IPL Auction 2025 Updates

The ten franchises will bolster their squads during the 2025 IPL mega auction that will be held on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. After the auction, IPL 2025 full squads will be placed here. If you are looking to watch it on television it will be live on the Star Sports network while it will also be live streamed online with Jio Cinema.

IPL 2025 Team Retentions and Auction Setup

IPL Auction 2025 Marquee Set Player List

The marquee list for IPL 2025, featuRES 12 players, divided into two categories: M1 and M2. Below is the list of players with their details:

IPL Auction 2025 Rule Changes

The IPL 2025 auction will feature a total of 574 players, including 366 Indians and 208 overseas players, three of whom are from Associate nations. Among the 330 uncapped players, 318 are Indian, while 12 are from overseas. Teams will aim to fill 204 slots, with 70 reserved for overseas players. Notably, for the first time since the 2018 auction, the marquee list has been divided into two categories.

IPL Auction Retentions and RTM

• IPL franchises can retain a total of 6 players from their existing squad through retention or Right to Match (RTM).
• Up to FIVE of these can be capped players (Indian and Overseas).
• Up to TWO of these can be uncapped players.
• The combination of retentions and RTMs is at the franchise’s discretion. For e.g. if a team retains four players before the auction, they can use the RTM card twice during the auction.
• The retentions and RTMs will impact the auction purse based on the choices made by the teams.

Auction Purse Increase

• The auction purse has increased by 20% and is set at INR 120 Crore for IPL 2025.
• Total salary cap (including auction purse, incremental performance pay, and match fees) will rise:
  • Rs. 146 Cr in 2025
  • Rs. 151 Cr in 2026
  • Rs. 157 Cr in 2027

Retention Salary Deductions

• For every player retained by a franchise based on the aforementioned rules proposed by the IPL GC, the owners will need to shell out a fee which will be deducted from their purse of INR 120 crore.
• The first retained capped player will cost the franchise INR 18 crore in purse money.
• The second retained capped player will cost the franchise a further INR 14 crore in purse money.
• The first retained capped player will cost the franchise a further INR 11 crore in purse money.
• The first retained capped player will cost the franchise a further INR 18 crore in purse money.
• The first retained capped player will cost the franchise a further INR 14 crore in purse money.
• Retaining uncapped players will cost the franchise INR 4 crore in purse money.
• The above figures are minimum – so to retain a player whose salary is higher than the aforementioned figures, that salary would be taken to calculate the team’s remaining purse.

How Will RTM Work?

• Let’s assume Team A releases player X into the auction and Team B wins the bid to buy him in the auction for, say INR 5 crore. Team A then uses their RTM card to buy back player X into their squad. Team B will then have a chance to increase their price to their last offer price to buy the player which, if matched by Team X will then allow X to buy him for that new price. If they don’t want to pay that price, Team B will be able to buy X for that new price.
• Explaining this with an example. Say Mohit Sharma is released into the auction by Gujarat Titans and after ensuing bids, Rajasthan Royals win him for INR 3 crore. Gujarat use their RTM card to which Rajasthan will now have a choice to raise their bid one final time. Say, RR reckons they are ready to pay INR 5 crore for Mohit now. It will now be up to the Titans to decide if they want to shell out INR 5 crore to buy Mohit Sharma using their RTM card or let him go to RR.

Uncapped Player Rule Update

• A capped Indian player becomes uncapped if they haven’t played in the starting XI in International Cricket (Test, ODI, T20) for 5 years preceding the relevant IPL season.
• The player must also not have a Central Contract with BCCI.
• This rule applies only to Indian players.
• This rule will allow a team like Chennai Super Kings to retain MS Dhoni as an uncapped player.

Foreign Player Availability

• Overseas players must register for the Big Auction to be eligible for participation.
• If a player doesn’t register for the Big Auction, they will be ineligible for the following year’s player auction.
• Any player who gets picked in the auction but makes themselves unavailable before the season will be banned for 2 seasons from participating in the tournament and auctions.

Impact Player Rule

• The Impact Player rule will continue until 2027.
• No reasons were provided for retaining the rule.

Match Fees for Players

• Players will receive a match fee of INR 7.5 Lakh per game played in addition to their contracted amount.

What Happened at the 2024 IPL Auction?

Here’s the list of players selected during the 2024 IPL Auction with the player’s price mentioned in the bracket.

