India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant pipped Shreyas Iyer ( ₹26.75 crore) to become the costliest buy in Indian Premier League’s (IPL) history with a ₹27 crore pay cheque from Lucknow Super Giants, while Venkatesh Iyer was the surprise show-stopper as he was bought back for ₹23.75 crore by his former franchise Kolkata Knight Riders on Day 1 of the IPL 2025 mega auction.
Among the overseas players England captain Jos Buttler took home highest amount of money when Gujarat Titans shelled out ₹15.75 crore for him. Altogether 84 names went under the hammer on the day, out of which 12 remained unsold IPL 2025 mega auction so far.
David Warner and Jonny Bairstow were two big names in the list of unsold players.
List of players bought in IPL 2025 auction
Chennai Super Kings: Ravichandran Ashwin ( ₹9.75 crore), Devon Conway ( ₹6.25 crore), Rachin Ravindra ( ₹4 crore), Rahul Tripathi ( ₹3.40 crore), Khaleel Ahmed ( ₹4.80 crore), Noor Ahmad ( ₹10 crore), Vijay Shankar ( ₹1.20 crore)
Purse Remaining: ₹15.60 crore
Mumbai Indians: Trent Boult ( ₹12.50 crore), Naman Dhir ( ₹5.25 crore), Robin Minz ( ₹65 lakh), Karn Sharma (Rs. 50 lakh),
Purse Remaining: ₹26.1 crore
Rajasthan Royals: Jofra Archer ( ₹12.50 crore), Maheesh Theekshana ( ₹4.40 crore), Wanindu Hasaranga ( ₹5.25 crore), Akash Madhwal ( ₹1.20 crore), Kumar Kartikeya ( ₹30 lakh),
Purse Remaining: Rs. 17.35 crore
Gujarat Titans: Jos Buttler ( ₹15.75 crore), Mohammed Siraj ( ₹12.25 crore), Prasidh Krishna ( ₹9.50 crore), Kagiso Rabada ( ₹10.75 crore), Nishant Sidhu ( ₹30 lakh), Mahipal Lomror ( ₹1.70 crore), Kumar Kushagra ( ₹65 lakh), Anuj Rawat ( ₹30 lakh), Manav Suthar ( ₹30 lakh)
Purse Remaining: Rs. 17.50 crore
Kolkata Knight Riders: Venkatesh Iyer ( ₹23.75 crore), Anrich Nortje ( ₹6.50 crore), Quinton de Kock ( ₹3.60 crore), Rahmanullah Gurbaz ( ₹2 crore), Angkrish Raghuvanshi ( ₹3 crore), Vaibhav Arora ( ₹1.80 crore), Mayank Markande ( ₹30 lakh)
Purse Remaining: Rs. 10.05 crore
Delhi Capitals: KL Rahul ( ₹14 crore), Mitchell Starc ( ₹11.75 crore), Jake Fraser-McGurk ( ₹9 crore), Harry Brook ( ₹6.25 crore), T Natarajan for ₹10.75 crore, Sameer Rizvi ( ₹95 lakh), Karun Nair ( ₹50 lakh), Ashutosh Sharma ( ₹3.80 crore), Mohit Sharma ( ₹2.20 crore)
Purse Remaining: ₹13.80 crore
Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer ( ₹26.75 crore), Yuzvendra Chahal ( ₹18 crore), Arshdeep Singh ( ₹18 crore), Marcus Stoinis ( ₹11 crore), Glenn Maxwell ( ₹4.20 crore), Nehal Wadhera ( ₹4.20 crore), Harpreet Brar ( ₹1.50 crore), Vishnu Vinod ( ₹95 lakh), Vyshak Vijaykumar ( ₹1.80 crore), Yash Thakur ( ₹1.80 crore)
Purse Remaining: ₹22.50 crore
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Josh Hazlewood (RS 12.50 crore), Phil Salt ( ₹11.50 crore), Jitesh Sharma ( ₹11 crore), Liam Livingstone ( ₹8.75 crore), Rasikh Salam (Rs. 6 crore), Suyash Sharma ( ₹2.60 crore)
Purse Remaining: ₹30.65 crore
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Ishan Kishan ( ₹11.25 crore), Mohammed Shami ( ₹10 crore), Harshal Patel ( ₹8 crore), Adam Zampa ( ₹2.40 crore), Rahul Chahar ( ₹3.20 crore), Abhinav Manohar ( ₹3.20 crore), Atharva Taide ( ₹30 lakh), Simarjeet Singh ( ₹1.5 crore)
Purse Remaining: Rs. 515 crore
Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant ( ₹27 crore), Avesh Khan ( ₹9.75 crore), David Miller ( ₹7.50 crore), Mitchell Marsh ( ₹3.40 crore), Aiden Markram ( ₹2 crore), Aryan Juyal ( ₹30 lakh)
Purse Remaining: Rs. 14.85 crore
List of unsold players with base price
- David Warner ( ₹2 crore)
- Devdutt Padikkal ( ₹2 crore)
- Jonny Bairstow ( ₹2 crore)
- Waqar Salamkheil ( ₹75 lakh)
- Yash Dhull ( ₹30 lakh)
- Anmolpreet Singh ( ₹30 lakh)
- Upendra Yadav – ( ₹30 lakh)
- Luvith Sisodia – ( ₹30 lakh)
- Kartik Tyagi – ( ₹40 lakh)
- Utkarsh Singh – ( ₹30 lakh)
- Piyush Chawla – ( ₹50 lakh)
- Shreyas Gopal – ( ₹30 lakh)
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