IPL 2025 auction: time, date and everything you need to know

When will IPL 2025 auction take place and where?

Why IPL 2025 auction is a ‘mega auction’?

Every three years, IPL franchises undergo a reboot of sorts. They are only allowed to retain a small number of players (this time a maximum of six) and must rebuild their squads in the mega auction. In other years, between mega-auctions, teams can retain as many players as they want before a “mini-auction,” which takes place over the course of a day. Mega auctions last two days because the number of players who can bid is much greater than in mini auctions.

So how many players are in the IPL 2025 auction?

Will there be a standout set of players like in the previous two mega auctions in 2018 and 2022?

There is no confirmation on this at the moment but the IPL is likely to start the next auction with a set of marquee players.

Who are the big names expected to be in the IPL 2025 auction?

There are many. Indian players include Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, Venkatesh Iyer, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar. , Prasidh Krishna, T Natarajan, Devdutt Padikkal, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav and many others.

The overseas roster will include David Warner, Jos Buttler, Mitchell Starc, Glenn Maxwell, Faf du Plessis, Kagiso Rabada, David Miller, Devon Conway, Tim David, Rachin Ravindra, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Sam Curran, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone and many more.

How much money do teams have to build their squads in the IPL 2025 auction?

Each team has a total purse of INR 120 crore, but part of that amount has already been spent on retaining players ahead of the IPL 2025 auction. Punjab Kings have the largest purse (Rs 110.5 crore) to spend in the mega auction, followed by Royal Challengers Bengaluru who have Rs 83 crore, Delhi Capitals (Rs 73 crore), Gujarat Titans (Rs 69 crore), Lucknow Super Giants (INR 69 crore) Chennai Super Kings (INR 55 crore), Kolkata Knight Riders (INR 51 crore), Mumbai Indians (INR 45 crore), Sunrisers Hyderabad (INR 45 crore) and Rajasthan Royals (INR 41 crore).

And how many players will teams be able to buy in the IPL 2025 mega auction?

The team size for each franchise is a maximum of 25 (minimum size is 18) and there are ten teams, meaning a maximum of 250 players in total. The teams have already retained forty-six players, leaving a maximum of 204 spots to fill during the IPL 2025 auction. Each team can have a maximum of eight foreign players, so there are 70 spots for foreign players in the auction. .

Why do teams have a varying number of slots to fill in the IPL 2025 auction?

Bombay Indians
Retained Players: Jasprit Bumrah (INR 18 million), Suryakumar Yadav (INR 16.35 million), Hardik Pandya (INR 16.35 million), Rohit Sharma (INR 16.30 million), Tilak Varma (INR 8 million) of INR)
Right to Match (RTM) options in auction: 1
RTM Eligible Players: One Unlimited Player

Sunrise Hyderabad
Retained Players: Heinrich Klaasen (INR 23 million), Pat Cummins (INR 18 million), Abhishek Sharma (INR 14 million), Travis Head (INR 14 million), Nitish Kumar Reddy (INR 6 million)
Right to Match (RTM) options in auction: 1
RTM Eligible Players: One Unlimited Player

Chennai Super Kings
Retained Players: Ruturaj Gaikwad (INR 18 million), Ravindra Jadeja (INR 18 million), Matheesha Pathirana (INR 13 million), Shivam Dube (INR 12 million), MS Dhoni (INR 4 million)
Right to Match (RTM) options in auction: 1
RTM Eligible Players: One Capped or Uncapped Player

Royal Challengers Bangalore
Retained Players: Virat Kohli (INR 21 million), Rajat Patidar (INR 11 million), Yash Dayal (INR 5 million)
Right to Match (RTM) options in auction: 3
RTM eligible players: one uncapped player and two capped players, or three capped players

Capitals of Delhi
Retained Players: Axar Patel (INR 16.50 million), Kuldeep Yadav (INR 13.25 million), Tristan Stubbs (INR 10 million), Abishek Porel (INR 4 million)
Right to Match (RTM) options in auction: 2
RTM eligible players: one uncapped player and one capped player, or two capped players

Riders of the Knights of Calcutta
Retained Players: Rinku Singh (INR 13 million), Varun Chakravarthy (INR 12 million), Sunil Narine (INR 12 million), Andre Russell (INR 12 million), Harshit Rana (INR 4 million), Ramandeep Singh (INR 4 million)
Auction Right to Match (RTM) Options: None
RTM Eligible Players: None

Rajasthan Royals
Retained Players: Sanju Samson (INR 18 million), Yashasvi Jaiswal (INR 18 million), Riyan Parag (INR 14 million), Dhruv Jurel (INR 14 million), Shimron Hetmyer (INR 11 million), Sandeep Sharma (INR 4 million)
Auction Right to Match (RTM) Options: None
RTM Eligible Players: None

Gujarat Titans
Retained Players: Rashid Khan (INR 18 million), Shubman Gill (INR 16.50 million), Sai Sudharsan (INR 8.50 million), Rahul Tewatia (INR 4 million), Shahrukh Khan (INR 4 million )
Right to Match (RTM) Options at Auction: One
RTM Eligible Players: One Limited Player

Lucknow Supergiants
Retained players: Nicholas Pooran (INR 21 million), Ravi Bishnoi (INR 11 million) Mayank Yadav (INR 11 million), Mohsin Khan (INR 4 million), Ayush Badoni (INR 4 million)
Right to Match (RTM) options in auction: 1
RTM Eligible Players: One Limited Player

Kings of Punjab
Retained Players: Shashank Singh (INR 5.5 Crore), Prabhsimran Singh (INR 4 Crore)
Right to Match (RTM) options in auction: 4
RTM Eligible Players: Four Limited Players

What does this right to match option mean in IPL 2025 auction?

This time, IPL teams were allowed to retain up to six players, of which a maximum of five can be limited and a maximum of two can be uncapped. All six could be held directly before the auction, or bought back using Right-to-Match (RTM) options at the auction, or a combination of both.

Here’s how RTM options work: If a player has been bought by another franchise in the mega auction, the franchise he was a part of in IPL 2024 can intervene at the end of the bidding process and buy back his player using the RTM. option matching the highest bid. After that, the franchise that made the winning bid will have another opportunity to increase the bid to whatever amount they want. In that case, the player’s former team will have to match the increased bid to buy back their player.

Having retained only two players, PBKS has the most RTM options (four) in the auction. RCB, who retained three players, have three, while Delhi Capitals, who retained four players, have two. Five teams (MI, CSK, GT, SRH and LSG) have retained five players each and have only one RTM option in the auction, while RR and KKR have no RTM options.

Of course, there is no limit to the number of players a franchise can buy back if they place the highest bids for them during regular bidding at the auction.