Mumbai Indians:

• Batters:
• Bowlers: Dilshan Madhushanka (INR 4.6 crore), Shreyas Gopal (INR 20 lakh), Nuwan Thushara (INR 4.8 crore)
• AR: Gerald Coetzee (INR 5 crore), Naman Dhir (INR 20 lakh), Anshul Kamboj (INR 20 lakh), Mohammad Nabi (INR 1.5 crore), Shivalik Shama (INR 20 lakh)
• WK:

Delhi Capitals:

• Batters: Harry Brooke (INR 4 crore), Swastik Chhikara (INR 20 lakh)
• Bowlers: Rasikh Dar Salam (INR 20 lakh), Jhye Richardson (INR 5 crore)
• AR: Sumit Kumar ( INR 1 crore)
• WK: Tristan Stubbs (INR 50 lakh), Ricky Bhui (INR 20 lakh), Kumar Kushagra (INR 20 lakh), Shai Hope (INR 75 lakh)

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

• Batters: Saurav Chauhan (INR 20 lakh)
• Bowlers: Alzarri Joseph (INR 11.5 crore), Yash Dayal (INR 5 crore), Lockie Ferguson (INR 2 crore)
• AR: Tom Curran (INR 1.5 crore), Swapnil Singh (INR 20 lakh)
• WK:

Chennai Super Kings:

• Batters: Sameer Rizvi (INR 8.4 crore)
• Bowlers: Mustafizur Rahman (INR 2 crore)
• AR: Rachin Ravindra (INR 1.8 crore), Shardul Thakur (INR 4 crore), Daryl Mitchell (INR 14 crore)
• WK: Avavelly Avanish (INR 20 lakh)

Kolkata Knight Riders:

• Batters: Angkrih Raghuvanshi (INR 20 lakh), Sherfane Rutherford (INR 1.5 crore), Manish Pandey (INR 50 lakh)
• Bowlers: Chetan Sakariya (INR 50 lakh), Mitchell Starc (INR 24.75 crore), Mujeeb ur Rahman (INR 2 crore), Gus Atkinson (INR 1 crore), Sakib Hussain (INR 20 lakh)
• AR: Ramandeep Singh (INR 20 lakh)
• WK: KS Bharat (INR 50 lakh),

Punjab Kings:

• Batters: Rilee Roussouw (INR 8 crore)
• Bowlers: Prince Choudhary (INR 20 lakh)
• AR: Harshal Patel (INR 11.75 crore), Chris Woakes (INR 4.2 crore), Ashutosh Sharma (INR 20 lakh), Vishwanath Pratap Singh (INR 20 lakh), Shashank Singh (INR 20 lakh), Tanay Thyagarajann (INR 20 lakh)
• WK:

Rajasthan Royals:

• Batters: Rovman Powell (INR 7.4 crore), Shubham Dubey (INR 5.8 crore)
• Bowlers: Nandre Burger (INR 50 lakh)
• AR: Abid Mushtaq (INR 20 lakh)
• WK: Tom Kohler-Cadmore (INR 20 lakh)

Sunrisers Hyderabad:

• Batters: Travis Head (INR 6.8 crore)
• Bowlers: Jaydev Unadkat (INR 1.6 crore), Akash Maharaj Singh (INR 20 lakh), Jhatavedh Subramanyan (INR 20 lakh)
• AR: Wanindu Hasaranga (INR 1.5 crore), Pat Cummins (INR 20.5 crore)
• WK:

Gujarat Titans:

• Batters:
• Bowlers: Umesh Yadav (INR 5.8 crore), Sushant Mishra (INR 2 crore), Kartik Tyagi (INR 60 lakh), Manav Suthar (INR 20 lakh), Spencer Johnson (INR 10 crore)
• AR: Azmatullah Omarzai (INR 50 lakh), Shahrukh Khan (INR 7.4 crore)
• WK: Robin Minz (INR 3.6 crore)

Lucknow Super Giants:

• Batters: Ashton Turner (INR 1 crore)
• Bowlers: Shivam Mavi (INR 6.4 crore), Manimaran Sidharth (INR 2.4 crore), Mohammad Arshad Khan (INR 20 lakh)
• ARs: Arshin Kulkarni (INR 20 lakh), David Willey (INR 2 crore)
• WK:

IPL 2024 Auction Players List

The forthcoming IPL 2024 auction will be a significant event with 10 teams looking to fill 77 available slots. This auction will feature an array of players from countries such as India, Australia, Bangladesh, England, South Africa, West Indies, Ireland, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Scotland, UAE, and the USA.

Earlier a total of 1,166 players had registered for the auction with a mix of 830 Indian and 336 overseas players, including 212 capped, 909 uncapped, and 45 Associate players. Of them, 333 will go under the hammer at the IPL Auction table for the 2024 edition.

Due to the vast number of entrants, highlighting every player is not feasible, but some of the biggest names are mentioned below.

Among the top Australian players are Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Steven Smith, Josh Inglis, and Sean Abbott.

The list of top Indian players is extensive, including Umesh Yadav, Kedar Jadhav, Harshal Patel, Shardul Thakur, Varun Aaron, KS Bharat, Siddarth Kaul, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shivam Mavi, Shahbaz Nadeem, Karun Nair, Manish Pandey, Chetan Sakariya, Mandeep Singh, Barinder Sran, Jaydev Unadkat, Shahrukh Khan, Hanuma Vihari, Karan Sharma, and Sandeep Warrier.

