The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 player auction, held on November 24 and 25, 2024, featureda total of 574 cricketers, with 204 slots available across the ten franchises.

This included 366 Indian players and 208 overseas players, with 81 individuals in the highest reserve price bracket of ₹2 crore.

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Notable Auction Highlights:

• Rishabh Pant: The wicketkeeper-batsman became the most expensive player in IPL history,

securing a contract with Lucknow Super Giants for ₹25.4 crore (approximately £2.54

million).

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• Jos Buttler: The English wicketkeeper-batsman was acquired by Gujarat Titans for $1.81

million, marking the highest bid for an overseas player.

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• Vaibhav Suryavanshi: At just 13 years old, the Indian batting prodigy was sold to

Rajasthan Royals for over £100,000, following a bidding war with Delhi Capitals.

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For a comprehensive list of all players and their respective teams, please refer to the official IPL

website or consult reputable sports news outlets.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season features ten franchises, each comprising a mix of

retained players and new acquisitions from the recent mega auction. Below is an overview of each team's squad:

1. Chennai Super Kings (CSK):

• Captain: Ruturaj Gaikwad

• Key Players: MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Matheesha Pathirana, Noor

Ahmad, Ravichandran Ashwin, Devon Conway, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Rachin Ravindra,

Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Shaik Rashid, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh

Choudhary, Deepak Hooda, Gurjanpreet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh

Nagarkoti, Ramakrishnan Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddarth

2. Delhi Capitals (DC):

• Captain: KL Rahul

• Key Players: Harry Brook, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Karun Nair, Abhishek Porel, Tristian

Stubbs, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natrajan, Mitchell Starc, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh

Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam,

Dushmanta Chameera, Donovan Ferreira, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay,

Madhav Tiwari

3. Gujarat Titans (GT):

• Captain: Shubman Gill

• Key Players: Jos Buttler, B. Sai Sudharshan, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed

Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Mahipal Lomror,

Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar, Washington Sundar, Gerald Coetzee,

Mohmmad Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Sherfane Rutherford, R. Sai Kishore, Ishant

Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Glenn Phillips, Kareem Janat, Kulwant Khejroliya

4. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR):

• Key Players: Rinku Singh, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Angkrish Raghuvanshi,

Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Harshit Rana, Sunil

Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markhande, Rovman Powell, Manish

Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Luvnith Sisodia, Ajinkya Rahane, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali,

Umran Malik

5. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG):

• Key Players: Rishabh Pant, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell

Marsh, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Abdul Samad, Aryan

Juyal, Akash Deep, Himmat Singh, M Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash

Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin

Kulkarni, Matthew Breetzke

6. Mumbai Indians (MI):

• Captain: Hardik Pandya

• Key Players: Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Verma, Trent Boult, Naman Dhir, Robin

Minz, Karn Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Deepak Chahar, Allah Ghazanfar, Will Jacks, Ashwani

Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Reece Topley, Shrijith Krishnan, Raj Angad Bawa, Venkat

Satyanarayana Raju, Bevon Jacobs, Arjun Tendulkar, Lizaad Williams, Vignesh Puthhur,

Suryakumar Yadav

7. Punjab Kings (PBKS):

• Key Players: Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn

Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Brar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash

Thakur, Marco Jansen, Josh Inglis, Lockie Ferguson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu,

Kuldeep Sen, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier

Bartlett, Pyla Avinash, Pravin Dubey, Nehal Wadhera

8. Rajasthan Royals (RR):

• Captain: Sanju Samson

• Key Players: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep

Sharma, Jofra Archer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Akash Madhwal, Kumar

Kartikeya Singh, Nitish Rana, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Charak, Fazal

Farooqi, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kwena Maphaka, Kunal Rathore, Ashok Sharma

9. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB):

• Key Players: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Phil Salt, Jitesh

Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar

Kumar, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Manoj Bhandage,

Jacob Bethell, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit

Rathee

10. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH):

• Captain: Pat Cummins

• Key Players: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klassen, Nitish Reddy, Ishan

Kishan, Mohammad Shami, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Atharva Taide,

Abhinav Manohar, Simarjeet Singh, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Brydon Carse,

Kamindu Mendis, Aniket Verma, Eshan Malinga, Sachin Baby