IPL Auction 2025: LSG buys Rishabh Pant for Rs 27 crore; KL Rahul goes to Delhi Capitals for Rs 14 crore [See Full list]

The IPL 2025 mega auction was panned over two days. The 10 franchises spent a whopping Rs 639.15 crore on 182 players over two days.

Some of the major players were sold above Rs 24 crores. Rishabh Pant (Rs 27 crore, LSG), Shreyas Iyer (Rs 26.75 crore, PBKS) and Venkatesh Iyer (Rs 23.75 crore, KKR) were the three most expensive buys.

13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the youngest player to be picked in the IPL auction, with RR roping him in for Rs 1.10 crore.

Yuzvendra Chahal (Rs 18 crore, PBKS) became the most expensive Indian spinner.

Delhi Capitals acquired KL Rahul for Rs 14 crore at the IPL 2025 mega auction held in Jeddah.

Arjun Tendulkar, son of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, was reacquired at his base price of Rs 30 lakh. As far as his career is concerned, he has picked 37 wickets in 17 first-class matches, including a best of 5/25 and an average of 33.51 in domestic cricket. His adaptability is reflected in his List A (21 wickets) and T20 (26 wickets) performances, with a standout T20 spell of 4/10.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK):

Bought:

Ravichandran Ashwin (Rs 9.75 crore), Devon Conway (Rs 6.25 crore), Rachin Ravindra (Rs 4 crore), Rahul Tripathi (Rs 3.40 crore), Khaleel Ahmed (Rs 4.80 crore), Noor Ahmad (Rs 10 crore), Vijay Shankar (Rs 1.20 crore), Sam Curran (Rs 2.40 crore), Anshul Kamboj (Rs 3.40 crore), Gurjapneet Singh (Rs 2.20 crore), Nathan Ellis (Rs 2 crore), Deepak Hooda (Rs 1.70 crore), Mukesh Choudhary (Rs 30 lakh), Shaikh Rasheed (Rs 30 lakh), Vansh Bedi (Rs 55 lakh), Andre Siddharth (Rs 30 lakh), Shreyas Gopal (Rs 30 lakh), Ramakrishna Ghosh (Rs 30 lakh), Kamlesh Nagarkoti (Rs 30 lakh), Shaik Rasheed (Rs 30 lakh).

Retained: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni

Mumbai Indians (MI):

Trent Boult (Rs 12.50 crore), Naman Dhir (Rs 5.25 crore), Ryan Rickelton (Rs 1 crore), Deepak Chahar (Rs 9.25 crore), Will Jacks (Rs 9.25 crore), Allah Ghazanfar (Rs 4.80 crore), Mitchell Santner (Rs 2 crore), Reece Topley (Rs 75 lakh), Ashwani Kumar (Rs 30 lakh), Raj Angad Bawa (Rs 30 lakh), Shrijith Krishnan (Rs 30 lakh), Lizaad Williams (Rs 75 lakh), Arjun Tendulkar (Rs 30 lakh), Bevan Jacobs (Rs 30 lakh), VS Penmetsa (Rs 30 lakh), Robin Minz (Rs 65 lakh), Karn Sharma (Rs. 50 lakh).

Retained: Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma

Rajasthan Royals (RR):

Jofra Archer (Rs 12.50 crore), Maheesh Theekshana (Rs 4.40 crore), Wanindu Hasaranga (Rs 5.25) crore, Tushar Deshpande (Rs 6.5 crore), Nitish Rana (Rs 4.20 crore), Fazalhaq Farooqi (Rs 2 crore), Shubham Dubey (Rs 80 lakh), Yudhvir Charak (Rs 35 lakh), Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Rs 1.10 crore), Ashok Sharma (Rs 30 lakh), Kunal Rathore (Rs 30 lakh), Kwena Maphaka (Rs 1.50 crore), Akash Madhwal (Rs 1.20 crore), Kumar Kartikeya (Rs. 30 lakh).

Retained: Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma

Gujarat Titans (GT):

Jos Buttler (Rs 15.75 crore), Mohammed Siraj (Rs 12.25 crore), Prasidh Krishna (Rs 9.50 crore), Kagiso Rabada (Rs 10.75 crore), Washington Sundar (Rs 3.20 crore), Sherfane Rutherford (Rs 2.60 crore), Gerald Coetzee (Rs 2.40 crore), R Sai Kishore (Rs 2 crore), Gurnoor Singh Brar (Rs 1.30 crore), Mohd. Arshad Khan (Rs 1.30 crore), Jayant Yadav (Rs 75 lakh), Ishant Sharma (Rs 75 lakh), Glenn Phillips (Rs 2 crore), Karim Janat (Rs 75 lakh), Kulwant Khejroliya (Rs 30 lakh), Nishant Sidhu (Rs 30 lakh), Mahipal Lomror (Rs 1.70 crore), Kumar Kushagra (Rs 65 lakh), Anuj Rawat (Rs 30 lakh), Manav Suthar (Rs 30 lakh).

