IPL 2025 Mega Auction Live Updates: Rishabh Pant© BCCI
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE Updates: The fast bowlers’ is bidding is on now. The likes of Josh Hazlewood, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna will be up for grabs. History was made at the IPL 2025 auction with star India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant becoming the most expensive player ever. Lucknow Super Giants picked him up for Rs 27 crore. Pant broke Shreyas Iyer’s record, who was picked by Punjab Kings for Rs 26.75 crore. KKR went all out for Venkatesh Iyer and roped him in for Rs 23.75 crore. Yuzvendra Chahal became the most expensive Indian spinner ever in IPL as PBKS picked him for Rs 18 crore. Earlier, Arshdeep Singh was the first player to be sold in IPL 2025 Auction, that too by RTM card, at Rs 18 crore by PBKS.
Ishan Kishan will be donning the Sunrisers Hyderabad jersey as he was picked by the former champions for Rs 11.25 crore. In 2022, Mumbai Indians bought him back for Rs 15.25 crore but did not go the distance for him this time. The auction will be held in this order: Marquee Sets, Capped Batters, All-Rounders, Wicketkeepers, Capped Bowlers, Uncapped Players. The two-day auction is being held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (List Of Sold And Unsold Players)
Here are the live updates from IPL 2025 mega auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:
20:18 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Avesh Khan now fetching good money
Another bowler who turned out for Rajasthan Royals last season is up now, and has also seen his price rise to Rs 6.25 cr. RR are going for him too! LSG are in the hunt with them. Rs 8 CR and rising at the moment.
20:14 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: INR 9.5 CR for Prasidh!
Prasidh Krishna is attracting a lot of interest here. Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals are still going for him. Rs 9.5 cr and counting. And RR exit.
Prasidh Krishna SOLD for GT!
20:11 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Bidding on for Prasidh Krishna
Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans are in the hunt to sign Prasidh Krishna. Rs 5 cr mark surpassed. Krishna played for RR last season, and is expected to be one of the sought-after Indian bowlers in the auction.
20:09 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Hazlewood to RCB!
Another buy for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Josh Hazlewood to RCB for Rs 12.5 CR! Massive cheers from RCB’s passionate fanbase in the crowd.
Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma and Josh Hazlewood picked up by RCB now in the mega auction.
20:08 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Hazlewood bidding rising!
Rs 10 cr barrier breached in the bidding war for Australian speedster Josh Hazlewood. Keeps rising, and is above Rs 12 crore now. RCB and MI going for the tall Aussie.
20:06 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Time for the pacers
Josh Hazlewood is the first name up, and it is LSG and KKR going for the experienced Australian bowler. He’s taken 5 wickets in the ongoing BGT 1st Test.
20:04 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: RCB get Jitesh for Rs 11 cr
Huge raise by Royal Challengers Bengaluru! From Rs 7 cr to Rs 11 cr, and PBKS swiftly say no. Big buy in the middle order for RCB. Second wicket-keeping option for them.
20:03 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Jitesh to RCB!
RCB take Jitesh for Rs 7 cr, but Punjab Kings use their Right to Match card after a long, long discussion.
20:00 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Jitesh Sharma now
CSK enter the bidding, but exit quickly in the battle for Jitesh Sharma. RCB and DC going for Jitesh now. The bidding war is nearing Rs 6 cr.
19:58 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Big coup for SRH!
Ishan Kishan sold to SRH for Rs 11.25 CR! Seems like a fantastic purchase by the Orange Army, who further strengthen their explosive batting order.
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Heinrich Klaasen!
19:55 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Kishan hits Rs 10 cr
No surprises here, but Ishan Kishan has hit the total of Rs 10 cr. Punjab Kings with the bid, and Delhi Capitals exit. Enter SRH!
19:53 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Big bidding for Ishan Kishan
Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals are battling for Ishan Kishan. The bidding is currently at Rs 8.25 cr. Mumbai Indians don’t have the RTM, remember. They can only use it for an uncapped player.
19:49 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Gurbaz to KKR at base price
KKR get back Afghanistan’s Rahmanullah Gurbaz for his base price at Rs 2 cr. Two overseas wicket-keeper batters for them now.
