IPL mega auction prediction: Potential top buys and ideal playing XI for 10 teams
India TodayThe Indian Premier League 2025 auction is all set to be held on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as a total of 557 players will be seen going under the hammer. Probable Playing XI- Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rajat Patidar, Will Jacks, Glenn Maxwell/ Rachin Ravindra, Mahipal Lomror/Abhinav Manohar, Yuzvendra Chahal/Washington Sundar, Noor Ahmed/ Allah Ghazanfar, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood/Nathan Ellis Retained Players - Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh Purse Remaining – INR 51 Crore KKR managed to retain most of their top performers and the defending champions will be seen filling remaining gaps in their squad. Probable Playing XI- Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer, Heinrich Klaasen, Nehal Wadhera, Nitish Reddy, Ashutosh/Washington Sundar, Wanindu Hasaranga/Rachin Ravindra, Pat Cummins, Yuzvendra Chahal/Rahul Chahar, Mohammed Siraj, T Natararan/Bhuvneshwar Kumar Retained Players - Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma Purse Remaining - INR 41 crore Rajasthan Royals have the lowest purse remaining among all ten franchises as they retained a strong group of Indian players along with Shimron Hetmyer. Probable Playing XI- Jos Buttler/Quinton de Kock, Ishan Kishan/Naman Dhir, Nicholas Pooran, Shreyas Iyer/Nitish Rana, Glenn Maxwell/Marcus Stoinis, Ayush Badoni, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Josh Hazlewood Players Retained - Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abishek Porel Purse Remaining – INR 73 Crore Delhi Capitals also let go of their captain Rishabh Pant after reported fallout with the India star. Probable Playing XI- Phil Salt/Josh Inglis, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Tristan Stubbs/ Glenn Phillips, Axar Patel, Jacob Bethell/Omarzai, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Kagiso Rabada/ Spencer Johnson, Rasikh Dar/ Mukesh Kumar Players Retained - Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan Purse Remaining – INR 69 Crore The 2022 champions retained big stars Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill along with young Indian talent and now have INR 69 Crore remaining in their purse.