Retained: Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR):

Venkatesh Iyer (Rs 23.75 crore), Anrich Nortje (Rs 6.50 crore), Quinton de Kock (Rs 3.60 crore), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Rs 2 crore), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Rs 3 crore), Vaibhav Arora (Rs 1.80 crore), Spencer Johnson (Rs 2.80 crore), Rovman Powell (Rs 1.50 crore), Manish Pandey (Rs 75 lakh), Moeen Ali (Rs 2 crore), Ajinkya Rahane (Rs 1.50 crore), Umran Malik (Rs 75 lakh), Anukul Roy (Rs 40 lakh), Luvnith Sisodia (Rs 30 lakh), Mayank Markande (Rs. 30 lakh).

Retained: Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh

Delhi Capitals (DC):

KL Rahul (Rs 14 crore), Mitchell Starc (Rs 11.75 crore), Jake Fraser-McGurk (Rs 9 crore), Harry Brook (Rs 6.25 crore), T Natarajan (Rs 10.75 crore), Faf du Plessis (Rs 2 crore), Dushmantha Chameera (Rs 75 lakh), Vipraj Nigam (Rs 50 lakh), Darshan Nalkhande (Rs 30 lakh), Mukesh Kumar (Rs 8 crore), Donovan Ferreira (Rs 75 lakh), Madhav Tiwari (Rs 40 lakh), Tripurana Vijay (Rs 30 lakh), Manvanth Kumar L (Rs 40 lakh), Ajay Mandal (Rs 30 lakh), Sameer Rizvi (Rs 95 lakh), Karun Nair (Rs 50 lakh), Ashutosh Sharma (Rs 3.80 crore), Mohit Sharma (Rs 2.20 crore).

Retained: Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abhishek Porel

Punjab Kings (PBKS):

Shreyas Iyer (Rs 26.75 crore), Yuzvendra Chahal (Rs 18 crore), Arshdeep Singh (Rs 18 crore), Marcus Stoinis (Rs 11 crore), Glenn Maxwell (Rs 4.20 crore), Nehal Wadhera (Rs 4.20 crore), Harpreet Brar (Rs 1.50 crore), Marco Jansen (Rs 7 crore), Priyansh Arya (Rs 3.80 crore), Josh Inglis (Rs 2.60 crore), Azmatullah Omarzai (Rs 2.40 crore), Lockie Ferguson (Rs 2 crore), Aaron Hardie (Rs 1.25 crore), Xavier Bartlett (Rs 80 lakh), Kuldeep Sen (Rs 80 lakh), Pyla Avinash (Rs 30 lakh), Suryansh Shedge (Rs 30 lakh), Musheer Khan (Rs 30 lakh), Harnoor Pannu (Rs 30 lakh), Pravin Dubey (Rs 30 lakh),, Vishnu Vinod (Rs 95 lakh), Vyshak Vijaykumar (Rs 1.80 crore), Yash Thakur (Rs. 1.80 crores).

Retained: Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB):

Josh Hazlewood (Rs 12.50 crore), Phil Salt (Rs 11.50 crore), Jitesh Sharma (Rs 11 crore), Liam Livingstone (Rs 8.75 crore), Rasikh Salam (Rs. 6 crore), Suyash Sharma (Rs. 2.60 crore), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Rs 10.75 crore), Krunal Pandya (Rs 5.75 crore), Tim David (Rs 3 crore), Jacob Bethell (Rs 2.60 crore), Nuwan Thushara (Rs 1.60 crore), Romario Shepherd (Rs 1.50 crore), Swapnil Singh (Rs 50 lakh), Manoj Bhandage (Rs 30 lakh), Devdutt Padikkal (Rs 2 crore), Lungi Ngidi (Rs 1 crore), Mohit Rathee (Rs 30 lakh), Abhinanadan Singh (Rs 30 lakh), Swastik Chhikara (Rs 30 lakh).

Retained: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH):

Ishan Kishan (Rs 11.25 crore), Mohammed Shami (Rs 10 crore), Harshal Patel (Rs 8 crore), Adam Zampa (Rs 2.40 crore), Rahul Chahar (Rs 3.20 crore), Abhinav Manohar (Rs 3.20 crore), Atharva Taide (Rs 30 lakh), Simarjeet Singh (Rs. 1.5 crore), Eshan Malinga (Rs 1.20 crore), Brydon Carse (Rs 1 crore), Jaydev Unadkat (Rs 1 crore), Kamindu Mendis (Rs 75 lakh), Zeeshan Ansari (Rs 40 lakh), Aniket Verma (Rs 30 lakh), Atharva Taide (Rs 30 lakh).

Retained: Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG):

Rishabh Pant (Rs 27 crore), Avesh Khan (Rs 9.75 crore), David Miller (Rs 7.50 crore), Mitchell Marsh (Rs 3.40 crore), Aiden Markram (Rs 2 crore), Akash Deep (Rs 8 crore), Abdul Samad (Rs 4.20 crore), Shahbaz Ahmed (Rs 2.40 crore), Shamar Joseph (Rs 75 lakh), M Siddharth (Rs 75 lakh), Yuvraj Chaudhary (Rs 30 lakh), Prince Yadav (Rs 30 lakh), Akash Singh (Rs 30 lakh), Digvesh Singh (Rs 30 lakh), Himmat Singh (Rs 30 lakh), Arshin Kulkarni (Rs 30 lakh), Rajvardhan Hangargekar (Rs 30 lakh), Matthew Breetzke (Rs 75 lakh), Aryan Juyal (Rs 30 lakh).

Retained: Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni.