On a record-breaking day at a glittering event in Jeddah, the teams broke the banks crossing the Rs 20 crore mark three times at the IPL mega auction 2025 on Sunday. Rishabh Pant emerged as the most expensive player as Lucknow Super Giants splashed a record Rs 27 crore to sign the star Indian batter.
Punjab Kings beat Delhi Capitals to sign the IPL 2024 title-winning captain Shreyas Iyer for Rs 26.75 crore to make him the second-most expensive signing in IPL history. Yuzvendra Chahal and Arshdeep Singh bagged Rs 18 crore each but the star Australian pacer Mitchell Starc was sold for just Rs 11.75 crore to Delhi Capitals.
Ten teams spent a total of Rs 467.95 crore to sign 72 players but 12 failed to attract any bids on Day 1 of the auction. David Warner, the winning captain of the 2017 edition, was among the high-profile names to go unsold in Jeddah.
Among the 12 marquee players, only David Miller and Liam Livingstone failed to trigger a 10-plus crore bid. Chennai Super Kings signed back Devon Conway for just Rs 6.25 crore and also bagged Rahul Tripathi.
Sunrisers Hyderabad signed the veteran pacer Mohammed Shami for Rs 10 crore and spent Rs 8 crore to sign two-time Purple Cap winner Harshal Patel. In another major signing, Chennai Super Kings signed back Ravichandran Ashwin for Rs 9.75 crore - beating Rajasthan Royals in an intense bidding battle.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru signed two quality wicketkeeping options Phil Salt (for 11.50 crore) and Jitesh Sharma (for 11 crore) to significantly strengthen their batting attack.
List of all players sold in the IPL 2025 mega auction day 1
| Sr No | Player | Team | Sold Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arshdeep Singh | PBKS (RTM) | 18 crore |
| 2 | Kagiso Rabada | GT | 10.75 crore |
| 3 | Shreyas Iyer | PBKS | 26.75 crore |
| 4 | Jos Buttler | GT | 15.75 crore |
| 5 | Mitchell Starc | DC | 11.75 crore |
| 6 | Rishabh Pant | LSG | 27 crore |
| 7 | Mohammed Shami | SRH | 10 crore |
| 8 | David Miller | LSG | 7.50 crore |
| 9 | Yuzvendra Chahal | PBKS | 18 crore |
| 10 | Mohammed Siraj | GT | 12.25 crore |
| 11 | Liam Livingstone | RCB | 8.75 crore |
| 12 | KL Rahul | DC | 14 crore |
| 13 | Harry Brook | DC | 6.25 crore |
| 14 | Aiden Markram | LSG | 2 crore |
| 15 | Devon Conway | CSK | 6.25 crore |
| 16 | Rahul Tripathi | CSK | 3.4 crore |
| 17 | Jake Fraser-McGurk | DC | 9 crore |
| 18 | Harshal Patel | SRH | 8 crore |
| 19 | Rachin Ravindra | CSK | 4 crore |
| 20 | Ravichandran Ashwin | CSK | 9.75 crore |
| 21 | Venkatesh Iyer | KKR | 23.75 crore |
| 22 | Marcus Stoinis | PBKS | 11 crore |
| 23 | Mitchell Marsh | LSG | 3.4 crore |
| 24 | Glenn Maxwell | PBKS | 4.2 crore |
| 25 | Quinton de Kock | KKR | 3.6 crore |
| 26 | Phil Salt | RCB | 11.5 crore |
| 27 | Rahmanullah Gurbaz | DC | 2 crore |
| 28 | Ishan Kishan | SRH | 11.25 crore |
| 29 | Jitesh Sharma | RCB | 11 crore |
| 30 | Josh Hazlewood | RCB | 12.5 crore |
| 31 | Prasidh Krishna | GT | 9.5 crore |
| 32 | Avesh Khan | LSG | 9.75 crore |
| 33 | Anrich Nortje | KKR | 6.5 crore |
| 34 | Jofra Archer | RR | 12.5 crore |
| 35 | Khaleel Ahmed | CSK | 4.80 crore |
| 36 | T Natarajan | DC | 10.75 crore |
| 37 | Trent Boult | MI | 12.5 crore |
| 38 | Maheesh Theekshana | RR | 4.4 crore |
| 39 | Rahul Chahar | SRH | 3.2 crore |
| 40 | Adam Zampa | SRH | 2.4 crore |
| 41 | Wanindu Hasaranga | RR | 5.25 crore |
| 42 | Noor Ahmad | CSK | 10 crore |
| 43 | Athrava Taide | SRH | 30 lakh |
| 44 | Nehal Wadhera | PBKS | 4.20 crore |
| 45 | Angkrish Raghuvanshi | KKR | 3 crore |
| 46 | Karun Nair | DC | 50 lakh |
| 47 | Abhinav Manohar | SRH | 3.2 crore |
| 48 | Nishant Sindhu | GT | 30 lakh |
| 49 | Sameer Rizvi | DC | 95 lakh |
| 50 | Naman Dhir | MI | 5.25 crore |
| 51 | Abdul Samad | LSG | 4.20 crore |
| 52 | Harpreet Brar | PBKS | 1.50 crore |
| 53 | Vijay Shankar | CSK | 1.25 crore |
| 54 | Mahipal Lomror | GT | 1.7 crore |
| 55 | Ashutosh Sharma | DC | 3.8 crore |
| 56 | Kumar Kushagra | GT | 65 lakh |
| 57 | Robin Minz | MI | 65 lakh |
| 58 | Anuj Rawat | GT | 30 lakh |
| 59 | Aryan Juyal | LSG | 30 lakh |
| 60 | Vishnu Vinod | PBKS | 95 lakh |
| 61 | Rasikh Salam | RCB | 6 crore |
| 62 | Akash Madhwal | RR | 1.2 crore |
| 63 | Mohit Sharma | DC | 2.2 crore |
| 64 | Vijaykumar Vyshak | PBKS | 1.8 crore |
| 65 | Vaibhav Arora | KKR | 1.8 crore |
| 66 | Yash Thakur | PBKS | 1.6 crore |
| 67 | Simrajeet Singh | SRH | 1.5 crore |
| 68 | Suyash Sharma | RCB | 2.6 crore |
| 69 | Karn Sharma | MI | 50 lakh |
| 70 | Mayank Markande | KKR | 30 lakh |
| 71 | Kumar Kartikeya Singh | RR | 30 lakh |
| 72 | Manav Suthar | GT | 30 lakh |
