The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction concluded in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on November 24-25. With a total of 577 players in contention to secure a spot in any of the ten franchises, it has been two days of pure excitement.
However, there were many firsts in this mega auction. For instance, the auction saw a historic signing as Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player ever. He was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 27 crore. On the other hand, Yuzvendra Chahal became the most expensive spinner in the history of IPL after he was purchased by Punjab Kings for Rs 18 crore.
With the dust settled now, here’s how the teams now look like:
Chennai Super Kings
- Key Players: MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja
- Notable Additions: Rahul Tripathi, Rachin Ravindra, Sam Curran
- Complete Squad: 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.
- Chennai Super Kings Remaining Purse: Rs 0.05 crore
Mumbai Indians
- Key Players: Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav
- Notable Additions: Reece Topley, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult
- Complete Squad: Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Karn Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Deepak Chahar, Allah Ghazanfar, Will Jacks, Ashwani Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Reece Topley, Krishnan Shrijith, Raj Angad Bawa, Satyanarayana Raju, Bevon Jacobs, Arjun Tendulkar, Lizaad Williams, Vignesh Puthur.
- Mumbai Indians Remaining Purse: Rs 0.20 crore
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
- Key Players: Virat Kohli, Josh Hazlewood, Liam Livingstone
- Notable Additions: Phil Salt, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- Complete Squad: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal, Liam Livingstone, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee.
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru Remaining Purse: ₹0.75 crore
Kolkata Knight Riders
- Key Players: Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Quinton de Kock
- Notable Additions: Anrich Nortje, Moeen Ali, Umran Malik
- Complete Squad: Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Anrich Nortje, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Luvnith Sisodia, Ajinkya Rahane, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Umran Malik.
- Kolkata Knight Riders Remaining Purse: Rs 0.05 crore
Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Key Players: Pat Cummins, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar
- Notable Additions: Travis Head, Adam Zampa, Harshal Patel
- Complete Squad: Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head, Mohammad Shami, Harshal Patel, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Atharva Taide, Abhinav Manohar, Simarjeet Singh, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Brydon Carse, Kamindu Mendis, Aniket Verma, Eshan Malinga, Sachin Baby.
- Sunrisers Hyderabad Remaining Purse: Rs 0.20 crore
Rajasthan Royals
- Key Players: Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jofra Archer
- Notable Additions: Wanindu Hasaranga, Nitish Rana, Fazalhaq Farooqi
- Complete Squad: Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Nitish Rana, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Singh, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kwena Maphaka, Kunal Rathore, Ashok Sharma.
- Rajasthan Royals Remaining Purse: Rs 0.30 crore
Punjab Kings
- Key Players: Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Marcus Stoinis
- Notable Additions: Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Lockie Ferguson
- Complete Squad: Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Nehal Wadhera, Harpreet Brar, Vishnu Vinod, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur, Marco Jansen, Josh Inglis, Lockie Ferguson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Kuldeep Sen, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlett, Pyla Avinash, Pravin Dubey.
- Punjab Kings Remaining Purse: Rs 0.35 crore
Delhi Capitals
- Key Players: Axar Patel, Mitchell Starc, KL Rahul
- Notable Additions: Harry Brook, Faf du Plessis, Dushmantha Chameera
- Complete Squad: Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abishek Porel, Mitchell Starc, KL Rahul, Harry Brook, Jake Fraser-McGurk, T. Natarajan, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Dushmantha Chameera, Donovan Ferreira, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari.
- Delhi Capitals Remaining Purse: Rs 0.20 crore
Gujarat Titans
- Key Players: Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Kagiso Rabada
- Notable Additions: Jos Buttler, Mohammed Siraj, Glenn Phillips
- Complete Squad: Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Jos Buttler, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Nishant Sindhu, Mahipal Lomror, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar, Washington Sundar, Gerald Coetzee, Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Brar, Sherfane Rutherford, Sai Kishore, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Glenn Phillips, Karim Janat, Kulwant Khejroliya.
- Gujarat Titans Remaining Purse: Rs 0.15 crore
Lucknow Super Giants
- Key Players: Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, Avesh Khan
- Notable Additions: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed
- Complete Squad: Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal, Akash Deep, Himmat Singh, M. Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Matthew Breetzke.
- Lucknow Super Giants Remaining Purse: Rs 0.10 crore
