The much-awaited IPL auction got underway today in Jeddah Saudi Arabia and the first 12 players in the marquee set saw a lot of franchises splurge a lot of money with Rishabh Pant becoming the most expensive player in the auction history. He went to Lucknow Super Giants for a whopping amount of Rs 27 crore while Shreyas Iyer was picked up by Punjab Kings for Rs 26.75 crore.
Arshdeep Singh was the first player to go under the hammer at the auction and as many as six teams went for him. Eventually, Punjab Kings used the Right to Match card for him for Rs 18 crore. Kagiso Rabada was the next one at the auction and turned out to be the first pick of Gujarat Titans as they managed to secure him for Rs 10.75 crore.
Jos Buttler played for Rajasthan Royals before the mega auction but will now turn up for the IPL 2022 champions in the next season. The most expensive player from the previous auction, Mitchell Starc suffered a 50% pay cut and went to Delhi Capitals for Rs 11.75 crore.
Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals are the teams to not pick any player so far even as a whopping Rs 180.5 crore have been spent on 12 marquee players.
List of Marquee Players sold in IPL 2025 mega auction
| Player | Team | Sold Price (in crore) |
| Arshdeep Singh | PBKS (RTM) | 18 |
| Kagiso Rabada | GT | 10.75 |
| Shreyas Iyer | PBKS | 26.75 |
| Jos Buttler | GT | 15.75 |
| Mitchell Starc | DC | 11.75 |
| Rishabh Pant | LSG | 27 |
| Mohammed Shami | SRH | 10 |
| David Miller | LSG | 7.5 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | PBKS | 18 |
| Mohammed Siraj | GT | 12.25 |
| Liam Livingstone | RCB | 8.75 |
| KL Rahul | DC | 14 crore |
