IPL 2025 mega auction report card: Rating the squads of all 10 teams

182 players were sold for Rs 639.15 crore over two days in the IPL 2025 mega auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Players Bought in Auction: Shreyas Iyer – RS 26.75 crore, Yuzvendra Chahal – RS 18 crore, Arshdeep Singh – RS 18 crore, Marcus Stoinis – RS 11 crore, Nehal Wadhera – RS 4.20 crore, Glenn Maxwell – RS 4.20 crore, Vyshak Vijaykumar – RS 1.8 crore, Yash Thakur – RS 1.6 crore, Harpreet Brar – RS 1.5 crore, Vishnu Vinod – RS 95 lakh, Marco Jansen – RS 7 crore, Lockie Ferguson – RS 2 crore, Josh Inglis – RS 2.20 crore, Xavier Bartlett – RS 80 lakh, Kuldeep Sen – RS 80 lakh, Pyla Avinash – RS 30 lakh, Suryansh Shedge – RS 30 lakh, Musheer Khan – RS 30 lakh, Harnoor Pannu – RS 30 lakh, Aaron Hardie – RS 1.25 crore, Priyansh Arya – RS 3.80 crore, Azmatullah Omarzai – RS 2.40 crore. Players bought in auction: Josh Hazlewood – Rs 12.5 crore | Phil Salt – Rs 11.5 crore | Jitesh Sharma – Rs 11 crore | Bhuvneshwar Kumar – Rs 10.75 crore | Liam Livingstone – Rs 8.75 crore | Rasikh Dar – Rs 6 crore | Krunal Pandya – Rs 5.75 crore | Suyash Sharma – Rs 2.6 crore | Jacob Bethell – Rs 2.6 crore | Tim David – Rs 3 crore | Devdutt Padikkal – Rs 2 crore | Romario Shepherd – Rs 1.5 crore | Nuwan Thushara – Rs 1.6 crore | Lungi Ngidi – Rs 1 crore | Swapnil Singh – Rs 50 lakh | Manoj Bhandage – Rs 30 lakh | Swastik Chikara – Rs 30 lakh | Abhinandan Singh – Rs 30 lakh | Mohit Rathee – Rs 30 lakh. Players bought in auction: Noor Ahmad – Rs 10 crore | Ravichandran Ashwin – Rs 9.75 crore | Devon Conway – Rs 6.25 crore | Syed Khaleel Ahmed – Rs 4.8 crore | Rachin Ravindra – Rs 4 crore | Rahul Tripathi – Rs 3.4 crore | Anshul Kamboj – Rs 3.4 crore | Sam Curran – Rs 2.4 crore | Gurjapneet Singh – Rs 2.2 crore | Nathan Ellis – Rs 2 crore | Deepak Hooda – Rs 1.7 crore | Jamie Overton – Rs 1.5 crore | Vijay Shankar – Rs 1.2 crore | Vansh Bedi – Rs 50 lakh | Mukesh Choudhary – Rs 30 lakh | Shaik Rasheed – Rs 30 lakh | Kamlesh Nagarkoti – Rs 30 lakh | Ramakrishna Ghosh – Rs 30 lakh | Shreyas Gopal – Rs 30 lakh | Andre Siddarth – Rs 30 lakh Predicted XI - Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Rachin Ravindra, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, R Ashwin, Matheesha Pathirana, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj. STRENGTHS Strong retained core Explosive top and middle-order WEAKNESSES Reliance on overseas spinners Lack of a big name in Indian pace bowling Lack of back-up for finishers Rajasthan Royals Full Squad Retained Players: Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel Players bought in the auction: Jofra Archer – Rs 12.5 crore | Maheesh Theekshana – Rs 4.4 crore | Wanindu Hasaranga – Rs 5.25 crore | Akash Madhwal – Rs 1.2 crore | Kumar Kartikeya – Rs 30 lakh | Nitish Rana – Rs 4.4 crore | Tushar Deshpande – Rs 6.5 crore | Shubham Dubey – Rs 80 lakh | Yudhvir Singh – Rs 35 lakh | Fazalhaq Farooqi – Rs 2 crore | Vaibhav Suryavanshi – Rs 1.1 crore | Kwena Maphaka – Rs 1.5 crore | Kunal Rathore – Rs 30 lakh | Ashok Sharma – Rs 30 lakh.