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IPL 2025 mega auction: Full list of players sold, teamwise players' salary

IPL 2025 auction saw Rs 639.15 crore spent on 182 players in Jeddah. Rishabh Pant led with Rs 27 crore, followed by Shreyas Iyer at Rs 26.75 crore, as teams focused on top Indian talent.

IPL 2025: Full squad of all 10 teams and players' salary

IPL 2025: Full squad of all 10 teams and players' salary

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All 10 franchises of the Indian Premier League (IPL) spent Rs 639.15 crore at the IPL 2025 mega auction, where a total of 182 players, including 62 overseas cricketers, were sold during a two-day extravaganza in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah. 
 
Rishabh Pant emerged as the most expensive player, fetching Rs 27 crore from Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). Shreyas Iyer followed closely with a Rs 26.75 crore deal with Punjab Kings, who also secured Yuzvendra Chahal and Arshdeep Singh for Rs 18 crore each (the latter through the right-to-match option). KKR spent Rs 23.75 crore on Venkatesh Iyer, solidifying his position as a top all-rounder. 
 

Full list of players' sold, expensive buys of all 10 teams, players' list and salary for IPL 2025:

 
Players bought by CSK at IPL 2025 mega auction
Player Base Price IPL 2025 salary
Noor Ahmad Rs 2 crore Rs 10 crore
Ravichandaran Ashwin Rs 2 crore Rs 9.75 crore
Devon Conway Rs 2 crore Rs 6.25 crore
Syed Khaleel Ahmed Rs 2 crore Rs 4.8 crore
Rachin Ravindra Rs 1.5 crore Rs 4 crore
Anshul Kamboj Rs 30 Lakh Rs 3.4 crore
Rahul Tripathi Rs 75 lakh Rs 3.4 crore
Sam Curran Rs 2 crore Rs 2.4 crore
Gurjapneet Singh Rs 30 Lakh Rs 2.2 crore
Nathan Ellis Rs 1.25 crore Rs 2 crore
Deepak Hooda Rs 75 lakh Rs 1.7 crore
Jamie Overton Rs 1.5 crore Rs 1.5 crore
Vijay Shankar Rs 30 Lakh Rs 1.2 crore
Vansh Bedi Rs 30 Lakh Rs 55 lakh
Andre Siddarth Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Shreyas Gopal Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Ramakrishna Ghosh Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Kamlesh Nagarkoti Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Mukesh Choudhary Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Shaik Rasheed Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
CSK’s retained players for IPL 2025
Category Player Name IPL Salary (Rs )
Retention 1 Ruturaj Gaikwad Rs 18 crore
Retention 2 Matheesha Pathirana Rs 13 crore
Retention 3 Shivam Dube Rs 12 crore
Retention 4 Ravindra Jadeja Rs 18 crore
Retention 5 MS Dhoni Rs 4 crore
Players bought by Delhi Capitals at IPL 2025 mega auction
Player Base Price IPL 2025 salary
KL Rahul Rs 2 crore Rs 14 crore
Mitchell Starc Rs 2 crore Rs 11.75 crore
T. Natarajan Rs 2 crore Rs 10.75 crore
Jake Fraser-Mcgurk Rs 2 crore Rs 9 crore
Mukesh Kumar Rs 2 crore Rs 8 crore
Harry Brook Rs 2 crore Rs 6.25 crore
Ashutosh Sharma Rs 30 Lakh Rs 3.8 crore
Mohit Sharma Rs 50 lakh Rs 2.2 crore
Faf Du Plessis Rs 2 crore Rs 2 crore
Sameer Rizvi Rs 30 Lakh Rs 95 lakh
Donovan Ferreira Rs 75 lakh Rs 75 lakh
Dushmantha Chameera Rs 75 lakh Rs 75 lakh
Vipraj Nigam Rs 30 Lakh Rs 50 lakh
Karun Nair Rs 30 Lakh Rs 50 lakh
Madhav Tiwari Rs 30 Lakh Rs 40 lakh
Tripurana Vijay Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Manvanth Kumar L Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Ajay Mandal Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Darshan Nalkande Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
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)  
Players bought by Punjab Kings at IPL 2025 mega auction
Player Base Price IPL Salary (Rs )
Shreyas Iyer Rs 2 crore Rs 26.75 crore
Yuzvendra Chahal Rs 2 crore Rs 18 crore
Arshdeep Singh Rs 2 crore Rs 18 crore
Marcus Stoinis Rs 2 crore Rs 11 crore
Marco Jansen Rs 1.25 crore Rs 7 crore
Nehal Wadhera Rs 30 Lakh Rs 4.2 crore
