How Unsold Players of Mega Auction Play in IPL 2025: A total of 182 players were showered with money in the IPL 2025 mega auction held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Rishabh Pant remained at the forefront in terms of earning the most. He was acquired by Lucknow Super Giants for a hefty sum of Rs 27 crores. At the same time, Shreyas Iyer, who was the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders in the last season, was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 26.75 crore.

During the mega auction, there were many players whom no franchise showed any interest in buying. These also include the names of famous cricketers like Shardul Thakur, David Warner, Prithvi Shaw and Steve Smith. However, it is not that these unsold players cannot play in IPL 2025. He may get a chance to play in the next season of IPL. Let us tell you how and what are its rules.

How can unsold players play in IPL 2025?

This has happened before in IPL, when players who remained unsold during the auction got the opportunity to play. Unsold players can also be seen playing in IPL 2025. They can get a chance when a player included in the squad of 10 teams gets injured or is not available to play due to any reason, then the franchise can make such a player a part of its team as his replacement. , which had registered in the mega auction.

Players from both domestic and foreign categories will get this opportunity. However, there is a catch in this that the injured player can be replaced only by that player whose base price in the auction was less than the price at which the injured player was sold in the auction.

For example, Shardul Thakur can replace the same player who was sold in the mega auction for less than his base price. It has been seen many times that players playing as replacements have been successful in leaving their mark by performing tremendously during the season.