IPL Mega Auction 2025: Check the Full list of sold and unsold players on Day 2 in Jeddah
New Delhi: India’s wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player to be sold in the Indian Premier League, beating defending champion KKR captain Shreyas Iyer. He was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 27 crore in the mega auction on Sunday, but Venkatesh Iyer got an unexpectedly big bid. Captain Shreyas Iyer, who led Kolkata Knight Riders to the IPL title this year, joined Punjab Kings for Rs 26 crore 75 lakh. At the same time, there was fierce competition between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow for Pant.
Delhi Capitals first used the ‘Right to Match’ for Rs 20 crore 75 lakh, but when Lucknow placed the last bid of Rs 27 crore, the Delhi team backed out. Venkatesh, who was a part of KKR, was again bought by the same team for Rs 23 crore 75 lakh. There was a competition for him between KKR and Royal Challengers Bangalore. On the other hand, Shreyas 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.
Sold Players
Rovman Powell – 1.50 crore – Kolkata Knight Riders
Faf du Plessis – 2 crore – Delhi Capitals
Shubham Dubey – 80 lakh – Rajasthan Royals
Shaik Rasheed – 30 lakh – Chennai Super Kings
Himmat Singh – 30 lakh – Lucknow Super Giants
Manish Pandey – 75 lakh – Kolkata Knight Riders
Sherfane Rutherford – 2.60 crore – Gujarat Titans
Harnoor Pannu – 30 lakh – Punjab Kings
Aniket Verma – 30 lakh – Sunrisers Hyderabad
Tushar Deshpande – 6.50 crore – Rajasthan Royals
Gerald Coetzee – 2.40 crore – Gujarat Titans
Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 10.75 crore – Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Mukesh Kumar – 8 crore – Delhi Capitals (RTM)
Deepak Chahar – 9.25 crore – Mumbai Indians
Akash Deep – 8 crore – Lucknow Super Giants
Lockie Ferguson – 2 crore – Punjab Kings
Allah Ghazanfar – 4.80 crore – Mumbai Indians
Gurnoor Singh Brar – 1.30 crore – Gujarat Titans
Mukesh Choudhary – 30 lakh – Chennai Super Kings
Zeeshan Ansari – 40 lakh – Sunrisers Hyderabad
M. Siddharth – 75 lakh – Lucknow Super Giants
Digvesh Singh – 30 lakh – Lucknow Super Giants
Spencer Johnson – 2.80 crore – Kolkata Knight Riders
Ishant Sharma – 75 lakh – Gujarat Titans
Nuwan Thushara – 1.60 crore – Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Jaydev Unadkat – 1 crore – Sunrisers Hyderabad
Ashwani Kumar – 30 lakh – Mumbai Indians
Akash Singh – 30 lakh – Lucknow Super Giants
Gurjapneet Singh – 2.20 crore – Chennai Super Kings
Fazalhaq Farooqi – 2 crore – Rajasthan Royals
Kuldeep Sen – 80 lakh – Punjab Kings
Reece Topley – 75 lakh – Mumbai Indians
Dushmantha Chameera – 75 lakh – Delhi Capitals
Nathan Ellis – 2 crore – Chennai Super Kings
Shamar Joseph – 75 lakh – Lucknow Super Giants (RTM)
Prince Yadav – 30 lakh – Lucknow Super Giants
Washington Sundar – 3.20 crore – Gujarat Titans
Sam Curran – 2.40 crore – Chennai Super Kings
Marco Jansen – 7 crore – Punjab Kings
Krunal Pandya – 5.75 crore – Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Nitish Rana – 4.20 crore – Rajasthan Royals
