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With 10 IPL teams set to spend Rs 641.5 crore on 204 available slots, the IPL 2025 mega auction will take place in Saudi Arabia's city, Jeddah, on November 24 and 25.
This is the second successive year the auction is being held overseas as Dubai hosted the previous one ahead of the IPL 2024.
The player registration officially closed on Monday and a total of 1,574 cricketers (1,165 Indian and 409 overseas) have been signed up for the auction, which will clash with the third and fourth day's play of the first Test between India and Australia in Perth, which begins on November 22.
The IPL 2025 mega auction is set to be one of its kind, given that Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, and Arshdeep Singh are going under the hammer. These players would certainly trigger a bidding war during the auction.
Each franchise will be able to form a maximum squad of 25 players (including respective retained players), and a total of 204 slots will be up for grabs from the auction.
The list includes 320 capped players, 1,224 uncapped players and 30 players from the Associate Nations.
Among capped players, 48 are from India. Moreover, 965 uncapped players of the country will also be part of the auction.
The 10 franchises will collectively have around Rs 641.5 crore to spend for the available 204 slots.
Out of those 204 slots, 70 are earmarked for overseas players.
As of now, 46 players have been retained by the 10 franchises with cumulative expenditure of Rs 558.5 crore.
Each franchise was allocated Rs 120 crore to build their squads but after the retention process, which was announced on October 31, Punjab Kings have the biggest purse -- Rs 110.5 crore.
The Punjab outfit retained just two uncapped players -- Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh for Rs 9.5 crore.
Rajasthan Royals, under Sanju Samson, have the smallest purse of Rs 41 crore after retaining six players.
The Kolkata Knight Riders have also retained six players but they have a remaining purse of Rs 51 crore.
Remaining purse of all the 10 IPL teams
| Remaining purse of 10 IPL teams before mega auction | |||
| Team | Remaining purse | Money spent on retentions | Available Right to Match (RTM) |
| Mumbai Indians | Rs 45 cr | Rs 45 crore | 1 (uncapped) |
| Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | Rs 55 cr | Rs 65 cr | 1 (uncapped) |
| Delhi Capitals (DC) | Rs 73 cr | Rs 65 cr | 2 (1 uncapped + 1 capped, or both capped) |
| Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | Rs 51 cr | Rs 69 cr | None |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) | Rs 83 cr | Rs 37 cr | 3 (1 uncapped + 2 capped players, or 3 capped) |
| Lucknow Super Giants | Rs 69 cr | Rs 51 cr | 1 (capped player) |
| Punjab Kings (PBKS) | Rs 110.5 cr | Rs 9.5 cr | 4 (capped players) |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | Rs 45 cr | Rs 75 cr | 1 (uncapped player) |
| Rajasthan Royals | Rs 41 cr | Rs 79 cr | None |
| Gujarat Titans (GT) | Rs 69 cr | Rs 51 cr | 1 (Capped) |
| All the franchisees had Rs 120 crore each for IPL 2025 mega auction | |||
How many player slots will be available during the IPL 2025 mega auction?
There are 204 slots to fill as the 10 teams look to build their squad for IPL 2025 mega auction. Out of those 204 slots, 70 are earmarked for overseas players.
How many players were retained ahead of IPL 2025 mega auction?
46 players have been retained by the 10 franchises with a cumulative expenditure of Rs 558.5 crore.
IPL 2025 mega auction dates, venue, IPL auction live streaming and telecast details
When will the IPL 2025 mega auction take place?
IPL 2025 mega auction will take place on November 24 (Sunday) and November 25 (Monday).
What is the venue of the IPL 2025 mega auction?
Saudi Arabia's Jeddah is the venue of the IPL 2025 mega auction.
What will be the live timings for the IPL 2025 mega auction?
With over 200 slots up for grabs, the IPL 2025 mega auction is set to start as early as 11 AM IST on two days of bidding process.
Which TV channels will live telecast IPL 2025 mega auction?
Star Sports will live telecast IPL 2025 mega auction.
