IPL is the world’s second-largest sports league, in terms of revenue generation. Organized by the world’s richest cricket board BCCI. Indian Premier League got special treatment from the International Cricket Council, as they get a window of two months where no other international cricket is played.
Having this gives other international players a chance to be a part of this league. More important than anything else is the money, players get for playing the league is way much higher than what they get for playing any other cricket league.
Auction is the place where it is decided that how much money player will get. Most importantly, after few years mega auctions took place, where teams can retain only few players after mutually deciding the retention amount with the players. In these mega auctions, team have big purse which could be a great thing for many players. While many players loves to be a part of mini auctions that happen every year which gives them a chance to earn big.
There are rules set by authorities to buy and purchase players as well. These rules can be changed and modified from time to time. Here, we will let you know about the IPL auction, players retained and released by the teams, and much more about the cricket fest. By Signing up 96in app you can get all the news, stats, analysis, and predictions about teams and players.
What is the IPL Auction?
Before we get into the details of the IPL Auction for the upcoming 2025 season which is going to take place in 24-25 November at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, let’s first understand exactly what it is. The IPL Auction is an annual event where teams can buy new players for their squad. The auction is a big deal because it allows teams to make changes and improve their squad. Players are listed by the IPL management, and teams bid for them.
Each team has a budget for the auction, and they try to buy players that will give them the best chance to win the tournament. The auction also helps young and experienced players get the chance to play in the IPL, one of the biggest cricket leagues in the world.
What makes this years IPL auction 2025 special?
There are many reasons behind this, as this is the Mega auction for IPL 2025 season. This year teams have big purse of 150cr. They can retain a maximum of 5 players in the team. The amount given to the retained players can be mutually decided between the franchise and the players. With each retention amount is been decided. In case, if any team retains 5 players their remaining purse will be 75cr for the auction. There is a limit of auction amount set for the foreign players as well. We will find out on November 24-25, which team is going to buy what players, What their strategies are, and who will play for which team.
Apart from all of that, there is a huge number of 1574 players officially registered themselves for the IPL 2025 player auction. 1165 Indians and 409 overseas players have signed up for the auction.
IPL 2025 Squad Size, Salary Cap, and Available Slots
This is the list of numbers of players retained by the teams and available slots with money.
| Franchise | No. of Players | No. of Overseas Players | No. of Uncapped Players | RTM | Total Money Spent (INR Crore) | Salary Cap Available (INR Crore) | Available Slots | Overseas Slots |
| Chennai Super Kings | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 55 | 20 | 7 |
| Delhi Capitals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 73 | 21 | 7 |
| Gujarat Titans | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 69 | 20 | 7 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 51 | 19 | 6 |
| Lucknow Super Giants | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 69 | 20 | 7 |
| Mumbai Indians | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 45 | 20 | 8 |
| Punjab Kings | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9.5 | 110.5 | 23 | 8 |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 83 | 22 | 8 |
| Rajasthan Royals | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 41 | 19 | 7 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 45 | 20 | 5 |
IPL Auction 2024 Players List With Price
One of the most awaited things about the IPL Auction 2024 is the IPL Auction 2024 Players List with Price. Fans and analysts always keep a close eye on the auction to see which player fetches the highest price.
Some players in the IPL Auction have a higher demand due to their strong performances in previous seasons, while others might be rookies looking to prove themselves. The IPL Auction 2024 Players List with Price will be available once the auction is completed. It will show how much each player was sold for and which team bought them. If we discuss about the retained players for each team with the highest amount are –
- Virat Kohli – RCB has retained him at the amount of 21Cr. There is question, will he be the captain for the 2025 season.
- Jasprit Bumrah – MI has retained him for 18Cr. He is an asset for any team. He could take wickets at any track.
- Rinku Singh – He is retained by KKR at the amount of 13Cr.
- Axar Patel – Retained by the DC at 16.5Cr. Gives an all-round option with bat and bowl.
- Nicholas Pooran – Wicket-keeper batter who gives an option of captain as well. Retained for 21Cr by LSG team.
- Heinrich Klaasen – SRH has retained this south african wicket-keeper batter at 23Cr price.
- Rashid Khan – Afghani bowling all rounder will get 16Cr amount from Gujrat Titans.
- Shashank Singh – PBKS has retained an uncapped Indian player for 5.5Cr.
- Sanju Samson – RR management has retained its core at good amount. Wicket keeper batter is retained at 18Cr.
Ruturaj Gaikwad – CSK has retained two players at same 18Cr price. Both players could be asset to any team.
IPL Auction 2024 Teams Players List
Here at 96in app we got to know about the list of players released by their respective teams before the IPL 2025 season auction. These players will be a part of the Mega auction.
