IPL Auction 2025 Live Updates: Punjab Kings signs Arshdeep Singh for Rs 18 crore using RTM; Marquee Set 1 starts with Pant, Rahul, Shreyas as top attractions; 204 slots to be filled, 84 players up for signing on Day 1

The former KKR captain in at the auction with a base price of Rs. 2 crore. KKR makes the first bid. Punjab Kings coming in at Rs. 2.20 crore. The price up to Rs. 5 crore as the two teams fight it out.

RCB starts the bid at base price of Rs. 2 crore. Gujarat Titans raises it to Rs. 2.20 crore and the two teams set off on a bidding spree. Mumbai Indians enters as the price zooms past Rs. 7 crore. GT and RCB continue to vie for the player and the price is over Rs. 10 crore now. RCB with the bid at Rs. 10.50 crore, but GT raises it to 10.75. 

GUJARAT TITANS SIGNS RABADA FOR Rs. 10.75 CRORE. PBKS DOES NOT USE ITS RTM.

The base price of Rs. 2 crore for Arshdeep. CSK starts with the first bid. Delhi Capitals at 2.20 and CSK back to 2.40. The price shoots past Rs. 6 crore as the two bid for Arshdeep. Chennai backs out at Rs. 7.50 crore, which is Delhi’s bid but Gujarat Titans now enters the bid at Rs. 7.75 crore. GT keeps the bid at Rs. 9.25 crore before Delhi goes one better at 9.50. RCB enters at Rs. 10 crore. Rajasthan Royals comes in at Rs. 11 crore. GT keeps the bid at 11.75. But RR engages further and the price is past Rs. 12 crore. Sunrisers Hyderabad comes in at Rs. 12.75 crore. The price is now past Rs. 14 crore. RR with the bid at Rs. 15 crore. SRH then with the best bid at Rs. 15.75 crore. Sunrisers Hyderabad buys Arshdeep Singh at Rs. 15.75 crore. Punjab Kings uses RTM. SRH has raised the price to Rs. 18 crore. And PBKS obliges.

ARSHDEEP SINGH TO PBKS FOR Rs. 18 crore using RTM.

The auctioneer has taken the stage for the start of the IPL Auction 2025.

We will be starting with the Marquee Set 1.

IPL Chairman Arun Dhumal gets the IPL 2025 Auction going with an address.

Apart from the Marquee players, only one set of each specialism – batters, spinners, pacers, all-rounders, wicketkeepers (capped and uncapped) - will go under the hammer today.

1. 2008: MS Dhoni - $1.5M

2. 2009: Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen - $1.55M

3. 2010: Shane Bond and Kieron Pollard - $750K

4. 2011: Gautam Gambhir - $2.4M

5. 2012: Ravindra Jadeja - $2M

6. 2013: Glenn Maxwell - $1M

7. 2014: Yuvraj Singh - Rs 14 Cr

8. 2015: Yuvraj Singh - Rs 16 Cr

9. 2016: Shane Watson - Rs 9.5 Cr

10. 2017: Ben Stokes - Rs 14.5 Cr

11. 2018: Ben Stokes - Rs 12.5 Cr

12. 2019: Jaydev Unadkat - Rs 8.4 Cr

13. 2020: Pat Cummins - Rs 15.5 Cr

14. 2021: Chris Morris - Rs 16.25 Cr

15. 2022: Ishan Kishan - Rs 15.25 Cr

16. 2023: Sam Curran - Rs 18.5 Cr

17. 2024: Mitchell Starc - Rs 24.75 Cr

The incremental bids are the same as last year. Rs 5 lakh (up to Rs 1 cr), Rs 10 lakh (1 to 2 cr.), Rs 20 lakh (2 to 5 cr) and Rs 25 lakh (Rs 5 crore onward).

KKR exhausted its full quota of six player retentions ahead of the auction and the defending champion is left with a purse of Rs. 51 crore. The team will want to find an able opening partner for Sunil Narine, who paired up with Phil Salt at the top to provide the side with blistering starts in the PowerPlay earlier this year. It could target Buttler, Lewis, De Kock, or Jake Fraser-McGurk, or could even bring back Salt. With Shreyas Iyer gone, KKR will also be on the look-out for a skipper, and could eye Rishabh Pant or Rahul. In Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, and Ramandeep Singh, Knight Riders have a middle-order that can fire on all cylinders but will need a crisis man in the mould of Shreyas.

