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NEW DELHI : Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer bagged eye-watering $3 million-plus deals in Sunday's Indian Premier League (IPL) auction shattering the previous payment record in the world's richest T20 tournament.
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Rishabh Pant was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for an IPL record fee of Rs 27 CR in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction. Shreyas Iyer went to Punjab Kings (PBKS) for Rs 26.75 cr, and briefly held the record for the most expensive IPL auction purchase. Arshdeep Singh was also bought back by PBKS via RTM. Gujarat Titans also made early moves, acquiring Jos Buttler and Kagiso Rabada to fill up their overseas ranks. Delhi Capitals got IPL-winning Australian pacer Mitchell Starc for a relatively low price of Rs 11.75 cr, making him their first signing of the mega auction. (IPL AUCTION LIVE Updates)
PBKS Full Squad, IPL 2025: Punjab Kings (PBKS) went all in for star India batter Shreyas Iyer, buying the batter Rs 26.75 crore at the IPL 2025 Mega Auction. Iyer thus became the most expensive buy ever in the history of the IPL auction. PBKS were in intense tussle with Delhi Capitals for the signature of the batter. KKR, who had released Iyer before the auction, had also entered the bidding war to buy back the player. PBKS also bought Yuzvendra Chahal for 18 crore, making him the most expensive Indian spinner to be sold in the history of IPL players auction. Earlier, PBKS exercised the Right To Match (RTM) card to buy back pacer Arshdeep Singh for Rs 18 crore.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction at Jeddah in Saudi Arabia will witness plenty of twists, turns, unexpected signings and records broken, as the availability of Indian and international stars is more than ever and all ten franchises are looking to rebuild their squads from the start. A total of 12 marquee players, including Indian stars like Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul have created a lot of buzz within the cricket fraternity. A total of 574 players have been shortlisted from an initial pool of 1,574 names.
The bids on Rishabh Pant could well soar like his audacious no-look six at Perth as he seems poised to become the highest paid player among the 577 who will go under the hammer at the two-day IPL mega auction starting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Sunday. There will be INR 641.5 crores cumulatively in the kitty of 10 teams with 204 possible slots to be filled but one can be rest assured that all eyes will be trained on Pant's name when it comes up.
Proteas captain Temba Bavuma has been cleared for selection and will return to lead South Africa in their home Test series against Sri Lanka.
South Africa captain Temba Bavuma has been cleared to face Sri Lanka in two home tests starting in Durban on Nov. 27 after missing out on the series sweep in Bangladesh last month with an elbow injury.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction will witness plenty of twists, turns, unexpected signings and records broken, as the availability of Indian and international stars is more than ever and all ten franchises are looking to rebuild their squads from the start. The presence of 12 marquee players, including Indian stars like Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul has created a lot of buzz within the cricket fraternity. A total of 574 players have been shortlisted from an initial pool of 1,574 names. These players will go under the hammer from November 24-25 in Jeddah. The list includes 208 overseas players, 12 uncapped overseas talents, and 318 uncapped Indian players, according to Wisden.