We were promised a mega auction like never before and boy did Jeddah deliver! As many as three players breached the 20 crore mark – it had only been done twice before in 17 years of the IPL – and the Lucknow Super Giants set a new record for most expensive buy with the acquisition of Rishabh Pant for ₹27 crores. Bizarrely, it was the second time the record was broken at the event, given Punjab Kings had acquired Shreyas Iyer for ₹26.75 crores just moments before. An all-new RTM dynamic was at play, and boy did it make for interesting choices – be it inflating Jake-Fraser McGurk’s price to 9 crores or Mumbai Indians refusing to place an improved bid for Shamar Joseph after LSG played the RTM.

All in all, ₹639.15 crores were spent across the two days by all 10 teams combined for 182 players, including 62 foreigners and 120 Indians. Only Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Titans, and Punjab Kings were able to complete their squads of 25 whereas Royal Challengers Bengaluru ended with 75 lakhs to spare, even though they had three slots open. Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals ended with the smallest squads of 20 players each.

The auction was riveting, breathless, and shocking all at once – the perfect storm that arrives every three years! On that note, we sign off for the season and hope to have you back when the mini-auction rolls around in 2025!

Squad size: 20 

Retained Players:

Heinrich Klaasen (₹23 crore)

Pat Cummins (₹18 crore)

Abhishek Sharma (₹14 crore)

Travis Head (₹14 crore)

Nitish Kumar Reddy (₹6 crore)

Auction Buys:

Mohammed Shami (₹10 crore)

Harshal Patel (₹8 crore)

Ishan Kishan (₹11.25 crore)

Rahul Chahar (₹3.2 crore)

Adam Zampa (₹2.4 crore)

Atharva Taide (₹30 lakh)

Abhinav Manohar (₹3.2 crore)

Simarjeet Singh (₹1.5 crore)

Zeeshan Ansari (₹40 Lakh) 

Jaydev Unadkat (₹1 crore)

Brydon Carse (₹1 crore)

Kamindu Mendis (₹75 lakh)

Aniket Verma (₹30 lakh)

Eshan Malinga (₹1.20 Cr)

Digvijay Deshmukh (₹30 lakh)

Sachin Baby (₹30 lakh)

Squad size: 22

Retained Players:

Virat Kohli (₹21 crore)

Rajat Patidar (₹11 crore)

Yash Dayal (₹5 crore)

Auction Buys:

Liam Livingstone (₹8.75 crore)

Phil Salt (₹11.5 crore)

Jitesh Sharma (₹11 crore)

Josh Hazlewood (₹12.5 crore)

Rasikh Dar (₹6 crore)

Suyash Sharma (₹2.60 crore)

Krunal Pandya (5.75 crore)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (₹ 10.75 Crore)

Swapnil Singh (₹50 Lakh) 

Nuwan Thushara (₹1.60 crore)

Romario Shepherd (₹1.50 crore)

Tim David (₹3 crore)

Manoj Bhandage (₹30 lakh)

Jacob Bethell (₹2.60 crore)

Devdutt Padikkal (₹2 crore)

Swastik Chikara (₹30 lakh)

Lungi Ngidi (₹1 crore)

Abhinandan Singh (₹30 lakh)

Mohit Rathee (₹30 lakh)

Squad size: 20

Retained Players:

Sanju Samson (₹18 crore)

Yashasvi Jaiswal (₹18 crore)

Riyan Parag (₹14 crore)

Dhruv Jurel (₹14 crore)

Shimron Hetmyer (₹11 crore)

Sandeep Sharma (₹4 crore)

Auction Buys:

Jofra Archer (₹12.5 crore)

Maheesh Theekshana (₹4.4 crore)

Wanindu Hasaranga (₹5.25 crore)

Akash Madhwal (₹1.20 crore)

Kartikeya Singh (₹30 lakh)

Nitish Rana (₹4.20 crore)

Tushar Deshpande (₹6.50 crore)  

Shubham Dubey (₹80 lakh)

Yudhvir Singh (₹30 lakh)

Fazalhaq Farooqi (₹2 crore)

Vaibhav Suryavanshi (₹1.10 crore)

Kwena Maphaka (₹1.50 crore)

Kunal Rathore (₹30 lakh)

Ashok Sharma (₹30 lakh)

Squad size: 25

Retained Players:

Shashank Singh (₹5.5 crore)

Prabhsimran Singh (₹4 crore)

Auction Buys:

Arshdeep Singh  (₹18 crore)

Shreyas Iyer (₹26.75 crore)

Yuzvendra Chahal (₹18 crore)

Marcus Stoinis (₹11 crore)

Glenn Maxwell (₹4.20 crore)

Nehal Wadhera (₹4.20 crore)

Harpreet Brar (₹1.50 crore)

Vishnu Vinod (₹95 lakh)

Vijaykumar Vyshak (₹1.80 crore)

Yash Thakur (₹1.60 crore)

Marco Jansen (₹7 crore)

Josh Inglis (₹2.60 crore)

Lockie Ferguson (₹2 crore)

Harnur Pannu (₹30 lakh)

Azmatullah Omarzai (₹2.40 crore)

Kuldeep Sen (₹80 lakh)

