On the opening day of the IPL 2025 mega auction, Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer were highly sought after, with Pant setting a new record as the most expensive purchase in IPL history.
Pant received a groundbreaking bid of Rs 27 crore from Lucknow Supergiants (LSG), just after Punjab Kings (PBKS) secured Iyer for Rs 26.75 crore.
Shreyas, who captained Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to victory earlier this year, and Delhi Capitals’ (DC) standout player Pant both gained from entering the auction after leaving their previous teams.
While Pant and Shreyas were anticipated to incite bidding wars, Venkatesh Iyer was the day’s biggest surprise, being bought by KKR for Rs 23.75 crore.
Venkatesh, an integral part of Shreyas’ championship-winning KKR team, was reacquired by his old team for an impressive Rs 23.75 crore after they chose not to retain him before the auction. The opening day saw a flurry of crorepatis as numerous uncapped players were in high demand towards the end.
The first day of the thrilling mega auction saw 72 players, including 24 from overseas, sold for a total of Rs 467.95 crore. Only four Right To Match (RTM) cards were utilized, and up to 12 players did not receive any bids.
Chennai Super Kings IPL 2025 squad:
Players Retained: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Rs 18 crore), Ravindra Jadeja (Rs 18 crore), Matheesha Pathirana (Rs 13 crore), Shivam Dube (Rs 12 crore), MS Dhoni (Rs 4 crore).
Players Bought: Noor Ahmad (Rs 10 crore), Ravichandaran Ashwin (Rs 9.75 crore), Devon Conway (Rs 6.25 crore), Khaleel Ahmed (Rs 4.8 crore), Rachin Ravindra (Rs 4 crore), Rahul Tripathi (Rs 3.4 crore), Vijay Shankar (Rs 1.2 crore)
- Purse Left: Rs 15.6 crore
- Overseas Players: 4
- Total Players: 12
Delhi Capitals IPL 2025 squad:
Players Retained: Axar Patel (Rs 16.50 crore), Kuldeep Yadav (Rs 13.25 crore), Tristan Stubbs (Rs 10 crore), Abishek Porel (Rs 4 crore). Players Bought: KL Rahul (Rs 14 crore), Mitchell Starc (Rs 11.75 crore), T Natarajan (Rs 10.75 crore), Jake Fraser-Mcgurk (Rs 9 crore), Harry Brook (Rs 6.25 crore), Ashutosh Sharma (Rs 3.8 crore), Mohit Sharma (Rs 2.2 crore), Sameer Rizvi (Rs 95 Lakh), Karun Nair (Rs 50 Lakh)
- Purse Left: Rs 13.8 crore
- Overseas Players: 4
- Total Players: 13
Gujarat Titans IPL 2025 squad:
Players Retained: Rashid Khan (Rs 18 crore), Shubman Gill (Rs 16.50 crore), Sai Sudharsan (Rs 8.50 crore), Rahul Tewatia (Rs 4 crore), Shahrukh Khan (Rs 4 crore). Players Bought: Jos Buttler (Rs 15.75 crore), Mohammed Siraj (Rs 12.25 crore), Kagiso Rabada (Rs 10.75 crore), Prasidh Krishna (Rs 9.5 crore), Mahipal Lomror (Rs 1.7 crore), Kumar Kushagra (Rs 65 Lakh), Manav Suthar (Rs 30 Lakh) Anuj Rawat (Rs 30 Lakh), Nishant Sindhu (Rs 30 Lakh)
- Purse Left: Rs 17.5 crore
- Overseas Players: 3
- Total Players: 14
Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2025 squad:
Players Retained: Rinku Singh (Rs 13 crore), Varun Chakravarthy (Rs 12 crore), Sunil Narine (Rs 12 crore), Andre Russell (Rs 12 crore), Harshit Rana (Rs 4 crore), Ramandeep Singh (Rs 4 crore). Players Bought: Venkatesh Iyer (Rs 23.75 crore), Anrich Nortje (Rs 6.5 crore), Quinton De Kock (Rs 3.6 crore), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Rs 3 crore), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Rs 2 crore), Vaibhav Arora (Rs 1.8 crore), Mayank Markande (Rs 30 Lakh)
