With the likes of Ajinkya Rahane, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Steve Smith, Faf du Plessis, and many other superstars yet to go up for auction, it would be an interesting Day 2.

Do join us tomorrow for Day 2 of the Mega-Auction drama as I, Mohak Arora, will guide you through the action throughout the day tomorrow as well.

It seems like an eternity ago now that Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant broke the IPL record for the highest-paid player in the league. 

A total of 84 players went under the hammer and 72 players were sold as several teams have started to shape up and will continue to do so tomorrow, with an accelerated round of auction also scheduled in the latter half of Monday.

Former RR bowler Shreyas Gopal remains unsold after attracting no interest from any side.

A hero in the domestic circuit, Manav Suthar, attracts interest from GT and they secure him at base price.

RR want the former MI spinner and get him at base price.

Biggest surprise of the day as Piyush Chawla remains unsold despite leading MI's spin attack ably in the last couple of seasons.

Mayank Markande is up next and KKR has decided to replace Suyash with Mayank. They do so at base price as SRH decided not to use the RTM option.

Karn Sharma can spin the ball a long way and hit the ball a long way as well and MI decided to invest in his talent with a solitary bid of 50 Lacs.

A mini bidding war between DC and RCB ended up with the Royal Challengers having another bidding war with MI and Mo Bobat's men finally landed the signature they wanted at a price of 2.6 Crores.

Suyash Sharma's name pops out!

Former CSK bowler Simarjeet Singh ignited a bidding war between CSK and SRH and the Sunrisers remained adamant on landing the left-arm fast bowler at a price of 1.5 Crores.

Speedster Kartik Tyagi couldn't attract any bids across the board as he remained unsold.

PBKS and GT went at it in a battle for Yash Thakur, with the Kings coming out on top at 1.6 Crores.

KKR went for another one of their former players but were challenged by RR up till 1.6 Crores and the Knight Riders were reunited with another former player.

DC then entered the fray at 1.7 Crores with KKR eventually bagging their desired player for 1.8 Crores.

SRH, GT, and PBKS were all interested in the Bengaluru-born bowler and Preity Zinta's contingent finally managed to snap him up for 1.8 Crores.

RCB decided not to exercise the RTM option yet again as Vyshak heads to Punjab Kings.

A base price of 50 Lacs was enticing enough for GT and DC to go hammer and tongs for the experienced Mohit Sharma and the Capitals came out on top in the battle of the former GT player.

RR bid first for former MI bowler Akash Madhwal and PBKS decided to challenge them as they are looking for someone to partner Arshdeep Singh in the death overs.

But the Royals outbid PBKS at 1.2 Crores and bagged the fast bowler's signature.

Jammu & Kashmir fast bowler Rasikh Dar proved his credentials with DC in IPL 2024 and ignited a bidding war between RCB and SRH as both teams wanted to land the 24-year old's signature.

The Royal Challengers outbid Kavya Maran & co. to bag Rasikh Dar at 2 Crores before DC decided to exercise the RTM option.

RCB then raised the bid to 6 Crores and the Capitals couldn't match the amount after it was tripled by Mo Bobat's men.

Uncapped Fast bowlers to go under the hammer, this should be interesting!

KKR went in for Vishnu Vinod as their Indian wicket-keeping option, but PBKS decided to challenge them with KKR leaving the bidding at 40 Lacs.

MI then went in for the experienced Kerala wicket-keeper batter but PBKS eventually bagged their target for 95 Lacs.

Luvnith Sisodia also remains unsold.

Upendra Yadav remains unsold.

Aryan Juyal would have been delighted as he was signed for home team Lucknow Super Giants for his base price.

Former RCB wicket-keeper batter Anuj Rawat attracted a solitary bid from GT.

CSK once again were the first to bid and MI came in straightaway for Robin Minz who couldn't make his IPL debut last year after going for huge money. Minz was sold to MI for 65 Lacs.

CSK, definitely in pursuit of another wicket-keeping option, went straight in for Kumar Kushagra but were rivalled by PBKS, with GT entering late for the wicket-keeper batter and bagging him for 65 Lacs.

Uncapped wicket-keepers will go under the hammer next!

Utkarsh Singh remains unsold...