Priyansh Arya (₹3.80 crore)

Aaron Hardie (₹1.25 crore)

Musheer Khan (₹30 lakh)

Suryansh Shedge (₹30 lakh)

Xavier Bartlett (₹80 lakh)

Pyla Avinash (₹30 lakh)

Pravin Dubey (₹30 lakh)

Squad size: 23

Retained Players:

Jasprit Bumrah (₹18 crore)

Suryakumar Yadav (₹16.35 crore)

Hardik Pandya (₹16.35 crore)

Rohit Sharma (₹16.30 crore)

Tilak Varma (₹8 crore)

Auction Buys:

Trent Boult (₹12.5 crore)

Naman Dhir (₹5.25 crore)

Robin Minz (₹65 lakh)

Karn Sharma (₹50 lakh)

Ryan Rickelton (₹1 crore)

Deepak Chahar (₹9.25 crore) 

Allah Ghazanfar (₹4.80 crore)

Will Jacks (₹5.25 crore)

Ashwani Kumar (₹30 lakh)

Mitchell Santner (₹2 crore)

Reece Topley (₹75 lakh)

Shrijith Krishnan (₹30 lakh)

Raj Angad Bawa (₹30 lakh)

Satyanarayana Raju (₹30 lakh)

Bevon Jacobs (₹30 lakh)

Arjun Tendulkar (₹30 lakh)

Lizaad Williams (₹75 lakh)

Vignesh Puthur (₹30 lakh)

Squad size: 21

Retained Players:

Nicholas Pooran (₹21 crore)

Ravi Bishnoi (₹11 crore)

Mayank Yadav (₹11 crore)

Mohsin Khan (₹4 crore)

Ayush Badoni (₹4 crore)

Auction Buys:

Rishabh Pant (₹27 crore)

David Miller (₹7.25 crore)

Aiden Markram (₹2 crore)

Mitchell Marsh (₹3.4 crore)

Avesh Khan (₹9.75 crore)

Abdul Samad (₹9.25 crore)

Aryan Juyal (₹30 lakh)

Akash Deep (₹8 crore)  

Himmat Singh (₹30 lakh)  

Manimaran Siddharth(₹75 lakh) 

Digvesh Singh (₹30 lakh) 

Shahbaz Ahmad (₹2.4 crore)

Akash Singh (₹30 lakh) 

Shamar Joseph (₹75 lakh) 

Prince Yadav (₹30 lakh) 

Yuvraj Chaudary (₹30 lakh)

Rajvardhan Hangargekar (₹30 lakh)

Arshin Kulkarni (₹30 lakh)

Matthew Breetzke (₹30 lakh)

Squad size: 21

Retained Players:

Rinku Singh (₹13 crore)

Varun Chakaravarthy (₹12 crore)

Sunil Narine (₹12 crore)

Andre Russell (₹12 crore)

Harshit Rana (₹4 crore)

Ramandeep Singh (₹4 crore)

Auction Buys:

Venkatesh Iyer (₹23.75 crore)

Quinton de Kock (₹3.6 crore)

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (₹2 crore)

Anrich Nortje (₹6.5 crore)

Angkrish Raghuvanshi (₹3 crore)

Vaibhav Arora (₹1.80 crore)

Mayank Markande (₹30 lakh)

Rovman Powell (₹1.5 crore)

Manish Pandey (₹75 lakh) 

Spencer Johnson (₹2.80 crore)

Luvnith Sisodia (30 L)

Ajinkya Rahane (₹1.50 crore)

Moeen Ali (₹2 Crore)

Anukul Roy (₹40 lakh)

Umran Malik (₹75 lakh)

Squad size: 25

Retained Players:

Rashid Khan (₹18 crore)

Shubman Gill (₹16.5 crore)

Sai Sudharsan (₹8.5 crore)

Rahul Tewatia (₹4 crore)

Shahrukh Khan (₹4 crore)

Auction Buys:

Kagiso Rabada (₹10.75 crore)

Jos Buttler (₹15.75 crore)

Mohammed Siraj (₹12.25 crore)

Prasidh Krishna (₹9.5 crore)

Nishant Sindhu (₹30 lakh)

Mahipal Lomror (₹1.70 crore)

Kumar Kushagra (₹65 lakh)

Anuj Rawat (₹30 lakh) 

Manav Suthar (₹30 lakh)

Washington Sundar (₹3.20 crore)  

Gerald Coetzee (₹2.40 crore) 

Sherfane Rutherford (₹2.60 crore) 

Ishant Sharma (₹75 lakhs)

Sai Kishore (₹2 crore)

Gurnoor Singh Brar (₹1.30 crore)

Mohd. Arshad Khan (₹1.30 crore)

Jayant Yadav (₹75 lakh)

Glenn Phillips (₹2.00 crore) 

Karim Janat (₹75 lakh)

Kulwant Khejroliya (₹30 lakh)

Squad size: 23

Retained Players:

Axar Patel (₹16.5 crore)

Kuldeep Yadav (₹13.25 crore)

Tristan Stubbs (₹10 crore)

Abishek Porel (₹4 crore)

Auction Buys:

Mitchell Starc (₹11.75 crore)

