How the 10 teams’ squads look like after IPL 2025 mega auction

The two-day long IPL mega auction 2025 came to an end at Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah on Monday. A total of ₹639.15 crore were spent by the 10 teams as they bought 182 players including 62 overseas cricketers.

Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant made the headline as he became the most expensive player in the league’s history as Lucknow Super Giants bought him for ₹27 crore. Pant’s India teammate Shreyas Iyer became the second most expensive buy of the league as Punjab Kings bid ₹26.75 crore.

It was an unexpected windfall for Indian all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer as he was bought for ₹23.75 crore and he became the third most expensive buy of this auction.

Here is a look at the squads of the 10 teams after the auction.

Chennai Super Kings

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

Players bought in the IPL mega auction:

Noor Ahmad (overseas capped player, bought for ₹10 crore)

Ravichandran Ashwin (Indian capped player, bought for ₹9.75 crore)

Devon Conway (overseas capped player, bought for ₹6.25 crore)

Khaleel Ahmed (Indian capped player, bought for ₹4.80 crore)

Rachin Ravindra (overseas capped player, bought at ₹ 4 crore)

Rahul Tripathi (Indian capped player, bought for ₹3,40 crore)

Vijay Shankar (Indian uncapped, bought for ₹ 1.20 crore)

Sam Curran (Overseas capped, bought for ₹2.40 crore)

Gurjanpreet Singh (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹2.20 crore)

Nathan Ellis (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹2 crore)

Deepak Hooda (Indian capped player, bought for ₹1.70 crore)

Vijay Shankar (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹1.20 crore)

Mukesh Choudhary (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakhs)

Shaik Rasheed (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakhs)

Delhi Capitals

Retained Players: Axar Patel (₹ 16.5 crore), Kuldeep Yadav (₹ 13.25 crore), Tristan Stubbs (₹ 10 crore), Abishek Porel (₹ 4 crore)

Players bought in the IPL mega auction:

KL Rahul (Indian capped player, bought for ₹ 14 crore)

Mitchell Starc (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹ 11.75 crore)

T. Natrajan (Indian capped player, bought for ₹ 10.75 crore)

Jake Fraser-Mcgurk (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹9 crore) (RTM card used)

Harry Brook (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹6.25 crore)

Ashutosh Sharma (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹ 3.80 crore)

Mohit Sharma (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹2.20 crore)

Sameer Rizvi (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹95 lakhs)

Dushmanth Chameera (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹75 lakh)

Karun Nair (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹50 lakh)

Darshan Nalkande (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakh)

Vipraj Nigam (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakh)

Madhav Tiwari (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakh)

Tripurana Vijay (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakh)

Manvanth Kumar L (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakh)

Ajay Mandal (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakh)

Gujarat Titans

Retained Players: Rashid Khan ( ₹. 18 crore), Shubman Gill ( ₹. 16.5 crore), Sai Sudharsan ( ₹.8.5 crore), Rahul Tewatia ( ₹ 4 crore), Shahrukh Khan ( ₹ 4 crore).

Players bought in the IPL mega auction:

Jos Buttler (overseas capped player, bought for ₹15.75 crore)

Mohammed Siraj (Indian capped player, bought for ₹12.25 crore)

Kagiso Rabada (overseas capped player, bought for ₹10.75 crore)

Prasidh Krishna (Indian capped player, bought for ₹9.50 crore)

Mahipal Lomror (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹1.70 crore)

Kumar Kushargara (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹65 lakh)

Manav Suthar (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹ 30 lakhs)

Anuj Rawat (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakhs)

Nishant Sindhu (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakhs)

Kolkata Knight Riders

Retained Players: Rinku Singh (₹. 13 crore), Varun Chakaravarthy (₹ 12 crore), Sunil Narine (₹ 12 crore), Andre Russell (₹12 crore), Harshit Rana (₹ 4 crore), Ramandeep Singh (₹ 4 crore)

Players bought in the IPL mega auction:

Venkatesh Iyer (Indian capped player, bought for ₹23.75 crore)

Anrich Nortje (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹6.50 crore)

Quinton de Kock (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹3.60 crore)

Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹3 crore)

Rahmanullah Gurubaz (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹2 crore)

Vaibhav Arora (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹1.80 crore)

Rovman Powell (Overseas capped, bought for ₹ 1.50 crore)

Mayank Markande (Indian uncapped, bought for ₹ 30 lakhs)

Lucknow Super Giants

Players Retained: Nicholas Pooran (₹ 21 crore), Ravi Bishnoi (₹ 11 crore), Mayank Yadav (₹ 11 crore), Mohsin Khan (₹ 4 crore), Ayush Badoni (₹ 4 crore).

