IPL 2025 Mega Auction Day 1 Highlights: Pant, Shreyas get record bids; Venkatesh sold for 23.75 ce

At Rs 27 crore, Rishabh Pant emerges as the costliest player in IPL history. Shreyas Iyer is the second costliest player in Indian Premier League

11:07 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: End of the proceedings for today!

All 12 sets have been completed with teams getting some big buys in order to complete their slot on the day. The bidding action will continue tomorrow now on the final day of the auction.

11:06 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Shreyas Gopal goes unsold!

The opening bid for him doesn't come as he remains unsold.

11:05 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Manav Suthar to GT!

The player goes to GT at Rs 30 lakhs.

11:04 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Kartikeya Singh to RR!

The opening bid comes from RR at Rs 30 lakhs. They get the player.

11:03 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Piyush Chawla goes unsold!

The opening bid for him doesn't come as he remains unsold.

11:02 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Mayank Markande to KKR!

The opening bid at Rs 30 lakhs comes from KKR.  SRH don't execute the RTM option.

11:01 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Karn Sharma to MI!

The opening bid for Karn comes from MI at Rs 50 lakhs. They get the player. RCB don't exercise the RTM option

10:58 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Suyash Sharma to RCB!

RCB raise the bid at Rs 1.10 Crore. Mumbai raise it to Rs 1.20 Crore now.

RCB back with Rs 1.30 Crore. MI with Rs 1.40 Crore. Rs 1.50 Crore for RCB.

MI back with Rs 1.60 Crore. RCB raises it to Rs 1.90 Crore.

MI bids Rs 2 Crore. PBKS with Rs 2.20 Crore.

Mumbai comes back at Rs 2.40 Crore. Rs 2.60 Crore for RCB, MI are out.

10:57 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Suyash Sharma up for grabs!

The opening bid comes from DC at Rs 30 lakhs. RCb enters at Rs 35 lakhs.

DC raises Rs 40 lakhs. RCb back with Rs 55 lakhs. DC are out.

MI enter now at Rs 60 lakhs. RCb back with Rs 85 lakhs.

10:55 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Simarjeet Singh to SRH!

CSk start the bid at Rs 30 lakhs. SRh raise it to Rs 55 lakhs.

CSk raise SRH at Rs 90 lakhs. SRH back with Rs 95 lakhs.

Chennai back with Rs 1.10 Crore. SRH back with Rs 1.50 Crore. 

10:53 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Kartik Tyagi goes unsold!

Kartik Tyagi remains unsold.

10:52 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Yash Thakur to PBKS!

The opening bid for Yash comes from PBKS at Rs 30 lakhs. GT come in at Rs 35 lakhs.

Punjab have raised the bid to Rs 1 Crore now with the Titans raising it to Rs 1.10 Crore.

Punjab back with Rs 1.60 Crore. GT are out now.

10:48 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Vaibhav Arora back to KKR!

The opening bid for him comes from KKR at Rs 30 lakhs. RR enter at Rs 35 lakhs.

KKR raise it to Rs 60 lakhs. RR back with Rs 75 lakhs.

KKR raise it to Rs 1.20 Crore. Royals raise it to Rs 1.30 Crores.

KKR raise it to Rs 1.60 Crores. RR are out now. DC enter at Rs 1.70 Crores. KKR back at Rs 1.80 Crores.

10:45 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Vijaykumar Vyshak to PBKS!

GT raise the bid to Rs 1.70 Crore. PBKS back with Rs 1.80 Crores now. GT are out.

10:44 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Vijaykumar Vyshak up for grabs!

The opening bid comes from SRH at Rs 35 lakhs. Gt comes in with Rs 45 lakhs.

SRh are out. Punjab with Rs 50 lakhs. GT back with Rs 55 lakhs.

PBKS raise it to Rs 60 lakhs. GT back with Rs 65 lakhs. PBKS at Rs 70 lakhs.

GT raise it to Rs 75 lakhs. 

10:42 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Mohit Sharma to DC!