KL Rahul (₹14 crore)

Harry Brook (₹6.25 crore)

Jake-Fraser McGurk (₹9 crore)

T Natarajan (₹10.75 crore)

Karun Nair (₹50 lakh)

Sameer Rizvi (₹95 lakh)

Ashutosh Sharma (₹3.80 crore)

Mohit Sharma (₹2.20 crore)

Faf du Plessis (₹2 Crore)

Mukesh Kumar (₹8 crore)  

Darshan Nalkande (₹30 Lakh) 

Vipraj Nigam (₹50 Lakh)

Dushmantha Chameera (₹75 Lakh)

Donnovon Ferrira (₹75 Lakh)

Ajay Mandal (₹30 lakh)

Manvanth Kumar (₹30 lakh)

Tripurana Vijay (₹30 lakh)

Madhav Tiwari (₹40 lakh)

Squad size: 25

Retained Players:

Ruturaj Gaikwad (₹18 crore)

Matheesha Pathirana (₹13 crore)

Shivam Dube (₹12 crore)

Ravindra Jadeja (₹18 crore)

MS Dhoni (₹4 crore)

Auction Buys:

Devon Conway (₹6.25 crore)

Rahul Tripathi (₹3.40 crore)

Rachin Ravindra (₹4 crore)

Ravichandran Ashwin (₹9.75 crore)

Khaleel Ahmed (₹4.80 crore)

Noor Ahmad (₹10 crore)

Vijay Shankar (₹1.20 crore)

Sam Curran (₹ 2.40 Crore)

Mukesh Choudhary (₹30 lakh)

Shaik Rasheed (₹30 lakh)

Anshul Kamboj (₹3.40 crore)

Deepak Hooda (₹1.70 crore)

Gurjapneet Singh (₹2.20 crore)

Nathan Ellis (₹2 crore)

Jamie Overton (₹1.5 crore)

Kamlesh Nagarkoti (₹30 lakh)

Ramakrishna Ghosh (₹30 lakh)

Shreyas Gopal (₹30 lakh)

Vansh Bedi (₹55 lakh)

Andre Siddharth (₹30 lakh)

It's time to have a look at all the teams and how they've done in the IPL mega-auction 2025.

RCB gets him him at INR 30 L. This was the last player of the mega auction and they're done with 75 Lakhs left in the bank. 

The Kerela player goes to MI for 30 L. They've 20 L left with 23 players., and done with the auction.

The Rajasthan pacer who was with KKR in the previous edition goes to RR. They have 30 L remaining.

The U19 pacer is up for taking. Unfortunately, he goes unsold.

The particular player will go to RCB.

The South African pacer who returned from injury recently, will donn the RCB jersey this year.

The SA bowler goes unsold.

The MP-based pacer belongs to 'Ava De'. GT have 15 Lakhs left but they're done with 25 players. it's over for the Titans.

The UP pacer who has donned the KKR and GT jersey earlier is up. Unfortunately, he goes unsold.

The South African pacer is up and goes to MI for his base price of INR 75 L.

The left-arm pacer goes to MI for INR 30 L. He's back at home.

The player goes to RR for INR 30 L. 

We are all set for the final phase of the mega auction.

Squad size: 20 

Retained Players:

Heinrich Klaasen (₹23 crore)

Pat Cummins (₹18 crore)

Abhishek Sharma (₹14 crore)

Travis Head (₹14 crore)

Nitish Kumar Reddy (₹6 crore)

Auction Buys:

Mohammed Shami (₹10 crore)

Harshal Patel (₹8 crore)

Ishan Kishan (₹11.25 crore)

Rahul Chahar (₹3.2 crore)

Adam Zampa (₹2.4 crore)

Atharva Taide (₹30 lakh)

Abhinav Manohar (₹3.2 crore)

Simarjeet Singh (₹1.5 crore)

Zeeshan Ansari (₹40 Lakh) 

Jaydev Unadkat (₹1 crore)

Brydon Carse (₹1 crore)

Kamindu Mendis (₹75 lakh)

Aniket Verma (₹30 lakh)

Eshan Malinga (₹1.20 Cr)

Digvijay Deshmukh (₹30 lakh)

Sachin Baby (₹30 lakh)

Remaining Purse: ₹2.35 crore

Retained Players:

Virat Kohli (₹21 crore)

Rajat Patidar (₹11 crore)

Yash Dayal (₹5 crore)

Auction Buys:

Liam Livingstone (₹8.75 crore)

Phil Salt (₹11.5 crore)

Jitesh Sharma (₹11 crore)

Josh Hazlewood (₹12.5 crore)

Rasikh Dar (₹6 crore)

Suyash Sharma (₹2.60 crore)

Krunal Pandya (5.75 crore)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (₹ 10.75 Crore)

Swapnil Singh (₹50 Lakh) 

Nuwan Thushara (₹1.60 crore)

Romario Shepherd (₹1.50 crore)

Tim David (₹3 crore)

Manoj Bhandage (₹30 lakh)

Jacob Bethell (₹2.60 crore)

Devdutt Padikkal  (₹2 crore)

Swastik Chikara (₹30 lakh)

Remaining Purse: ₹0.90 crore

Retained Players:

