IPL Mega Auction 2025: Top Buys, Full List of Players
Deccan ChronicleJeddah: A total of 84 players went under the hammer on the first day of the IPL mega auction here on Sunday with teams breaking the bank for the marquee Indian cricketers.India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant pipped Shreyas Iyer to become the costliest buy in IPL's history with a Rs 27 crore winning bid from Lucknow Super Giants, while Venkatesh Iyer was the surprise show-stopper as he was bought back for Rs 23.75 crore by his former franchise Kolkata Knight Riders. Here is the team-wise list of the players sold by the end of the first day of the auction along with those unsold : Chennai Super Kings Ravichandran Ashwin for Rs 9.75 crore Devon Conway for Rs 6.25 crore Rachin Ravindra for Rs 4 crore Rahul Tripathi for Rs 3.40 crore Khaleel Ahmed for Rs 4.80 crore Noor Ahmad for Rs 10 crore Vijay Shankar Rs 1.20 crore Retained: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni. 30 lakh Retained: Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma Gujarat Titans: Jos Buttler for Rs 15.75 crore Mohammed Siraj for Rs 12.25 crore Prasidh Krishna for Rs 9.50 crore Kagiso Rabada for Rs 10.75 crore Nishant Sidhu Rs 30 lakh Mahipal Lomror for Rs 1.70 crore Kumar Kushagra for Rs 65 lakh Anuj Rawat for Rs 30 lakh Manav Suthar for Rs. 30 lakh Retained: Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan Kolkata Knight Riders: Venkatesh Iyer for Rs 23.75 crore Anrich Nortje for Rs 6.50 crore Quinton de Kock for Rs 3.60 crore Rahmanullah Gurbaz for Rs 2 crore Angkrish Raghuvanshi for Rs 3 crore Vaibhav Arora for Rs 1.80 crore Mayank Markande for Rs.