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..

On Day 1 of the action-packed mega auction, 72 players, including 24 overseas, were sold for a combined price of Rs 467.95 crore. Only four Right To Match (RTM) cards were used and as many as 12 players failed to attract a bid.

Chennai Super Kings: Players Retained: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Rs 18 crore), Ravindra Jadeja (Rs 18 crore), Matheesha Pathirana (Rs 13 crore), Shivam Dube (Rs 12 crore), MS Dhoni (Rs 4 crore).

Players Bought: Noor Ahmad (Rs 10 crore), Ravichandaran Ashwin (Rs 9.75 crore), Devon Conway (Rs 6.25 crore), Khaleel Ahmed (Rs 4.8 crore), Rachin Ravindra (Rs 4 crore), Rahul Tripathi (Rs 3.4 crore), Vijay Shankar (Rs 1.2 crore)

Purse Left: Rs 15.6 crore

Overseas Players: 4

Total Players: 12

Delhi Capitals: Players Retained: Axar Patel (Rs 16.50 crore), Kuldeep Yadav (Rs 13.25 crore), Tristan Stubbs (Rs 10 crore), Abishek Porel (Rs 4 crore).

Players Bought: KL Rahul (Rs 14 crore), Mitchell Starc (Rs 11.75 crore), T Natarajan (Rs 10.75 crore), Jake Fraser-Mcgurk (Rs 9 crore), Harry Brook (Rs 6.25 crore), Ashutosh Sharma (Rs 3.8 crore), Mohit Sharma (Rs 2.2 crore), Sameer Rizvi (Rs 95 Lakh), Karun Nair (Rs 50 Lakh)

Purse Left: Rs 13.8 crore

Overseas Players: 4

Total Players: 13

Gujarat Titans: Players Retained: Rashid Khan (Rs 18 crore), Shubman Gill (Rs 16.50 crore), Sai Sudharsan (Rs 8.50 crore), Rahul Tewatia (Rs 4 crore), Shahrukh Khan (Rs 4 crore).

Players Bought: Jos Buttler (Rs 15.75 crore), Mohammed Siraj (Rs 12.25 crore), Kagiso Rabada (Rs 10.75 crore), Prasidh Krishna (Rs 9.5 crore), Mahipal Lomror (Rs 1.7 crore), Kumar Kushagra (Rs 65 Lakh), Manav Suthar (Rs 30 Lakh) Anuj Rawat (Rs 30 Lakh), Nishant Sindhu (Rs 30 Lakh)

Purse Left: Rs 17.5 crore

Overseas Players: 3

Total Players: 14

Kolkata Knight Riders: Players Retained: Rinku Singh (Rs 13 crore), Varun Chakravarthy (Rs 12 crore), Sunil Narine (Rs 12 crore), Andre Russell (Rs 12 crore), Harshit Rana (Rs 4 crore), Ramandeep Singh (Rs 4 crore).

Players Bought: Venkatesh Iyer (Rs 23.75 crore), Anrich Nortje (Rs 6.5 crore), Quinton De Kock (Rs 3.6 crore), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Rs 3 crore), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Rs 2 crore), Vaibhav Arora (Rs 1.8 crore), Mayank Markande (Rs 30 Lakh)

Purse Left: Rs 10.5 crore

Overseas Players: 5

Total Players: 13

Lucknow Super Giants: Players retained: Nicholas Pooran (Rs 21 crore), Ravi Bishnoi (Rs 11 crore) Mayank Yadav (Rs 11 crore), Mohsin Khan (Rs 4 crore), Ayush Badoni (Rs 4 crore).

Players Bought: Rishabh Pant (Rs 27 crore), Avesh Khan (Rs 9.75 crore), David Miller (Rs 7.5 crore), Abdul Samad (Rs 4.2 crore), Mitchell Marsh (Rs 3.4 crore), Aiden Markram (Rs 2 crore), Aryan Juyal (Rs 30 Lakh)

Purse Left: Rs 14.85 crore

Overseas Players: 4

Total Players: 12

Mumbai Indians: Players Retained: Jasprit Bumrah (Rs 18 crore), Suryakumar Yadav (Rs 16.35 crore), Hardik Pandya (Rs 16.35 crore), Rohit Sharma (Rs 16.30 crore), Tilak Varma (Rs 8 crore).

Players Bought: Trent Boult (Rs 12.5 crore), Naman Dhir (Rs 5.25 crore), Robin Minz (Rs 65 Lakh), Karn Sharma (Rs 50 Lakh)

Purse Left: Rs 26.1 crore

Overseas Players: 1

Total Players: 9

Punjab Kings: Players Retained: Shashank Singh (Rs 5.5 crore), Prabhsimran Singh (Rs 4 crore).

Players Bought: Shreyas Iyer (Rs 26.75 crore), Yuzvendra Chahal (Rs 18 crore), Arshdeep Singh (Rs 18 crore), Marcus Stoinis (Rs 11 crore), Nehal Wadhera (Rs 4.2 crore), Glenn Maxwell (Rs 4.2 crore), Vyshak Vijaykumar (Rs 1.8 crore), Yash Thakur (Rs 1.6 crore), Harpreet Brar (Rs 1.5 crore), Vishnu Vinod (Rs 95 Lakh)

Purse Left: Rs 22.5 crore

Overseas Players: 2

Total Players: 12

Rajasthan Royals: Players retained: Sanju Samson (Rs 18 crore), Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rs 18 crore), Riyan Parag (Rs 14 crore), Dhruv Jurel (Rs 14 crore), Shimron Hetmyer (Rs 11 crore), Sandeep Sharma (Rs 4 crore).

Players Bought: Jofra Archer (Rs 12.5 crore), Wanindu Hasaranga (Rs 5.25 crore), Maheesh Theekshana (Rs 4.4 crore), Akash Madhwal (Rs 1.2 crore), Kumar Kartikeya Singh (Rs 30 Lakh)

Purse Left: Rs 17.35 crore

Overseas Players: 4

Total Players: 11

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Players Retained: Virat Kohli (Rs 21 crore), Rajat Patidar (Rs 11 crore), Yash Dayal (Rs 5 crore).

Players Bought: Josh Hazlewood (Rs 12.5 crore), Phil Salt (Rs 11.5 crore), Jitesh Sharma (Rs 11 crore), Liam Livingstone (Rs 8.75 crore), Rasikh Dar (Rs 6 crore), Suyash Sharma (Rs 2.6 crore)

Purse Left: Rs 30.65 crore

Overseas Players: 3

Total Players: 9

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Players Retained: Heinrich Klaasen (Rs 23 crore), Pat Cummins (Rs 18 crore), Abhishek Sharma (Rs 14 crore), Travis Head (Rs 14 crore), Nitish Kumar Reddy (Rs 6 crore).

Players Bought: Ishan Kishan (Rs 11.25 crore), Mohammed Shami (Rs 10 crore), Harshal Patel (Rs 8 crore), Abhinav Manohar (Rs 3.2 crore), Rahul Chahar (Rs 3.2 crore), Adam Zampa (Rs 2.4 crore), Simarjeet Singh (Rs 1.5 crore), Atharva Taide (Rs 30 Lakh)

Purse Left: Rs 5.5 crore

Overseas Players: 4

Total Players: 13