Before IPL 2025, the mega auction will be organized in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The fate of the players will be decided on 24 and 25 November. This time a total of 1,574 players have registered. The players who registered include 1,165 Indians and 409 foreigners. Before this mega auction, star Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin conducted a mock auction on his YouTube channel. During this time, fans bid for all the 10 teams of IPL, where Punjab team placed bets on many big players.

Big bid on Rishabh Pant in mock auction

Punjab Kings team has retained only 2 players this time. Shashank Singh has become the most expensive retention of Punjab Kings. Shashank Singh has been retained for Rs 5.5 crore. At the same time, Punjab Kings have spent Rs 4 crore to retain Prabhsimran Singh. Punjab Kings team will now enter the auction with Rs 110.5 crore, this purse is much higher than other teams. In such a situation, even in the mock auction conducted by Ashwin, the Punjab team took full advantage of its purse. Where he bid heavily on Rishabh Pant.

Rishabh Pant has not been retained by Delhi team for IPL 2025. In such a situation, he will be seen in the auction, it is believed that he will be in great demand in the mega auction. Something similar was seen in the mock auction conducted by Ashwin. All the teams gambled on Rishabh Pant and Punjab signed him by paying Rs 20.5 crore. Apart from this, a big bid was also placed on Indian fast bowler Arshdeep Singh and Punjab bought him for Rs 13.5 crore using the Right to Match card.

Big bids were placed on these players too

Faf du Plessis also became a part of the Punjab team in this mock auction. Punjab bought Faf du Plessis for Rs 5.5 crore. At the same time, there was a war between the teams for Glenn Maxwell, in the end Punjab made him a part of their team by paying Rs 9.5 crore. Punjab also retained fast bowler Kagiso Rabada in their team using the Right to Match card, for which they had to spend Rs 10 crore. Many teams also bid for IPL's most successful bowler Yuzvendra Chahal in this mock auction, but Punjab managed to buy him for Rs 11 crore.