Sanju Samson (₹18 crore)

Yashasvi Jaiswal (₹18 crore)

Riyan Parag (₹14 crore)

Dhruv Jurel (₹14 crore)

Shimron Hetmyer (₹11 crore)

Sandeep Sharma (₹4 crore)

Auction Buys:

Jofra Archer (₹12.5 crore)

Maheesh Theekshana (₹4.4 crore)

Wanindu Hasaranga (₹5.25 crore)

Akash Madhwal (₹1.20 crore)

Kartikeya Singh (₹30 lakh)

Nitish Rana (₹4.20 crore)

Tushar Deshpande (₹6.50 crore)  

Shubham Dubey (₹80 lakh)

Yudhvir Singh (₹30 lakh)

Fazalhaq Farooqi (₹2 crore)

Vaibhav Suryavanshi (₹1.10 Crore)

Kwena Maphaka (₹ 1.50 Crore)

Squad size: 25

Retained Players:

Shashank Singh (₹5.5 crore)

Prabhsimran Singh (₹4 crore)

Auction Buys:

Arshdeep Singh  (₹18 crore)

Shreyas Iyer (₹26.75 crore)

Yuzvendra Chahal (₹18 crore)

Marcus Stoinis (₹11 crore)

Glenn Maxwell (₹4.20 crore)

Nehal Wadhera (₹4.20 crore)

Harpreet Brar (₹1.50 crore)

Vishnu Vinod (₹95 lakh)

Vijaykumar Vyshak (₹1.80 crore)

Yash Thakur (₹1.60 crore)

Marco Jansen (₹7 crore)

Josh Inglis (₹2.60 crore)

Lockie Ferguson (₹2 crore)

Harnur Pannu (₹30 lakh)

Azmatullah Omarzai (₹2.40 crore)

Kuldeep Sen (₹80 lakh)

Priyansh Arya (₹3.80 crore)

Aaron Hardie (₹1.25 crore)

Musheer Khan (₹30 lakh)

Suryansh Shedge (₹30 lakh)

Xavier Bartlett (₹80 lakh)

Pyla Avinash (₹30 lakh)

Pravin Dubey (₹30 lakh)

Remaining Purse: ₹1.55 crore

Retained Players:

Jasprit Bumrah (₹18 crore)

Suryakumar Yadav (₹16.35 crore)

Hardik Pandya (₹16.35 crore)

Rohit Sharma (₹16.30 crore)

Tilak Varma (₹8 crore)

Auction Buys:

Trent Boult (₹12.5 crore)

Naman Dhir (₹5.25 crore)

Robin Minz (₹65 lakh)

Karn Sharma (₹50 lakh)

Ryan Rickelton (₹1 crore)

Deepak Chahar (₹9.25 crore) 

Allah Ghazanfar (₹4.80 crore)

Will Jacks (₹5.25 crore)

Ashwani Kumar (₹30 lakh)

Mitchell Santner (₹2 crore)

Reece Topley (₹75 lakh)

Shrijith Krishnan (₹30 lakh)

Raj Angad Bawa (₹30 lakh)

Satyanarayana Raju (₹30 lakh)

Bevon Jacobs (₹30 lakh)

Squad size: 21

Retained Players:

Nicholas Pooran (₹21 crore)

Ravi Bishnoi (₹11 crore)

Mayank Yadav (₹11 crore)

Mohsin Khan (₹4 crore)

Ayush Badoni (₹4 crore)

Auction Buys:

Rishabh Pant (₹27 crore)

David Miller (₹7.25 crore)

Aiden Markram (₹2 crore)

Mitchell Marsh (₹3.4 crore)

Avesh Khan (₹9.75 crore)

Abdul Samad (₹9.25 crore)

Aryan Juyal (₹30 lakh)

Akash Deep (₹8 crore)  

Himmat Singh (₹30 lakh)  

Manimaran Siddharth(₹75 lakh) 

Digvesh Singh (₹30 lakh) 

Shahbaz Ahmad (₹2.4 crore)

Akash Singh (₹30 lakh) 

Shamar Joseph (₹75 lakh) 

Prince Yadav (₹30 lakh) 

Yuvraj Chaudary (₹30 lakh)

Rajvardhan Hangargekar (₹30 lakh)

Arshin Kulkarni (₹30 lakh)

Matthew Breetzke (₹30 lakh)

Squad size: 21

Retained Players:

Rinku Singh (₹13 crore)

Varun Chakaravarthy (₹12 crore)

Sunil Narine (₹12 crore)

Andre Russell (₹12 crore)

Harshit Rana (₹4 crore)

Ramandeep Singh (₹4 crore)

Auction Buys:

Venkatesh Iyer (₹23.75 crore)

Quinton de Kock (₹3.6 crore)

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (₹2 crore)

Anrich Nortje (₹6.5 crore)

Angkrish Raghuvanshi (₹3 crore)

Vaibhav Arora (₹1.80 crore)

Mayank Markande (₹30 lakh)

Rovman Powell (₹1.5 crore)

Manish Pandey (₹75 lakh) 

Spencer Johnson (₹2.80 crore)

Luvnith Sisodia (30 L)

Ajinkya Rahane (₹1.50 crore)

Moeen Ali (₹2 Crore)

Anukul Roy (₹40 lakh)

Umran Malik (₹75 lakh)

Remaining Purse: ₹0.45 crore

Retained Players:

Rashid Khan (₹18 crore)

Shubman Gill (₹16.5 crore)

Sai Sudharsan (₹8.5 crore)

Rahul Tewatia (₹4 crore)

Shahrukh Khan (₹4 crore)

Auction Buys:

Kagiso Rabada (₹10.75 crore)

Jos Buttler (₹15.75 crore)

Mohammed Siraj (₹12.25 crore)

Prasidh Krishna (₹9.5 crore)

Nishant Sindhu (₹30 lakh)

Mahipal Lomror (₹1.70 crore)

Kumar Kushagra (₹65 lakh)

Anuj Rawat (₹30 lakh) 

Manav Suthar (₹30 lakh)

Washington Sundar (₹3.20 crore)  

Gerald Coetzee (₹2.40 crore) 

Sherfane Rutherford (₹2.60 crore) 

Ishant Sharma (₹75 lakhs)

Sai Kishore (₹2 crore)

Gurnoor Singh Brar (₹1.30 crore)

Mohd. Arshad Khan (₹1.30 crore)

Jayant Yadav (₹75 lakh)

Glenn Phillips (₹2.00 crore) 

Karim Janat (₹75 lakh)

Squad size: 23

Retained Players:

Axar Patel (₹16.5 crore)

Kuldeep Yadav (₹13.25 crore)

Tristan Stubbs (₹10 crore)

Abishek Porel (₹4 crore)

Auction Buys:

Mitchell Starc (₹11.75 crore)

KL Rahul (₹14 crore)

Harry Brook (₹6.25 crore)

Jake-Fraser McGurk (₹9 crore)

T Natarajan (₹10.75 crore)

Karun Nair (₹50 lakh)

Sameer Rizvi (₹95 lakh)

Ashutosh Sharma (₹3.80 crore)

Mohit Sharma (₹2.20 crore)

Faf du Plessis (₹2 Crore)

Mukesh Kumar (₹8 crore)  

Darshan Nalkande (₹30 Lakh) 

Vipraj Nigam (₹50 Lakh)

Dushmantha Chameera (₹75 Lakh)

Donnovon Ferrira (₹75 Lakh)

Ajay Mandal (₹30 lakh)

Manvanth Kumar (₹30 lakh)

Tripurana Vijay (₹30 lakh)

Madhav Tiwari (₹40 lakh)

Squad size: 25

Retained Players:

Ruturaj Gaikwad (₹18 crore)

Matheesha Pathirana (₹13 crore)

Shivam Dube (₹12 crore)

Ravindra Jadeja (₹18 crore)

MS Dhoni (₹4 crore)

Auction Buys:

Devon Conway (₹6.25 crore)

Rahul Tripathi (₹3.40 crore)

Rachin Ravindra (₹4 crore)

Ravichandran Ashwin (₹9.75 crore)

Khaleel Ahmed (₹4.80 crore)

Noor Ahmad (₹10 crore)

Vijay Shankar (₹1.20 crore)

Sam Curran (₹ 2.40 Crore)

Mukesh Choudhary (₹30 lakh)

Shaik Rasheed (₹30 lakh)

Anshul Kamboj (₹3.40 crore)

Deepak Hooda (₹1.70 crore)

Gurjapneet Singh (₹2.20 crore)

Nathan Ellis (₹2 crore)

Jamie Overton (₹1.5 crore)

Kamlesh Nagarkoti (₹30 lakh)

Ramakrishna Ghosh (₹30 lakh)

Shreyas Gopal (₹30 lakh)

Vansh Bedi (₹55 lakh)

Andre Siddharth (₹30 lakh)

Potentially the final break before we resume for one last leg of the accelerated auction.

The 20-year-old from Nagaland finds no takers.

A bidding war after long -- DC and MI both go after Madhav.

Hardly a war though as MI make just a solitary bid before DC snap him up for 40 lakhs.

And that is them done -- a squad of 23 with 20 lakhs to spare!!!

Base price of 30 lakh for the spin-bowling all-rounder. No bidders until the very last where Delhi take him for base price. 

DC just have 60 lakhs remaining now.

The Baroda all-rounder goes unsold for the second time today.

Base price of 30 lakhs for the little-heard of Kiwi big hitter.

Mumbai snap him up for 30 lakhs -- the scouting network clearly in action there.

The young pacer of U-19 World Cup fame is up in the room once again.

And he goes unsold once again.

The veteran Afghan pace-bowling all-rounder is up for grabs.

Gujarat's love affair with Afghans continues -- they snap him up at base price!!! That leaves them with just 45 lakhs.

The 22-year-old batter from Delhi finds no takers.

Base price of 75 lakhs.

No paddles go up.

No takers for the seamer from South Africa.

No takers yet again for the Madhya Pradesh pacer.

A pace-bowling all-rounder with the ability to hit big, the Karnataka youngster heads to DC for 30 lakh.

The in-trend Australian opener is up next -- a Big Bash League great. But a base price of 1.50 crore means he finds no takers.

