IPL 2025 auction Day 1: Pant, Shreyas fetch record-breaking bids from LSG, PBKS

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The much-anticipated IPL 2025 mega auction day one has ended as Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player in Indian Premier League history Sunday when he sold for a record INR 27 crore.

A total of 577 players are up for grabs at the two-day auction in Jeddah, with Pant, England veteran James Anderson and New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra among the top names.

The 2023 record of 24.75 crore rupees Kolkata paid to Australian Mitchell Starc was first breached by Punjab Kings, who the IPL said snapped up Shreyas Iyer for a "handsome" 26.75 cr.

Iyer, 29, captained Kolkata Knight Riders to their third IPL crown this year.

But that record rapidly tumbled.

The IPL reported Lucknow Super Giants paid a "gigantic" 27 crore for 27-year-old star keeper Rishabh Pant.

The auction started on a sizzling note when Indian quick Arshdeep Singh's name began a bidding war, which ended with Punjab getting the left-arm pace bowler for 18 crore.

This year, Australian left-arm quick Starc was not retained by Kolkata -- and went to Delhi Capitals for 11.75 crore. 

Gujarat Titans paid 15.75 crore million for England white-ball skipper Jos Buttler, while India pace bowler Mohammed Shami went to Sunrisers Hyderabad for 10 crore.

Shami, 34, has recovered from a foot injury and is expected to join the Test team in the ongoing series in Australia.

The Auction so far..

Uncapped spinners set

RCB snap up Suyash Sharma for 2.6 crore, Karn Sharma returns to MI for 50 lakh, KKR pick Mayank Markande for 30 lakh, Piyush Chawla is unsold, Kumar Kartikeya Singh is a RR as he picked for 30 lakh, Manav Suthar returns to GT for 30 lakh, No takers for Shreyas Gopal.

Uncapped pacers set 

Rasikh Salam Dar to RCB for 6 crore, Akash Madhwal moves to RR for 1.2 crore, Mohit Sharma returns to DC for 2.2 crore, Vyshak Vijaykumar sold to PBKS for 1.8 crore, Vaibhav Arora to KKR for 1.8 crore, Yash Thakur finds a spot at PBKS for 1.6 crore, Kartik Tyagi is unsold, Simarjeet Singh sold to SRH for 1.5 crore.

Uncapped wicketkeepers set 

Kumar Kushagra to GT for 65 lakh, Robin Minz to Mumbai Indians at 65 lakh, Anuj Rawat goes to GT at 30 lakh, Upendra Yadav is unsold, Aryan Juyal to LSG for 30 lakh, Luvnith Sisodia is unsold, Vishnu Vinod sold to PBKS for 95 lakh.

Uncapped allrounders set 

Nishant Sindhu goes to GT for 30 lakh, Sameer Rizvi goes to DC for 95 lakh, Naman Dhir goes to MI for INR 5.25 crore, Abdul Samad sold to LSG for INR 4.20 crore, Harpreet Brar to PBKS for INR 1.50 crore, Vijay Shankar to CSK at 1.2 crore, Mahipal Lomror will play for GT for INR 1.70 crore, Ashutosh Sharma goes to DC for INR 3.80 crore, Utkarsh Singh goes unsold.

Uncapped batters set 1 

Atharva Taide sold to SRH for 30 lakh, Anmolpreet Singh goes unsold, Nehal Wadhera goes to PBKS for 4.20 crore, Angkrish Raghuvanshi goes to KKR for INR 3 crore, Karun Nair goes to DC for 50 lakh, Yash Dhull is unsold, Abhinav Manohar goes to SRH for INR 3.20 crore.

Capped spin bowlers set 

Maheesh Theekshana goes to RR for 4.40 crore, Rahul Chahar to SRH for 3.2 crore, Adam Zampa grabbed by SRH for 2.4 crore, Wanindu Hasaranga goes to RR for 5.25 crore, Waqar Salamkheil goes unsold, Noor Ahmed goes to CSK for INR 10 crore.

Capped fast bowlers set 

Josh Hazlewood sold to RCB for 12.5 crore, Prasidh Krishna to GT for 9.5 crore, Avesh Khan returns to LSG for 9.75 crore, Anrich Nortje to KKR for 6.5 crore, RR fork out 12.5 crore for Jofra Archer, Khaleel Ahmed to join CSK for 4.8 crore, T Natarajan to DC for 10.75 crore, Trent Boult returns to MI for 12.5 crore.

