IPL Auction 2025 highlights: Rishabh Pant cosliest, Vaibhav Suryavanshi at 13 becomes youngest to get an IPL contract

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Rachin Ravindra, R. Ashwin, Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmad, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Shaik Rasheed, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Deepak Hooda, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddarth.

That's it from the IPL 2025 mega auction as two days of non-stop excitement comes to an end. 

Finally Arjun Tendulkar returns to Mumbai Indians for ₹30 lakh.  Kunal Rathore sold to RR for ₹30 lakh. Lizaad Williams sold to MI for ₹75 lakh, Kulwant Khejroliya sold to GT for ₹30 lakh. Lungi Ngidi sold to RCB for ₹1 crore, Abhinandan Singh sold to RCB for ₹30 lakh, Ashok Sharma sold to RR for ₹30 lakh, Vignesh Puther sold to MI for ₹30 lakh and Mohit Rathee sold to RCB for ₹30 lakh. 

Raj Limbani is unsold. Bevan Jacobs goes to Mumbai Indians for ₹30 lakhs. Atit Steth is unsold. Tripurana Vijay goes to Delhi Capitals for ₹30 lakhs. Madhav Tiwari geos to Delhi Capitals for ₹40 lakhs. Khrievitso Kense goes unsold.  

Manvath Kumar goes to Delhi Capitals for ₹30 lakh. Kulwant Khejroliya, Tejasvi Dahiya, Sandeep Warrier, Ottniel Baartman go unsold. Karim Janat goes to Gujarat Titans for ₹75 lakhs.  

Sikander Raza is unsold. Tom Latham is unsold. Kwena Mapakha goes to Rajasthan Royals for ₹1.50 cr. Leus du Plooy is unsold. Pravin Dubey goes to Punjab Kings for ₹30 lakhs. Ajay Mandal goes to Delhi Capitals for ₹30 lakhs. Shivalik Sharma is unsold. Matthew Short is unsold. 

Umran Malik goes to KKR for ₹75 lakh. Sachin Baby goes to SRH at ₹30 lakhs. Andre Siddharth goes to CSK for RS 30 lakh. Rajyardhan Hangargekar goes to LSG for ₹30 lakh. Tanush Kotian is unsold. Arshin Kulkarni returns to LSG for ₹30 lakhs. LR Chethan is unsold. Murugan Ashwin is unsold. Matthew Breetzke goes to LSG at ₹75 lakhs. Brandon King is unsold. Gus Atkinson is unsold.  

Auction resumes. Devdutt Padikkal goes to RCB for ₹2 crore. David Warner is back again. He goes unsold again. Anmolpreet Singh is unsold. Lovnith Sisodia goes to KKR for ₹30 lakh.  Piyush Chawla is unsold. Shreyas Gopal goes to CSK ₹30 lakh. Mayank Agarwal is unsold. Glenn Phillips goes to Gujarat Titans. Ajinkya Rahane goes to KKR for ₹1.50 crore. Shardul Thakur is unsold. 

Rajasthan Royals is the right place for Vaibhav Suryavanshi. The franchise has always nurtured young talents who have went on to play for India. Example - Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, who all made their India debuts in the last two years.   

Vaibhav Suryavanshi plays for Bihar in domestic cricket and already scripted history in Ranji Trophy by making a debut at just 12. He recently grabbed headlines when he became the youngest Indian to score a hundred against Australia U-19 at home.  

Delhi Capitals: ₹2.25 crore

Gujarat Titans: ₹3.20 crore

Lucknow Super Giants: ₹1.45 crore

Punjab Kings: ₹65 lakh

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: ₹4.65 crore

Chennai Super Kings: ₹1.2 crore

Kolkata Knight Riders: ₹5 crore

Sunrisers Hyderabad: ₹50 lakh

Mumbai Indians: ₹1.85 crore

Rajasthan Royals: ₹2.40 crore

That's the end of the list. All the teams have been asked to submit 3 to 5 players each for another round of accelerated auction.   

Sanjay Yadav, Avinash Singh, Ripal Patel, Umang Kumar. SRH bag Eshan Malinga for Rs. 1.20 crore. Yash Dabas, Digvijay Deshmukh, Umang Kumar

Dwaine Pretorious is unsold. Blessing Muzarabani is unsold. Brandon McMullen is unsold. Atit Sheth is unsold. Vijay Kumar. Roston Chase is unsold. Nathan Smith is unsold. Kyle Jamieson is unsold. Chris Jordan is unsold. 13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi goes to Rajasthan Royals for ₹1.10 crore.  

