What was being predicted happened in the mega auction being held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for the IPL 2025 season. There were tremendous bids for some of the legendary players who entered the auction and a lot of money was showered on them. The bidding for the first 12 players shook the budget of many teams but during this time some teams also got the captain for whom they had specially entered this auction. Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants almost made an exchange in this matter.

On the first day of the mega auction, the bidding started with the marquee players, in which 12 major players were included. There were big players like Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Jos Buttler, for whom big bids were expected. This is what happened, where Pant made the record of the most expensive player in the history of IPL auction. Lucknow Super Giants created history by bidding Rs 27 crore for him.

This mega auction was going to be very important for many teams and one reason for this was the need for captains. Teams like Delhi, Bengaluru, Punjab, Kolkata and Lucknow needed a new captain and some teams solved the problem of their captain in the initial 12 players. The most interesting case in this was the case of Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants, who exchanged their captains.

Yes, Lucknow Super Giants made a record bid of Rs 27 crore on Rishabh Pant. It also became clear that Lucknow had made this bid considering him as a captaincy candidate. Pant was the captain of Delhi last season. On the other hand, Delhi Capitals bought Indian batsman KL Rahul at almost half the price. Delhi spent only Rs 14 crore for him, which seemed much less than expected. Rahul was earlier the captain of Lucknow. However, at present it is not clear whether Delhi will make him the captain? Looking at Rahul's experience, it seems that Delhi can make this move.

Apart from these two, Punjab Kings also got their captain. Punjab, which entered the auction with the biggest budget of Rs 110 crore, spent an astonishing amount of Rs 26.75 crore for Indian batsman Shreyas Iyer. This was also a clear indication that Punjab made such a high bid only to make Iyer the captain. It was under the captaincy of Iyer that Kolkata won its third title last season.