The IPL 2025 mega auction is scheduled to take place on November 24-25, before which the list of marquee players was released. There are two lists of marquee players and each list has 6 players. There are speculations that the auction may start with these players. It has not been confirmed yet which player will be awarded the first bid. Before that let us know how many players have been kept in the marquee list.
How many Indians are there in the list of marquee players?
12 players were given ‘Marquee Player’ status for the mega auction, which included 7 Indian and 5 foreign players. Talking about Indian players, their names are Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj. Let us tell you that the base price of all these Indian marquee players is Rs 2 crore. David Miller is the only marquee player in the entire list whose base price is Rs. Rs 1.5 crore has been kept.
Marquee players will be bid in the first set
These marquee players can be bid in the first set of mega auction, on which teams can spend crores of rupees. At least Rs 45 crore is left in the purse of all the teams. Meanwhile, Punjab Kings have Rs. 110.5 crores and RCB has Rs. 83 crores are outstanding. Don’t be surprised if we see these franchises bidding on more and more marquee players.
How many players will be bid for?
A total of 1,574 players had registered for the mega auction, but only 574 players were shortlisted for the auction. All the teams together are retaining 46 players, so now a maximum of 204 players can be sold in the auction.
