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
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Glenn Phillips UNSOLD!!
Seems like the teams are sleeping as one of the best T20 powerhouses going around, Glenn Phillips is passed by all the teams for now.
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WILLIAMSON UNSOLD!!
None of the teams are interested in the Kiwi batting maestro as he is passed along for now.
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Kane Williamson: First Name out of the bag
Former SRH skipper Kane Williamson is the first name that has come out of the bag.
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Set 13: Capped Batters
We are set to kick off the day with Set 13 as Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Kane Williamson, Faf du Plessis along with power-hitters like Glenn Phillips and Rovman Powell.
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LESS THAN 5 MINUTES TO GO!!
We are a few minutes away from the IPL 2025 Auction Day 2. Stay tuned in for live action which kicks off in less than five minutes.
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Gujarat Titans did well to add steel to their side
Overachievers of IPL 2022 and IPL 2023 are gearing up for IPL 2025 pretty well as they recruited Jos Buttler early, followed by signings of Mohammad Siraj, Kagiso Rabada, Prasidh Krishna, Kumar Kushagra, and Anuj Rawat.
Another finisher would strengthen GT's squad and Ashish Nehra might be looking at another spinner as well after signing Manav Suthar yesterday.
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Chennai Super Kings assembling a strong squad smartly
The spin trio of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, and Noor Ahmad would be a delight to watch while getting back Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra, along with Vijay Shankar, Khaleel Ahmed, and Rahul Tripathi was a great piece of business by CSK who have most of their players in the bag.
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SRH left with the least amount in their purse
Sunrisers Hyderabad paid the big bucks for their retention choices and paid huge amounts for Ishan Kishan, Mohammad Shami, and Harshal Patel as well.
With less than 6 Crores left, one would expect SRH to sit silent in the initial phase before going for their targets in the accelerated round.
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Delhi Capitals toiled hard on Day 1
DC couldn't get either Shreyas Iyer or Rishabh Pant but they did assemble a good batting order consisting of KL Rahul, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Tristian Stubbs, Harry Brook, Abhishek Porel, Ashutosh Sharma, and Axar Patel.
DC would want to get Mukesh Kumar back as well with Mohit Sharma and T Natarajan recruited yesterday.
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KKR assembling the band back together
The Knight Riders' CEO Venky Mysore talked about the importance of backing their title-winning squad and his actions matched his words as they went hard for Venkatesh Iyer.
Vaibhav Arora, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, and Angkrish Raghuvanshi were recruited back as well while Mitchell Starc and Suyash Sharma were replaced by Anrich Nortje and Mayank Markande.
KKR would need another quality seamer, keeping in mind Nortje's fitness and form is not the best currently in white-ball cricket.
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What do the teams need to assemble their playing XIIs?
RCB would be looking at recruiting some more firepower in the lower middle order along with a frontline seam option as well. Maybe, they will go big for Marco Jansen or Sam Curran.
RR need an all-rounder and a top-order batter to complete the jigsaw puzzle while MI would be looking for quality overseas player to compliment the skills of their domestic contingent.
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ONE HOUR TO GO!!
One hour to go for the kick off on Day 2 of the IPL 2025 Auction as teams would be looking to fill the gaping holes and recruit backup options as well in Jeddah.
32 key players would go up for auction in five sets before we take the route of an accelerated auction for the rest of the day.
1 month ago
Welcome to day two of the IPL auction!
The mega buys of day one had us all buzzing, but there's a lot to look forward to on day two as well!
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