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IPL 2025 Auction Dates Out, To Be Held In Jeddah. Player From Italy Signs Up

The IPL 2025 auction will be held on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The IPL player registration officially closed on November 4, 2024, with an impressive total of 1,574 players (1,165 Indian and 409 overseas) signing up to be part of the mega IPL 2025 Player Auction, which will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The list includes 320 capped players, 1,224 uncapped players, and 30 players from Associate Nations.

IPL 2025 Mega Auction Expected To Be Held In Riyadh, Likely Dates To Be...

The mega auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season is expected to be held in Riyadh at the end of this month, according to sources. All ten franchises have announced their list of retained players for the IPL 2025, which turned out to be full of surprises and some expected decisions. As all teams have retained the players that they feel will be core to their success in the upcoming season of the cash-rich league, all eyes have now shifted towards the mega auction.

"Sorry To Disappoint": RCB Drop Virat Kohli Captaincy Bomb Ahead Of IPL 2025 Auction

As the cricketing fraternity awaited the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 retention lists to be announced, rumours of Virat Kohli returning as the captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru also started to float. The chatter intensified as the RCB left out skipper Faf du Plessis from the retention list, strengthening fans' believes that Kohli would re-take the team's captaincy. However, RCB's Director of Cricket Mo Bobat poured cold water on Kohli's captaincy rumours, saying the franchise hasn't made any decision on the matter yet.

Watch: Akash Deep Sends Bails Flying, Clean Bowls New Zealand Captain Tom Latham. Internet Goes Wild

Akash Deep made a sensational start to the second innings of the third Test against New Zealand. Opening the bowling, Akash Deep clean bowled New Zealand captain Tom Latham in the very first over. In the fourth ball of the first over, Akash Deep had trapped Latham on the pads, to which the umpire gave out LBW. However, the decision was overturn after Latham took a DRS Review. The very next ball, Akash Deep responded with aplomb, completely dismantling Latham's stumps.

Shreyas Iyer To Return To Delhi Capitals? Franchise Owners GMR Group's Big Promise Revealed

Shreyas Iyer's Indian Premier League (IPL) future is up in the air, having chosen to enter the auction instead of being retained by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), as revealed by their CEO Venky Mysore. Iyer will be a heavily sought-after player, as not only a highly-regarded middle-order batter, but also the pedigree of captaining a side to IPL glory. In fact, reports state that Iyer's biggest suitor may be his former franchise Delhi Capitals (DC), whom he led to an IPL final in 2020.

Paid Rs 21 Crore, Virat Kohli Opens Up On RCB Retention Ahead Of IPL 2025 Auction

After retaining Virat Kohli ahead of IPL 2025 auction, Royal Challengers Bengaluru posted a video of the player on X, formerly Twitter, on October 31. In the video, Kohli expressed deep gratitude for the unwavering support from the RCB fans and vowed to strive for the elusive IPL title during the next three-year cycle. "Very excited with the chance to create a squad at this auction, something that I'm really looking forward to, as a franchise, as a team. And also just looking ahead in this cycle. In the next three years, one of the goals obviously is to win the IPL title at least once. We're going to give our best shot as always and I'll try to make everyone proud, with the way we play out cricket," said Kohli.

"Because Of Hero Worship...": Sanjay Manjrekar Rejects Virat Kohli As RCB Captain

As Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) announced only three retentions ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction, reports emerged that Virat Kohli could be the favourite to lead the franchise once again. However, in a thorough analysis of the situation, former Indian cricketer-turned-commentator Sanjay Manjrekar pointed out that Kohli returning as captain may not be the best decision. Manjrekar asked RCB fans to forget the name 'Virat Kohli' for a moment, and analyse whether him becoming captain would be a sensible choice.

Rishabh Pant's "Real Bidding War To Start From Rs 20 Crore": IPL Official's Mega Revelation, 4 Teams Can Be In Fray

With stars like Rishabh Pant and K L Rahul up for grabs, many IPL team owners will be rubbing their hands in glad anticipation at the upcoming players' auction which promises to create all-time record deals given the available Indian talent in the pool. Aside from Pant and Rahul, there will be Shreyas Iyer, Arshdeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami also in the auction pool. All of them can trigger bidding wars but let there be no confusion that Pant will be cynosure of all eyes at the two-day event supposed to be held in third week of December.

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IPL 2025 Auction Dates Out, To Be Held In Jeddah. Player From Italy Signs Up

IPL 2025 Mega Auction Expected To Be Held In Riyadh, Likely Dates To Be...

"Sorry To Disappoint": RCB Drop Virat Kohli Captaincy Bomb Ahead Of IPL 2025 Auction

Watch: Akash Deep Sends Bails Flying, Clean Bowls New Zealand Captain Tom Latham. Internet Goes Wild

Shreyas Iyer To Return To Delhi Capitals? Franchise Owners GMR Group's Big Promise Revealed

Paid Rs 21 Crore, Virat Kohli Opens Up On RCB Retention Ahead Of IPL 2025 Auction

"Because Of Hero Worship...": Sanjay Manjrekar Rejects Virat Kohli As RCB Captain

Rishabh Pant's "Real Bidding War To Start From Rs 20 Crore": IPL Official's Mega Revelation, 4 Teams Can Be In Fray