The IPL 2025 auction is predicted to see Rishabh Pant smash all previous records.
The costly number of players who have signed up for the mega auction is a testament to the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) popularity. The BCCI said on Tuesday that an incredible 1574 cricket players, including 1165 Indians, have registered for the mega auction in advance of the Indian Premier League 2025. Which will take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on November 24 and 25. Twenty-five of these players have enrolled at the base cost of INR 2 crore. When their names appear in the auction, several of these players are predicted to break the 20 crore barrier.
Thirty players from the Associate Nations, 1,224 uncapped players, and 320 capped players are on the list. The players in the INR 2 crore category are as follows:
The following players are in the INR 2 crore category IPL 2025:
Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, Venkatesh Iyer, Avesh Khan, Ishan Kishan, Mukesh Kumar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Prasidh Krishna, T Natarajan, Devdutt Padikkal, Krunal Pandya, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Mitchell Starc, Jofra Archer
Of the players with caps, 48 are from India. Additionally, 965 of the nation’s uncapped players will participate in the auction. In addition to 409 international players, the player registration period officially ended on Monday. For the second consecutive year, the previous auction. Which took place in Dubai before to the 2024 Indian Premier League is being held overseas.
The first Test match between Australia and India. Which starts on November 22, will take place in Perth on the third and fourth days. Which will conflict with the auction.
There will be 204 spots available for bid, and each organization may field a team of no more than 25 players (including any retained players).
Australia has 76 players in the auction. While South Africa has 91, making it the second-largest player pool. The list contains 52 cricket players from England and 39 from New Zealand, followed by those from the West Indies (33) Afghanistan (29) and Sri Lanka (29) in order of precedence.
The USA (10), Netherlands (12), Canada (4), Italy (1), UAE (1), and Scotland (2) are the countries where the Associates are most noticeable.
