IPL 2025 auction, live updates: Rahane sold in accelerated round, Shaw remains unsold

CSK go in for their target straightaway at a base price of 30 Lacs and get their player with the first bid.

Pukhraj Mann remains unsold.

Madhav Kaushik remains unsold!

Shubham Dubey attracted bids from former side RR along with RCB and the price was escalated to 80 Lacs before the Royals bagged their player.

Chikara goes unsold!!

Swastik Chikara up first...

With 16 players already in the bag, Gujarat Titans are the closest to making up their squad of a minimum of 18 players. 

The Titans signed Washington Sundar to partner Rashid Khan and probably take up the new ball as well. Gerald Coetzee was their other buy in the day so far strengthening a pretty strong pace attack.

Akash Ambani feels that MI has their "Playing XII" locked and loaded with quality. They would be looking at quality back-ups and a couple of lower middle-order power-hitters, maybe Tim David could head back to Mumbai.

Despite paying the most for a player on Day 2 of the IPL 2025 Auction, RCB still has the most amount of money left in their purse, a bit more than 14 Crores.

They only have 11 players in the bag and would still be looking for a finisher who could contribute a couple of overs as well with the ball in hand.

Local talent from Karnataka could also be blooded into the side in the accelerated round later on...

As expected, fast bowlers took home much of the remaining purses left as Bhuvneshwar Kumar bagged the most amount of money on Day 2 with a winning bid of 10.75 Crores from RCB.

Deepak Chahar was in huge demand and MI eventually bagged his services for 9.25 Crores. Akash Deep was snapped up by LSG for 8 Crores while Mukesh Kumar headed back to DC for 8 Crores.

Tushar Deshpande found a new home in RR for 6.5 Crores and Allah Ghazanfar became the highest-paid spin bowler on Day 2 at 4.8 Crores while other overseas spinners went unsold.

Proteas spinner Keshav Maharaj remains unsold.

The experienced English spinner Adil Rashid was not on the radar of any of the sides as he remains unsold for now.

West Indies spinner Akeal Hosein remains unsold.

The man with a tough name and impressive performances for SRH last season remains unsold.

KKR went in for Allah Ghazanfar at a base price of 75 Lacs and were challenged by RCB, as the price was doubled in no time.

The Knight Riders seemed to have eventually managed to bag their target at 2.2 Crores, but MI stepped in at 2.4 Crores and escalated the price to 4.8 Crores to bag the player's services for the next IPL cycle.

Afghan mystery spinner Mujeeb ur Rahman is a regular in the franchise cricket but remains unsold as of now.

Spinners up next...

PBKS went in yet again and bagged Lockie Ferguson at base price as RCB decided not to exercise their RTM option for the second consecutive time.

A base price of 1 Crore proved to be useful for Akash Deep who got repeated bids from CSK and LSG up to 3.4 Crores.

After CSK withdrew, PBKS went in one more time in search of a seamer who has the ability to take the new ball.

LSG's bid of 8 Crores proved to be too tall for the Kings who were looking for an Indian seamer but went empty-handed from the set despite being the busiest side in Set 16.

MI submit the first bid for Deepak Chahar and PBKS are involved yet again as they submit their first bid as well.

Like the previous two bidding wars, the two sides went hard till 6 Crores before PBKS bowed out of the deal when they were asked to challenge with a bid of 8 Crores.

MI seemed to have sealed the deal for 7.75 Crores with no other side interested in the seamer's services but CSK stepped in taking the price beyond 9 Crores with another bidding war.

MI finally sealed the deal at 9.25 Crores for Deepak Chahar.

A regular in India's white-ball set-up, Mukesh Kumar attracts bids from CSK and PBKS as the duo escalate the price beyond 6 Crores.

The bidding war continued till 6.5 Crores as PBKS seemed to have sealed the deal before DC exercised their RTM option.

The Kings raised the price to 8 Crores and DC pondered a bit before matching the price.