Glenn Maxwell Rs 2 crore Rs 4.2 crore
Priyansh Arya Rs 30 Lakh Rs 3.8 crore
Josh Inglis Rs 2 crore Rs 2.6 crore
Azmatullah Omarzai Rs 1.,50 crore Rs 2.4 crore
Lockie Ferguson Rs 2 crore Rs 2 crore
Vyshak Vijaykumar Rs 30 Lakh Rs 1.8 crore
Yash Thakur Rs 30 Lakh Rs 1.6 crore
Harpreet Brar Rs 30 Lakh Rs 1.5 crore
Aaron Hardie Rs 1.25 crore Rs 1.25 crore
Vishnu Vinod Rs 30 Lakh Rs 95 lakh
Xavier Bartlett Rs 75 lakh Rs 80 lakh
Kuldeep Sen Rs 75 lakh Rs 80 lakh
Pravin Dubey Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Pyla Avinash Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Suryansh Shedge Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Musheer Khan Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Harnoor Pannu Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Players retained by Punjab Kings ahead of IPL 2025 auction
Category Player name and IPL salary in rupees  
Retention 1 Shashank Singh (5.5 cr)  
Retention 2 Prabhsimran Singh (4 cr)  
Players bought by Gujarat Titans at IPL 2025 mega auction
Player Base Price Winning Bid
Jos Buttler Rs 2 crore Rs 15.75 crore
Mohammad Siraj Rs 2 crore Rs 12.25 crore
Kagiso Rabada Rs 2 crore Rs 10.75 crore
Prasidh Krishna Rs 2 crore Rs 9.50 crore
Washington Sundar Rs 2 crore Rs 3.2 crore
Sherfane Rutherford Rs 1,50,00,000 Rs 2.6 crore
Gerald Coetzee Rs 1,25,00,000 Rs 2.4 crore
Glenn Phillips Rs 2 crore Rs 2 crore
R. Sai Kishore Rs 75 lakh Rs 2 crore
Mahipal Lomror Rs 50 lakh Rs 1.7 crore
Gurnoor Singh Brar Rs 30 Lakh Rs 1.3 crore
Mohd. Arshad Khan Rs 30 Lakh Rs 1.3 crore
Karim Janat Rs 75 lakh Rs 75 lakh
Jayant Yadav Rs 75 lakh Rs 75 lakh
Ishant Sharma Rs 75 lakh Rs 75 lakh
Kumar Kushagra Rs 30 Lakh Rs 65 lakh
Kulwant Khejroliya Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Manav Suthar Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Anuj Rawat Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Nishant Sindhu Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
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)  
List of players bought by Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2025 mega auction
Player Base Price Winning Bid
Venkatesh Iyer Rs 2 crore Rs 23.75 crore
Anrich Nortje Rs 2 crore Rs 6.5 crore
Quinton De Kock Rs 2 crore Rs 3.6 crore
Angkrish Raghuvanshi Rs 30 Lakh Rs 3 crore
Spencer Johnson Rs 2 crore Rs 2.8 crore
Moeen Ali Rs 2 crore Rs 2 crore
Rahmanullah Gurbaz Rs 2 crore Rs 2 crore
Vaibhav Arora Rs 30 Lakh Rs 1.8 crore
Ajinkya Rahane Rs 1,50,00,000 Rs 1.5 crore
Rovman Powell Rs 1,50,00,000 Rs 1.5 crore
Umran Malik Rs 75 lakh Rs 75 lakh
Manish Pandey Rs 75 lakh Rs 75 lakh
Anukul Roy Rs 30 Lakh Rs 40 lakh
Luvnith Sisodia Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Mayank Markande Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
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)  
Players bought by LSG at IPL 2025 mega auction
Player Base Price Winning Bid
Rishabh Pant Rs 2 crore Rs 27 crore
Avesh Khan Rs 2 crore Rs 9.75 crore
Akash Deep Rs 1,00,00,000 Rs 8 crore
David Miller Rs 1,50,00,000 Rs 7.5 crore
Abdul Samad Rs 30 Lakh Rs 4.2 crore
Mitchell Marsh Rs 2 crore Rs 3.4 crore
Shahbaz Ahamad Rs 1,00,00,000 Rs 2.4 crore
Aiden Markram Rs 2 crore Rs 2 crore
Matthew Breetzke Rs 75 lakh Rs 75 lakh
Shamar Joseph Rs 75 lakh Rs 75 lakh
M. Siddharth Rs 30 Lakh Rs 75 lakh
Arshin Kulkarni Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Rajvardhan Hangargekar Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Yuvraj Chaudhary Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Prince Yadav Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Akash Singh Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Digvesh Singh Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Himmat Singh Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Aryan Juyal Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
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)  
