New Delhi: IPL 2025 players auction: On one hand, Team India will be playing its first Test match against Australia, on the other hand, the eyes of crores of fans across the world are on the two-day IPL 2025 mega auction starting from today. There is a lot of discussion among pundits and former cricketers about the mega auction. This time, compared to last time, more than double the number of Indian uncapped (not played for the country) players will go through the auction. In such a situation, the eyes of the franchise are fixed on many young players. Let us tell you about five such Indian players, who can get an amount of more than Rs 5 crore this time.
1. Ashutosh Sharma
Last season, Ashutosh Sharma was one of the few positives that Punjab Kings got. Ashutosh has become known for his aggressive batting and on many occasions, he has won many matches for different teams by coming in the lower order, when everyone had accepted his team’s defeat. Ashutosh, in his very first IPL season, Scored 189 runs in 11 matches. His best score was 61 runs. His strike rate of 167.26 is enough to tell about Ashutosh’s ability to score fast runs. Last year, Punjab had bought him for a base price of Rs 20 lakh, but this time if he goes above Rs 5 crore in the mega auction, you will not be surprised at all.
2. Nehal Wadhera
Aggressive lefty batsman Nehal Wadhera, who plays for Punjab in domestic cricket, was associated with Mumbai Indians last year, but his season did not go as per expectations. He could not even touch double figures in the first three matches, but he impressed everyone with his talent in the 2023 season. Nehal had shown that he can swing the bat in the middle order. Nehal batted brilliantly for Punjab in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in 2023-24. Teams need his batting style in the middle order. He can change the course of the match by coming in the middle. He is a player who can get more than Rs 5 crore.
3. Kumar Kushagra
This year, when Delhi Capitals bought 20-year-old Jharkhandi wicketkeeper Kumar Kushagra for Rs 7.20 crore in the mini auction, everyone was surprised. Kushagra is known for his aggressive batting and in the year 2022, he became the sixth young player to score 200 or more at the age of 17. Kumar Kushagra was a complete flop for Delhi last season and could score only 3 runs in 4 matches, but all the franchises know very well what his potential is. Kumar Kushagra sent a timely message to all the franchises in a very good manner before the mega auction by scoring 156 runs with 17 fours and 5 fours in the Ranji Trophy match against Delhi that ended on 16 November in 188 balls. He is another such player, who can charge a fee of more than Rs 5 crore this time.
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4. Sameer Rizvi
In the mini auction of the year 2024, Sameer Rizvi of Uttar Pradesh surprised everyone and became the most expensive uncapped player by collecting Rs 8.4 crore. Sameer, who came into limelight with his stormy batting in the domestic league of UP, could not do anything special in the first season of IPL. Sameer Rizni could score only 51 runs in 8 matches at an average of 12.75, so Chennai did not delay in releasing him, but everyone knows that on a particular day, he can single-handedly snatch the match from the opposing team. If CSK can once again bid on Rizvi, it may face competition from other teams as well. In such a situation, Sameer is also such a player who can collect more than five crores.
5. Angkrish Raghuvanshi
Twenty year old Angkrish Raghuvanshi of KKR was bought by KKR in the mini auction this year for the base price of Rs 20 lakh. This year, he scored 163 runs in ten matches in the IPL at an average of 23.29. Angkrish’s average was 23.29 and his best score was 54, which was only one half-century, but this young batsman’s maturity beyond his age, strike-rate of 155.24 and playing bold shots made many teams and legends his fans. Angkrish is also one such Indian uncapped young player, whose price can go above Rs 5 crore this time.