From Bangladesh, Md Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Mehidy Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Mahmudullah, and Taskin Ahmed are among the top picks.

The list of prominent England players includes Rehan Ahmed, Gus Atkinson, Tom Banton, Sam Billings, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Tom Curran, Ben Duckett, George Garton, Richard Gleeson, Samuel Hain, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Tymal Mills, Jamie Overton, Ollie Pope, Adil Rashid, Philip Salt, George Scrimshaw, Olly Stone, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Luke Wood, and Mark Adair.

Other significant international players include Gerald Coetzee, Rilee Roussow and Rassie van der Dussen from South Africa, West Indies’ Alzarri Joseph, New Zealand’s Lockie Ferguson, Rachin Ravindra, Afghanistan’s Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga and Angelo Mathews.

Players in the Highest Base Price (INR 2 cr) Bracket

Shardul Thakur, Harshal Patel, Umesh Yadav, Harry Brook, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Rilee Rossouw, Travis Head, Gerald Coetzee, Sean Abbott, Steve Smith, Chris Woakes, Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, Ben Duckett, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Rassie van der Dussen, James Vince, Jamie Overton, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Mustafizur Rahman.

Players in the INR 1.5 cr Bracket

Mohammad Nabi, Phillip Salt, Jhye Richardson Wanindu Hasaranga, Sherfane Rutherford, Colin Munro, Jason Holder, Tom Curran, Daniel Sams, James Neesham, Tymal Mills, Chris Jordan, Tim Southee.

Players in the INR 1 cr Bracket

Rovman Powell, Azmatullah Omarzai, Alzarri Joseph, Ashton Turner, Ashton Agar, Michael Bracewell, Dwaine Pretorius, Sam Billings, Gus Atkinson, Kyle Jamieson, Riley Meridith, Adam Milne, Wayne Parnell, David Wiese.

IPL Players Released to the Auction for 2024

Ahead of the IPL 2024 auction, significant moves were made by the franchises. Delhi Capitals released overseas specialists Rilee Rossouw and Rovman Powell, while Rajasthan Royals brought in Avesh Khan and released Jason Holder. Lucknow Super Giants traded away Avesh Khan. Punjab Kings let go of finisher Shahrukh Khan, and Sunrisers Hyderabad released Harry Brook and Adil Rashid.

Chennai Super Kings made a financial move by releasing Ben Stokes. Gujarat Titans traded their captain to Mumbai Indians in a notable cash deal.

Kolkata Knight Riders kept veterans Andre Russell and Sunil Narine but released Shardul Thakur and Lockie Ferguson. Royal Challengers Bangalore reshaped their bowling attack by releasing Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, and Wanindu Hasaranga, and bringing in Cameron Green from Mumbai Indians for INR 17.50 Cr.

Mumbai Indians marked Hardik Pandya’s return and released Jofra Archer and Tristan Stubbs while trading Cameron Green to RCB. These strategic decisions by the teams aim to create a balanced and competitive lineup for the upcoming season.

The complete list of IPL 2024 Releases is placed below.

SRH released Harry Brook, Kartik Tyagi, Adil Rashid, Akeal Hosein, Samarth Vyas, Vivrant Sharma

KKR released Shardul Thakur, Shakib Al Hasan, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Litton Das, Tim Southee, Johnson Charles, David Wiese, Arya Desai, N Jagadeesan, Mandeep Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya

RR released Joe Root, Jason Holder, Obed McCoy, Abdul Basith, Akash Vashisht, Kuldip Yadav, M Ashwin, KC Cariappa, KM Asif

PBKS released Shahrukh Khan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Mohit Rathee, Baltej Dhanda, Raj Bawa

DC released Rovman Powell, Rilee Rossouw, Manish Pandey, Sarfaraz Khan, Chetan Sakariya, Phil Salt, Mustafizur Rahman, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ripal Patel, Aman Khan, Priyam Garg

CSK released Ben Stokes, Dwaine Pretorius, Ambati Rayudu, Kyle Jamieson, Sisanda Magala, Akash Singh, Bhagath Varma, Subhranshu Senapati

LSG released Karun Nair, Jaydev Unadkat, Daniel Sams, Manan Vohra, Arpit Guleria, Karan Sharma, Suryansh Shedge, Swapnil Singh

GT released Shivam Mavi, Yash Dayal, Alzarri Joseph, KS Bharat, Urvil Patel, Pradeep Sangwan, Odean Smith, Dasun Shanaka

MI released Jofra Archer, Chris Jordan, Duan Jansen, Hrithik Shokeen, Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Raghav Goyal, Tristan Stubbs, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Sandeep Warrier

RCB released Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Michael Bracewell, Finn Allen, Kedar Jhadav, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddharth Kaul