Players bought by Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025 mega auction
Player Base Price Winning Bid
Trent Boult Rs 2 crore Rs 12.5 crore
Deepak Chahar Rs 2 crore Rs 9.25 crore
Will Jacks Rs 2 crore Rs 5,25,00,000
Naman Dhir Rs 30 Lakh Rs 5.25 crore
Allah Ghazanfar Rs 75 lakh Rs 4.8 crore
Mitchell Santner Rs 2 crore Rs 2 crore
Ryan Rickelton Rs 1,00,00,000 Rs 1 crore
Lizaad Williams Rs 75 lakh Rs 75 lakh
Reece Topley Rs 75 lakh Rs 75 lakh
Robin Minz Rs 30 Lakh Rs 65 lakh
Karn Sharma Rs 50 lakh Rs 50 lakh
Vignesh Puthur Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Arjun Tendulkar Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Bevan John Jacobs Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Venkata Satyanarayana Penmetsa Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Raj Angad Bawa Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Shrijith Krishnan Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Ashwani Kumar Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
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)  
Players bought by RCB in IPL 2025 mega auction
Player Base Price Winning Bid
Josh Hazlewood Rs 2 crore Rs 12.5 crore
Phil Salt Rs 2 crore Rs 11.5 crore
Jitesh Sharma Rs 1,00,00,000 Rs 11 crore
Bhuvneshwar Kumar Rs 2 crore Rs 10.75 crore
Liam Livingstone Rs 2 crore Rs 8.75 crore
Rasikh Dar Rs 30 Lakh Rs 6 crore
Krunal Pandya Rs 2 crore Rs 5.75 crore
Tim David Rs 2 crore Rs 3 crore
Jacob Bethell Rs 1,25,00,000 Rs 2.6 crore
Suyash Sharma Rs 30 Lakh Rs 2.6 crore
Devdutt Padikkal Rs 2 crore Rs 2 crore
Nuwan Thushara Rs 75 lakh Rs 1.6 crore
Romario Shepherd Rs 1,50,00,000 Rs 1.5 crore
Lungisani Ngidi Rs 1,00,00,000 Rs 1 crore
Swapnil Singh Rs 30 Lakh Rs 50 lakh
Mohit Rathee Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Abhinandan Singh Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Swastik Chhikara Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Manoj Bhandage Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
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)  
Players bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad at IPL 2025 mega auction
Player Base Price Winning Bid
Ishan Kishan Rs 2 crore Rs 11.25 crore
Mohammad Shami Rs 2 crore Rs 10 crore
Harshal Patel Rs 2 crore Rs 8 crore
Abhinav Manohar Rs 30 Lakh Rs 3.2 crore
Rahul Chahar Rs 1,00,00,000 Rs 3.2 crore
Adam Zampa Rs 2 crore Rs 2.4 crore
Simarjeet Singh Rs 30 Lakh Rs 1.5 crore
Eshan Malinga Rs 30 Lakh Rs 1.2 crore
Brydon Carse Rs 1,00,00,000 Rs 1 crore
Jaydev Unadkat Rs 1,00,00,000 Rs 1 crore
Kamindu Mendis Rs 75 lakh Rs 75 lakh
Zeeshan Ansari Rs 30 Lakh Rs 40 lakh
Sachin Baby Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Aniket Verma Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Atharva Taide Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
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)  
Players bought by Rajasthan Royals at IPL 2025 mega auction
Player Base Price Winning Bid
Jofra Archer Rs 2 crore Rs 12.5 crore
Tushar Deshpande Rs 1,00,00,000 Rs 6.5 crore
Wanindu Hasaranga Rs 2 crore Rs 5.25 crore
Maheesh Theekshana Rs 2 crore Rs 4.4 crore
Nitish Rana Rs 1,50,00,000 Rs 4.2 crore
Fazalhaq Farooqi Rs 2 crore Rs 2 crore
Kwena Maphaka Rs 75 lakh Rs 1.5 crore
Akash Madhwal Rs 30 Lakh Rs 1.2 crore
Vaibhav Suryavanshi Rs 30 Lakh Rs 1.1 crore
Shubham Dubey Rs 30 Lakh Rs 80 lakh
Yudhvir Charak Rs 30 Lakh Rs 35 lakh
Ashok Sharma Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Kunal Rathore Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Kumar Kartikeya Singh Rs 30 Lakh Rs 30 Lakh
Rajasthan Royals retentions
Player name IPL 2025 salary
Sanju Samson Rs 18 crore
Yashasvi Jaiswal Rs 18 crore
Riyan Parag Rs 14 crore
Dhruv Jurel Rs 14 crore
Shimron Hetmyer Rs 11 crore
Sandeep Sharma Rs 4 CR

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