Having retained pacer Harshit Rana, KKR will need a new-ball bowler and could turn to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh or Boult, amongst others. However, with Narine and Varun Chakaravarthy in its ranks, KKR may not feel the need to break the bank on spinners.

RCB retained just three players - Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and Yash Dayal - ahead of the auction and will need to build its squad from scratch. It will first look to find a captaincy candidate as Faf du Plessis, in the twilight of his career, is unlikely to return. RCB could target KL Rahul, who could also double up as wicketkeeper.

While Patidar will be the anchor in the middle-order, RCB will need power-hitters who will rally around him, and could target the likes of Liam Livingstone, or even use the RTM option to bring back Glenn Maxwell or Will Jacks. In the bowling department, Mohammed Siraj could be roped in again using the RTM card. RCB will want to get its auction strategy right, particularly with regards to its bowling line-up, as it is an area it has struggled to grapple with.

Having retained a strong Indian core, Mumbai Indians can only use its remaining RTM option on an uncapped player. It could eye uncapped Indian pacer Anshul Kamboj, who recently scripted history by claiming 10 wickets in an innings in the Ranji Trophy. It could also use its RTM card on pacer Akash Madhwal. With Jasprit Bumrah leading the attack, an overseas pacer, particularly one who operates in the middle-overs, will lend MI’s bowling more teeth.

However, it will first look to find an opening partner for former skipper Rohit Sharma, and it could look to buy back Ishan Kishan - albeit at a lower price than the left-hander fetched in 2022. Buttler, Quinton de Kock and Evin Lewis are some other options MI could explore.

MI has been light in the spin department in recent seasons and it will look to fill that gap by bringing in either Chahal or Ashwin, or even target an overseas tweaker such as Noor Ahmad or Wanindu Hasaranga.

Five-time champion CSK will have a significant amount of shopping to do at the auction. High on its priority list will be an opening partner for skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad. With one RTM option available, it could look to bag Devon Conway or Rachin Ravindra to fill that slot. Moreover, a couple of power-hitters in the middle-order could help set the stage for MS Dhoni and Shivam Dube’s finishing touches. CSK could thus eye Glenn Maxwell, Rishabh Pant or Liam Livingstone for that role.

Having retained death-overs specialist Matheesha Pathirana, CSK will need a new-ball bowler. Mohammed Siraj, Boult, Jofra Archer and Avesh Khan are some of the options Super Kings could explore.

With Ravindra Jadeja in its ranks, CSK will also need a specialist spinner could can operate on its spin-friendly tracks at Chepauk. Ashwin, Maheesh Theekshana and Chahal are some of the spinners CSK could target.

The Royals used their full quota of six player retentions ahead of the auction and will not be able to avail of the Right-to-Match (RTM) card. With just Rs. 41 crore in its purse, Rajasthan Royals could also find it tough to buy back some of its stars from previous seasons such as Jos Buttler, Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal.

In skipper Sanju Samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal, RR may have found a solution for Buttler’s absence at the top. However, it could look to buy back New Zealand pacer Trent Boult, who has been a key wicket-taker in the PowerPlay. In fact, overseas fast-bowlers will be a commodity high on the priority list of the Royals.

In Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer and Dhruv Jurel, RR has a stable middle-order and will eye an all-rounder at the auction who lends further might to the batting line-up and a handy bowling option too. In the absence of Ashwin and Chahal, a spin-bowling all-rounder could be help RR paper over the cracks.

Mumbai Indians

Players retained: Jasprit Bumrah (Rs 18 crore), Suryakumar Yadav (Rs 16.35 crore), Hardik Pandya (Rs 16.35 crore), Rohit Sharma (Rs 16.30 crore), Tilak Varma (Rs 8 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 1 (uncapped)

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Players retained: Heinrich Klaasen (Rs 23 crore), Pat Cummins (Rs 18 crore), Abhishek Sharma (Rs 14 crore), Travis Head (Rs 14 crore), Nitish Kumar Reddy (Rs 6 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 1 (uncapped)

