IPL Auction 2025 was the “Mega Auction” which happens after every four years. It was the sixth mega auction in the history of IPL. The Action was held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 24-25 November of 2024. Total 1,574 players registered for the auction and after the analysis 574 players were shortlisted for the next round of the auction. IPL Auction 2025 succeeded to entertain the cricket fans beyond expectations. Some of the major highlights of the auction gave rise to the new trends in the cricketing world. We are here with all of these amazing trends and news about the auction.
IPL Auction 2025 Highlights: Top Buys And Surprises
If we talk about the major updates from IPL auction 2025 would be the top purchases. Every year teams break the records of highest bid and purchases most expensive player in the IPL history. This year the most expensive player bar got a big spike and set another record of ‘Most expensive purchases ever’.
Rishabh Pant, Most Expensive Player Of IPL History
“Rishabh Pant” has become the most expensive player in IPL history. Teams including LSG, RCB, SRH and DC were in bidding war for Rishabh, Lucknow in the end sealed the deal with ₹27 crore. Making him the most expensive purchase of IPL history. Lucknow already have a left handed explosive batsman ‘Nicholas Pooran’ in their squad. And now Pant will add more strength and aggression in the batting line up of LSG.
Shreyas Iyer Punjab King’s New Captain?
After Rishabh Pant ‘Shreyas Iyer’ also got lots of attention in the IPL mega auction. In the recent IPL edition Shrayas Iyer played for Kolkata Knight Riders. But, Kolkata released him for the mega auction, In the auction Punjab Kings finally won the bidding war at a price of ₹26.75 crore for Shreyas Iyer. After the retirement of ‘Sikhar Dhawan’, Punjab was looking for the player who could lead the team and Shreyas Iyer was the perfect fit for Punjab.
Venkatesh Iyer Back To KKR
‘Venkatesh Iyer’ wasn’t in the list of the retained players of KKR. and many speculations were led to the conclusion that Venkatesh Iyer’s journey ended with KKR. But, KKR surprised all, putting an end to all of the speculations by purchasing back Venkatesh Iyer. KKR brought Venkatesh at ₹23.75 crore, some cricket experts also indicated that KKR is looking for replacement of former captain Shreyas Iyer. But, KKR confirmed that Ajiinkya Rahane is going to be the new captain of KKR.
Top Buys Of IPL Auction 2025
So, in the previous sections we have shown you the top picks which was the highlight of the IPL Auction 2025. Here we’ll go through the overall top picks of the mega auction for the upcoming season of IPL.
S.No
Player
Team
Base Price
Winning Bid
1
Rishabh Pant
LSG
₹2 Crore
₹27 Crore
2
Shreya Iyer
PBKS
₹2 Crore
₹26.75 Crore
3
Venkatesh Iyer
KKR
₹2 Crore
₹23.75 Crore
4
Arshdeep Singh
PBKS
₹2 Crore
₹18 Crore
5
Yuzvendra Chahal
PBKS
₹2 Crore
₹18 Crore
6
Jos Buttler
GT
₹2 Crore
₹15.75 Crore
7
KL Rahul
DC
₹2 Crore
₹14 Crore
8
Trent Boult
MI
₹2 Crore
₹12.50 Crore
9
Jofra Archer
RR
₹2 Crore
₹12.50 Crore
10
Josh Hazlewood
RCB
₹2 Crore
₹12.50 Crore
11
Mohammad Siraj
GT
₹2 Crore
₹12.25 Crore
12
Mitchell Starc
DC
₹2 Crore
₹11.75 Crore
13
Phil Salt
RCB
₹2 Crore
₹11.50 Crore
14
Ishan Kishan
SRH
₹2 Crore
₹11.25 Crore
15
Marcus Stoinis
PBKS
₹2 Crore
₹11 Crore
16
Jitesh Sharma
RCB
₹1 Crore
₹11 Crore
17
T. Natarajan
DC
₹2 Crore
₹10.75 Crore
18
Kagiso Rabada
GT
₹2 Crore
₹10.75 Crore
19
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
RCB
₹2 Crore
₹10.75 Crore
20
Noor Ahmad
CSK
₹2 Crore
₹10 Crore
Controversy Over Rishabh Pant Purchase (Boss Toxic Hai) Meme
After Lucknow Super Giants purchased Rishabh Pant at ₹27 Crore, making him the most expensive player of IPL history. A meme got viral over various social media platforms. Meme was visualizing that KL Rahul is giving advice to Rishabh Pant about his experience in LSG saying “Pay acha hai, Par Boss bahot toxic hai”. Sparked a debate over the internet, actually the incident took place in 2024 IPL edition. When ‘Sanjiv Goenka’ was caught on camera while shouting at KL Rahul. So, this controversy from the auction got lots of attention from the audience. In a recent interaction with Times Now, Goenka admitted that bosses can be tough sometimes when needed.
Retained Players By Teams For IPL 2025
Here is the list of key players retained by every team ahead of IPL 2025. As per rules teams only can retain 6 players maximum because of mega auction. Every franchise submitted the list of retained players before 31 October, 2024.
