IPL 2025 mega auction: From Rishabh Pant to Jos Buttler - list of players sold on day 1
IPL 2025 mega auction: From Rishabh Pant to Jos Buttler - list of players sold on day 1 Photograph:( AFP )
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While foreign players were the attraction in the auction, it was the Indian players who gathered headlines, with Pant breaking the IPL record for most expensive player with a price tag of $3.2 million and Shreyas Iyer being the second-most expensive with $3.1 million.
While foreign players were the attraction in the auction, it was the Indian players who gathered headlines, with Pant breaking the IPL record for most expensive player with a price tag of $3.2 million and Shreyas Iyer being the second-most expensive with $3.1 million.
The Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) mega auctions took centre stage for day 1 on Sunday (Nov 24) as the franchises splashed the cash on big names like Rishabh Pant, Jos Buttler and others. While foreign players were the attraction in the auction, it was the Indian players who gathered headlines, with Pant breaking the IPL record for most expensive player with a price tag of $3.2 million and Shreyas Iyer being the second-most expensive with $3.1 million.
All Players sold on Day 1 of IPL 2025 Mega Auction
| Player Name | Auction price | IPL team |
| Rishabh Pant | Rs 27 crore | Lucknow Super Giants |
| Shreyas Iyer | Rs 26.75 crore | Punjab Kings |
| Venkatesh Iyer | Rs 23.75 crore | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Arshdeep Singh | Rs 18 crore | Punjab Kings |
| Kagiso Rabada | Rs 10.75 crore | Gujarat Titans |
| Jos Buttler | Rs 15.75 crore | Gujarat Titans |
| Mitchell Starc | Rs 11.75 crore | Delhi Capitals |
| Mohammed Shami | Rs 10 crore | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| David Miller | Rs 7.5 crore | Lucknow Super Giants |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | Rs 18 crore | Punjab Kings |
| Mohammed Siraj | Rs 12.25 crore | Gujarat Titans |
| Liam Livingstone | Rs 8.75 crore | Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
| KL Rahul | Rs 14 crore | Delhi Capitals |
| Harry Brook | Rs 6.25 crore | Delhi Capitals |
| Aiden Markram | Rs 2 crore | Lucknow Super Giants |
| Devon Conway | Rs 6.25 crore | Chennai Super Kings |
| Rahul Tripathi | Rs 3.40 crore | Chennai Super Kings |
| Jake Fraser-McGurk | Rs 9 crore | Delhi Capitals |
| Harshal Patel | Rs 8 crore | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| Rachin Ravindra | Rs 4 crore | Chennai Super Kings |
| R Ashwin | Rs 9.75 crore | Chennai Super Kings |
| Marcus Stoinis | Rs 11 crore | Punjab Kings |
| Mitchell Marsh | Rs 3.40 crore | Lucknow Super Giants |
| Glenn Maxwell | Rs 4.20 crore | Punjab Kings |
| Quinton de Kock | Rs 3.60 crore | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Phil Salt | Rs 11.50 crore | Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
| Ramanullah Gurbaz | Rs 2 crore | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Ishan Kishan | Rs 11.25 crore | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| Jitesh Sharma | Rs 11 crore | Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
| Josh Hazlewood | Rs 12.50 crore | Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
| Prasidh Krishna | Rs 9.50 crore | Gujarat Titans |
| Avesh Khan | Rs 9.75 crore | Lucknow Super Giants |
| Anrich Nortje | Rs 6.5 crore | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Jofra Archer | Rs 12.5 crore | Rajasthan Royals |
| T Natarajan | Rs 10.75 crore | Delhi Capitals |
| Trent Boult | Rs 12.5 crore | Mumbai Indians |
| Maheesh Theekshana | Rs 4.4 crore | Rajasthan Royals |
| Rahul Chahar | Rs 3.2 crore | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| Adam Zampa | Rs 2.4 crore | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| Khaleel Ahmed | Rs 4.80 crore | Chennai Super Kings |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | Rs 5.25 crore | Rajasthan Royals |
| Noor Ahmad | Rs 10 crore | Chennai Super Kings |
| Atharva Taide (UC) | Rs 30 Lakh | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| Nehal Wadhera (UC) | Rs 4.2 crore | Punjab Kings |
| Angrish Raghuvanshi | Rs 3 crore | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Karun Nair | Rs 50 lakh | Delhi Capitals |
| Abhinav Manohar | Rs 3.2 crore | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| Sameer Rizvi | Rs 95 lakh | Delhi Capitals |
| Nishant Sandhu | Rs 30 Lakh | Gujarat Titans |
| Harpreet Brar | Rs 1.5 crore | Punjab Kings |
| Abdul Samad | Rs 4.2 crore | Lucknow Super Giants |
| Naman Dhir | Rs 5.25 crore | Mumbai Indians |
| Vijay Shankar | Rs 1.2 crore | Chennai Super Kings |
| Mahipal Lomror | Rs 1.7 crore | Gujarat Titans |
| Ashutosh Sharma | Rs 3.8 crore | Delhi Capitals |
| Kumar Kushagra | Rs 65 lakh | Gujarat Titans |
| Robin Minz | Rs 65 lakh | Mumbai Indians |
| Anuj Rawat | Rs 30 Lakh | Gujarat Titans |
| Vishnu Vinod | Rs 95 lakh | Punjab Kings |
| Rasikh Dhar | Rs 6 crore | Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
| Akash Madhwal | Rs 1.2 crore | Rajasthan Royals |
| Mohit Sharma | Rs 2.2 crore | Delhi Capitals |
| Vyshak Vijay Kumar | Rs 1.8 crore | Punjab Kings |
| Vaibhav Arora | Rs 1.8 crore | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Yash Thakur | Rs 1.6 crore | Punjab Kings |
| Simarjeet Singh | Rs 1.5 crore | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
