BCCI has finalized the date, time and venue of the mega auction for IPL 2025. The auction will start on November 24 at 1 pm and will continue till November 25. This auction of IPL 2025 (IPL 2025 Mega Auction) will be held in Jeddah, Dubai. BCCI has shortlisted 574 players for the mega auction of IPL 2025.

BCCI has included 48 capped, 193 foreign, 3 associate, 318 uncapped, 12 uncapped foreign players in these 574 players. Now amid this auction, news is coming that Rishabh Pant, who was released from Delhi Capitals, has been given the captaincy of the 1st team, with this the team has included him in its fold for Rs 20.5 crores.

Indian team's veteran player and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin organized a mega auction on his YouTube channel, in which fans bid for all the 10 teams, during which the Punjab Kings team did the most amazing. In this mock auction of Ravichandran Ashwin, Rishabh Pant was bought by the Punjab Kings team.

Punjab Kings included Rishabh Pant and Arshdeep Singh in their team.

Talking about Punjab Kings, Punjab Kings team is the only IPL team in which only 2 players have been retained and all these players are uncapped players. Punjab Kings team is the only team which has the highest purse of Rs 110.5 crore. In such a situation, Punjab Kings can make the highest bid.

In the mock auction of Ravichandran Ashwin, Punjab Kings bid Rs 20.5 crore on Rishabh Pant and included him in their team. If the Punjab Kings team is successful in getting Rishabh Pant in its fold, then it can field him as a wicketkeeper along with making him the captain.

Along with this, Punjab Kings team has also included Arshdeep Singh in its team in this auction through RTM for Rs 13.5 crore.