The 25-year-old Baroda batter has no takers.

Delhi Capitals acquire Mandal for base price.

Punjab bid once and that is enough to seal the deal.

THAT IS THEIR 25 PLAYERS DONE!!!

THE TEAM THAT CAME IN WITH THE BIGGEST PURSE ENDS WITH 35 LAKHS TO SPARE!!!

The Proteas wicket-keeper has been doing well in the SA20. But it is not enough to get him an IPL contract.

The young Proteas quick that took the U-19 World Cup by storm.

This time there is a race to speak of between RCB and RR.

RR push the price up to 95 lakh.

RCB seem to be having fun as they round it up to one crore. Giggles all around whereas the Royals look tensed as ever. 

Up to 1.20 crore now. Rajasthan keep going for now.

RCB push it up once again.

But now they are finally done.

RR have sheepish smiles on their faces, they know they have been outplayed but take Maphaka all the same for 1.50 crore!!!

Another big base price of 1.50 crore. Ony RCB and RR are in the race.

But there is no race to speak of.

A base price of 1.25 crores. Four teams are eligible -- DC, RR, MI, and RCB.

No takers for the Zimbabwean all-rounder.

Gus Atkinson of Lord's fame is upon us.

A huge base price of two crores, only RCB and RR have the money to place bids.

But neither do and the Englishman goes unsold.

No takers for the Windies opener.

Base price is 75 lakhs for the Proteas opener.

Lucknow make the bid. 

And that is them done. The franchise finishes with 24 players and 10 lakhs in the kitty!!!

The veteran spinner with 44 matches of IPL experience is in the house.

No bidders.

Karnataka wicket-keeper up for sale now.

No takers amongst the seven teams still alive in the race.

The U-19 opener was with LSG last and the franchise snap him up once again for base price.

All eyes on Rajasthan Royals, the stocks of the Mumbaikar have risen steeply over the past two years.

Shocking -- no bids and he goes unsold!!!

Lucknow Super Giants take the pacer for base price.

Chennai get in on the action first. One bid is enough to secure the 18-year-old Tamil Nadu batter's services.

AND THAT IS 25 PLAYERS DONE FOR CSK WITH FIVE LAKHS TO SPARE!!!

Hyderabad place the first bid for the veteran batter.

It turns out to be the only bid.

An asking price of 75 lakh. That means SRH cannot bid for their former player.

But KKR can, as they do, and that is them done in the auction!!!

All they have remaining is five lakhs which is practically meaningless.

Base price of two crore, meaning only three teams can bid for him.

KKR raise their paddle first, and seal the deal for two crores!!! Another huge grin on Venky Mysore's face!!!

It is Baby AB time!!!

Evidently the teams do not share the same enthusiasm, the Proteas goes unsold.

The former CSK player's name is back in the market. But he is met with dead silence once again.

Another round of silence.

Come on MI, do it for the memes!!!

Such spoilsports, Tendulkar goes unsold!!!

The Saurashtra wicket-keeper returns to the mix. And goes unsold yet again.

Second time lucky for Bedi as both SRH and CSK bid.

Hilarious scenes here as CSK's bid reads 55 lakh, thus automatically disqualifying SRH from the race since they only have 50 lakh remaining in their kitty!!!

Bidding is open once again for the spin-bowling all-rounder.

Kolkata place the first bid for their former player. Delhi counter.

KKR deliberate and place another bid. That is enough to bring the man back to Eden Gardens!!!

Mann goes unsold for the second time today.

Even though he has just a solitary professional T20 appearance to his name, RCB take the gamble on the young batter and snap him up for base price.

Wait, there is some confusion here. Delhi are saying they bid for Chikara too but RCB believe nothing can be done once the gavel ahs been banged. The Capitals have no option but to concede.

Delhi snap up the Proteas wicket-keeper batter at his base price of 75 lakh.

A pace bowling all-rounder -- perhaps the rarest commodity in Indian cricket.

Even so, Shardul finds no takers.

Nearly 200 IPL games and 5,000 runs, Rahane is a man of many talents. But are they in demand anymore?

Kolkata take him back at base price and Venky Mysore flashes the brightest smile since the auction began!!! 

Bidding for the Kiwi all-rounder to begin from 2 crores.

Gujarat Titans take that opportunity. Teams look done here, no resistance once again. 

One of the most experienced batters in IPL history. 2,661 runs in 127 games.

But that number will stay put for the near future, he goes unsold at one crore.

No hesitation for CSK in placing the first bid.

He heads to the Chepauk-based franchise for the base price of 30 lakh.

Another Indian veteran in Piyush Chawla. He proved at MI he can still be effective as an impact player.

No takers this time though.

Kolkata place the first bid for the wicket-keeper batter.

And snap him up for 30 lakh.

No takers for the former SRH man despite a paltry base price of 30 lakh.

One of the all-time IPL greats now. The highest-scoring foreign player in tournament history.

And he goes unsold for the second time in two days.

We begin the accelerated rounds with Devdutt.

Base price of two crores.

RCB have asked for a moment. And they place the first bid.

Devdutt is spared the blushes, he will wear RCB colours once again in 2025!!!