An IPL legend has entered the fray and the duo of MI and LSG are having a go at it with the price already escalated beyond 10 Crores in a jiffy.

The Super Giants are taking a big punt here at 10.5 Crores but are usurped by RCB to step in at the last moment for their desired target and get him with their first bid of 10.75 Crores.

After struggling in IPL 2024, Gerald Coetzee has found admirers in Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings.

Vikram Solanki and Ashish Nehra are embroiled in a long chat and manage to bag their target at 2.4 Crores.

CSK and RR want Tushar Deshpande's services and the price has gone beyond 6 Crores after starting at a base price of 1 Crore.

The Royals bag their target for 6.5 Crores and now have around 7 Crores left in their purse.

A few exciting names coming up after a short break. Gerald Coetzee, Akash Deep, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mukesh Kumar, Lockie Ferguson, and Tushar Deshpande will be involved.

Punjab Kings signed a couple more players in Josh Inglis and Marco Jansen (the highest bid of the day so far) while RCB paid the big bucks for Krunal Pandya.

RR also invested big in Nitish Rana while most of the other players went unsold with a few of them getting signed at their base price.

Donovan Ferreira couldn't impress any of the sides with his high strike-rate as he remains unsold.

After a brave innings earlier this morning, Alex Carey remains unsold as of now.

SRH want Josh Inglis but so do PBKS, and the Sunrisers are going into an unwanted territory as they get involved in a mini bidding war and Preity Zinta & co. come out on top with a larger purse.

KS Bharat is passed up by all teams.

Ryan Rickelton's exploits in the SA20 have prompted MI to have a go at him in the IPL as well. They get their target at base price.

West Indies skipper in the ODI format, Shai Hope remains unsold.

Some useful wicket-keeping options coming up for the teams to have a look at...

Former KKR skipper Nitish Rana gets a bid from CSK straightaway and Venky Mysore doesn't seem interested as RR enters the fray to challenge the Super Kings.

Rana is a useful left-handed batting option and RCB is pondering over signing the player. The Royal Challengers do submit their bid ensuing another bidding war which they won at 3.2 Crores but RR steps back in at 3.4 Crores and drive the price up to 4.2 Crores to attain their target.

Krunal Pandya attracted interest from RCB, and the Royal Challengers were challenged by RR, but the Bengaluru-based franchise remained adamant and bagged their target at a price of 5.75 Crores.

Another Kiwi batter remains unsold as Daryl Mitchell's name couldn't impress any of the teams present in the room.

MI and PBKS have decided to go for Marco Jansen, and the price has been escalated to 2.6 Crores before MI withdraws allowing the Titans to step in and make their pace attack even stronger.

A bidding war ensued between the two sides before the Kings landed their desired target at 7 Crores.

One of the highest-paid players in IPL history, Sam Curran attracted a bid from one of his former teams, CSK. 

LSG wanted to go for the English all-rounder as well but didn't even submit a second bid as CSK is in the driving seat.

The Super Kings bagged the player at 2.4 Crores before PBKS decided not to exercise their RTM option.

Sundar will be partnering Rashid Khan as he is sold to Gujarat Titans for 3.2 Crores.

After taking two wickets in Perth this morning, Washington Sundar attracted the Titans' attention, and LSG followed suit, sparking the first bidding war of the day.

Thakur remains unsold as of now.

Shardul Thakur's name is the first to come out of the bag in Set 14.

Battling disciplinary issues at the moment, Prithvi Shaw remains unsold as well despite a base price of 75 Lacs.

A base price of 1 Crore didn't do any favors to Mayank Agarwal as he remains unsold.

Former Indian skipper Ajinkya Rahane remains unsold as RR and CSK didn't move an inch after seeing their former player's name up on the screen.

Former RCB skipper Faf du Plessis is attracting interest from DC, and the second bid of the day is also successful. RCB decides not to exercise their RTM option.

KKR get Rovman Powell at base price with the first bid of the day.