Tata IPL 2025 Mega auction: Complete details of TATA IPL Auction, Retain and Released Player List, All Teams Purse Value: The much-awaited Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 players auction is set to take place on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
A total of 574 players are to be auctioned, which includes 366 Indians and 208 overseas players, including 3 from associate nations. Among them, there are 318 uncapped Indian players, while there are 12 uncapped overseas players.
This year, there are 204 slots available across all franchises, including 70 slots for overseas players. The highest reserve price is Rs 2 crore, with 81 players opting for this elite bracket.
The two-day mega auction will begin on Sunday, November 24, 2024, at 12:30 pm local time, with tough competition expected among teams for the 2025 IPL season.
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Tata IPL 2025 Mega auction: All Teams Purse Value
| Team | Funds Remaining | Overseas Players | Total Players |
| Chennai Super Kings | ₹ 55,00,00,000 | 1 | 5 |
| Delhi Capitals (DC) | ₹ 73,00,00,000 | 1 | 4 |
| Gujarat Titans (GT) | ₹ 69,00,00,000 | 1 | 5 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | ₹ 51,00,00,000 | 2 | 6 |
| Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) | ₹ 69,00,00,000 | 1 | 5 |
| Mumbai Indians (MI) | ₹ 45,00,00,000 | 0 | 5 |
| Punjab Kings (PBKS) | ₹ 1,10,50,00,000 | 0 | 2 |
| Rajasthan Royals (RR) | ₹ 41,00,00,000 | 1 | 6 |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) | ₹ 83,00,00,000 | 0 | 3 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | ₹ 45,00,00,000 | 3 | 5 |
Tata IPL 2025 Mega auction: Reattain and Released Player List.
| Team | Retained Players | Released Players |
| Chennai Super Kings | MS Dhoni, Matheesha Pathirana*, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube | Ajay Mandal, Ajinkya Rahane, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway*, Maheesh Theekshana*, Mitchell Santner*, Moeen Ali*, Mukesh Choudhary, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Shaik Rasheed, Simarjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Rachin Ravindra*, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell*, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman*, Avanish Rao Aravelly |
| Delhi Capitals | Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs*, Abishek Porel | Anrich Nortje*, David Warner* (retired), Ishant Sharma, Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh*, Mukesh Kumar, Pravin Dubey, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Vicky Ostwal, Yash Dhull, Harry Brook*, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Rasikh Dar, Jhye Richardson*, Sumit Kumar, Shai Hope*, Swastik Chhikara, Jake Fraser-McGurk* |
| Gujarat Titans | Rashid Khan*, Shubman Gill, B Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan | BR Sharath, Abhinav Manohar, Sandeep Warrier, Gurnoor Brar, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller*, Jayant Yadav, Joshua Little*, Kane Williamson*, Matthew Wade*, Mohammad Shami, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad*, Sai Kishore, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Azmatullah Omarzai*, Umesh Yadav, Sushant Mishra, Kartik Tyagi, Manav Suthar, Spencer Johnson* |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Sunil Narine*, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell*, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana | Shreyas Iyer, Rahmanullah Gurbaz*, Nitish Rana, Sherfane Rutherford*, Phil Salt*, KS Bharat, Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Suyash Sharma, Allah Ghazanfar*, Dushmantha Chameera*, Sakib Hussain, Vaibhav Arora, Mitchell Starc*, Chetan Sakariya |
| Lucknow Super Giants | Nicholas Pooran*, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni | KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Quinton de Kock*, Ashton Turner*, Deepak Hooda, Krishnappa Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers*, Marcus Stoinis*, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Prerak Mankad, Yudhvir Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, David Willey*, Shivam Mavi, Shamar Joseph*, Matt Henry*, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Naveen ul Haq*, M Siddharth |
| Mumbai Indians | Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah | Dewald Brevis*, Ishan Kishan, Harvik Desai, Tim David*, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Mohammad Nabi*, Romario Shepherd*, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Gerald Coetzee*, Anshul Kamboj, Naman Dhir, Shivalik Sharma, Kwena Maphaka*, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Luke Wood*, Dilshan Madushanka*, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara* |
| Punjab Kings | Prabhsimran Singh, Shashank Singh | Shikhar Dhawan (retired), Jitesh Sharma, Jonny Bairstow*, Liam Livingstone*, Harpreet Bhatia, Rilee Rossouw*, Chris Woakes*, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Tanay Thyagarajan, Atharva Taide, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran*, Sikandar Raza*, Shivam Singh, Prince Choudhary, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada*, Nathan Ellis*, Rahul Chahar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Harshal Patel |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal | Faf du Plessis*, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik (retired), Suyash S Prabhudessai, Will Jacks*, Saurav Chauhan, Glenn Maxwell*, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Cameron Green*, Swapnil Singh, Mayank Dagar, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Alzarri Joseph*, Lockie Ferguson*, Mohammed Siraj, Tom Curran*, Reece Topley*, Himanshu Sharma, Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Rajan Kumar |