Capped keeper-batters set 

Quinton de Kock moves to KKR for 3.6 crore, Bairstow goes unsold, Phil Salt heads to RCB for 11.5 crore, Rahmanullah Gurbaz returns to KKR for 2 crore, Ishan Kishan goes to SRH 11.25 crore, Jitesh Sharma sold to RCB for 11 crore. 

Capped allrounders set 

Set 3 

Harry Brook returns to DC for 6.25 crore, first player to go unsold in the IPL 2025 mega-auction is Devdutt Padikkal, Aiden Markram to LSG for 2 crore, Devon Conway sold to CSK for 6.25 crore, Rahul Tripathi to CSK for 3.4 crore, David Warner remains unsold, Jake Fraser-McGurk goes to DC 9 crore.

Marquee set no. 2 

Marquee set no. 1 

PBKS use their RTM to get back Arshdeep Singh for 18 crore, GT acquire Rabada for 10.75 crore, Iyer shatters IPL record, sold to PBKS for 26.75 crore, Buttler sold to GT for 15.75 crore, Starc sold to DC for 11.75 crore, Pant sold to LSG for 27 crore as he becomes the most expensive player at an IPL auction. He breaks the record that Iyer had set earlier in this set.

From Auction purchase 

CSK-Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Rachin Ravindra (RTM), R Ashwin, Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmed, Vijay Shankar

GT- Kagiso Rabada, Jos Buttler, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Nishant Sindhu, Mahipal Lomror, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar

KKR- Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Anrich Nortje, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande

RCB- Liam Livingstone, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Salam Dar, Suyash Sharma

LSG- Rishabh Pant, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Mitch Marsh, Avesh Khan, Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal, 

RR- Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya Singh

SRH-Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Atharva Taide, Abhinav Manohar, Simarjeet Singh

DC- Mitch Starc, KL Rahul, Harry Brook, Jake Fraser-McGurk (RTM), T Natarajan, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma

PBKS- Arshdeep Singh (RTM), Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Nehal Wadhera, Harpreet Brar, Vishnu Vinod, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur

MI- Trent Boult, Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Karn Sharma

Here's the final list of players retained by each of the ten IPL franchises for the 2025 season.

Mumbai Indians

5 players retained: Jasprit Bumrah (INR 18 crore), Suryakumar Yadav (INR 16.35 crore), Hardik Pandya (INR 16.35 crore), Rohit Sharma (INR 16.30 crore), Tilak Varma (INR 8 crore)

Sunrisers Hyderabad

5 players retained: Heinrich Klaasen (INR 23 crore), Pat Cummins (INR 18 crore), Abhishek Sharma (INR 14 crore), Travis Head (INR 14 crore), Nitish Kumar Reddy (INR 6 crore)

Chennai Super Kings

5 players retained: Ruturaj Gaikwad (INR 18 crore), Ravindra Jadeja (INR 18 crore), Matheesha Pathirana (INR 13 crore), Shivam Dube (INR 12 crore), MS Dhoni (INR 4 crore)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

3 players retained: Virat Kohli (INR 21 crore), Rajat Patidar (INR 11 crore), Yash Dayal (INR 5 crore)

Delhi Capitals

4 players retained: Axar Patel (INR 16.50 crore), Kuldeep Yadav (INR 13.25 crore), Tristan Stubbs (INR 10 crore), Abishek Porel (INR 4 crore)

Kolkata Knight Riders

6 players retained: Rinku Singh (INR 13 crore), Varun Chakravarthy (INR 12 crore), Sunil Narine (INR 12 crore), Andre Russell (INR 12 crore), Harshit Rana (INR 4 crore), Ramandeep Singh (INR 4 crore)

Rajasthan Royals

6 players retained: Sanju Samson (INR 18 crore), Yashasvi Jaiswal (INR 18 crore), Riyan Parag (INR 14 crore), Dhruv Jurel (INR 14 crore), Shimron Hetmyer (INR 11 crore), Sandeep Sharma (INR 4 crore)

Gujarat Titans

5 players retained: Rashid Khan (INR 18 crore), Shubman Gill (INR 16.50 crore), Sai Sudharsan (INR 8.50 crore), Rahul Tewatia (INR 4 crore), Shahrukh Khan (INR 4 crore)

Lucknow Super Giants

5 players retained: Nicholas Pooran (INR 21 crore), Ravi Bishnoi (INR 11 crore) Mayank Yadav (INR 11 crore), Mohsin Khan (INR 4 crore), Ayush Badoni (INR 4 crore)

Punjab Kings

2 players retained: Shashank Singh (INR 5.5 crore), Prabhsimran Singh (INR 4 crore)