IPL 2025 auction live updates

Welcome to Wisden's live coverage of the second day (November 25) of the auction of IPL 2025 held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – follow all the latest updates of the event, including news, real-time list of players sold and unsold, and more, right here.

IPL 2025 auction: The most expensive players

1 Rishabh Pant 27 crore 2025 Lucknow Super Giants
2 Shreyas Iyer 26.75 crore 2025 Punjab Kings
3 Venkatesh Iyer 23.75 crore 2025 Kolkata Knight Riders

A total of 84 players were auctioned on day one yesterday at the Abady Al-Johar Arena in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The 10 franchises splashed out INR 467.95 crore for 72 players.

IPL 2025: Updated list of players sold in the auction on day 1

Punjab Kings, who entered the auction with the biggest purse (INR 110.5 crore), bought the most players (10). They are closely followed by Gujarat Titans and Delhi Capitals, who acquired nine players each, while Rajasthan Royals (5) and Mumbai Indians (4) bought the least number of cricketers.

Rishabh Pant became the most expensive buy in the tournament's history after being sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 27 crore.

Also read: IPL 2025 squads: Updated team lists after day one of the auction

IPL 2025 auction, updated purse: How much budget does each team have remaining?

The second day of the auction has started - catch every live update right here.

IPL 2025 auction, live updates: Players sold & unsold on day two

1 month ago

Goodbye and Goodnight!

It was a delight bringing you the action from the two days of mega-auction action in Jeddah as Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, and Venkatesh Iyer broke the bank on Day 1 while Bhuvneshwar Kumar got the big bucks on Day 2.

I, Mohak Arora, bid you a goodbye and would like to thank you for sticking throughout the day as the proceedings unfolded in Saudi Arabia.

1 month ago

WRAPPED UP!

AAAND IT'S A WRAPPPP! IPL 2025 Auction unfolded over the last two days in Jeddah and owners of most franchises would walk to the Shangri-La Hotel with smiles on their faces.

PBKS went in with the highest purse and decided to splurge more than half of the allotted purse on three players, while RR went in with the lowest purse and were really shrewd about their business throughout the two days.

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Mohit Rathee: Sold to RCB for 30 Lacs

RCB have made the last signing of the IPL 2025 Auction in Jeddah as Mohit Rathee has been snapped up by the Royal Challengers at base price.

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Vignesh Puthur: Sold to MI for 30 Lacs

MI get their third signing of the round at base price.

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Ashok Sharma: Sold to RR for 30 Lacs

RR are strengthening in numbers late on as they pick Ashok Sharma at base price.

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Raj Limbani UNSOLD!

Raj Limbani remains unsold despite his name going up for auction for the third time in the evening.

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Abhinandan Singh: Sold to RCB for 30 Lacs

RCB get another player at his base price.

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Lungi Ngidi: Sold to RCB for 1 Crore

RCB go in for their target Lungi Ngidi and get the speedster at his base price.

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Ottneil Baartman UNSOLD!

Another seamer goes unsold.

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Kulwant Khejroliya: Sold to GT for 30 Lacs

GT get Khejroliya at base price.

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Shivam Mavi UNSOLD!

With 7 wickets for India in T20Is, Mavi failed to impress any of the franchises.

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Lizaad Williams: Sold to MI for 75 Lacs

MI aren't done yet as they sign Lizaad Williams at base price of 75 Lacs.

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Arjun Tendulkar heads home to MI for 30 Lacs

MI get their staple pick of every auction as they sign Arjun Tendulkar at base price.

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Kunal Rathore: Sold to RR for 30 Lacs

RR go for another relatively unknown quantity and the Royals bag him at base price.

1 month ago

LOT OF FAST BOWLERS COMING UP!

10 more players to go under the hammer!

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LAST ACCELERATED ROUND TO BEGIN SOON!

Khrievitso Kense remains unsold as every team will submit a list of 1 to 2 players for a last round of accelerated auction.

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Madhav Tiwari: Sold to DC for 40 Lacs

Madhav Tiwari finds a buyer this time around as DC and MI have submitted their initial bids and DC get him for 40 Lacs.

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Tripurana Vijay: Sold to DC for 30 Lacs

Atit Sheth remains unsold while Tripurana Vijay gets picked up at his base price by DC.

