Many big records were broken in the IPL 2025 auction. The most expensive purchase was made by Lucknow Supergiants by buying Rishabh Pant for ₹ 27 crore. Earlier, Punjab Kings made a record by buying Shreyas Iyer for ₹ 26.75 crore. Venkatesh Iyer was the most expensive among the non-marquee players. Kolkata Knight Riders brought him back into their squad for ₹23.75 crore. At the same time, big names like David Warner and Devdutt Padikkal remained unsold.
First day of auction:
Marquee Set 1:
Arshdeep Singh (India): ₹2 crore base price, bought by Punjab Kings for ₹18 crore with RTM card.
Kagiso Rabada (SA): Base price of ₹2 crore, bought by Gujarat Titans at ₹10.75 crore
Shreyas Iyer (India): Base price of ₹2 crore, bought by Punjab Kings for ₹26.75 crore.
Jos Buttler (England): ₹2 crore base price, bought by Gujarat Titans for ₹15.75 crore
Mitchell Starc (Australia): Base price of ₹2 crore, bought by Delhi Capitals for ₹11.75 crore
Rishabh Pant (India): Base price of ₹2 crore, bought by Lucknow Supergiants for ₹27 crore.
Marquee Set 2:
Mohammed Shami (India): Base price of ₹2 crore, bought by SRH at ₹10 crore.
Yuzvendra Chahal (India): ₹2 crore base price, bought by PBKS at ₹18 crore.
Mohammed Siraj (India): ₹2 crore base price, bought by GT at ₹12.25 crore.
KL Rahul (India): Base price of ₹2 crore, bought by DC at ₹14 crore.
David Miller (SA): Base price of ₹1.5 crore, bought by LSG at ₹7.5 crore.
Capped Batters 3:
Devadutt Padikkal: ₹2 crore base price, unsold.
David Warner: ₹2 crore base price, unsold.
Devon Conway (New Zealand): ₹2 crore base price, bought by CSK for ₹6.25 crore.
Rahul Tripathi (India): Base price of ₹75 lakh, bought by CSK at ₹3.4 crore.
Capped All-rounders 4:
Venkatesh Iyer (India): ₹2 crore base price, bought by KKR at ₹23.75 crore.
Ravichandran Ashwin (India): ₹2 crore base price, bought by CSK at ₹9.75 crore.
Marcus Stoinis (Australia): ₹2 crore base price, bought by PBKS at ₹11 crore.
On the second day, the rest of the players will be bid in the accelerated auction.