Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer and Arshdeep Singh
Out of the national team setup for over two years, Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s experience found high demand among IPL franchises, with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) securing his services for Rs 10.75 crore on Monday. The second day of the mega auction turned out to be lucrative for several Indian pacers, while some big names, including Shardul Thakur, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Kane Williamson, and Glenn Phillips, went unsold.
IPL 2025 mega auction
Set to turn 35 before the start of the next IPL season, Bhuvneshwar boasts an impressive record of 300 wickets in 287 T20 matches with an economy rate under eight. Other notable deals included Deepak Chahar, who fetched Rs 9.25 crore from Mumbai Indians despite his injury history, and Mukesh Kumar, retained by Delhi Capitals for Rs 8 crore through the RTM card. Lucknow Super Giants also invested heavily, signing Test pacer Akash Deep for Rs 8 crore. Among the all-rounders, Krunal Pandya earned Rs 5.75 crore from RCB, who were in need of an experienced spin-bowling all-rounder. Rajasthan Royals made significant bids for Tushar Deshpande (Rs 6.50 crore) and Nitish Rana (Rs 4.20 crore), while Delhi Capitals secured former RCB skipper Faf du Plessis at a bargain base price of Rs 2 crore. Gujarat Titans acquired Washington Sundar for Rs 3.20 crore in another smart move. The scarcity of quality Indian seam-bowling all-rounders worked in favor of South Africa’s Marco Jansen, who secured a Rs 7 crore deal with Punjab Kings. Meanwhile, the auction reflected the high demand for Indian talent despite the limited options, ensuring lucrative deals for even fringe players.
Rishabh Pant becomes most expensive IPL player after he goes to LSG for Rs 27 crore at IPL auction
Here’s the list of the players sold on Day 2 of the IPL 2025 auction (ALL PRICES ARE IN INR):
Here’s the list of the players unsold during the IPL 2025 auction
Devdutt Padikkal David Warner Jonny Bairstow Waqar Salamkheil Anmolpreet Singh Yash Dhull Utkarsh Singh Upendra Singh Yadav Luvnith Sisodia Kartik Tyagi Piyush Chawla Shreyas Gopal Kane Williamson Glenn Phillips Ajinkya Rahane Mayank Agarwal Prithvi Shaw Shardul Thakur Daryl Mitchell Shai Hope KS Bharat Alex Carey Donovan Ferreira Mujeeb Ur Rahman Vijayakanth Viyaskanth Akeal Hosein Adil Rashid Keshav Maharaj Swastik Chhikara Madhav Kaushik Pukhraj Mann Mayang Dagar Anukul Roy Avanish Aravelly Vansh Bedi Harvik Desai Sakib Hussain Vidwath Kaverappa Rajan Kumar Prashant Solanki Jhathavedh Subramanyan Finn Allen Dewald Brevis Ben Duckett Moeen Ali Josh Philippe Umran Malik Mustafizur Rahman Naveen Ul Haq Umesh Yadav Rishad Hossain Andre Siddarth Rishi Dhawan Rajvardhan Hangargekar Arshin Kulkarni Shivam Singh LR Chethan Raghav Goyal Bailapudi Yeswanth Brandon King Pathum Nissanka Steve Smith Gus Atkinson Sikandar Raza Richard Gleeson Alzarri Joseph Kwena Maphaka Luke Wood Sachin Dhas Arpit Guleria Sarfaraz Khan Kyle Mayers Matthew Short Jason Behrendorff Shivam Mavi Navdeep Saini Salman Nizar Emanjot Chahal Kulwant Khejroliya Divesh Sharma Naman Tiwari Michael Bracewell Ottneil Baartman Dilshan Madushanka Adam Milne remains Lungisani Ngidi William O’Rourke Chetan Sakariya Sandeep Warrier Abdul Basith Tejasvi Dahiya Lance Morris Olly Stone Raj Limbani Shiva Singh Anshuman Hooda Dwaine Pretorius Blessing Muzarabani Brandon McMullen Atit Sheth Vijay Kumar Roston Chase Nathan Smith Kyle Jamieson Chris Jordan Ripal Patel Avinash Singh Umang Kumar Digvijay Deshmukh Yash Dabas On Sunday, the first day of the auction, most of the high-profile names raked in the moolah as the franchises virtually emptied their pockets to bag the priority players in their respective shortlist. Led by Rs 27 crore Lucknow Super Giants spent to buy star wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant, the sum of money splurged by the franchises came to a whopping INR 467.95 crore. Pant edged past Shreyas Iyer, who fetched Rs 26.75 crore from Punjab Kings, as teams went all out for marquee Indian stars. Venkatesh Iyer took home a whopping Rs 23.75 crore from KKR. A total of 84 players from the roster of 577 were presented on the opening day at the Abadi Al Johar Arena. Out of these 68 got sold, while four were retained through the Right-to-Match card. Among other big buys, leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal attracted Rs 18 crore from Punjab Kings, who also used the Right-to-Match card to bring back paceman Arshdeep Singh for Rs 18 crore. KL Rahul was picked up by Delhi Capitals for Rs 14 crore.
