, David Miller, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj.

IPL auction process

STEP 1: MARQUEE PLAYERS BID

STEP 2: Batsmen bid

STEP 3: All-rounders bid

STEP 4: Wicketkeeper-batsmen bids

STEP 5: Fast bowlers bid

STEP 6: SPINNER'S BID

STEP 7: Bids for uncapped players

The next day the speech sounds like this again.

Now since this is a mega auction, it will last for 2 days. Just as bidding will take place on the first day, bidding will take place on the next i.e. second day also. Now it remains to be seen who will be the most expensive player this time, because many big names have come to the auction, on whom record-breaking bids are expected.

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