The wait for the EPL 2025 mega auction is now over. Bidding on players is going to take place in Jeddah city of Saudi Arabia from 3.30 pm today. The IPL 2025 mega auction will run for two days. This time bidding will be held on 577 players. Out of which only 207 players will be purchased. All the 10 franchises have prepared their own mentality regarding this. This time many big names are included in the mega auction, who can break all the records of the auction. It includes veteran players like Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Arshdeep Singh and Jos Buttler.
These players included in the first set
Crores of cricket fans have their eyes on the mega auction of IPL 2025 today. This time, the magic of the most expensive player in IPL history can be seen in the first set itself. There are 6 players in the first set. These include the names of Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Jos Buttler, Mitchell Starc, Kagiso Rabada and Arshdeep Singh.
Even before the mega auction, the success of these players is being seen. While Pant is performing well on the Australia tour, Iyer scored a century in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy yesterday. Apart from this, Jos Buttler has scored two consecutive half-centuries in the Abu Dhabi T10 League.
Pant can become the most expensive player
Before the mega auction, there is a lot of speculation about wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant. Pant has proved to be the most expensive player in all the mock auctions held so far. In such a situation, all the franchises will have to keep an eye on this player during the mega auction. According to media reports, Punjab Kings can make the most expensive bid for Rishabh Pant. Let us tell you that this time Delhi Capitals had released Rishabh Pant, which was a big surprise for the fans.
How much money do teams have in the IPL 2025 auction?
641 crore and Rs 50 lakh for the ten IPL teams. Punjab Kings has the most money. The team has retained only 2 uncapped players, hence Punjab owes the maximum amount of Rs 110 crore 50 lakh. After this RCB paid Rs. 73 crores, Gujarat Titans- Rs. 69 crores. Chennai Super Kings have Rs. 55 Crore, KKR-51 Crore, Sunrisers Hyderabad-45 Crore, Mumbai Indians-45 Crore and Rajasthan Royals have the least amount of Rs. 41 crores.
ipl auction process
The first auction will begin with bidding for both sets of marquee players. After this, bidding will be done for the first set of capped players. This will include batsman, fast bowler, spinner, all-rounder, wicketkeeper. In the next round, there will be bidding for uncapped players in these different categories.