Chetan Sakariya and Sandeep Warrier go unsold. Abdul Basith is unsold. Yuvraj Chaudhary goes to LSG for ₹30 lakh. Kamlesh Nagarkoti goes to CSK for RS 30 lakh. James Anderson is player no.479 in the list. Tejasvi Dahiya is unsold. Lance Morris is unsold. Olly Stone is unsold. Pyla Avinash goes to Punjab Kings for ₹30 lakh. Ramakrishna Ghosh goes to CSK for ₹30 lakhs. Raj Limbani is unsold. Shiva Singh is unsold. Anshuman Hooda is unsold. Venkata Satyanarayana goes to Mumbai Indians. 

Michael Bracewell is unsold. Jamie Overton goes to CSK at 1.50 cr. Ottneil Baartman is unsold, Xavier Bartlett goes to Punjab Kings to ₹80 lakh. Dilshan Madushanka is unsold. Adam Milne is unsold. Lungi Ngidi is unsold. William O'Rouke is unsold. Where is James Anderson? Isn't he been asked for by any team?

Delhi Capitals: ₹2.25 crore

Gujarat Titans: ₹3.20 crore

Lucknow Super Giants: ₹1.75 crore

Punjab Kings: ₹1.75 crore

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: ₹4.65 crore

Chennai Super Kings: ₹3.30 crore

Kolkata Knight Riders: ₹5 crore

Sunrisers Hyderabad: ₹1.70 crore

Mumbai Indians: ₹2.15 crore

Rajasthan Royals: ₹3.50 crore

Prince Yadav goes to LSG for ₹30 lakh. He is another Delhi Premier League find. 

Nathan Ellis goes to CSK for ₹1.40 crore. PBKS wants to exercise RTM. CSK raise price to ₹2 crore. PBKS say no. Shamar Joseph goes to Mumbai Indians for ₹75 lakh. LSG wants to use RTM. MI says no to bid. LSG takes Joseph for ₹75 lakh. Shivam Mavi is unsold. Navdeep Saini is unsold. Salman Nizar is unsold. Aniket Varma goes to SRH for ₹30 lakh. Raj Angad Bawa goes to Mumbai Indians for ₹30 lakh. Emanjot Chahal is unsold. Musheer Khan goes to Punjab Kings for ₹30 lakh. Suryansh Shedge goes to Punjab Kings for ₹30 lakh. Kulwant Khejroliya is unsold. Divesh Sharma is unsold. Naman Tiwari is unsold. 

Manoj Bhandage goes to RCB at ₹3.80 lakh. Vipraj Nigam goes to Delhi Capitals for ₹50 lakh. Srijith Krishnan goes to Mumbai Indians for ₹30 lakhs. Arpit Guleria is unsold. Jacob Bethell goes to RCB for ₹2.60 crore. Brydon Carse goes to SRH for ₹1 crore. Aaron Hardie goes to Punjab Kings ₹1.25 crore. Sarfaraz Khan is unsold. Kyle Mayers is unsold. Kamindu Mendis goes to SRH at ₹75 lakh. Matthew Short is unsold. Jason Behrendorff is unsold. Dusmantha Chameera goes to Delhi Capitals for ₹75 lakhs.  

Alzari Joseph is unsold. Kwena Maphaka is unsold. Kuleep Sen goes to Punjab Kings for ₹80 lakhs. Reece topley goes to Mumbai Indians for ₹75 lakhs. Luke Wood is unsold. Sachin Dhas is unsold. Priyansh Arya is next. He impressed everyone in the Delhi Premier League earlier this year. He goes to Punjab Kings for ₹3.80 crore.      

Raghav Goyal is unsold. Bailapudi Yeswanth is unsold. Brandon King is unsold. Pathum Nissanka is unsold. Steve Smith is unsold. Gus Atkinson is unsold. Sikander Raza is unsold. Mitchell Santner goes to Mumbai Indians for ₹2 crore. Jayant Yadav goes to Gujarat Titans at ₹75 lakh. Fazalhaq Farooqi goes to Rajasthan Royals at ₹ 2 crore. Richard Gleeson is unsold.

