Keshav Maharaj UNSOLD
England spinner Adil Rashid UNSOLD
Vijaykanth Viyaskanth goes UNSOLD, as does Akeal Hosein.
Mujeeb-ur-Rahman goes UNSOLD, but his Afghanistan teammate Allah Ghazanfar will play for the Mumbai Indians, gets a massive bid of ₹4.80 crore.
Lockie Ferguson heading to Punjab Kings for ₹2 crore.
Akash Deep bags a bid of ₹8 crore from the Lucknow Super Giants and will play for them.
Former CSK seamer Deepak Chahar to play for the Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025 as they secure him for ₹9.25 Crore.
Mukesh Kumar stays with Delhi Capitals as they extend the right to match option.
Former purple cap winner Bhuvneshwar Kumar creates a buzz among Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants. Royal Challengers Bengaluru also jumps in. RCB win the bid for B Kumar with a bid of ₹10.75 crore.
South African pacer Gerald Coetzee in next. Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings battle it out. The Titans win the bid as they shell out ₹2.40 crore for Coetzee.
Tushar Deshpande is the first player in Set 16 as Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals go after him. The Royals secure him after plenty of back and forth with CSK, with ₹6.5 crore.
Updates:
Money left with teams after Set 15
CSK - ₹13.20 crore
MI - ₹25.10 crore
RCB - ₹24.90 crore
KKR - ₹ 8.55 crore
SRH - ₹5.15 crore
RR - ₹13.15 crore
PBKS - ₹12.90 crore
DC - ₹11.80 crore
GT - ₹14.30 crore
LSG - ₹14.85 crore
South Africa's Donovan Ferreira also UNSOLD.
Alex Carey is up next, he goes UNSOLD
Josh Inglis heads to Punjab Kings for ₹2.60 crore.
KS Bharat UNSOLD.
Mumbai Indians sign Ryan Rickleton for his base price of ₹1 crore.
Shai Hope goes UNSOLD.
Nitish Rana heading to the Rajasthan Royals for ₹4.20 crore.
All-rounder Krunal Pandya sold to the Royal Challengers Bengaluru for ₹5.75 crore.
Daryl Mitchell goes UNSOLD.
South African left-arm seamer Marco Jansen, also a hard-hitting batter, has a bid now extending up to ₹7 crore.
Sam Curran heading to Chennai Super Kings for ₹2.40 crore
Bidding was starts for Washington Sundar between LSG and GT. Titans win the battle and sign Sundar for ₹3.20 crore
No bidding for Shardul Thakur, former CSK player goes UNSOLD
Prithvi Shaw goes UNSOLD
Mayank Agarwal goes UNSOLD
Ajinkya Rahane goes UNSOLD. No takers for Mumbai captain
Faf Du Plessis Sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹2 crore
Rovman Povell Sold To KKR for ₹1.5 crore
Kiwi Pair of Kane Williamson and Glenn Philips do not find any takers in the auction
MI made the least purchase, adding just four players to the roster on Day 1 of the auction. CSK bolstered their spin attack by bringing back R Ashwin and Noor Ahmad. Gujarat Titans had a number of quality buys which include Buttler, Suraj, Rabada, and Prasidh Krishna. Jofra Archer returns to Rajasthan Royals, while Ishan Kishan will join the Orange Army (SRH)
Devdutt Padikkal, David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Waqar Salamkheil, Yash Dhull, Anmolpreet Singh, Piyush Chawla, Kartik Tyagi, Utkarsh Singh, Luvnith Sisodia, Upendra Singh Yadav, Shreyas Gopal were the couple of names that went unsold on Day 1 and will go for bidding today.
Remaining Purse for IPL 2025 Teams After Day 1 Royal Challengers Bengaluru: ₹30.65 crore Mumbai Indians: ₹26.1 crore Punjab Kings: ₹22.5 crore Gujarat Titans: ₹17.5 crore Rajasthan Royals: ₹17.35 crore Chennai Super Kings: ₹15.6 crore Lucknow Super Giants: ₹14.85 crore Delhi Capitals: ₹13.8 crore Kolkata Knight Riders: ₹10.05 crore Sunrisers Hyderabad: ₹5.15 crore
Welcome to the live coverage of IPL 2025 Mega Auction. 132 players will go under the hammer on Day 2 in Jeddah with teams left with Rs 173.55 cr in their purse. Focus will majorly be on Royal Challengers Bengaluru (₹30.65 crore) and Mumbai Indians (₹26.1 crore).
Preview
Day 2 of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction will begin shortly at the Abady Al-Johar Arena in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The day 1 of the auction saw teams splashing money with Rishabh Pant becoming the costliest player of all time after Lucknow Super Giant signed him for ₹27 crore.
Punjab Kings made headlines by acquiring Shreyas Iyer for ₹26.75 crore and retaining Arshdeep Singh with an RTM for ₹18 crore. KL Rahul was signed by Delhi Capitals for ₹14 crore. There was bidding war between ROyal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders for Venkatesh Iyer. The defending champions (KKR) eventually reclaimed their all-rounder for ₹23.75 crore. The round 2 of the auction is against expected to be battle of intense bidding to secure top players for the upcoming season.
