New Delhi: India’s wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant, as expected, became the most expensive player to be sold in the Indian Premier League. He was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 27 crore in the mega auction here on Sunday, while captain Shreyas Iyer, who led KKR to the title this year, joined Punjab Kings for Rs 26 crore 75 lakh.
There was fierce competition between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow for Pant. Delhi Capitals first used the Right to Match at Rs 20 crore 75 lakh, but when Lucknow placed the last bid of Rs 27 crore, the Delhi team backed off. Iyer was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 26 crore 75 lakh. There was a competition between Delhi Capitals and Punjab for Iyer for a long time, but in the end, Punjab won. Iyer broke the record of Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc, who was bought by KKR for Rs 24 crore 75 lakh in the last auction.
Here’s the list of the players sold during the IPL 2025 auction:
1. Chennai Super Kings
Devon Conway (6.25 crore), Ravichandran Ashwin (9.75 crores), Rachin Ravindra (4 crores) RTM, Noor Ahmad (10 crores), Khaleed Ahmed (4.80 crores), Rahul Tripathi (3.40), Vijay Shankar (1.20 crores)
2. Kolkata Knight Riders
Venkatesh Iyer (23.75 crore), Quinton de Kock (3.60 crore), Anrich Nortje (6.50 crore), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (2 crore), Angkrish Rashuvanshi (3 crores), Vaibhav Arora (1.80 crore), Mayank Markande (30 Lakh)
3. Mumbai Indians
Trent Boult (12.50 crores), Naman Dhir (5.25 crores), Robin Minz (65 Lakh), Karn Sharma (50 Lakh)
4. Punjab Kings
Arshdeep Singh (Rs 18 crore) RTM, Shreyas Iyer (Rs 26.75 crore), Yuzvendra Chahal (Rs 18 crore), Marcus Stoinis (11 crores), Glenn Maxwell (INR 4.20 crores), Nehal Wadhera (4.20 crore), Harpreet Brar (1.50 crores), Vishnu Vinod (95 lakh), Vijaykumar Vyshak (1.80 crores), Yash Thakur (1.60 crore)
5. Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Liam Livingstone (8.75 crore), Phil Salt (11.50 crore) Jitesh Sharma (INR 11 crore), Josh Hazlewood (12.50 crore), Rasikh Dar (6 crores), Suyash Sharma (2.60 crore)
6. Rajasthan Royals
Jofar Archer (12.50 crore), Maheesh Theekshana (4.40 crore), Wanindu Hasaranga (5.25 crore), Akash Madhwal (1.20 crore), Kumar Kartikeya (30 Lakh)
7. Sunrisers Hyderabad
Mohammed Shami (10 Crore), Ishan Kishan (11.25 crore), Adam Zampa (2.40 crore), Rahul Chahar (3.20 crore), Harshal Patel (8 crores), Atharva Taide (30 lakh), Abhinav Manohar (3.20 crore), Simarjeet Singh (1.50 crore)
8. Gujarat Titans
Kagiso Rabada (10.75 crore), Jos Buttler (15.75 crore), Mohammed Siraj (12.25 crore), Prasidh Krishna (9.50 crore), Nishant Sindhu (30 Lakh), Mahipal Lomror (1.70 crore), Kumar Kushagra (65 Lakh), Anuj Rawat (30 lakh), Manav Suthar (30 lakh)
9. Delhi Capitals
Mitchell Starc (11.75 crore), KL Rahul (14 crore), Jake Fraser-McGurk (9 Crore) RTM, T. Natarajan (10.75 crore), Harry Brook (6.25 crore), Karun Nair (50 Lakh), Sameer Rizvi (95 Lakh), Ashutosh Sharma (3.80 crores), Mohit Sharma (2.20 crores)
10. Lucknow Super Giants
Rishabh Pant (27 crore), David Miller (7.50 crore), Aiden Markram (2 crore), Mitchell Marsh (3.40 crore), Avesh Khan (7.75 crore), Abdul Samad (4.20 crore), Aryan Juyal (30 Lakh)
Unsold Players:
David Warner (2 crores), Devdutt Padikkal (2 crore), Jonny Bairstow (2 crore), Waqar Salamkheil (75 lakhs), Anmolpreet Singh (30 lakh), Yash Dhull (30 lakh), Utkarsh Singh (30 lakh), Upendra Yadav (30 lakh), Luvnith Sisodia (30 lakh), Kartik Tyagi (40 Lakh), Piyush Chawla (50 Lakh), Shreyas Gopal (30 Lakh)