We have some news: a plethora of big names are all set to come up in the accelerated auction -- from Mayank Agarwal, Ajinkya Rahane, Devdutt Padikkal, and Shardul Thakur to David Warner, Moeen Ali, Kane Williamson, and Glenn Phillips.

One player that won't feature though is Prithvi Shaw -- what a sad end to such a promising career, at least for the time being.

It's time for a break before the accelerated auction kicks off.

Remaining Purse: ₹0.50 crore

Retained Players:

Heinrich Klaasen (₹23 crore)

Pat Cummins (₹18 crore)

Abhishek Sharma (₹14 crore)

Travis Head (₹14 crore)

Nitish Kumar Reddy (₹6 crore)

Auction Buys:

Mohammed Shami (₹10 crore)

Harshal Patel (₹8 crore)

Ishan Kishan (₹11.25 crore)

Rahul Chahar (₹3.2 crore)

Adam Zampa (₹2.4 crore)

Atharva Taide (₹30 lakh)

Abhinav Manohar (₹3.2 crore)

Simarjeet Singh (₹1.5 crore)

Zeeshan Ansari (₹40 Lakh) 

Jaydev Unadkat (₹1 crore)

Brydon Carse (₹1 crore)

Kamindu Mendis (₹75 lakh)

Aniket Verma (₹30 lakh)

Eshan Malinga (₹1.20 Cr)

Digvijay Deshmukh (₹30 lakh)

Remaining Purse: ₹4.65 crore

Retained Players:

Virat Kohli (₹21 crore)

Rajat Patidar (₹11 crore)

Yash Dayal (₹5 crore)

Auction Buys:

Liam Livingstone (₹8.75 crore)

Phil Salt (₹11.5 crore)

Jitesh Sharma (₹11 crore)

Josh Hazlewood (₹12.5 crore)

Rasikh Dar (₹6 crore)

Suyash Sharma (₹2.60 crore)

Krunal Pandya (5.75 crore)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (₹ 10.75 Crore)

Swapnil Singh (₹50 Lakh) 

Nuwan Thushara (₹1.60 crore)

Romario Shepherd (₹1.50 crore)

Tim David (₹3 crore)

Manoj Bhandage (₹30 lakh)

Jacob Bethell (₹2.60 crore)

Remaining Purse: ₹2.40 crore

Retained Players:

Sanju Samson (₹18 crore)

Yashasvi Jaiswal (₹18 crore)

Riyan Parag (₹14 crore)

Dhruv Jurel (₹14 crore)

Shimron Hetmyer (₹11 crore)

Sandeep Sharma (₹4 crore)

Auction Buys:

Jofra Archer (₹12.5 crore)

Maheesh Theekshana (₹4.4 crore)

Wanindu Hasaranga (₹5.25 crore)

Akash Madhwal (₹1.20 crore)

Kartikeya Singh (₹30 lakh)

Nitish Rana (₹4.20 crore)

Tushar Deshpande (₹6.50 crore)  

Shubham Dubey (₹80 lakh)

Yudhvir Singh (₹30 lakh)

Fazalhaq Farooqi (₹2 crore)

Vaibhav Suryavanshi (₹1.10 Crore)

Remaining Purse: ₹0.95 crore

Retained Players:

Shashank Singh (₹5.5 crore)

Prabhsimran Singh (₹4 crore)

Auction Buys:

Arshdeep Singh  (₹18 crore)

Shreyas Iyer (₹26.75 crore)

Yuzvendra Chahal (₹18 crore)

Marcus Stoinis (₹11 crore)

Glenn Maxwell (₹4.20 crore)

Nehal Wadhera (₹4.20 crore)

Harpreet Brar (₹1.50 crore)

Vishnu Vinod (₹95 lakh)

Vijaykumar Vyshak (₹1.80 crore)

Yash Thakur (₹1.60 crore)

Marco Jansen (₹7 crore)

Josh Inglis (₹2.60 crore)

Lockie Ferguson (₹2 crore)

Harnur Pannu (₹30 lakh)

Azmatullah Omarzai (₹2.40 crore)

Kuldeep Sen (₹80 lakh)

Priyansh Arya (₹3.80 crore)

Aaron Hardie (₹1.25 crore)

Musheer Khan (₹30 lakh)

Suryansh Shedge (₹30 lakh)

Xavier Bartlett (₹80 lakh)

Pyla Avinash (₹30 lakh)

Remaining Purse: ₹1.85 crore

Retained Players:

Jasprit Bumrah (₹18 crore)

Suryakumar Yadav (₹16.35 crore)

Hardik Pandya (₹16.35 crore)

Rohit Sharma (₹16.30 crore)

Tilak Varma (₹8 crore)

Auction Buys:

Trent Boult (₹12.5 crore)

Naman Dhir (₹5.25 crore)

Robin Minz (₹65 lakh)

Karn Sharma (₹50 lakh)

Ryan Rickelton (₹1 crore)

Deepak Chahar (₹9.25 crore) 

Allah Ghazanfar (₹4.80 crore)

Will Jacks (₹5.25 crore)

Ashwani Kumar (₹30 lakh)

Mitchell Santner (₹2 crore)

Reece Topley (₹75 lakh)