Players bought in the IPL mega auction:

Rishabh Pant (Indian capped player, bought for ₹27 crore)

Avesh Khan (Indian capped player, bought for ₹9.75 crore)

David Miller (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹7.50 crore)

Abdul Samad (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹4.20 crore)

Mitchell Marsh (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹3.40 crore)

Aiden Markram (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹2crore)

Matthew Breetzke (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹75 lakh)

Shamar Joseph (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹75 lakh)

M. Siddharth (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakhs)

Arshin Kulkarni (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakhs)

Rajvardhan Hangargekar (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakhs)

Yuvraj Choudhary (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakhs)

Prince Yadav (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakhs)

Akash Singh (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakhs)

Digvesh Singh (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakhs)

Himmat Singh (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakhs)

Ayan Juyal (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakhs)

Mumbai Indians

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

Players bought in the IPL mega auction:

Trent Boult (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹12.50 crore)

Deepak Chahar (Indian capped player, bought for ₹9.25 crore)

Naman Dhir (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹ 5.25 crore)

Allah Ghazanfar (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹4.80 crore)

Mitchell Santner (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹2 crore)

Ryan Rickelton (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹1 crore)

Reece Topley (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹75 lakh)

Robin Minz (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹65 lakhs)

Karn Sharma (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹50 lakhs)

Bevan John Jacobs (Overseas uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakh)

Venkata Satyanarayana Penmetsa (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakhs)

Raj Angad Bawa (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakhs)

Shrijith Krishnan (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakhs)

Ashwani Kumar (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakhs)

Punjab Kings

Players Retained: Shashank Singh (₹ 5.5 crore), Prabhsimran Singh (₹ 4 crore).

Players bought in the IPL mega auction:

Shreyas Iyer (Indian capped player, bought for ₹26.75 crore)

Yuzvendra Chahal (Indian capped player, bought for ₹18 crore)

Arshdeep Singh (Indian capped player, bought for ₹18 crore) (RTM card used)

Marcus Stoinis (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹ 11 crore)

Marco Jansen (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹ 7 crore)

Nehal Wadhera (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹4.20 crore)

Glenn Maxwell (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹4.20 crore)

Josh Inglis (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹2.60 crore)

Lockie Ferguson (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹2 crore)

Vyshak Vijaykumar (Indian uncapped, bought for ₹1.80 crore)

Yash Thakur (Indian uncapped, bought for ₹1.60 crore)

Harpreet Brar (Indian uncapped, bought for ₹1.50 crore)

Aaron Hardie (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹1.25 crore)

Vishnu Vinod (Indian uncapped, bought for ₹95 lakh)

Kuldeep Sen(Indian uncapped, bought for ₹80 lakh)

Xavier Bartlett ( Overseas capped player, bought for ₹80 lakh)

Pravin Dubey (Indian uncapped, bought for ₹30 lakh)

Pyla Avinash (Indian uncapped, bought for ₹30 lakh)

Suryansh Shedge (Indian uncapped, bought for ₹30 lakh)

Musheer Khan (Indian uncapped, bought for ₹30 lakh)

Harnoor Pannu (Indian uncapped, bought for ₹30 lakh)Manoj Bhandage

Rajasthan Royals

Players Retained: Sanju Samson ( ₹ 18 crore), Yashasvi Jaiswal ( ₹18 crore), Riyan Parag ( ₹14 crore), Dhruv Jurel ( ₹14 crore), Shimron Hetmyer ( ₹11 crore), Sandeep Sharma ( ₹4 crore)

Players bought in the IPL mega auction:

Jofra Archer (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹12.50 crore)

Tushar Deshpande (Indian capped player, bought for ₹6.50 crore)

Wanindu Hasaranga (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹5.25 crore)

Maheesh Theekshana (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹4.40 crore)

Nitish Rana (Indian capped player, bought for ₹4.20 crore)

Fazalq Farooqi (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹2 crore)

Kwena Maphaka (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹1.50 crore)

Akash Madhwal (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹1.20 crore)

Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹1.1 crore)

Shubham Dubey (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹80 lakh)

Yudhvir Charak (India uncapped player, bought for ₹35 lakh)

Kumar Kartikeya Singh (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakh)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Players Retained: Virat Kohli ( ₹21 crore), Rajat Patidar ( ₹ 11 crore), Yash Dayal ( ₹5 crore)

Players bought in the IPL mega auction:

Josh Hazlewood (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹12.50 crore)

Phil Slat (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹11.50 crore)

Jitesh Sharma (Indian capped player, bought for ₹11 crore)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Indian capped player, bought for ₹10.75 crore)

Liam Livingstone (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹8.75 crore)

Rashik Dar (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹6 crore)

Krunal Pandya (Indian capped player, bought for ₹5.75 crore)

Tim David (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹3 crore)

Jacob Bethell (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹2.60 crore)

Suyash Sharma (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹2.6 crore)

Devdutt Padikkal (Indian capped player,bought for ₹2 crore)

Nuwan Tushara (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹1.6 crore)

Romario Shepherd (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹1.5 crore)

Swapnil Singh (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹50 lakhs)

Manoj Bhandage (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹30 lakhs)

Sunrisers Hyderabad

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

Players bought in the IPL mega auction:

Ishan Kishan (Indian capped player, bought for ₹11.25 crore)

Mohammad Shami (Indian capped player, bought for ₹10 crore)

Harshal Patel (Indian capped player, bought for ₹8 crore)

Abhinav Manohar (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹3.20 crore)

Rahul Chahar (Indian capped player, bought for ₹3.20 crore)

Adam Zampa (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹2.40 crore)

Simrajeet Singh (Indian uncapped player, bought for ₹1.50 crore)

Eshan Malinga (Overseas uncapped player, bought for ₹1.20 crore)

Brydon Carse (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹1 crore)

Jaydev Unadkat (Indian capped player, bought for ₹1 crore)

Kamindu Mendis (Overseas capped player, bought for ₹75 lakh)