- Purse Left: Rs 10.5 crore
- Overseas Players: 5
- Total Players: 13
Lucknow Super Giants IPL 2025 squad:
Players retained: Nicholas Pooran (Rs 21 crore), Ravi Bishnoi (Rs 11 crore) Mayank Yadav (Rs 11 crore), Mohsin Khan (Rs 4 crore), Ayush Badoni (Rs 4 crore). Players Bought: Rishabh Pant (Rs 27 crore), Avesh Khan (Rs 9.75 crore), David Miller (Rs 7.5 crore), Abdul Samad (Rs 4.2 crore), Mitchell Marsh (Rs 3.4 crore), Aiden Markram (Rs 2 crore), Aryan Juyal (Rs 30 Lakh)
- Purse Left: Rs 14.85 crore
- Overseas Players: 4
- Total Players: 12
Mumbai Indians IPL 2025 squad:
Players Retained: Jasprit Bumrah (Rs 18 crore), Suryakumar Yadav (Rs 16.35 crore), Hardik Pandya (Rs 16.35 crore), Rohit Sharma (Rs 16.30 crore), Tilak Varma (Rs 8 crore). Players Bought: Trent Boult (Rs 12.5 crore), Naman Dhir (Rs 5.25 crore), Robin Minz (Rs 65 Lakh), Karn Sharma (Rs 50 Lakh)
- Purse Left: Rs 26.1 crore
- Overseas Players: 1
- Total Players: 9
Punjab Kings IPL 2025 squad:
Players Retained: Shashank Singh (Rs 5.5 crore), Prabhsimran Singh (Rs 4 crore). Players Bought: Shreyas Iyer (Rs 26.75 crore), Yuzvendra Chahal (Rs 18 crore), Arshdeep Singh (Rs 18 crore), Marcus Stoinis (Rs 11 crore), Nehal Wadhera (Rs 4.2 crore), Glenn Maxwell (Rs 4.2 crore), Vyshak Vijaykumar (Rs 1.8 crore), Yash Thakur (Rs 1.6 crore), Harpreet Brar (Rs 1.5 crore), Vishnu Vinod (Rs 95 Lakh)
- Purse Left: Rs 22.5 crore
- Overseas Players: 2
- Total Players: 12
Rajasthan Royals IPL 2025 squad:
Players retained: Sanju Samson (Rs 18 crore), Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rs 18 crore), Riyan Parag (Rs 14 crore), Dhruv Jurel (Rs 14 crore), Shimron Hetmyer (Rs 11 crore), Sandeep Sharma (Rs 4 crore). Players Bought: Jofra Archer (Rs 12.5 crore), Wanindu Hasaranga (Rs 5.25 crore), Maheesh Theekshana (Rs 4.4 crore), Akash Madhwal (Rs 1.2 crore), Kumar Kartikeya Singh (Rs 30 Lakh)
- Purse Left: Rs 17.35 crore
- Overseas Players: 4
- Total Players: 11
Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2025 squad:
Players Retained: Virat Kohli (Rs 21 crore), Rajat Patidar (Rs 11 crore), Yash Dayal (Rs 5 crore). Players Bought: Josh Hazlewood (Rs 12.5 crore), Phil Salt (Rs 11.5 crore), Jitesh Sharma (Rs 11 crore), Liam Livingstone (Rs 8.75 crore), Rasikh Dar (Rs 6 crore), Suyash Sharma (Rs 2.6 crore)
- Purse Left: Rs 30.65 crore
- Overseas Players: 3
- Total Players: 9
Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2025 squad:
Players Retained: Heinrich Klaasen (Rs 23 crore), Pat Cummins (Rs 18 crore), Abhishek Sharma (Rs 14 crore), Travis Head (Rs 14 crore), Nitish Kumar Reddy (Rs 6 crore). Players Bought: Ishan Kishan (Rs 11.25 crore), Mohammed Shami (Rs 10 crore), Harshal Patel (Rs 8 crore), Abhinav Manohar (Rs 3.2 crore), Rahul Chahar (Rs 3.2 crore), Adam Zampa (Rs 2.4 crore), Simarjeet Singh (Rs 1.5 crore), Atharva Taide (Rs 30 Lakh)
- Purse Left: Rs 5.5 crore
- Overseas Players: 4
- Total Players: 13