Abdul Samad, Rasikh Salam Dar and Nehal Wadhera went big among uncapped players. Among the uncapped players, Rasikh Salam Dar become the highest paid on Day 1 as RCB roped the pacer for Rs. 6 crore. With a base price of Rs. Thirty lakh, Wadhera was purchased by Punjab Kings for Rs. 4.20 crores, while LSG paid the same for Samad. Mumbai Indians involved in Auction late but their first pick was Trent Boult of New Zealand for Rs. 12.50 crores. Josh Hazlewood (Rs. 12.50 crore) and Jofra Archer (Rs. 12.5 crore) were the other International fast bowlers to earn big money. Devdutt Pakikkal and David Warner were the two big names to go unsold after Rishabh Pant broke Shreyas Iyer’s record within minutes to become IPL’s costliest buy. As Lucknow Super Giants spent a Rs.27 Crores mind-boggling price for the wicketkeeper-batter. Breaking Mitchell Starc’s record of Rs 24.75 crore last year Punjab Kings broke the bank to get Indian Batter Shreyas Iyer for a whopping Rs. 26.75 crores. Arshdeep Singh becoming the first player to be sold in IPL Auction 2025. He got Rs. 18 crores. Gujrat Titans paid Rs. 10.75 crore to get Kagiso Rabada. Jos Buttler was sold to Gujarat Titans for 15.75 crore.
Among the top batters, KL Rahul, quite expectedly, went for big bucks. Delhi Capital paid Rs. 14 crores for the opener on IPL Auction 2025 Day 1. Australian Pacer Mitchell Starc, who cracked auction records last time when he was signed by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 24.75 crores was picked up by the Delhi Capitals for Rs. 11.75 crore this time around.
Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, The Kolkata Knight Riders, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals Chennai Super Kings, Gujrat Titans, Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings gunned to set their team for the next years from a pool of 574 players in these two-day long IPL Auction 2025. Only 84 top cricketers went under the hammer on Day 1. On Day 2, the auction process will resume on the second day from set No.13, which has players like Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane and Faf du Plessis.