Ashutosh Sharma gained a reputation for accumulating runs at a brisk pace for PBKS during IPL 2024. RCB identified that and went in straightaway for the former PBKS player but were challenged by RR who gave up the pursuit at 90 Lacs.

DC was the next in line to enter the bidding war with RCB and managed to outbid them, but former team PBKS were still interested and took the price to 3.8 Crores at which DC landed the Railways batter's signature.

Mahipal Lomror attracted bids straightaway from Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans, with both franchises going hard for the southpaw.

GT eventually landed Lomror's signature after outbidding RR at a price of 1.7 Crores.

Vijay Shankar attracted bids from CSK and GT and the all-rounder would have been delighted to watch that battle as he is well accustomed to the home grounds of both teams.

The Super Kings managed to bag the local player eventually at a price of 1.2 Crores.

Former PBKS utility player attracted a bidding war between LSG and PBKS yet again with PBKS coming out on top this time around.

The Kings managed to sign the Moga-born player for 1.5 Crores after a couple of late bids from MI.

Jammu & Kashmir power-hitter Abdul Samad attracted interest from RCB and LSG with PBKS later replacing RCB in the position of bidding with LSG for the former SRH player.

The Super Giants managed to snap up Abdul Samad for 4.2 Crores before SRH decided not to exercise their RTM option, thus leading the J&K player to LSG.

Former MI all-rounder straightaway attracted a bid from his former side and RCB joined MI in pursuit of the Ambala-born all-rounder.

MI could have sealed the deal at 2 Crores after four bids from DC went in vain but RR was interested in Dhir as well sparking yet another mini bidding war as Dhir's bidding stopped at 3.4 Crores.

MI then exercised their RTM options, forcing RR to up their bid to 5.25 Crores, which was accepted by MI, who welcome back one of their former players.

Former CSK starlet Sameer Rizvi attracted a bid from his former side straightaway and DC joined the bidding initiating a mini bidding war for the UP batter eventually signing him for 95 Lacs.

Former India U-19 all-rounder Nishant Sindhu attracted a bid from GT for 30 Lacs, and the Rohtak-born player joined the 2022 IPL Champions.

Uncapped all-rounders to go under the hammer now...

Former GT batter Abhinav Manohar attracted a bid from RCB for 30 Lacs, and the Royal Challengers were outbid by CSK, who were then ensued in a battle with GT up to 2.2 Crores before SRH entered the fray at 2.4 Crores.

The Sunrisers eventually bagged the Karnataka batter at a price of 2.8 Crores as the hammer came down signifying a deal.

Later, the auctioneer claimed that KKR had their paddle up before the hammer went down, re-opening the bidding for the 30-year old uncapped batter. SRH eventually bagged him for 3.2 Crores.

Delhi batter Yash Dhull enters the fray with a base price of 30 Lacs but remains unsold.

DC and RCB go hard for the triple centurion at the Test level as Karun Nair's price was driven up to 50 Lacs before the Capitals signed the batter.

KKR go straight in for their former player and CSK joins them in a bidding war, smoothly taking up the price to 3 Crores as the Knight Riders were able to sign another player from their IPL 2024 winning team.

Nehal Wadhera is expected to be in huge demand as CSK and LSG go hard for the Punjab batter. After LSG bows out, PBKS enters the fray for the local batter forcing CSK to withdraw at 2.6 Crores.

GT joins the bidding process at 2.8 Crores and escalates the price to 4 Crores after a bidding war with PBKS, who eventually managed to get Wadhera at 4.2 Crores with MI not exercising their RTM option.

Anmolpreet Singh remains unsold as none of the teams raised their paddles.

Former PBKS batter Atharva Taide goes up with a base price of 30 Lacs, and SRH seems to be interested in another left-handed top-order batter.

Taide sold at Base Price

Players to go under the hammer: Yash Dhull, Abhinav Manohar, Karun Nair, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Nehal Wadhera, Anmolpreet Singh, and Atharva Taide

Uncapped Batters will be followed by Uncapped All-Rounders in the next two sets. Uncapped Wicket-Keepers will be next in line followed by Uncapped Fast Bowlers as we get set for another exciting session of bidding.