And now it’s time for Ishan Kishan!
19:47 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Above Rs 11 cr now!
Big deliberation going on in both the KKR and RCB tables, and KKR exit the bidding at Rs 11.5 cr! Phil Salt to RCB for Rs 11.5 cr!
19:44 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Big bidding for Phil Salt
KKR already have Quinton de Kock, but are going for Phil Salt too. RCB raise the bid to Rs 9 cr now, this could be a big one. But Ishan Kishan is also set to come, remember.
19:41 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Phil Salt up next!
First it’s RCB and MI in the bidding for Phil Salt, but then KKR enter the hunt. Rs 6 cr+ for the in-form English wicket-keeper batter. RCB have a huge budget left at Rs 74.25 cr, and surely it will be impossible to outbid them here.
19:40 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Bairstow UNSOLD!
Jonny Bairstow goes unsold! Not a single bid for Bairstow at his base price of Rs 2 cr.
19:39 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: KKR bid now
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are now in the bidding war for Quinton de Kock, and win the player for Rs 3.6 cr! LSG don’t use the RTM, and it’s two buys in a short span of time for the reigning IPL champs. Value price for QDK.
19:35 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: QDK up first!
Quinton de Kock receives a bid of Rs 2 cr from SRH to start. Not fetching a big price here yet, the South African international. MI enter now, for their former player.
19:35 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Time for the wicket-keeper batters
The next big purchases in the IPL 2025 mega auction will be the wicket-keeper batters. Phil Salt, Ishan Kishan, Jitesh Sharma, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Quinton de Kock and Jonny Bairstow.
19:28 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Round-up!
Capped Batters and Capped All-Rounders:
Harry Brook: Delhi Capitals – Rs 6.25 CR
Aiden Markram: Lucknow Super Giants – Rs 2 CR
Devon Conway: Chennai Super Kings – Rs 6.25 CR
Rahul Tripathi: Chennai Super Kings – Rs 3.4 CR
Jake Fraser-McGurk: Delhi Capitals – Rs 9 CR (RTM)
Harshal Patel: Sunrisers Hyderabad – Rs 8 CR
Rachin Ravindra: Chennai Super Kings – Rs 4 CR (RTM)
R Ashwin: Chennai Super Kings – Rs 9.75 CR
Venkatesh Iyer: Kolkata Knight Riders – Rs 23.75 CR
Marcus Stoinis: Punjab Kings – Rs 11 CR
Mitchell Marsh: Lucknow Super Giants – Rs 3.4 CR
Glenn Maxwell: Punjab Kings – Rs 4 CR
Devdutt Padikkal: UNSOLD
David Warner: UNSOLD
19:26 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Remaining purse
Remaining purse of all 10 IPL teams:
CSK: Rs 31.60 cr
DC: Rs 32 cr
GT: Rs 30.25 cr
LSG: Rs 29.10 cr
KKR: Rs 27.25 cr
MI: Rs 45 cr
PBKS: Rs 32.55 cr
RR: Rs 41 cr
RCB: Rs 74.25 cr
SRH: Rs 27 cr
19:23 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Maxwell to PBKS!
Rs 4.2 cr price for Glenn Maxwell, who returns to PBKS for a third stint. No big show! RCB also do not use their RTM option.
We will have a short break now, and then it’s time for the high-flying wicket-keeper batters. Big demand expected for the likes of Phil Salt and Ishan Kishan.
19:20 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Maxwell not fetching bids!
Glenn Maxwell is not fetching a high price right now. Long wait for a first bid before SRH raised the paddle. Now the bidding is at Rs 3.6 cr between PBKS and CSK.