| Rajasthan Royals | Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer*, Dhruv Jurel | Jos Buttler*, Kunal Rathore, Donovan Ferreira*, Rovman Powell*, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore*, Ravichandran Ashwin, Tanush Kotian, Abid Mushtaq, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Keshav Maharaj*, Trent Boult*, Yuzvendra Chahal, Nandre Burger* |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | Heinrich Klaasen*, Pat Cummins*, Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head*, Nitish Kumar Reddy | Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram*, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips*, Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Singh Yadav, Marco Jansen*, Washington Sundar, Sanvir Singh, Wanindu Hasaranga*, Akash Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi*, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Mayank Markande, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth |
TATA IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Below is a detailed breakdown of the IPL 2025 franchises, including squad sizes, salary cap usage, and available slots:
| Franchise | No of Players | No of Overseas Players | No of Uncapped Players | RTM | Total money spent (Rs.) | Salary cap available (Rs.) | Available Slots | Overseas Slots |
| CSK | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 55 | 20 | 7 |
| DC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 73 | 21 | 7 |
| GT | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 69 | 20 | 7 |
| KKR | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 51 | 19 | 6 |
| LSG | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 69 | 20 | 7 |
| MI | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 45 | 20 | 8 |
| PBKS | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9.5 | 110.5 | 23 | 8 |
| RCB | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 83 | 22 | 8 |
| RR | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 41 | 19 | 7 |
| SRH | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 45 | 20 | 5 |
| Total | 46 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 558.5 | 641.5 | 204 | 70 |
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Key moments to watch out for from the Tata IPL 2025 mega auction
- Big names in the auction pool
Several high-profile players will be part of the auction this year. Notable names include Sam Curran, Glenn Maxwell, Trent Boult and Marcus Stoinis, who have been released by their respective franchises. The presence of these experienced players will lead to a bidding war among franchises looking to add proven match-winners to their squads.
- Spotlight on emerging talent
The IPL has always been a platform for young talent, and 2025 will be no different. Domestic players like Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Yash Dhul, as well as exciting international players like Azmatullah Umarzai and Jake Fraser-McGurk, are expected to be in great demand. These players offer franchises a chance to prepare for the future.
- Demand for overseas players
With several international players including Harry Brook, Marco Jansen and Wanindu Hasaranga joining the auction pool, franchises will have a plethora of overseas options to consider. These players bring versatility and global experience, making them valuable assets for any team.
- Steve Smith’s return
One of the major talking points ahead of the auction is Steve Smith’s decision to re-enter the IPL after years of absence. After his impressive performance in the Major League Cricket tournament, the Australian batsman is expected to draw considerable interest from franchises looking for an experienced and strategic leader.
- Purse dynamics and strategy
With the auction purse having been increased to Rs 120 crore, teams have more flexibility to make bold moves. Franchises like Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings, who have released a large number of players, have the biggest budgets available, while evergreen contenders like Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings can focus on targeted acquisitions to fill specific gaps.
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Source: TATA IPL
When and where will the IPL 2025 Auction take place?
Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 players auction is set to take place on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
How many players can a team retain for IPL 2025?
Each team can retain up to four players.
Which team has the highest budget for IPL 2025?
Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings, who have released a large number of players, have the biggest budgets available, while evergreen contenders like Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings can focus on targeted acquisitions to fill specific gaps.
Where can I watch the IPL 2025 Auction live?
The event will be broadcast live on Star Sports Network and JioCinema app, Disney+ Hotstar.
Who are the top players in the auction pool?
Rishabh Pant, Ishan Kishan, and KL Rahul,Ben Stokes, Steve Smith, and Shubman Gill are among the top players available.
Who is the auctioneer for IPL 2025?
Mallika Sagar has been named as the auctioneer for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction, which is scheduled to take place in Jeddah on November 24 and 25. This will be Mallika’s second time leading the IPL auction.
