After the end of the first day of IPL 2025 mega auction, the situation has become quite clear as to who can be made the captain of which team? Some teams cleared the situation by retaining this time.
Rs 467.95 crore was spent on the first day of IPL 2025 mega auction. There were 72 players who got new teams and many players managed to remain with their old team. But do you know who will be seen captaining all the 10 teams in IPL 2025? However, many teams have not yet made an official announcement regarding this. But, according to estimates, the situation is almost clear that who will lead the team in IPL 2025? These speculations are also being made because the teams have spent crores of rupees on those players, be it the retention of IPL 2025 or the mega auction.
10 captains for 199.35 crores!
Let us now know who can be seen captaining which team? First of all, know that the 10 teams of IPL 2025 together have spent Rs 199.35 crore on those players. So who can be those faces who can become captain, now know this also.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) – The team has almost opened the coffers to buy Rishabh Pant in the mega auction of IPL 2025. By spending Rs 27 crore on Pant, he made him the most expensive player not only this season but in the entire IPL history. If Lucknow has spent so much money on Pant, then it is obvious that apart from keeping and batting, they are also considering him as their captain. The big thing is that Pant has previous experience of captaincy in IPL.
Delhi Capitals (DC)
If seen from KL Rahul’s perspective, he has suffered a loss of Rs 3 crore in the mega auction of IPL 2025. Last season he got Rs 17 crore from LSG. But this is a good deal for Delhi Capitals at a cheap price. Because he got the option of keeper, batsman and captain only after spending Rs 14 crore. Rahul was the captain of LSG last season.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Ruturaj Gaikwad can captain the yellow jersey Chennai Super Kings. Because Ruturaj was seen captaining this team in the last season also and secondly, CSK had retained him for IPL 2025 also for Rs 18 crore.
Punjab Kings (PBKS)
Coming in with the biggest purse in the IPL 2025 mega auction, Punjab Kings spent money on Shreyas Iyer. They have added him for Rs 26.75 crore. Last season, Iyer had given the championship to KKR under his captaincy. In such a situation, it is not difficult to understand why Punjab Kings made such an expensive bid for him. Shreyas Ayyap can be seen captaining Punjab Kings in IPL 2025.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
The surprise came when the team was not putting all its efforts to sign Shreyas Iyer. But, he spent Rs 23.75 crore on the second Iyer i.e. Venkatesh Iyer. The surprising thing is why Venkatesh got so much money? But, perhaps KKR is considering making him the captain. After being sold in the auction, Venkatesh Iyer himself was seen saying that he is ready to take over the captaincy.
Gujarat Titans (GT)
Shubman Gill was the captain of Gujarat Titans last season and will be in IPL 2025 as well. The Gujarat franchise paid him Rs. Rs 16.50 crore has been retained.
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
The team already has a captain in the form of Sanju Samson. Rajasthan has retained Sanju for IPL 2025 for Rs 18 crore.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Kavya Maran would have been seen bidding on famous players in the IPL 2025 mega auction. But, the captain of his team in IPL 2025 will be Pat Cummins, whom he has already retained for Rs 18 crore.
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Mumbai Indians have also clarified the position of their captain regarding the retention of IPL 2025. He has retained Hardik for Rs 16.35 crore.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
On the first day of the mega auction of IPL 2025, RCB did not buy a single player who could be called capable of captaining the team. In such a situation, the question is whether the team wants to hand over the captaincy to Virat Kohli, whom it has retained for Rs 21 crore.