19:19 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: RCB update
RCB Head Coach, Andy Flower’s reaction on Liam Livingstone buy:
“We are very happy to get Liam Livingstone. He is a very very dangerous player obviously huge power but very versatile as well, given that he bowls legspin and offspin. So having that spin addition to our attack is really nice to secure early in the auction. And the other thing I’d say about Livingston, and I’ve worked with him quite a lot before, certainly at the England Cricket Academy, what I see in him is a maturing player, and some of his international efforts recently shows that he’s a maturing batsman who now can change gear up and down. And his ups very high, obviously, but he can also build innings and absorb pressure when he needs to. So that’s been really nice to see recently. We’re really happy to get him”
19:17 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Mitch Marsh to LSG
Lucknow Super Giants get a value star all-rounder, albeit a little injury prone. Mitchell Marsh will join their ranks for Rs 3.4 Cr.
Delhi Capitals don’t use the RTM option.
19:12 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Stoinis up to Rs 11 CR!
RCB exit the bidding war again. Marcus Stoinis goes to PBKS for Rs 11 cr, and Lucknow Super Giants are thinking about using their RTM option.
And they don’t! Big signing by Punjab Kings, after quite a while too.
19:09 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Marcus Stoinis rising!
Marcus Stoinis is the next man in the bidding process, and he’s already at Rs 8 cr! CSK and once again RCB eyeing an all-rounder. RCB surely have too big a budget here to be defeated.
19:06 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Venky Iyer back at KKR!
Venkatesh Iyer is back at Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 23.75 CR! They went for him from start to finish. What a race.
19:04 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Venkatesh going bonkers!
Venkatesh Iyer’s bidding is above Rs 22 cr now. KKR and RCB have big budgets left, but are they overspending here? Huge demand for a proven IPL top order batter and all-rounder.
19:02 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Rs 15 CR+ for Venkatesh!
KKR are going completely all out, and now it’s RCB in the race against them. RCB have a huge budget in hand of Rs 74.25 right now.
19:00 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: KKR going hard for Venky Iyer
KKR badly want someone from their champion team back, and the bidding for Venkatesh Iyer is now above Rs 7 cr. LSG going for it against KKR!
18:59 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Ashwin back at CSK!
Ravichandran Ashwin is back at the Chennai Super Kings. Rs 9.75 CR! Fourth signing of the last half-an-hour for the 5-time champions.
Time for Venkatesh Iyer now.
18:57 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Above Rs 8 CR!
Ashwin doesn’t boast an impressive IPL record in recent years, but his two ex-franchises are really going hard for him. This is the most expensive anyone in the all-rounders set has gone so far. Rs 9.75 CR as it stands!
18:55 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Bidding war for Ashwin!
Ravichandran Ashwin is up next, and it is CSK going for their home hero. LSG and RCB enter and exit the race, and now Ashwin’s old franchise RR are going for him too.
The bidding is above Rs 5 CR!
18:54 (IST)
IPL Auction LIVE: CSK RTM Ravindra! Huge roar from the crowd
PBKS win the bidding at Rs 3.2 cr, CSK immediately come in with the RTM. PBKS raise it to only Rs 4 cr, and CSK are happy to RTM. Big, big roar from CSK fans in the Jeddah arena. Chennai Super Kings continue to make moves after Lunch.
18:51 (IST)
IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Rachin Ravindra now!
CSK are bidding for Rachin Ravindra! Remember, they do have the RTM card as well. No surprises, PBKS are also in the bidding. Ness Wadia and Ricky Ponting have been the busiest bidders today, with that huge budget.
18:49 (IST)
IPL 2025 Mega Auction LIVE: Harshal to SRH!
Harshal Patel is bought by SRH for Rs 6.75 cr, and Punjab Kings use their RTM card. Big discussion and SRH raise their final bid to Rs 8 cr. PBKS SAY NO!
Harshal Patel to SRH for Rs 8 CR!
18:45 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Harshal Patel first up!
Harshal Patel is first up among the all-rounders. Harshal won the Purple Cap in IPL 2024, and is a proven death-overs wicket taker. It’s Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad going for it early on.
18:44 (IST)
IPL Mega Auction LIVE: Delhi Capitals RTM Fraser-McGurk
PBKS win JFM for Rs 5.5 cr, DC use their RTM! PBKS increase it to Rs 9 cr, and Delhi Capitals happily use the RTM again!
Under-par price for the Australian hotshot? Well, now we have the all-rounders. Big prices expected.
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