Jeddah (Saudi Arabia): The highly anticipated event - IPL mega auction was finally over on Monday as the franchise spent ₹639.15 Crores on a total of 182 players. While 182 players were sold in the two-day event, 395 players got no takers in the auction room. The auction included intense bidding wars as the teams tried to make their dream squads. While the first day included some blockbuster deals, the second day also continued the trend with pace bowlers getting a high amount of sum.
Rishabh Pant was the star of the show as he became the most expensive player in the history of the tournament. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) shelled out an amount of ₹27 Crores for the wicketkeeper-batter. Shreyas Iyer also made waves as he was bought for ₹26.75 Crores from Punjab Kings.
Jos Buttler was the most expensive overseas buy in the auction as he was bought for a value of ₹15.75 Crores by Gujarat Titans. Also, the auction wasn’t without surprises as big names like David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, and Mustafizur Rahman went unsold in the auction.
Ahead of the IPL 2025, here are the full squads and the probable XI for each team
- Mumbai Indians
Number of Players:23 (8 Overseas)
Batters:Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Bevan-John Jacobs
Wicketkeepers: Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Krishnan Shrijith
Allrounders: Hardik Pandya, Naman Dhir, Will Jacks, Raj Angad Bawa, Vignesh Puthur
Spinners: Allah Ghazanfar, Karn Sharma, Mitchell Santner
Fast bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar, Reece Topley, Satyanarayana Raju, Arjun Tendulkar, Lizaad Williams
Probable XI: 1. Rohit Sharma 2.Ryan Rickelton (WK) 3. Tilak Varma 4. Suryakumar Yadav 5.Will Jacks 6. Hardik Pandya 7.Naman Dhir 8. Allah Ghazanfar/Mitchell Santner 9. Jasprit Bumrah 10. Trent Boult 11. Deepak Chahar
Impact Player: Robin Minz / Raj Angad Bawa
- Chennai Super Kings
Number of Players:25 (7 Overseas)
Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rahul Tripathi, Shaik Rasheed, Deepak Hooda, Andre Siddarth
Wicketkeepers: Devon Conway, MS Dhoni, Vansh Bedi
Allrounders: Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, R Ashwin, Sam Curran, Rachin Ravindra, Vijay Shankar, Anshul Kamboj, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh
Spinners:Noor Ahmad, Shreyas Gopal
Fast bowlers: Matheesha Pathirana, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Choudhary, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis
Probable XI: 1. Ruturaj Gaikwad 2. Devon Conway 3. Rahul Tripathi 4. Shivam Dube 5.Sam Curran 6. Ravindra Jadeja 7. MS Dhoni 8. Mukesh Choudhary 9. R Ashwin 10. Noor Ahmad 11. Matheesha Pathirana
Impact Player:Khaleel Ahmed / Shaik Rasheed
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Number of Players: 22 ( 8 Overseas)
Batters: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Tim David, Manoj Bhandage, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chikara
Wicketkeepers: Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma
Allrounders:Liam Livingstone, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Sing, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Mohit Rathee
Spinners: Suyash Sharma, Abhinandan Singh
Fast bowlers:Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Rasikh Salam, Nuwan Thushara, Lungi Ngidi
Probable XI: 1. Virat Kohli 2. Phil Salt 3. Jitesh Sharma 4. Rajat Patidar 5. Liam Livingstone 6. Krunal Pandya 7. Tim David 8. Yash Dayal 9. Josh Hazlewood 10. Suyash Sharma 11. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Impact Player: Rasikh Salam / Swapnil Sing
- Sunrisers Hyderabad
Number of Players: 20 ( 7 Overseas)
Batters: Travis Head, Abhinav Manohar, Aniket Verma, Sachin Baby
Wicketkeepers:Heinrich Klaasen, Ishan Kishan, Atharva Taide
Allrounders:Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Kamindu Mendis
Spinners: Adam Zampa, Rahul Chahar, Zeeshan Ansari
Fast bowlers: Mohammed Shami, Pat Cummins, Harshal Patel, Simarjeet Singh, Jaydev Unadkat, Brydon Carse, Eshan Malinga
Probable XI: 1. Travis Head 2. Abhishek Sharma 3. Ishan Kishan 4. Abhinav Manohar 5. Aniket Verma 6. Heinrich Klaasen 7, Nitish Kumar Reddy 8. Pat Cummins 9. Harshal Patel 10. Mohammed Shami 11. Adam Zampa
Impact Player: Rahul Chahar / Sachin Baby
- Kolkata Knight Riders
Number of Players:21 ( 8 Overseas)
Batters: Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Luvnith Sisodia, Ajinkya Rahane
Wicketkeepers: Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Allrounders:Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali
Spinners: Varun Chakravarthy, Mayank Markande