IPL Auction 2025: Purse Remaining With All Teams After Day 1. Franchise With Most Money Is...

IPL Auction 2025: The first day of the mega auction saw 10 Indian Premier League franchises splashing Rs 467.95 crore on 72 players. Three stars - Rishabh Pant (Rs 27 crore, LSG), Shreyas Iyer (Rs 26.75 crore, PBKS) and Venkatesh Iyer (Rs 23.75 crore, KKR) - went over Rs 23-crore mark. There were other records too with Yuzvendra Chahal (Rs 18 crore, PBKS) becoming the most expensive Indian spinner ever while Arshdeep Singh (Rs 18 crore, PBKS) becoming the most expensive Indian pacer. On Day 2 of the auction, big names like Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Faf du Plessis, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Deepak Chahar, Krunal Pandya will go under the hammer.

After the first day of auction, Royal Challengers Bengaluru are left with maximum purse of Rs 30.65 crore.     

Purse remaining for all 10 IPL teams after Day 1 of auction:

RCB: Rs 30.65 cr - 6 buys

MI: Rs 26.10 cr - 4 buys

PBKS: Rs 22.50 cr - 10 buys

GT: Rs 17.5 cr - 9 buys

RR: Rs 17.35 cr - 5 buys

CSK: Rs 15.6 cr - 7 buys

LSG: Rs 14.85 - 7 buys

DC: Rs 13.8 cr - 9 buys

KKR: Rs 10.05 - 7 buys

SRH: Rs 5.15 cr - 8 buys

Resurrected generational talent 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, while Venkatesh Iyer was the surprise show-stopper as teams expectedly went the extra mile for marquee Indian players at the mega auction  on Sunday.

Shreyas, who captained the Kolkata Knight Riders to the title earlier this year, and Delhi Capitals' icon Pant, reaped the benefits of making themselves available at the auction following differences with their respective teams.

Venkatesh was also a part of Shreyas' triumphant KKR outfit and the franchise had to pay a whopping Rs 23.75 crore to bring him