Anshul Kamboj – 3.40 crore – Chennai Super Kings
Arshad Khan – 1.30 crore – Gujarat Titans
Darshan Nalkande – 30 lakh – Delhi Capitals
Swapnil Singh – 50 lakh – Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RTM)
Shahbaz Ahamad – 2.40 crore – Lucknow Super Giants
Tim David – 3 crore – Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Deepak Hooda – 1.70 crore – Chennai Super Kings
Will Jacks – 5.25 crore – Mumbai Indians
Azmatullah Omarzai – 2.40 crore – Punjab Kings
R. Sai Kishore – 2 crore – Gujarat Titans
Romario Shepherd – 1.50 crore – Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Yudhvir Charak – 35 lakh – Rajasthan Royals
Mitchell Santner – 2 crore – Mumbai Indians
Jayant Yadav – 75 lakh – Gujarat Titans
Priyansh Arya – 3.80 crore – Punjab Kings
Manoj Bhandage – 30 lakh – Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Vipraj Nigam – 50 lakh – Delhi Capitals
Jacob Bethell – 2.60 crore – Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Brydon Carse – 1 crore – Sunrisers Hyderabad
Aaron Hardie – 1.25 crore – Punjab Kings
Kamindu Mendis – 75 lakh – Sunrisers Hyderabad
Raj Angad Bawa – 30 lakh – Mumbai Indians
Musheer Khan – 30 lakh – Punjab Kings
Suryansh Shedge – 30 lakh – Punjab Kings
Ryan Rickelton – 1 crore – Mumbai Indians
Josh Inglis – 2.60 crore – Punjab Kings
Shrijith Krishnan – 30 lakh – Mumbai Indians
Unsold Players
Kane Williamson – 2 crore
Glenn Phillips – 2 crore
Ajinkya Rahane – 1.50 crore
Mayank Agarwal – 1 crore
Prithvi Shaw – 75 lakh
Swastik Chikara – 30 lakh
Madhav Kaushik – 30 lakh
Pukhraj Mann – 30 lakh
Finn Allen – 2 crore
Dewald Brevis – 75 lakh
Ben Duckett – 2 crore
Andre Siddarth – 30 lakh
Brandon King – 75 lakh
Pathum Nissanka – 75 lakh
Steve Smith – 2 crore
Sachin Dhas – 30 lakh
Salman Nizar – 30 lakh
Mujeeb Ur Rahman – 2 crore
Vijayakanth Viyaskanth – 75 lakh
Akeal Hosein – 1.50 crore
Adil Rashid – 2 crore
Keshav Maharaj – 75 lakh
Sakib Hussain – 30 lakh
Vidwath Kaverappa – 30 lakh
Rajan Kumar – 30 lakh
Prashant Solanki – 30 lakh
Jhathaved Subramanyan – 30 lakh
Umran Malik – 75 lakh
Mustafizur Rahman – 2 crore
Naveen-Ul-Haq – 2 crore
Umesh Yadav – 2 crore
Rishad Hossain – 75 lakh
Raghav Goyal – 30 lakh
Bailapudi Yeswanth – 30 lakh
Richard Gleeson – 75 lakh
Alzarri Joseph – 2 crore
Kwena Maphaka – 75 lakh
Luke Wood – 75 lakh
Arpit Guleria – 30 lakh
Jason Behrendorff – 1.50 crore
Shivam Mavi – 75 lakh
Navdeep Saini – 75 lakh
Kulwant Khejroliya – 30 lakh
Divesh Sharma – 30 lakh
Naman Tiwari – 30 lakh
Shardul Thakur – 2 crore
Daryl Mitchell – 2 crore
Mayank Dagar – 30 lakh
Anukul Roy – 30 lakh
Moeen Ali – 2 crore
Rishi Dhawan – 30 lakh
Rajvardhan Hangargekar – 30 lakh
Arshin Kulkarni – 30 lakh
Shivam Singh – 30 lakh
Gus Atkinson – 2 crore
Sikandar Raza – 1.25 crore
Sarfaraz Khan – 75 lakh
Kyle Mayers – 1.50 crore
Matthew Short – 75 lakh
Emanjot Chahal – 30 lakh
Shai Hope – 1.25 crore
KS Bharat – 75 lakh
Alex Carey – 1 crore
Donovan Ferreira – 75 lakh
Avanish Aravelly – 30 lakh
Vansh Bedi – 30 lakh
Harvik Desai – 30 lakh
Josh Philippe – 75 lakh
L. R. Chethan – 30 lakh