 "IPL 2025 mega auction: Full list of players sold, teamwise players' salary")
All 10 franchises of the Indian Premier League (IPL) spent Rs 639.15 crore at the IPL 2025 mega auction, where a total of 182 players, including 62 overseas cricketers, were sold during a two-day extravaganza in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah.
Rishabh Pant emerged as the most expensive player, fetching Rs 27 crore from Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). Shreyas Iyer followed closely with a Rs 26.75 crore deal with Punjab Kings, who also secured Yuzvendra Chahal and Arshdeep Singh for Rs 18 crore each (the latter through the right-to-match option). KKR spent Rs 23.75 crore on Venkatesh Iyer, solidifying his position as a top all-rounder.
Full list of players' sold, expensive buys of all 10 teams, players' list and salary for IPL 2025:
| Players bought by CSK at IPL 2025 mega auction | ||
| Player | Base Price | IPL 2025 salary |
| Noor Ahmad | Rs 2 crore | Rs 10 crore |
| Ravichandaran Ashwin | Rs 2 crore | Rs 9.75 crore |
| Devon Conway | Rs 2 crore | Rs 6.25 crore |
| Syed Khaleel Ahmed | Rs 2 crore | Rs 4.8 crore |
| Rachin Ravindra | Rs 1.5 crore | Rs 4 crore |
| Anshul Kamboj | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 3.4 crore |
| Rahul Tripathi | Rs 75 lakh | Rs 3.4 crore |
| Sam Curran | Rs 2 crore | Rs 2.4 crore |
| Gurjapneet Singh | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 2.2 crore |
| Nathan Ellis | Rs 1.25 crore | Rs 2 crore |
| Deepak Hooda | Rs 75 lakh | Rs 1.7 crore |
| Jamie Overton | Rs 1.5 crore | Rs 1.5 crore |
| Vijay Shankar | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 1.2 crore |
| Vansh Bedi | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 55 lakh |
| Andre Siddarth | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Shreyas Gopal | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Ramakrishna Ghosh | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Kamlesh Nagarkoti | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Mukesh Choudhary | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Shaik Rasheed | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| CSK’s retained players for IPL 2025 | ||
| Category | Player Name | IPL Salary (Rs ) |
| Retention 1 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | Rs 18 crore |
| Retention 2 | Matheesha Pathirana | Rs 13 crore |
| Retention 3 | Shivam Dube | Rs 12 crore |
| Retention 4 | Ravindra Jadeja | Rs 18 crore |
| Retention 5 | MS Dhoni | Rs 4 crore |
| Players bought by Delhi Capitals at IPL 2025 mega auction | ||
| Player | Base Price | IPL 2025 salary |
| KL Rahul | Rs 2 crore | Rs 14 crore |
| Mitchell Starc | Rs 2 crore | Rs 11.75 crore |
| T. Natarajan | Rs 2 crore | Rs 10.75 crore |
| Jake Fraser-Mcgurk | Rs 2 crore | Rs 9 crore |
| Mukesh Kumar | Rs 2 crore | Rs 8 crore |
| Harry Brook | Rs 2 crore | Rs 6.25 crore |
| Ashutosh Sharma | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 3.8 crore |
| Mohit Sharma | Rs 50 lakh | Rs 2.2 crore |
| Faf Du Plessis | Rs 2 crore | Rs 2 crore |
| Sameer Rizvi | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 95 lakh |
| Donovan Ferreira | Rs 75 lakh | Rs 75 lakh |
| Dushmantha Chameera | Rs 75 lakh | Rs 75 lakh |
| Vipraj Nigam | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 50 lakh |
| Karun Nair | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 50 lakh |
| Madhav Tiwari | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 40 lakh |
| Tripurana Vijay | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Manvanth Kumar L | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Ajay Mandal | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Darshan Nalkande | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Delhi Capitals retained players list | ||
| Category | Player name and IPL salary in rupees | |
| Retention 1 | Axar Patel (16.50 cr) | |
| Retention 2 | Kuldeep Yadav (13.25 cr) | |