Chennai Super Kings

Players retained: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Rs 18 crore), Ravindra Jadeja (Rs 18 crore), Matheesha Pathirana (Rs 13 crore), Shivam Dube (Rs 12 crore), MS Dhoni (Rs 4 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 1 (capped/uncapped)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Players retained: Virat Kohli (Rs 21 crore), Rajat Patidar (Rs 11 crore), Yash Dayal (Rs 5 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 3 (capped/uncapped)

Delhi Capitals

Players retained: Axar Patel (Rs 16.50 crore), Kuldeep Yadav (Rs 13.25 crore), Tristan Stubbs (Rs 10 crore), Abishek Porel (Rs 4 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 2 (capped/uncapped)

Kolkata Knight Riders

Players retained: Rinku Singh (Rs 13 crore), Varun Chakravarthy (Rs 12 crore), Sunil Narine (Rs 12 crore), Andre Russell (Rs 12 crore), Harshit Rana (Rs 4 crore), Ramandeep Singh (Rs 4 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: None

Rajasthan Royals

Players retained: 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 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: None

Gujarat Titans

Players retained: Rashid Khan (Rs 18 crore), Shubman Gill (Rs 16.50 crore), Sai Sudharsan (Rs 8.50 crore), Rahul Tewatia (Rs 4 crore), Shahrukh Khan (Rs 4 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 1 (capped)

Lucknow Super Giants

Players retained: Nicholas Pooran (Rs 21 crore), Ravi Bishnoi (Rs 11 crore), Mayank Yadav (Rs 11 crore), Mohsin Khan (Rs 4 crore), Ayush Badoni (Rs 4 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 1 (capped)

Punjab Kings

Players retained: Shashank Singh (Rs 5.5 crore), Prabhsimran Singh (Rs 4 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 4 (capped)

A team can use the RTM card to match the highest bid placed on a player who was part of its squad during the previous season. However, in this auction, the franchise that places the original bid will be allowed one more opportunity to raise the bid for the player after the RTM card is invoked.

If the team with the RTM option decides to match that final bid, it will retain the player in question. If not, the original bidder will secure the player’s services while the RTM card will be restored for the team that loses out.

The Right-to-Match (RTM) rule is being reintroduced for this year’s auction after it was last used for the 2018 edition. The RTM card will allow teams that didn’t use their full quota of six player retentions ahead of the auction to retain some of the players from their previous squads.

What time will the Indian Premier League 2025 mega auction start?

The Indian Premier League 2025 mega auction is scheduled to start at 3:30 PM IST.

Where can you watch the Indian Premier League 2025 mega auction?

The Indian Premier League 2025 mega auction telecast will be available on Star Sports. The live streaming will be available on the Jio Cinema app and website.

Jos Buttler, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, and Mitchell Starc, Yuzvendra Chahal, Liam Livingstone, David Miller, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj.

Mumbai Indians: Rs 55 crore

Punjab Kings: Rs 110.5 crore

Delhi Capitals: Rs 73 crore

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Rs 45 crore

Rajasthan Royals: Rs 41 crore

Chennai Super Kings: Rs 55 crore

Lucknow Super Giants: Rs 69 crore

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rs 83 crore

Gujarat Titans: Rs 69 crore

Kolkata Knight Riders: Rs 51 crore

Chennai Super Kings: 20 (7)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 22 (8)

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 20 (5)

Mumbai Indians: 20 (8)

Delhi Capitals: 21 (7)

Rajasthan Royals: 19 (7)

Punjab Kings: 23 (8)

Kolkata Knight Riders: 19 (6)

Gujarat Titans: 20 (7)

Lucknow Super Giants: 20 (7)

(In bracket - Overseas slots)

The 2025 mega auction marks the first time the event moves to Saudi Arabia. The event will be held at the Abadi Al Johar Arena in Jeddah. This is just the second time auction will take place outside India.

IPL auction 2025 venue: All you need to know about Abadi Al Johar Arena in Jeddah

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction will take place on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, with 577 players up for signing.

The 10 franchises have as many as 204 slots to fill in their sides. Out of these, 70 are for overseas players.

The two days of IPL 2025 mega auction will see 577 players go under the hammer. The first day of the auction will see the names of 84 players come to the floor.

Bidding wars, last-minute purse check, surprise picks and bank-breaking deals. We are set for all this as the Indian Premier League mega auction for the 2025 season begins in Jeddah.