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Bevon Jacobs: Sold to MI for 30 Lacs

Raj Limbani remains unsold while MI picked another overseas youngster as they do at every auction with Bevon John Jacobs acquired at base price.

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Karim Janat: Sold to GT for 75 Lacs

Tejaswi Dahiya remains unsold while Karim Janat gets a bid from GT to join Rashid Khan in Ahmedabad at his base price of 75 Lacs.

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FAST BOWLERS DEMAND DWINDLING

Troika of Kulwant Khejroliya, Ottneil Baartman, and Sandeep Warrier remain unsold.

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Manvanth Kumar: Sold to DC for 30 Lacs

Manvanth Kumar gets an opening bid of 30 Lacs from DC and that will be that as he heads to the Capitals at base price.

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Ajay Mandal: Sold to DC for 30 Lacs

DC get their target at base price, while Shivalik Sharma and Matthew Short remain unsold.

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Pravin Dubey: Sold to PBKS for 30 Lacs

Leus du Plooy remains unsold while Pravin Dubey was picked up at a base price of 30 Lacs by PBKS.

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Kwena Maphaka: Sold to RR for 1.5 Crores

With RR and RCB both interested in the youngster, RR fans would have been delighted as they witnessed another exciting addition to their squad, becoming the last team to complete the minimum quota of 18 players.

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FOUR MORE PLAYERS UNSOLD!

Brandon King, Gus Atkinson, Sikandar Raza, and Tom Latham remain unsold.

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Matthew Breetzke: Sold to LSG for 75 Lacs

LR Chethan and Murugan Ashwin remain unsold while Matthew Breetzke gets picked up by LSG at base price.

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Arshin Kulkarni: Sold to LSG for 30 Lacs

Tanush Kotian remains unsold but Arshin Kulkarni gets a bid from LSG and joins the Super Giants at base price.

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Rajvardhan Hangargekar: Sold to LSG for 30 Lacs

LSG bag another seamer who can bat a bit as Rajvardhan joins the Lucknow-based franchise.

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Andre Siddarth: Sold to CSK for 30 Lacs

CSK want Andre Siddarth and the Super Kings do get him at base price.

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Sachin Baby: Sold to SRH for 30 Lacs

SRH empty out their purse with the signing of Sachin Baby at base price. No more signings for them!

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Umran Malik: Sold to KKR for 75 Lacs

KKR get another player at base price as the Jammu & Kashmir speedster joins the Korbo Lorbo Jeetbo gang.

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Moeen Ali: Sold to KKR for 2 Crores

KKR have bagged the back-up for Sunil Narine as Moeen Ali is recruited at base price.

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TWO MORE PLAYERS UNSOLD!

Prashant Solanki and Dewald Brevis remain unsold.

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Prince Choudhary UNSOLD!

Another player passed up by the franchises.

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Arjun Tendulkar UNSOLD!

Tendulkar surname didn't work this time around as Arjun remains unsold.

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Harvik Desai UNSOLD!

Desai remains unsold.

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Vansh Bedi: Sold to CSK for 55 Lacs

SRH and CSK are embroiled in a bidding war and CSK outbid SRH who only have 50 Lacs in their purse. The Super Kings bag their target for 55 Lacs.

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Anukul Roy: Sold to KKR for 40 Lacs

KKR want another one of their former players but are challenged by DC initially but the Knight Riders get back another piece to complete their jigsaw.

1 month ago

Swastik Chikara heads to RCB for 30 Lacs

It's mayhem out there as the auctioneer makes a blunder with RCB getting their target at base price of 30 Lacs. Did they want him though? Did DC want to challenge them? It's all unclear. No explanation.

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Donovan Ferreira: Sold to DC for 75 Lacs

DC get their target at base price.

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Shardul Thakur UNSOLD YET AGAIN!

Once a sensation bagging upwards of 10 Crores, Thakur fails to find a buyer.

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Ajinkya Rahane: Sold to KKR for 1.5 Crores

KKR comes in yet again and swoops Rahane at base price.

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Glenn Phillips: Sold to GT for 2 Crores

GT want Glenn Phillips as an alternative to Romario Shepherd and they get their man at base price.