| Retention 3 | Tristan Stubbs (10 cr) | |
| Retention 4 | Abishek Porel (4 cr) | |
| Players bought by Punjab Kings at IPL 2025 mega auction | ||
| Player | Base Price | IPL Salary (Rs ) |
| Shreyas Iyer | Rs 2 crore | Rs 26.75 crore |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | Rs 2 crore | Rs 18 crore |
| Arshdeep Singh | Rs 2 crore | Rs 18 crore |
| Marcus Stoinis | Rs 2 crore | Rs 11 crore |
| Marco Jansen | Rs 1.25 crore | Rs 7 crore |
| Nehal Wadhera | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 4.2 crore |
| Glenn Maxwell | Rs 2 crore | Rs 4.2 crore |
| Priyansh Arya | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 3.8 crore |
| Josh Inglis | Rs 2 crore | Rs 2.6 crore |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | Rs 1.,50 crore | Rs 2.4 crore |
| Lockie Ferguson | Rs 2 crore | Rs 2 crore |
| Vyshak Vijaykumar | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 1.8 crore |
| Yash Thakur | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 1.6 crore |
| Harpreet Brar | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 1.5 crore |
| Aaron Hardie | Rs 1.25 crore | Rs 1.25 crore |
| Vishnu Vinod | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 95 lakh |
| Xavier Bartlett | Rs 75 lakh | Rs 80 lakh |
| Kuldeep Sen | Rs 75 lakh | Rs 80 lakh |
| Pravin Dubey | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Pyla Avinash | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Suryansh Shedge | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Musheer Khan | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Harnoor Pannu | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Players retained by Punjab Kings ahead of IPL 2025 auction | ||
| Category | Player name and IPL salary in rupees | |
| Retention 1 | Shashank Singh (5.5 cr) | |
| Retention 2 | Prabhsimran Singh (4 cr) | |
| Players bought by Gujarat Titans at IPL 2025 mega auction | ||
| Player | Base Price | Winning Bid |
| Jos Buttler | Rs 2 crore | Rs 15.75 crore |
| Mohammad Siraj | Rs 2 crore | Rs 12.25 crore |
| Kagiso Rabada | Rs 2 crore | Rs 10.75 crore |
| Prasidh Krishna | Rs 2 crore | Rs 9.50 crore |
| Washington Sundar | Rs 2 crore | Rs 3.2 crore |
| Sherfane Rutherford | Rs 1,50,00,000 | Rs 2.6 crore |
| Gerald Coetzee | Rs 1,25,00,000 | Rs 2.4 crore |
| Glenn Phillips | Rs 2 crore | Rs 2 crore |
| R. Sai Kishore | Rs 75 lakh | Rs 2 crore |
| Mahipal Lomror | Rs 50 lakh | Rs 1.7 crore |
| Gurnoor Singh Brar | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 1.3 crore |
| Mohd. Arshad Khan | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 1.3 crore |
| Karim Janat | Rs 75 lakh | Rs 75 lakh |
| Jayant Yadav | Rs 75 lakh | Rs 75 lakh |
| Ishant Sharma | Rs 75 lakh | Rs 75 lakh |
| Kumar Kushagra | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 65 lakh |
| Kulwant Khejroliya | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Manav Suthar | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Anuj Rawat | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Nishant Sindhu | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Gujarat Titans retained players list | ||
| Category | Player name and IPL salary in rupees | |
| Retention 1 | Rashid Khan (18 cr) | |
| Retention 2 | Shubman Gill (16.50 cr) | |
| Retention 3 | Sai Sudharsan (8.50 cr) | |
| Retention 4 | Rahul Tewatia (4 cr) | |
| Retention 5 | Shahrukh Khan (4 cr) | |
| List of players bought by Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2025 mega auction | ||
| Player | Base Price | Winning Bid |
| Venkatesh Iyer | Rs 2 crore | Rs 23.75 crore |
| Anrich Nortje | Rs 2 crore | Rs 6.5 crore |
| Quinton De Kock | Rs 2 crore | Rs 3.6 crore |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 3 crore |
| Spencer Johnson | Rs 2 crore | Rs 2.8 crore |
| Moeen Ali | Rs 2 crore | Rs 2 crore |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Rs 2 crore | Rs 2 crore |
| Vaibhav Arora | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 1.8 crore |
