Live - IPL 2025 auction: KL Rahul to DC for 14 crore

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Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player in Indian Premier League history Sunday when he sold for a record $3.2 million, as teams splashed out on world-class cricketers for the lucrative Twenty20 tournament.

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 247.5 million rupees Kolkata paid to Australian Mitchell Starc was first breached by Punjab Kings, who the IPL said snapped up Shreyas Iyer for a "handsome" 267.5 million rupees ($3.17 million).

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" 270 million rupees 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 $2.13 million.

This year, Australian left-arm quick Starc was not retained by Kolkata -- and went to Delhi Capitals for $1.39 million. 

Gujarat Titans paid $1.87 million for England white-ball skipper Jos Buttler, while India pace bowler Mohammed Shami went to Sunrisers Hyderabad for $1.18 million.

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

Marquee set no. 2 is done.

Marquee set no. 1 is done.

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

CSK-

GT- Kagiso Rabada, Jos Buttler, Mohammed Siraj

KKR-

RCB- Liam Livingstone, 

LSG- Rishabh Pant, David Miller

RR-

SRH-Mohammed Shami

DC- Mitch Starc, KL Rahul

PBKS- Arshdeep Singh (RTM), Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal

MI-

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)

Purse remaining for auction: INR 45 crore (out of INR 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 1

Players eligible for RTM: One uncapped player

Big players not retained: Ishan Kishan, Tim David

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)

Purse remaining for auction: INR 45 crore (out of INR 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 1

Players eligible for RTM: Only one uncapped player

Big players not retained: Washington Sundar, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar

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)

Purse remaining for auction: INR 55 crore (out of INR 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 1

Players eligible for RTM: One capped or uncapped player

Big players not retained: Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Mahesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

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

Purse remaining for auction: INR 83 crore (out of INR 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 3

Players eligible for RTM: One uncapped player and two capped players, or three capped players

Big players not retained: Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Faf du Plessis, Cameron Green

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)

Purse remaining for auction: INR 73 crore (out of INR 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 2

Players eligible for RTM: One uncapped player and one capped player, or two capped players

Big players not retained: Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Anrich Nortje

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)

Purse remaining for auction: INR 51 crore (out of INR 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: None

Players eligible for RTM: None

Big players not retained: Shreyas Iyer, Mitchell Starc, Phil Salt, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana

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)

Purse remaining for auction: INR 41 crore (out of INR 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: None

Players eligible for RTM: NA

Big players not retained: Yuzvendra Chahal, Jos Buttler, R Ashwin

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)

Purse remaining for auction: INR 69 crore (out of INR 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: One

Players eligible for RTM: One capped player

Big players not retained: Mohammed Shami, David Miller

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)

Purse remaining for auction: INR 69 crore (out of INR 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 1

Players eligible for RTM: One capped player

Big players not retained: KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis, Quinton de Kock, Krunal Pandya

Punjab Kings

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

Purse remaining for auction: INR 110.5 crore (out of INR 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 4

Players eligible for RTM: Four capped players

Big players not retained: Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Sam Curran, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Kagiso Rabada