Shrijith Krishnan (₹30 lakh)

Raj Angad Bawa (₹30 lakh)

Satyanarayana Raju (₹30 lakh)

Remaining Purse: ₹1.45 crore

Retained Players:

Nicholas Pooran (₹21 crore)

Ravi Bishnoi (₹11 crore)

Mayank Yadav (₹11 crore)

Mohsin Khan (₹4 crore)

Ayush Badoni (₹4 crore)

Auction Buys:

Rishabh Pant (₹27 crore)

David Miller (₹7.25 crore)

Aiden Markram (₹2 crore)

Mitchell Marsh (₹3.4 crore)

Avesh Khan (₹9.75 crore)

Abdul Samad (₹9.25 crore)

Aryan Juyal (₹30 lakh)

Akash Deep (₹8 crore)  

Himmat Singh (₹30 lakh)  

Manimaran Siddharth(₹75 lakh) 

Digvesh Singh (₹30 lakh) 

Shahbaz Ahmad (₹2.4 crore)

Akash Singh (₹30 lakh) 

Shamar Joseph (₹75 lakh) 

Prince Yadav (₹30 lakh) 

Yuvraj Chaudary (₹30 lakh)

Remaining Purse: ₹5 crore

Retained Players:

Rinku Singh (₹13 crore)

Varun Chakaravarthy (₹12 crore)

Sunil Narine (₹12 crore)

Andre Russell (₹12 crore)

Harshit Rana (₹4 crore)

Ramandeep Singh (₹4 crore)

Auction Buys:

Venkatesh Iyer (₹23.75 crore)

Quinton de Kock (₹3.6 crore)

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (₹2 crore)

Anrich Nortje (₹6.5 crore)

Angkrish Raghuvanshi (₹3 crore)

Vaibhav Arora (₹1.80 crore)

Mayank Markande (₹30 lakh)

Rovman Powell (₹1.5 crore)

Manish Pandey (₹75 lakh) 

Spencer Johnson (₹2.80 crore)

Remaining Purse: ₹3.20 crore

Retained Players:

Rashid Khan (₹18 crore)

Shubman Gill (₹16.5 crore)

Sai Sudharsan (₹8.5 crore)

Rahul Tewatia (₹4 crore)

Shahrukh Khan (₹4 crore)

Auction Buys:

Kagiso Rabada (₹10.75 crore)

Jos Buttler (₹15.75 crore)

Mohammed Siraj (₹12.25 crore)

Prasidh Krishna (₹9.5 crore)

Nishant Sindhu (₹30 lakh)

Mahipal Lomror (₹1.70 crore)

Kumar Kushagra (₹65 lakh)

Anuj Rawat (₹30 lakh) 

Manav Suthar (₹30 lakh)

Washington Sundar (₹3.20 crore)  

Gerald Coetzee (₹2.40 crore) 

Sherfane Rutherford (₹2.60 crore) 

Ishant Sharma (₹75 lakhs)

Sai Kishore (₹2 crore)

Gurnoor Singh Brar (₹1.30 crore)

Mohd. Arshad Khan (₹1.30 crore)

Jayant Yadav (₹75 lakh)

Remaining Purse: ₹2.25 crore

Retained Players:

Axar Patel (₹16.5 crore)

Kuldeep Yadav (₹13.25 crore)

Tristan Stubbs (₹10 crore)

Abishek Porel (₹4 crore)

Auction Buys:

Mitchell Starc (₹11.75 crore)

KL Rahul (₹14 crore)

Harry Brook (₹6.25 crore)

Jake-Fraser McGurk (₹9 crore)

T Natarajan (₹10.75 crore)

Karun Nair (₹50 lakh)

Sameer Rizvi (₹95 lakh)

Ashutosh Sharma (₹3.80 crore)

Mohit Sharma (₹2.20 crore)

Faf du Plessis (₹2 Crore)

Mukesh Kumar (₹8 crore)  

Darshan Nalkande (₹30 Lakh) 

Vipraj Nigam (₹50 Lakh)

Dushmantha Chameera (₹75 Lakh)

Remaining Purse: ₹1.20 crore

Retained Players:

Ruturaj Gaikwad (₹18 crore)

Matheesha Pathirana (₹13 crore)

Shivam Dube (₹12 crore)

Ravindra Jadeja (₹18 crore)

MS Dhoni (₹4 crore)

Auction Buys:

Devon Conway (₹6.25 crore)

Rahul Tripathi (₹3.40 crore)

Rachin Ravindra (₹4 crore)

Ravichandran Ashwin (₹9.75 crore)

Khaleel Ahmed (₹4.80 crore)

Noor Ahmad (₹10 crore)

Vijay Shankar (₹1.20 crore)

Sam Curran (₹ 2.40 Crore)

Mukesh Choudhary (₹30 lakh)

Shaik Rasheed (₹30 lakh)

Anshul Kamboj (₹3.40 crore)

Deepak Hooda (₹1.70 crore)

Gurjapneet Singh (₹2.20 crore)

Nathan Ellis (₹2 crore)

Jamie Overton (₹1.5 crore)

Kamlesh Nagarkoti (₹30 lakh)

Ramakrishna Ghosh (₹30 lakh)