| Ajinkya Rahane | Rs 1,50,00,000 | Rs 1.5 crore |
| Rovman Powell | Rs 1,50,00,000 | Rs 1.5 crore |
| Umran Malik | Rs 75 lakh | Rs 75 lakh |
| Manish Pandey | Rs 75 lakh | Rs 75 lakh |
| Anukul Roy | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 40 lakh |
| Luvnith Sisodia | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Mayank Markande | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Kolkata Knight Riders retained players list | ||
| Category | Player name and IPL salary in rupees | |
| Retention 1 | Rinku Singh (13 cr) | |
| Retention 2 | Varun Chakravarthy (12 cr) | |
| Retention 3 | Sunil Narine (12 cr) | |
| Retention 4 | Andre Russell (12 cr) | |
| Retention 5 | Harshit Rana (4 cr) | |
| Retention 6 | Ramandeep Singh (4 cr) | |
| Players bought by LSG at IPL 2025 mega auction | ||
| Player | Base Price | Winning Bid |
| Rishabh Pant | Rs 2 crore | Rs 27 crore |
| Avesh Khan | Rs 2 crore | Rs 9.75 crore |
| Akash Deep | Rs 1,00,00,000 | Rs 8 crore |
| David Miller | Rs 1,50,00,000 | Rs 7.5 crore |
| Abdul Samad | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 4.2 crore |
| Mitchell Marsh | Rs 2 crore | Rs 3.4 crore |
| Shahbaz Ahamad | Rs 1,00,00,000 | Rs 2.4 crore |
| Aiden Markram | Rs 2 crore | Rs 2 crore |
| Matthew Breetzke | Rs 75 lakh | Rs 75 lakh |
| Shamar Joseph | Rs 75 lakh | Rs 75 lakh |
| M. Siddharth | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 75 lakh |
| Arshin Kulkarni | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Rajvardhan Hangargekar | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Yuvraj Chaudhary | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Prince Yadav | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Akash Singh | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Digvesh Singh | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Himmat Singh | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Aryan Juyal | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Lucknow Super Giants retained players list | ||
| Category | Player name and IPL salary in rupees | |
| Retention 1 | Nicholas Pooran (21 cr) | |
| Retention 2 | Ravi Bishnoi (11 cr) | |
| Retention 3 | Mayank Yadav (11 cr) | |
| Retention 4 | Mohsin Khan (4 cr) | |
| Retention 5 | Ayush Badoni (4 cr) | |
| Players bought by Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025 mega auction | ||
| Player | Base Price | Winning Bid |
| Trent Boult | Rs 2 crore | Rs 12.5 crore |
| Deepak Chahar | Rs 2 crore | Rs 9.25 crore |
| Will Jacks | Rs 2 crore | Rs 5,25,00,000 |
| Naman Dhir | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 5.25 crore |
| Allah Ghazanfar | Rs 75 lakh | Rs 4.8 crore |
| Mitchell Santner | Rs 2 crore | Rs 2 crore |
| Ryan Rickelton | Rs 1,00,00,000 | Rs 1 crore |
| Lizaad Williams | Rs 75 lakh | Rs 75 lakh |
| Reece Topley | Rs 75 lakh | Rs 75 lakh |
| Robin Minz | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 65 lakh |
| Karn Sharma | Rs 50 lakh | Rs 50 lakh |
| Vignesh Puthur | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Arjun Tendulkar | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Bevan John Jacobs | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Venkata Satyanarayana Penmetsa | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Raj Angad Bawa | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Shrijith Krishnan | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Ashwani Kumar | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Mumbai Indians retained players list | ||
| Category | Player name and IPL salary in rupees | |
| Retention 1 | Jasprit Bumrah (18 cr) | |
| Retention 2 | Suryakumar Yadav (16.35 cr) | |
| Retention 3 | Hardik Pandya (16.35 cr) | |
| Retention 4 | Rohit Sharma (16.30 cr) | |
| Retention 5 | Tilak Varma (8 cr) | |
| Players bought by RCB in IPL 2025 mega auction | ||
| Player | Base Price | Winning Bid |
| Josh Hazlewood | Rs 2 crore | Rs 12.5 crore |