How to watch live streaming of IPL 2025 mega auction?
The cricket fans can watch the live streaming of IPL 2025 mega auction on Jio Cinema app and website.
Full list of retained players by all the 10 IPL teams
| Chennai Super Kings retained players list | |
| Category | Player name and IPL salary in rupees |
| Retention 1 | Ruturaj Gaikwad (18 cr) |
| Retention 2 | Matheesha Pathirana (13 cr) |
| Retention 3 | Shivam Dube (12 cr) |
| Retention 4 | Ravindra Jadeja (18 cr) |
| Retention 5 | MS Dhoni (4 cr) |
| Delhi Capitals retained players list | |
| Category | Player name and IPL salary in rupees |
| Retention 1 | Axar Patel (16.50 cr) |
| Retention 2 | Kuldeep Yadav (13.25 cr) |
| Retention 3 | Tristan Stubbs (10 cr) |
| Retention 4 | Abishek Porel (4 cr) |
| Kolkata Knight Riders retained players list | |
| Category | Player name and IPL salary in rupees |
| Retention 1 | Rinku Singh (13 cr) |
| Retention 2 | Varun Chakravarthy (12 cr) |
| Retention 3 | Sunil Narine (12 cr) |
| Retention 4 | Andre Russell (12 cr) |
| Retention 5 | Harshit Rana (4 cr) |
| Retention 6 | Ramandeep Singh (4 cr) |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru retained players list | |
| Category | Player name and IPL salary in rupees |
| Retention 1 | Virat Kohli (21 cr) |
| Retention 2 | Rajat Patidar (11 cr) |
| Retention 3 | Yash Dayal (5 cr) |
| Lucknow Super Giants retained players list | |
| Category | Player name and IPL salary in rupees |
| Retention 1 | Nicholas Pooran (21 cr) |
| Retention 2 | Ravi Bishnoi (11 cr) |
| Retention 3 | Mayank Yadav (11 cr) |
| Retention 4 | Mohsin Khan (4 cr) |
| Retention 5 | Ayush Badoni (4 cr) |
| Punjab Kings retained players list | |
| Category | Player name and IPL salary in rupees |
| Retention 1 | Shashank Singh (5.5 cr) |
| Retention 2 | Prabhsimran Singh (4 cr) |
| Mumbai Indians retained players list | |
| Category | Player name and IPL salary in rupees |
| Retention 1 | Jasprit Bumrah (18 cr) |
| Retention 2 | Suryakumar Yadav (16.35 cr) |
| Retention 3 | Hardik Pandya (16.35 cr) |
| Retention 4 | Rohit Sharma (16.30 cr) |
| Retention 5 | Tilak Varma (8 cr) |
| SunRisers Hyderabad retained players list | |
| Category | Player name and IPL salary in rupees |
| Retention 1 | Heinrich Klaasen (23 cr) |
| Retention 2 | Pat Cummins (18 cr) |
| Retention 3 | Abhishek Sharma (14 cr) |
| Retention 4 | Travis Head (14 cr) |
| Retention 5 | Nitish Kumar Reddy (6 cr) |
| Rajasthan Royals retained players list | |
| Category | Player name and IPL salary in rupees |
| Retention 1 | Sanju Samson (18 cr) |
| Retention 2 | Yashasvi Jaiswal (18 cr) |
| Retention 3 | Riyan Parag (14 cr) |
| Retention 4 | Dhruv Jurel (14 cr) |
| Retention 5 | Shimron Hetmyer (11 cr) |
| Retention 6 | Sandeep Sharma (4 cr) |
| Gujarat Titans retained players list | |
| Category | Player name and IPL salary in rupees |
| Retention 1 | Rashid Khan (18 cr) |
| Retention 2 | Shubman Gill (16.50 cr) |
| Retention 3 | Sai Sudharsan (8.50 cr) |
| Retention 4 | Rahul Tewatia (4 cr) |
| Retention 5 | Shahrukh Khan (4 cr) |
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