Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player in IPL history at the Indian Premier League 2025 auction in Dubai. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) acquired the Australian pacer’s services for a stunning price of INR 27 crores.
Two players in the lucrative T20 cricket tournament broke the 20 crore barrier for the first time at the IPL 2024 auction. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) paid 20.50 crore to recruit Australian teammate Pat Cummins before Starc went for the record amount. Before this year’s auction, Sam Curran, an all-around player, was the most expensive player in the Indian Premier League (IPL), costing Punjab Kings (PBKS) INR 18.50 crore for the Englishman.
At the IPL 2025 auction, 332 players from 13 countries were up for bid. Of these, Indians made up 216. Following player retention, releases, and trades, the 10 clubs united in the IPL 2024 auction had a maximum of 77 spots available, including 30 overseas player quotas, adding a lot of flair to the IPL theme music & song.
However, only KKR (23) and RR (22) decided to pursue only part of their quota of 25 players, meaning that 72 players were selected throughout the bidding process. All thirty international player places, however, were filled, leading to excitement in T20 betting circles.
In addition to Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant being the ones who joined the 20 crore club in the IPL auction this time, several other players who commanded premiums of 10 crore or more at the IPL 2025 auction. This will have a huge bearing at the IPL Match Betting activity.
IPL 2025 Teams and Squads
Chennai Super Kings (Purse Remaining: Rs. 0.05 crore)
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Rachin Ravindra, R. Ashwin, Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmad, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Shaik Rasheed, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Deepak Hooda, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddarth.
Mumbai Indians (Purse Remaining: Rs. 0.20 crore)
Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Karn Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Deepak Chahar, Allah Ghazanfar, Will Jacks, Ashwani Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Reece Topley, Krishnan Shrijith, Raj Angad Bawa, Satyanarayana Raju, Bevon Jacobs, Arjun Tendulkar, Lizaad Williams, Vignesh Puthur.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Purse Remaining: Rs. 0.75 crore)
Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal, Liam Livingstone, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee.
Kolkata Knight Riders (Purse Remaining: Rs. 0.05 crore)
Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Anrich Nortje, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Luvnith Sisodia, Ajinkya Rahane, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Umran Malik.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Purse Remaining: Rs. 0.20 crore)
Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head, Mohammad Shami, Harshal Patel, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Atharva Taide, Abhinav Manohar, Simarjeet Singh, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Brydon Carse, Kamindu Mendis, Aniket Verma, Eshan Malinga, Sachin Baby.
Rajasthan Royals (Purse Remaining: Rs. 0.30 crore)
Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Nitish Rana, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Singh, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kwena Maphaka, Kunal Rathore, Ashok Sharma.
Punjab Kings (Purse Remaining: Rs. 0.35 crore)
Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Nehal Wadhera, Harpreet Brar, Vishnu Vinod, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur, Marco Jansen, Josh Inglis, Lockie Ferguson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Kuldeep Sen, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlett, Pyla Avinash, Pravin Dubey.
Delhi Capitals (Purse Remaining: Rs. 0.20 crore)
Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abishek Porel, Mitchell Starc, KL Rahul, Harry Brook, Jake Fraser-McGurk, T. Natarajan, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Dushmantha Chameera, Donovan Ferreira, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari.
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Gujarat Titans (Purse Remaining: Rs. 0.15 crore)
Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Jos Buttler, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Nishant Sindhu, Mahipal Lomror, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar, Washington Sundar, Gerald Coetzee, Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Brar, Sherfane Rutherford, Sai Kishore, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Glenn Phillips, Karim Janat, Kulwant Khejroliya.
Lucknow Super Giants (Purse Remaining: Rs. 0.10 crore)
Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal, Akash Deep, Himmat Singh, M. Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Matthew Breetzke.
IPL 2025 Squads Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) In the IPL 2025, how many teams are there?
The Board of Control for Cricket in India is responsible for organizing the 17th season of the Indian Premier League Competition, a franchise Twenty20 cricket competition in India. This year’s tournament is dubbed TATA IPL 2025, however, it is also referred to as IPL 17. Ten teams are competing in the competition, which runs from March 22 to May 26, 2024
2) In 2025, who was the most expensive player?
Rishabh Pant (27 crores).
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