The IPL 2025 mega auction will take place on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah. saudi arabiaA total of 1,574 players have signed up for the auction, which includes 1,165 Indian players and 409 international players. Of these, 320 players are capped, 1,224 are uncapped and 30 players are from associate cricket countries. However, only 204 slots are available.
bcci The maximum expenditure limit for each team was fixed at Rs 120 crore. This means that the formation of the team will not cost more than Rs 120 crore. Each IPL franchise can have a squad of maximum 25 players including retained players.
This season, teams were allowed to retain a maximum of six players. Of these, there can be a maximum of five capped players and two uncapped players. Overall, the 10 franchises retained 46 players. The most expensive retention was by Sunrisers HyderabadWho paid a huge price of Rs 23 crore for South African wicketkeeper-batsman Heinrich Klaasen.
After retaining the players, the teams have different amounts left for the IPL 2025 mega auction. Punjab Kings lead the list with the biggest purse of Rs 110.5 crore, followed by Royal Challengers Bangalore with Rs 83 crore and Delhi Capitals with Rs 73 crore. Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants both have Rs 69 crore. defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders Will enter the auction with Rs 51 crore, Chennai Super Kings have Rs 55 crore, while Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians have Rs 45 crore. Moreover, Rajasthan Royals have the smallest purse with Rs 41 crore.
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1. Mumbai Indians Five-time champions Mumbai Indians have retained five players and now have a purse of Rs 45 crore with a Right to Match (RTM) card. Teams had the option of either retaining all six players outright before the auction, or using a mix of outright retention and RTM options during the auction.
The second-highest wicket-taker for Mumbai Indians in IPL history is Jasprit Bumrah, who is the most expensive retainer at Rs 18 crore, followed by Suryakumar Yadav (Rs 16.35 crore). hardik pandya (Rs 16:35 crore), Rohit Sharma (Rs 16:30 crore), and Tilak Verma (Rs 8 crore).
2.Chennai Super Kings
Ruturaj Gaikwad-led Chennai Super Kings also saw five retentions, including Gaikwad (Rs 18 crore), Ravindra Jadeja (Rs 18 crore), Mathisha Pathirana (Rs 13 crore), Shivam Dubey (Rs 12 crore), and former captain MS Dhoni ( Rs 4) are included. Ten million). CSK now has Rs 55 crore and one RTM card left in the auction.
3. Kolkata Knight Riders
Defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders have retained six players Rinku Singh The most expensive (Rs 13 crore). Surprisingly, Shreyas Iyer, who led them to the 2024 title, was not retained. Other key retentions include Sunil Narine, Andre Russell and Varun Chakravarthy for Rs 12 crore each, as well as Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh for Rs 4 crore each. KKR now has a purse of Rs 63 crore left for the auction, but there is no RTM option.
4. Royal Challengers Bangalore
Royal Challengers Bangalore retained three players, including Virat Kohli, who was retained for Rs 21 crore. Rajat Patidar and Yash Dayal were also retained for Rs 11 crore and Rs 5 crore respectively. Eager to claim their maiden IPL title, RCB entered the auction with a purse of Rs 85 crore and three RTM options.
5. Sunrisers Hyderabad
The most expensive retention was by 2016 champions Sunrisers Hyderabad, who retained Heinrich Klaasen for Rs 23 crore. They have retained the other four players pat cummins (Rs 18 crore), Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head (Rs 14 crore each), and Nitish Reddy (Rs 6 crore). Now he is left with Rs 45 crore and an RTM option.
6. Rajasthan Royals
IPL inaugural season champions Rajasthan Royals are left with only Rs 41 crore after spending Rs 79 crore on retention. Yashasvi Jaiswal And captain Sanju Samson has been retained for Rs 18 crore, followed by Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel (Rs 14 crore each), Shimron Hetmyer (Rs 11 crore) and Sandeep Sharma (Rs 4 crore). The Royals surprised everyone by not retaining players like Yuzvendra Chahal and Jos Buttler.
7. Lucknow Super Giants
Lucknow Super GiantsThe most expensive retainer is wicketkeeper-batsman Nicholas Pooran at Rs 21 crore, and it remains to be seen whether the explosive Caribbean cricketer can justify the significant investment made by the team. The other four players retained by LSG are Ravi Bishnoi and Mayank Yadav for Rs 11 crore each, and Mohsin Khan and Ayush Badoni for Rs 4 crore each. LSG now has Rs 69 crore left in the auction and an RTM option.
8. Gujarat Titans
IPL 2022 champions, Gujarat Titans spent Rs 51 crore on five retentions, and now have Rs 69 crore and an RTM option left. After him, Rashid Khan was the most expensive retainer at Rs 18 crore. Shubman Gill (Rs 16.5 crore), B Sai Sudarshan (Rs 8.5 crore), Rahul Tewatia and Shahrukh Khan (Rs 4 crore each).
9. Punjab Kings
Punjab Kings have the biggest purse of Rs 110.5 crore as they have retained only two players – Shashank Singh (Rs 5.5 crore) and Prabhsimran Singh (Rs 4 crore). Having never won an IPL title, the Kings will be hoping to make major changes to the team in the two-day mega auction.
10. Delhi Capitals
It will be interesting to see whether Delhi Capitals will make every effort to bring back their former captain Shreyas Iyer, who has been released by KKR. After retaining Axar Patel (Rs 16.5 crore), Kuldeep Yadav (Rs 13.25 crore), Tristan Stubbs (Rs 10 crore) and Abhishek Porel (Rs 4 crore), they are left with a purse of Rs 76.25 crore and two RTM options. Rishabh Pant He was not retained by the franchise as he decided to step down voluntarily due to some disagreements with the management.