| Phil Salt | Rs 2 crore | Rs 11.5 crore |
| Jitesh Sharma | Rs 1,00,00,000 | Rs 11 crore |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Rs 2 crore | Rs 10.75 crore |
| Liam Livingstone | Rs 2 crore | Rs 8.75 crore |
| Rasikh Dar | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 6 crore |
| Krunal Pandya | Rs 2 crore | Rs 5.75 crore |
| Tim David | Rs 2 crore | Rs 3 crore |
| Jacob Bethell | Rs 1,25,00,000 | Rs 2.6 crore |
| Suyash Sharma | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 2.6 crore |
| Devdutt Padikkal | Rs 2 crore | Rs 2 crore |
| Nuwan Thushara | Rs 75 lakh | Rs 1.6 crore |
| Romario Shepherd | Rs 1,50,00,000 | Rs 1.5 crore |
| Lungisani Ngidi | Rs 1,00,00,000 | Rs 1 crore |
| Swapnil Singh | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 50 lakh |
| Mohit Rathee | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Abhinandan Singh | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Swastik Chhikara | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Manoj Bhandage | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru retained players list | ||
| Category | Player name and IPL salary in rupees | |
| Retention 1 | Virat Kohli (21 cr) | |
| Retention 2 | Rajat Patidar (11 cr) | |
| Retention 3 | Yash Dayal (5 cr) | |
| Players bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad at IPL 2025 mega auction | ||
| Player | Base Price | Winning Bid |
| Ishan Kishan | Rs 2 crore | Rs 11.25 crore |
| Mohammad Shami | Rs 2 crore | Rs 10 crore |
| Harshal Patel | Rs 2 crore | Rs 8 crore |
| Abhinav Manohar | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 3.2 crore |
| Rahul Chahar | Rs 1,00,00,000 | Rs 3.2 crore |
| Adam Zampa | Rs 2 crore | Rs 2.4 crore |
| Simarjeet Singh | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 1.5 crore |
| Eshan Malinga | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 1.2 crore |
| Brydon Carse | Rs 1,00,00,000 | Rs 1 crore |
| Jaydev Unadkat | Rs 1,00,00,000 | Rs 1 crore |
| Kamindu Mendis | Rs 75 lakh | Rs 75 lakh |
| Zeeshan Ansari | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 40 lakh |
| Sachin Baby | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Aniket Verma | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Atharva Taide | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| SunRisers Hyderabad retained players list | ||
| Category | Player name and IPL salary in rupees | |
| Retention 1 | Heinrich Klaasen (23 cr) | |
| Retention 2 | Pat Cummins (18 cr) | |
| Retention 3 | Abhishek Sharma (14 cr) | |
| Retention 4 | Travis Head (14 cr) | |
| Retention 5 | Nitish Kumar Reddy (6 cr) | |
| Players bought by Rajasthan Royals at IPL 2025 mega auction | ||
| Player | Base Price | Winning Bid |
| Jofra Archer | Rs 2 crore | Rs 12.5 crore |
| Tushar Deshpande | Rs 1,00,00,000 | Rs 6.5 crore |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | Rs 2 crore | Rs 5.25 crore |
| Maheesh Theekshana | Rs 2 crore | Rs 4.4 crore |
| Nitish Rana | Rs 1,50,00,000 | Rs 4.2 crore |
| Fazalhaq Farooqi | Rs 2 crore | Rs 2 crore |
| Kwena Maphaka | Rs 75 lakh | Rs 1.5 crore |
| Akash Madhwal | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 1.2 crore |
| Vaibhav Suryavanshi | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 1.1 crore |
| Shubham Dubey | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 80 lakh |
| Yudhvir Charak | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 35 lakh |
| Ashok Sharma | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Kunal Rathore | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Kumar Kartikeya Singh | Rs 30 Lakh | Rs 30 Lakh |
| Rajasthan Royals retentions | ||
| Player name | IPL 2025 salary | |
| Sanju Samson | Rs 18 crore | |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | Rs 18 crore | |
| Riyan Parag | Rs 14 crore | |
| Dhruv Jurel | Rs 14 crore | |
| Shimron Hetmyer | Rs 11 crore | |
| Sandeep Sharma | Rs 4 CR | |