IPL 2025 auction live: Know players sold, prices, updated teams and ...

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction is underway in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

To be held at the Abady Al-Johar Arena over two days, the IPL 2025 auction will be an opportunity for the 10 IPL teams to build the core of their squads for the next three seasons.

Held once every three years, the IPL mega auction allows teams to churn their squads and let them start afresh if they want to.

The 10 cricket teams will look to fill a total of 204 slots, including 70 for foreign players, at the IPL 2025 auction and will have a choice of 577 cricketers, 367 Indians and 210 overseas players, to pick from.

The minimum base price of a player at the IPL 2025 mega auction is ₹30 lakh while the maximum base price is ₹2 crore.

Lucknow Super Giants acquired Rishabh Pant for ₹27 crore at the IPL 2025 auction, making him the most expensive player in IPL history to date. Earlier, Punjab Kings shelled out ₹26.75 crore for Shreyas Iyer, which saw him hold the record briefly.

IPL 2025 auction: Most expensive players Most expensive player at IPL 2025 auction - Rishabh Pant (₹27 crore to LSG) Most expensive overseas player at IPL 2025 auction - Jos Buttler (₹15.75 crore to GT) Most expensive Indian player at IPL 2025 auction - Rishabh Pant (₹27 crore to LSG) Most expensive uncapped player at IPL 2025 auction - TBD

Each team has been allotted a total budget of ₹120 crore to build a squad of a minimum of 18 players and a maximum of 25 players for IPL 2025. A maximum of eight overseas players are allowed in each team.

IPL 2025 auction: Squads, teams, list of players sold and pricesChennai Super Kings IPL 2025 squad Purse remaining - ₹55 crore RTM cards available - 1 (capped/uncapped) Delhi Capitals IPL 2025 squad list Purse remaining - ₹61.25 crore RTM cards available - 2 (all capped/one capped and one uncapped) Gujarat Titans IPL 2025 squad Purse remaining - ₹30.25 crore RTM cards available - 1 (capped) Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2025 squad Purse remaining - ₹51 crore RTM cards available - 0 Lucknow Super Giants IPL 2025 squad Purse remaining - ₹34.50 crore RTM cards available - 1 (capped) Mumbai Indians IPL 2025 squad Purse remaining - ₹45 crore RTM cards available - 1 (uncapped) Punjab Kings IPL 2025 squad Purse remaining - ₹47.75 crore RTM cards available - 3 (capped) Rajasthan Royals IPL 2025 squad Purse remaining - ₹41 crore RTM cards available - 0 Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2025 squad Purse remaining - ₹74.25 crore RTM cards available - 3 (all capped/two capped and one uncapped) Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2025 squad Purse remaining - ₹35 crore RTM cards available - 1 (uncapped) How IPL 2025 auction works

Ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction, the 10 IPL teams were allowed to retain a maximum of six players from their previous squads, with a maximum of five capped players and two uncapped Indians allowed. The total cost of the retained players is then subtracted from the total budget for the auction.

Teams which chose not to use their full quota of six pre-auction retentions have the option to use the balance retention spots as Right to Match (RTM) cards during the auction, with which they can choose to match the highest bid on any of their former players and retain them.

For example, a team retaining four players will be entitled to two RTM cards in the auction. The cap on capped and uncapped players will still apply.

Punjab Kings, having retained just two uncapped players, will have the biggest purse of ₹110.5 crore at the IPL 2025 auction and the option to use RTM cards on four capped players.

In contrast, inaugural IPL winners Rajasthan Royals and reigning champions Kolkata Knight Riders have exercised their full quota of pre-auction retentions and will have a budget of ₹41 crore and ₹51 crore, respectively, and will have no RTM cards left either.