IPL Mega Auction: The mega auction of IPL 2025 season has started in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The fate of 577 players is to be decided in this auction which will last for the next 2 days. This auction is being held in Saudi Arabia for the first time and hence there is a different curiosity about it. All 10 franchises are taking the first step towards preparing their squads for the next 3 seasons in this auction. This time the auction purse has also increased, so all the teams have more money to spend. Its effect was also visible in the auction, where Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player with a bid of Rs 27 crore. He was bought by Lucknow Super Giants.

There was also a surprising bid on Shreyas Iyer. Punjab Kings spent a huge amount of Rs 26.75 crore for Iyer, the captain who won the title for Kolkata Knight Riders. Before Pant went to LSG, Iyer had made the record of being the most expensive player but this record was broken within minutes due to Pant's bid. Apart from these, you will get the complete account of which team bought which player for how much amount here-

IPL Mega Auction: These players sold in the auction

1. Arshdeep Singh – 18 crores (Punjab Kings)
2. Kagiso Rabada – 10.75 crores(Gujarat Titans)
3. Shreyas Iyer – 26.75 crores (Punjab Kings)
4. Jos Buttler – 15.75 crores (Gujarat Titans)
5. Mitchell Starc – 11.75 crores (Delhi Capitals)
6. Rishabh Pant – 27 crores (Lucknow Super Giants)
7. Mohammed Shami – 100 million(Sunrisers Hyderabad)
8. David Miller – 7.50 crores (Lucknow Super Giants)
9. Yuzvendra Chahal – 18 crores (Punjab Kings)
10. Mohammad Siraj – 12.25 crores (Gujarat Titans)
11. Liam Livingston – 8.75 crores (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
12. KL Rahul – 14 crores (Delhi Capitals)
13. Harry Brook – 6.25 crores (Delhi Capitals)
14. Aiden Markram – 2 crores (Lucknow Super Giants)
15. Devon Conway – 6.25 crores (Chennai Super Kings)
16. Rahul Tripathi – 3.40 crores (Chennai Super Kings)
17. Jake Fraser McGurk- 9 crores (Delhi Capitals – RTM,
18. Harshal Patel – 8 crores (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
19. Rachin Ravindra – 4 crores (Chennai Super Kings- RTM,
20. Ravichandran Ashwin – 9.75 crores (Chennai Super Kings)
21. Venkatesh Iyer – 23.75 crores (Kolkata Knight Riders)
22. Marcus Stoinis – 11 crores (Punjab Kings)
23. Mitchell Marsh – 3.40 crores (Lucknow Super Giants)
24. Glenn Maxwell – 4.20 crores (Punjab Kings)
25. Quinton de Kock – 3.60 crores (Kolkata Knight Riders)