IPL Auction 2025, Unsold Players List: India’s wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player in the Indian Premier League by surpassing current champion KKR captain Shreyas Iyer, who was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 27 crore in the mega auction here on Sunday, but Venkatesh Iyer was unexpectedly bought for Rs 27 crore. There was a big bid. Captain Shreyas Iyer, who led Kolkata Knight Riders to the IPL title this year, joined Punjab Kings for Rs 26 crore 75 lakh. There was a fierce competition for Pant between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow. Delhi Capitals first used the ‘right to match’ for Rs 20 crore 75 lakh but when Lucknow made the last bid of Rs 27 crore, the Delhi team backed out.
Venkatesh, who was a part of KKR, was again bought by the same team for Rs 23 crore 75 lakh. There was competition for him between KKR and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Whereas Shreyas Iyer was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 26 crore 75 lakh. There was a competition between Delhi Capitals and Punjab for Iyer for a long time but in the end Punjab won. Iyer had broken the record of Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc, who was bought by KKR for Rs 24 crore 75 lakh in the last auction. Starc was bought by Delhi Capitals for Rs 11 crore 75 lakh.
Left arm fast bowler Arshdeep Singh was bought by Punjab for Rs 18 crore using the Right to Match card. Sunrisers Hyderabad had made the last bid of Rs 18 crore which was matched by Punjab through RTM. Chennai Super Kings had placed the first bid on Arshdeep, who entered the auction first at a base price of Rs 2 crore.
Punjab, which fetched the highest purse of Rs 110.5 crore in the auction, bought leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal for Rs 18 crore and Marcus Stoinis for Rs 11 crore. Chahal was released by Rajasthan Royals before the IPL mega auction. Whereas Royal Challengers Bangalore spent Rs 8 crore 75 lakh on Liam Livingstone.
Among India’s star players, KL Rahul was bought by Delhi Capitals for Rs 14 crore. Delhi won the bidding match against Chennai Super Kings. Whereas fast bowler Mohammad Siraj was bought by Gujarat Titans for Rs 12 crore 25 lakh. Fast bowler Mohammed Shami, who has been out of the Indian team for some time due to fitness problems, was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 10 crore.
This is the second time that the IPL auction is being held abroad. Last year the auction was held in Dubai. During this auction, there were many big names who had no buyers on the first day. Among the Indian players, the name of Devdutt Padikkal was surprising, while among the foreign players, David Warner and Jos Buttler were the players on whom no franchise bid. Let us tell you, on the first day, bidding was done on 72 players, whereas bidding was to be done on the names of maximum 84 players.
No one showed interest in these big names on the first day of the auction
1. Devdutt Padikkal: Unsold
2. David Warner: Unsold
3. Jonny Bairstow: Unsold
4. Waqar Salamkhil: Unsold
5. Anmolpreet Singh: Unsold
6. Yash Dhull: Unsold
7. Utkarsh Singh: Unsold
8. Upendra Yadav: Unsold
9. Lavnith Sisodia: Unsold
10. Kartik Tyagi: Unsold
11. Piyush Chawla: Unsold
12. Shreyas Gopal: Unsold
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