IPL Auction 2024 MI Players List
| Released Players |
| Dewald Brevis*, Ishan Kishan, Harvik Desai, Tim David*, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Mohammad Nabi*, Romario Shepherd*, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Gerald Coetzee*, Anshul Kamboj, Naman Dhir, Shivalik Sharma, Kwena Maphaka*, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Luke Wood*, Dilshan Madushanka*, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara* |
Rajasthan Royals (RR) List of Players
| Released Players |
| Jos Buttler*, Kunal Rathore, Donovan Ferreira*, Rovman Powell*, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore*, Ravichandran Ashwin, Tanush Kotian, Abid Mushtaq, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Keshav Maharaj*, Trent Boult*, Yuzvendra Chahal, Nandre Burger* |
IPL Auction 2024 CSK Players List
| Released Players |
| Ajay Mandal, Ajinkya Rahane, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway*, Maheesh Theekshana*, Mitchell Santner*, Moeen Ali*, Mukesh Choudhary, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Shaik Rasheed, Simarjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Rachin Ravindra*, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell*, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman*, Avanish Rao Aravelly |
Delhi Capitals (DC) Players List
| Released Players |
| Anrich Nortje*, David Warner* (retired), Ishant Sharma, Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh*, Mukesh Kumar, Pravin Dubey, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Vicky Ostwal, Yash Dhull, Harry Brook*, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Rasikh Dar, Jhye Richardson*, Sumit Kumar, Shai Hope*, Swastik Chhikara, Jake Fraser-McGurk* |
Punjab Kings (PBKS) List of Players
| Released Players |
| Shikhar Dhawan (retired), Jitesh Sharma, Jonny Bairstow*, Liam Livingstone*, Harpreet Bhatia, Rilee Rossouw*, Chris Woakes*, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Tanay Thyagarajan, Atharva Taide, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran*, Sikandar Raza*, Shivam Singh, Prince Choudhary, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada*, Nathan Ellis*, Rahul Chahar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Harshal Patel. |
Gujarat Titans (GT) Players List
| Released Players |
| BR Sharath, Abhinav Manohar, Sandeep Warrier, Gurnoor Brar, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller*, Jayant Yadav, Joshua Little*, Kane Williamson*, Matthew Wade*, Mohammad Shami, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad*, Sai Kishore, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Azmatullah Omarzai*, Umesh Yadav, Sushant Mishra, Kartik Tyagi, Manav Suthar, Spencer Johnson* |
Sunrisers Hyderabad List of Players
| Released Players |
| Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram*, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips*, Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Singh Yadav, Marco Jansen*, Washington Sundar, Sanvir Singh, Wanindu Hasaranga*, Akash Singh, Shahbaz Ahamad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi*, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Mayank Markande, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth. |
IPL Auction 2024 RCB Players List
| Released Players |
| Faf du Plessis*, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik (retired), Suyash S Prabhudessai, Will Jacks*, Saurav Chauhan, Glenn Maxwell*, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Cameron Green*, Swapnil Singh, Mayank Dagar, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Alzarri Joseph*, Lockie Ferguson*, Mohammed Siraj, Tom Curran*, Reece Topley*, Himanshu Sharma, Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Rajan Kumar. |
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Players List
| Released Players |
| KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Quinton de Kock*, Ashton Turner*, Deepak Hooda, Krishnappa Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers*, Marcus Stoinis*, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Prerak Mankad, Yudhvir Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, David Willey*, Shivam Mavi, Shamar Joseph*, Matt Henry*, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Naveen ul Haq*, M Siddharth. |
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) List of Players
| Released Players |
| Shreyas Iyer, Rahmanullah Gurbaz*, Nitish Rana, Sherfane Rutherford*, Phil Salt*, KS Bharat, Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Suyash Sharma, Allah Ghazanfar*, Dushmantha Chameera*, Sakib Hussain, Vaibhav Arora, Mitchell Starc*, Chetan Sakariya. |
IPL Retention List
Here is the list of players retained by the franchises for the upcoming 2025 season. While there are many big names released by their teams.
| Team | Player | Price (₹ Crore) |
| Chennai Super Kings | Ruturaj Gaikwad | 18 |
| Matheesha Pathirana | 13 | |
| Shivam Dube | 12 | |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 18 | |
| MS Dhoni | 4 | |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Virat Kohli | 21 |
| Rajat Patidar | 11 | |
| Yash Dayal | 5 | |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Rinku Singh | 13 |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | 12 | |
| Sunil Narine | 12 | |
| Andre Russell | 12 | |
| Mumbai Indians | Jasprit Bumrah | 18 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | 16.35 | |
| Hardik Pandya | 16.35 | |
| Rohit Sharma | 16.3 | |
| Tilak Varma | 8 | |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | Heinrich Klaasen | 23 |
| Pat Cummins | 18 | |
| Abhishek Sharma | 14 | |
| Travis Head | 14 | |
| Lucknow Super Giants | Nicholas Pooran | 21 |
| Ravi Bishnoi | 11 | |
| Mayank Yadav | 11 | |
| Mohsin Khan | 4 | |
| Rajasthan Royals | Sanju Samson | 18 |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 18 | |
| Riyan Parag | 14 | |
| Dhruv Jurel | 14 | |
| Gujarat Titans | Rashid Khan | 18 |
| Shubman Gill | 16.5 | |
| Delhi Capitals | Axar Patel | 16.5 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 13.25 | |
| Tristan Stubbs | 10 |
IPL Auction 2024 Predictions
With an impressive number of 1574 players available at the mega auction pool. Teams can only have 25 players squad for the season. Out of players registered for the auction 1165 players are from India. While 409 overseas players have also registered for the IPL auction.
There are big names which will be seen in the auction –
- Rishabh Pant – Wicket-keeper batter who can be a captain for any team, can done an excellent job with bat and leading the team at the same time.
- KL Rahul – another batter who can do wicket keeping as well. Gives an option of captaining the team as well.
- Shreyas Iyer – KKR has won the IPL 2024 under his captaincy, he has reaches two IPL finals in his captaincy for two different teams.
- Yuzi Chahal – Leg spinner is someone who is need in T20 cricket, he holds the record of the highest IPL wickets.
- R Ashwin – He is an amazing cricketer, who can also bat sometimes. He can turn the game in any situation.
- M Siraj – Indian quality pacer, who has done extremely well in the past few years.
- David Miller – Quality cricketer who can turn the game from any situation.
- Jos Butler – English wicket keeper batter, who has won the T20 WC for England in his captaincy.
Apart from all, countries like Afghanistan, England, Australia, South Africa, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Scotland, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, USA, UAE, have given their names for the auction. Mega auction for the IPL season 2025 will take place at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on November 24-25. Where we will find out, who will get how much money. To know more about it, you can reach out to 96in com for further updates.