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The mega auction of IPL 2025 will take place on 24 and 25 November. The event is in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. There are 577 players in the auction, although there are only 204 players left vacant in the 10 teams. Big names like Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Glenn Maxwell will also enter the auction, for whom teams can spend Rs 20 to 30 crores.
Australia’s Mitchell Starc was the most expensive in the last auction. He was bought by Kolkata for Rs 24.75 crore. Stark will also be in the auction this time. Along with them, bowlers like Arshdeep Singh, Sam Curran and Mohammed Shami can also get bids of Rs 15 to 20 crores.
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Bid of Rs 16 crore was not received
The most expensive players in IPL history were revealed in the mini auction only. There have been 5 mega auctions in the tournament history and never has the bid touched Rs 16 crore. Ishan Kishan was sold for Rs 15.25 crore in 2022 and Gautam Gambhir was sold for Rs 14.9 crore in 2011. Both are the most expensive players of the mega auction. Apart from these, the highest bid in the remaining 3 mega auctions reached only Rs 12 and 14 crores.
Top-5 players, who can become superstars in mega auction…
1. Rishabh Pant: Can break the barrier of Rs 30 crore
- Former Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh is a wicketkeeper batsman. Last season the team won 7 matches, but could not reach the playoffs.
- Scored 446 runs in 13 matches of 2024 IPL at a strike rate of more than 155. Has scored more than 3 thousand runs in his career. He also has a century to his name.
- 5 teams need a captain and 4 need a wicketkeeper. Pant will fulfill the needs of these teams and can also captain.
- Teams from Punjab and Bengaluru will enter the auction with the biggest purse. The bidding war for Pant in both the teams can reach up to Rs 30 crore.
2. Arshdeep Singh: Can become the most expensive bowler
- Team India’s left arm pacer Arshdeep Singh was released by Punjab Kings. Along with swinging the new ball, he also bowls yorkers in the death overs.
- Took 19 wickets in 14 matches last season. Has taken 76 wickets in his career. The reason why Punjab released him has not been revealed yet.
- Arshdeep made his T20 debut for India in 2022, becoming the country’s second top wicket taker within 3 years. In the T-20 World Cup 2024, he took the maximum of 17 wickets.
- Due to his continuous performance in international cricket, he is in high demand. Teams like Gujarat, Hyderabad, Bengaluru can spend up to Rs 20 crore for him.
3. Jos Buttler: Can become the most expensive foreigner
- England’s white ball captain Jos Buttler is a wicketkeeper and along with opening, he also has the skills of captaincy. Rajasthan could not retain him.
- Butler has made England win the 2022 T20 World Cup under his captaincy. Under his captaincy the team also played the 2024 World Cup semi-finals.
- Butler scored 359 runs in 11 matches last season by scoring 2 centuries. He has 7 IPL centuries in his career and has also scored more than 3500 runs.
- Butler is the best choice for teams looking for a foreign wicketkeeper batsman. The bidding war for these in Kolkata, Mumbai and Gujarat may even cross Rs 15 crore.
4. Glenn Maxwell: Every time he entered the auction, he got a higher price.
- Glenn Maxwell is an off-spin all-rounder and is known for his hard-hitting batting. Can make the team win the match on his own.
- Last season, Maxwell could score only 52 runs in 10 matches, RCB released him. He is close to 3000 runs in his career, he scored these runs at a strike rate of more than 156.
- More than Rs 5 crore bids were received on Maxwell in every auction. In 2013, Mumbai bought him for Rs 5.32 crore, in 2014, Punjab bought him for Rs 6 crore, in 2018, Delhi bought him for Rs 9 crore, in 2020, Punjab bought him for Rs 10.75 crore and in 2021, Bengaluru bought him for Rs 14.75 crore.
- All the teams in IPL need a foreign batting all-rounder. Maxwell is a big name, so teams can easily spend Rs 15 to 20 crores on him.
5. KL Rahul: Mumbai-Gujarat can loot crores
- KL Rahul, who has captained Lucknow and Punjab, is a wicketkeeper-opener. The same quality that Pant and Butler have. Rahul could not take Lucknow to the playoffs last season, so the team released him.
- Rahul scored 520 runs in 14 matches last season, he has 4 centuries in his IPL career. He is close to 5 thousand runs and also does explosive batting.
- Rahul has also scored 2 centuries in International T-20. He is currently out of the T20 team due to his focus on Test and ODI formats, but Rahul can be a smart choice for any IPL team.
- Teams like Mumbai, Gujarat, Bengaluru and Delhi are interested in buying Rahul. If there is a bidding war, the amount can easily cross Rs 20 crore.
Shreyas-Starc can surprise in the auction
Shreyas Iyer: Made Kolkata champion under his captaincy
- Defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders released captain Shreyas Iyer. He has also taken Delhi to the playoffs under his captaincy. He is a middle order batsman.
- Last season, Shreyas scored 351 runs in 14 matches at a strike rate of more than 146. He has scored more than 3 thousand runs in his career, he has 21 fifties in his name.
- Shreyas was bought by Kolkata for Rs 12.25 crore in the last mega auction. If any team buys him for less than Rs 7 crore then it would be a very smart choice.
- There are 5 such teams in the auction, which need a captain. Punjab, Delhi and Bengaluru have saved a huge amount for a player like Shreyas.
Mitchell Starc: The most expensive player in IPL history
- Mitchell Starc, who became the most expensive player in IPL history in the last mini auction, can again make a big bid. He was bought by Kolkata for Rs 24.75 crore.
- Starc took 17 wickets in 13 matches last season. He had a big contribution in making Kolkata the champion, he took important wickets of the openers in both the playoff matches.
- Starc has taken 51 wickets in 40 matches of his IPL career. In the last auction, Bengaluru and Gujarat had also made big bids for him. Both the teams can take the field this time also.
- Starc is a yorker specialist and prevents the batsmen from scoring fast runs in the death overs. Due to this quality his price can once again cross Rs 20 crores.