Mumbai Indians think they have Rohit Sharma's opening partner in Will Jacks. After MI bagged Jacks, Anant Ambani went to RCB camp to thank them for not opting to RTM against the Englishman.   

Nuwan Thushara is up next. RCB and SRH start bidding war. Rajasthan Royals step up. The Lankan goes to RCB for ₹1.60 crore. Jaydev Unadkat goes to SRH for ₹1 crore. Naveen-ul-Haq and Umesh Yadav are unsold. Rishad Hossain goes unsold. Harnoor Pannu goes to Punjab Kings for ₹30 lakhs. Andre Siddharth is unsold. 

Josh Phillipe is unsold. Spencer Johnson is up next and KKR and Punjab Kings engage in a bidding war. The Australian goes to KKR for ₹2.80 cr. Umran Malik is unsold. Mustafizur Rahman is unsold. Ishant Sharma goes to Gujarat Titans for ₹75 lakh.       

Azmatullah Omarzai is sold to Punjab Kings for ₹2.40 cr. R Sai Kishore is next. SRH and Punjab Kings start bidding war after much consideration. Punjab Kings get him at ₹90 lakh. Gujarat Titans opt for RTM. PBKS raise price to ₹2 crore. GT says yes. Romario Shepherd goes to RCB for ₹1.50 crore.  

CSK raise paddle for Deepak Hooda and get him at ₹1.70 crore. Will Jacks is up next. Mumbai Indians raise paddle for Englishman. Punjab Kings join in. MI get Jacks for ₹5.25 crore.  

Sherfane Rutherford is up next. Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians engage in a bidding battle.  GT get the Windies star at ₹2.60 crore. Shahbaz Ahmed s up next. LSG and Delhi Capitals engage in a bidding war. LSG get Bengal all-rounder at ₹2.40 cr. Moeen Ali is unsold. Tim David is up next. SRH raise the paddle straightaway. RCB join in for the big Australian. RCB get David for ₹3 crore.  

Prashant Solanki is unsold. Jhathavedh Subramanium is unsold. Finn Allen of New Zealand is unsold. Dewald Brevis is unsold. England's Ben Duckett is unsold. Manish Pandey is up next. KKR raise the paddle for Pandey and get him at ₹75 lakh. 

CSK get back their former warrior Mukesh Choudhary for ₹30 lakh. Sakib Hussain is unsold. Vidwath Kaverappa is unsold. Rajan Kumar is unsold. Zeeshan Ansari goes to SRH at ₹40 lakh. M Siddharth goes to LSG for ₹75 lakh. Digvesh Singh goes to LSG for ₹30 lakh. 

Avanish Aravelly is unsold. Vansh Bedi is unsold. Harvik Desai is unsold. Gurnoor Singh Brar is up next. CSK and Gujarat Titans fight for the uncapped seamer. He was in GT last season. GT get him back at ₹1.30 cr.  

RCB raise paddle for Swapnil Singh. Delhi Capitals join too. He is sold at ₹35 lakh to Delhi Capitals. RCB wants to use RTM. DC raise the price to ₹50 lakhs. RCB accepts.  

Arshad Khan is up next. Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings start bidding war. PBKS opt out while Gujarat Titans join in. Punjab Kings join after DC opt out. GT get Arshad for ₹1.30 cr. Darshal Nalkande is up next. Delhi Capitals raise the paddle and get the player at ₹30 lakh. Anukul Roy is unsold.   

Madhav Kaushik is unsold. Pukhraj Mann is unsold. Sheikh Rasheed is up next. CSK raise paddle for their former player. CSK get him at ₹30 lakh. Himmat Singh is up next. LSG raise the paddle for Himmat and get him at ₹30 lakh. Mayank Dagar remains unsold too. Anshul Kamboj is next. Delhi Capitals and CSK start bidding for Haryana pacer who recently took 10 wickets in an innings in Ranji Trophy. DC opt out as LSG jump in. Mumbai Indians join in now. From ₹30 lakh, the bid reaches to ₹2 crore. CSK get Kamboj for ₹3.40 cr.   

Swastik Chikara is the first in accelerated auction. He is unsold. Subham Dubey is next.  RR raise the paddle at ₹30 lakh. RCB join in too. He goes to RR for ₹80 lakh. 

Sourav Ganguly to Australia in BGT: “Play well and otherwise its going to be a long series for you.”