The opening bid for him comes from GT at Rs 50 lakhs. DC raises it at Rs 95 lakhs.

GT raise it at Rs 1.40 Crores. DC back with Rs 1.50 Crores.

Rs 1.80 Crores for Gujarat Titans. DC raise it to 2.20 Crores.

GT are out

10:37 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Akash Madhwal to RR!

Rajasthan raise it to Rs 1 Crore for Akash. Punjab come back with Rs 1.10 Crore.

RR at Rs 1.20 Crore. PBKS are out. 

10:34 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Akash Madhwal up for grabs!

The opening bid comes from RR at Rs 30 lakhs. Rs 35 lakhs from Punjab now.

Rs 40 lakhs from RR. Punjab back with Rs 45 Lakhs.

Rs 60 lakhs for the Royals. Punjab with Rs 65 lakhs.

Royals raise it to Rs 80 lakhs. 

10:29 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Rasikh Dar to RCB!

The opening bid for Rs 30 lakhs comes from RCB. SRH comes in for Rs 35 lakhs.

RCB raise it to Rs 60 lakhs. SRh back with Rs 75 lakhs

RCB raises it to Rs 2 Crore. SRH are out. DC exercise the RTM option.

RCB's final bids comes at Rs 6 Crores. DC don't execute it.

10:27 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Vishnu Vinod to Punjab Kings!

Punjab raises the bid at Rs 95 lakhs. MI are out. 

10:25 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Vishnu Vinod up for grabs!

The opening bid for him comes from KKR at Rs 30 lakhs. PBKS enter with Rs 35 lakhs.

KKR back with Rs 40 lakhs. Punjab back with Rs 45 lakhs. KKR out.

MI comes in with Rs 50 lakhs. PBKS with Rs 55 lakhs.

MI raise it to Rs 70 lakhs. PBKS with Rs 75 lakhs.

10:24 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Luvnith Sisodia goes unsold!

Luvnith goes unsold as there is no bid.

10:23 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Upendra Singh Yadav goes unsold!

The opening bid for him doesn't come for him as he remains unsold

10:22 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Aryan Juyal to LSG!

LSG bid Rs 30 lakhs for him. They get the player.

10:21 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Anuj Rawat to GT!

The opening bid for him comes from GT at Rs 30 lakhs. RCB don't use their RTM option.

10:20 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Robin Minz to MI!

CSk start the bid at Rs 30 lakhs. MI enters the race with Rs 35 lakhs. 

CSk raise it to Rs 60 lakhs now. MI back with Rs 65 lakhs.

CSK out now.

10:18 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Kumar Kushagra to GT!

The opening bid for him comes from CSK at Rs 30 lakhs. PBKS comes in at Rs 35 lakhs.

CSk raises it at Rs 50 lakhs. GT comes in at Rs 55 lakhs with Punjab out.

CSK are out as GT raise it at Rs 65 lakhs. DC opt to not use the RTM

10:15 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Utkarsh Singh goes unsold!

The opening bid of Rs 30 lakhs doesn't come in the room as he goes unsold.

10:11 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Ashutosh Sharma to DC!

DC raise it to Rs 1.50 Crore as RCB pull out. PBKS come in and raises it to Rs 2 Crore.

DC back with Rs 2.20 Crore. Punjab raise it to Rs 2.80 Crore.

DC with Rs 3 Crores now. PBKS with Rs 3.20 Crore. 

DC with Rs 3.40 Crores. Punjab return at Rs 3.60 Crores. DC with Rs 3.80 Crores.

10:09 PM

IPL 2025 mega auction LIVE UPDATES: Ashutosh Sharma up for grabs!

The opening bid of Rs 30 lakhs comes from RCB. RR comes in at Rs 35 lakhs.

RCb back with Rs 40 lakhs. RR raise it to Rs 55 lakhs.

RCB with a bid at Rs 70 lakhs. Royals back with Rs 80 lakhs.

Royals at Rs 85 lakhs. RCB at Rs 90 lakhs. RR are out.