IPL Mega Auction 2025 Highlights: Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer Are Top Picks For Teams On Day 1; David Warner Goes Unsold

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At the end of the day, here is the Purse Remaining for the 10 IPL teams –

• Chennai Super Kings – Rs. 15.60 Crore
• Delhi Capitals – Rs. 13.80 Crore
• Gujarat Titans – Rs. 17.50 Crore
• Kolkata Knight Riders – Rs. 10.05 Crore
• Lucknow Super Giants – Rs. 14.85 Crore
• Mumbai Indians – Rs. 26.10 Crore
• Punjab Kings – Rs. 22.50 Crore
• Rajasthan Royals – Rs. 17.35 Crore
• Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Rs. 30.65 Crore
• Sunrisers Hyderabad – Rs. 5.15 Crore

Tha brings us to an end of the day.

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, after Punjab Kings paid Rs 26.75 crore for the latter. Kolkata Knight Riders paid whopping Rs 23.75 crore to bring back Venkatesh Iyer after not retaining him.

Manav Suthar is sold to Gujarat Titans for his base price of Rs 30 lakh.

Kumar Kartikeya Singh is sold to Rajasthan Royals for his base price of Rs 30 lakh.

Kolkata Knight Riders buy Mayank Markande for his base price of Rs. 30 lakh.

Karn Sharma is sold to Mumbai Indians for his base price of Rs. 50 Lakh.

Royal Challengers Bangaluru and Delhi Caitals start a bidding war for Suyash Sharma as Mumbai Indians also getting in on the act. His valuation rises from Rs. 30 Lakh to Rs. 2.6 Crore. He is sold to RCB.

Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad target Simranjeet Singh. His valuation rises from Rs. 30 Lakh to Rs. 1.5 Crore. He is sold to SRH.

Yash Thakur prompts a bidding war between Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans. His valuation rises from Rs. 30 Lakh to Rs. 1.6 Crore. He is sold to PBKS.

Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals start a bidding war for Vaibhav Arora as Delhi Capitals too get in on the act. His valuation rises from Rs. 30 Lakh to Rs. 1.8 Crore. He is sold to KKR.

Vijaykumar Vyshak is being targetted by Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings. His valuation rises from Rs. 30 Lakh to Rs. 1.8 Crore. He is sold to PBKS.

Mohit Shamra prompts a bidding war between Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans. His valuation rises from Rs. 50 Lakh to Rs. 2.2 Crore. He is sold to GT.

Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings get into a bidding war for Akash Madhwal. His valuation rises from Rs. 30 Lakh to Rs. 1.2 Crore. He is sold to RR.

Rasikh Dar sees a bidding wat between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Benglauru as his valuation rises from Rs. 30 Lakh to Rs. 2 Crore. Delhi Capitals exercise their RTM option as the price goes up further to Rs. 6 Crore, which DC declines as is sold to RCB

Vishnu Vinod is being chased by a lot of teams as his valuation rises from Rs. 20 Lakh to Rs. 95 Lakh with Punjab Kings getting their man.

Anuj Rawat goes for his base price of Rs 30 lakh to Gujarat Titans. Aryan Juyal went for the same price to Lucknow Super Giants.

Kumar Kushagra is bought by Gujarat Titans for Rs. 65 lakh as Robin Minz also goes for the same price to Mumbai Indians.

Ashutosh Sharma sees a bidding war between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. With RR and RCB stepping away, Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings step in as the valuation rises from his a base price of Rs. 30 lakh to Rs. 3.8 crore with DC getting their man.

Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals get into a mini bidding war for the services of Mahipal Lomror. From a base price of Rs. 30 lakh, he goes to GT for Rs. 1.7 crore.

Vijay Shankar gets bids from Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans. His valuation rises from Rs. 30 lakh to Rs. 1.2 Crore and will play for CSK.

Lucknow Super Giants bids for Harpreet Brar, promting Punjab Kings too also bid. He goes to PBKS for 1.5 Crore.

Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bengaluru get into a bidding war for Abdul Samad as Punjab Kings also get in on the act. The Indian youngster’s price shoots up from Rs. 30 Lakh up to Rs. 4.20 Crore. SRH refuse to use their RTM.

Naman Dhir attracted bids from MI, RCB, DC, RR, PBKS as his valuation rose from his base price of Rs. 20 lakh, going up to Rs. 3.4 crore. Rasjasthan Royals think they got their man but Mumbai Indians slip in with the option to RTM. RR raise their bid to Rs. 5.25 crore as MI retain.

Delhi Capitals get Sameer Rizvi for Rs 95 lakh.

Gujarat Titans bag Nishant Sindhu for his base price of Rs 30 lakh.

Abhinav Manohar sets off a bidding war between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers bengaluru before Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad also joined the fray. His value went up from Rs. 30 Lakh to Rs. 3.2 Crore with SRH getting their man.

Karun Nair is sold to the Delhi Capitals, after a mini bidding bar with Royal Challengers Bengaluru, for Rs. 50 Lakh.

Angkrish Raghuvanshi is up next as Kolkata Knight Riders look to retain him. Chennai Super Kings is there to fihgt it out for the Indian youngster. KKR manage to get their man at Rs. 3 Crore.

Nehal Wadhera is being eyed by Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings. He eventually goes to PBSK for Rs. 4.20 Lakh from his base price of Rs. 30 lakh.

Atharva Taide is sold at his base price of Rs. 30 lakh to Sunrisers Hyderabad. Anmolpreet Singh is unsold.

Here is the Purse Remaining for the 10 IPL teams –

• Chennai Super Kings – Rs. 16.80 Crore
• Delhi Capitals – Rs. 21.25 Crore
• Gujarat Titans – Rs. 20.75 Crore
• Kolkata Knight Riders – Rs. 15.15 Crore
• Lucknow Super Giants – Rs. 19.35 Crore
• Mumbai Indians – Rs. 32.50 Crore
• Punjab Kings – Rs. 32.55 Crore
• Rajasthan Royals – Rs. 18.85 Crore
• Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Rs. 39.25 Crore
• Sunrirsers Hyderabad – Rs. 9.85 Crore

The Afghanistan international, Noor Ahmad is next up and CSK has their man for INR 5 Crore but GT have used their RTM card. Chennai went in for a bid of Rs 10 Crore and GT decide not to match it.

The Afghanistan spinner, Waqar Salamkheil comes in next but none of the franchises bid for him and goes unsold.

The former Sri Lankan skipper, Wanindu Hasaranga is up next and the all-rounder is being pursued by both RR and MI to start things off. But the Rajasthan Royals get their man at Rs 5.25 Crore

SRH have added the spin-bowling all-rounder, Rahul Chahar to their squad for a small price of Rs 3.2 Crore

Maheesh Theekshana, the Sri Lankan spinner and the Rajasthan Royals pick him up for Rs 4.4 Crore.

The experienced New Zealand fast-bowler, Trent Bowler is the final player in this set. Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians are caught in a bidding war and Mumbai have their man for INR 12.5 Crores.

The fast bowler, T Natarajan is next and RCB and SRH are in to start things off. But after an extended bidding process, DC have their man at Rs 10.75 Crore