Parthiv Patel: “Jos Buttler provides stability in batting. He is an exprienced wicketkeeper and who better then Jos. He is World Cup-winning captain, and can be a mentor to Shubman Gill.” 

Delhi Capitals: ₹3.80 crore

Gujarat Titans: ₹11.90 crore

Lucknow Super Giants: ₹6.85 crore

Punjab Kings: ₹10.90 crore

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: ₹14.15 crore

Chennai Super Kings: ₹13.20 crore

Kolkata Knight Riders: ₹8.85 crore

Sunrisers Hyderabad: ₹5.15 crore

Mumbai Indians: ₹11.05 crore

Rajasthan Royals: ₹6.65 crore

Delhi Capitals: Faf du Plessis ( ₹2 crore), Mukesh Kumar ( ₹8 crore)

Gujarat Titans: Washington Sundar ( ₹3.2 crore), Gerald Coetzee ( ₹2.4 crore)

Lucknow Super Giants: Akash Deep ( ₹8 crore)

Punjab Kings: Marco Jansen ( ₹7 crore), Lockie Ferguson ( ₹2 crore), Josh Inglis ( ₹2.6 crore)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Krunal Pandya ( ₹5.75 crore), Bhuvneshwar Kumar ( ₹10.75 crore)

Chennai Super Kings: Sam Curran ( ₹2.4 crore)

Kolkata Knight Riders: Rovman Powell ( ₹1.50 crore)

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Not yet

Mumbai Indians: Ryan Rickelton ( ₹1 crore), Deepak Chahar ( ₹9.25 crore), Allah Ghazanfar ( ₹4.80 crore)

Rajasthan Royals: Nitish Rana ( ₹4.2 crore), Tushar Deshpande ( ₹6.5 crore)

Akeal Hosein goes unsold. Same fate for England's Adil Rashid too. Keshav Maharaj also goes unsold surprisingly. Time for lunch. The accelerated auction will begin at 5:30 PM IST.   

Mujeeb Ur Rahman goes unsold. Allah Ghazanfar is up new spinner out of the bag. KKR raise the paddle and RCB join soon. RCB opt out and Mumbai Indians join in. MI have the last laugh at ₹4.80 cr. Vijayakanth Viyaskanth goes unsold. 

New Zealand's Lockie Ferguson is up next. Punjab Kings buy Ferguson at ₹2 crore

Akash Deep is up next. CSK and LSG start an aggressive bidding war for the Bengal pacer. CSK opt out and Punjab Kings make entry. The bid reaches ₹8 crore. Akash Deep goes to LSG for ₹8 crore. What a day for Bengal cricket as Mukesh Kumar and Akash Deep go for a cumulative ₹16 crore. 

Deepak Chahar is up next. Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings get into the bidding war straightaway. The bid crosses ₹7 crore. CSK come in at ₹8 crore. CSK opt out. Mumbai Indians have the last laugh at ₹9.25 cr. 

Mukesh Kumar is up next and CSK raise the paddle straightaway. Punjab Kings join in and the bid races to ₹5 crore in no time. Mukesh has worked with Ricky Ponting at DC. Punjab Kings get Mukesh for ₹6.50 cr. DC want to use RTM. PBKS raise bid to ₹8 cr. DC take some time to think and takes Mukesh. What a buy this was for Mukesh. 

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is up next and Mumbai Indians and LSG start the bidding for Indian veteran pacer. The bid races to ₹10 crore in no time. MI ponder for a moment. MI pull out. RCB join in at ₹10.75 cr. Great purchase by RCB. 

South African Gerald Coetzee is up next. Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans are in thick of action again. Punjab are in no mood to let go their player. PBKS opt out. The South African goes to Gujarat Titans for ₹2.40 cr. 

Fast bowlers are up next. Tushar Deshpande is the first of the lot. CSK raise the paddle. Rajasthan Royals join in the bidding war. Some fierce bidding war between the two as Deshpande's bid crosses ₹5 crore. CSK won't let their player go somewhere else. RR are also in no mood to let him go and eventually lands him at ₹6.50 cr

No takers for Alex Carey, KS Bharat, Shardul Thakur and Donovan Pereirra. Josh Inglis goes to Punjab Kings for ₹2.60 cr. 

Shai Hope is the new man under the hammer. He goes unsold. South African Ryan Rickelton is next and Mumbai Indians raise the paddle. MI get Ryan at ₹1 cr.