Shreyas Iyer IPL 2025 Auction: Shreyas Iyer has created history in the IPL 2025 auction. Iyer became the second most expensive Indian player in IPL history and also achieved the distinction of becoming the second most expensive player in IPL history. Iyer has broken Mitchell Starc’s record. Starc got Rs 24.75 crore in the IPL 2024 auction. KKR bought Starc for Rs 24.75 crore and included him in their team. At the same time, there was a race between Delhi and Punjab Kings for Iyer in this auction and finally Punjab Kings created history by buying the Indian batsman for Rs 26.75 crore.
Shreyas Iyer- Base price 2 crores, Punjab Kings bought it for 26.75 crores
Punjab Kings and KKR started bidding for Shreyas Iyer, there was a war between the two to buy Iyer, after which Delhi Capitals also started bidding on Iyer. After this, there was a bidding race in Punjab and Delhi and finally Punjab Kings included Iyer in their team by making a record bid of Rs 26.75 crores.
Historic bid on Iyer
This is the first time in the history of IPL auction that a player has received a bid of more than Rs 25 crore. Punjab Kings tried their best to include Iyer in their team and ultimately forced the Capitals to bow down.
Can become the captain of Punjab Kings
Now Punjab Kings have created history by including Iyer in their team. It is expected that now Punjab Kings can also make Iyer their new captain.
Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player
Rishabh Pant has been bought by Lucknow Supergiants for Rs 27 crore under RTM and included in their team. Let us tell you that Lucknow Super Giants had bought Pant for Rs 20.75 crore, after which Delhi used RTM, under which Lucknow has placed the final bet of Rs 27 crore on Pant and now Pant has become the most expensive player in IPL history. .
Bidding was done on these players in the first set
In the first set, bidding took place for Jos Buttler, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh and Mitchell Starc. Let us tell you that teams are looking at Pant and Iyer as future captains. The first bid was on Arshdeep Singh. CSK and Hyderabad were the first to start bidding for Arshdeep Singh. After this, Gujarat, RCB, Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Capitals started bidding on Arshdeep. The base price of Arshdeep Singh was 2 crores. Finally Sunrisers Hyderabad made the last bid of Rs 15.75 crore. But Punjab Kings, using RTM, made the last bid of Rs 18 crore and included him in their team. Earlier also Arshdeep was included in the team of Punjab Kings.
Arshdeep Singh- 18 Crore- (Punjab Kings- RTM- 18 Crore)
Kagiso Rabada- Base price 2 crores
RCB and Gujarat Titans started bidding for South African bowler Kagiso Rabada. Then later Mumbai Indians also started bidding for Kagiso Rabada and Mumbai and Gujarat raced to buy him in their team. Finally, Gujarat Titans bought him for Rs 10.75 crore and included him in their team.
Kagiso Rabada- went to Gujarat Titans for 10.75 crores
Jos Buttler-
Base price – 2 crores, England’s wicketkeeper batsman Jos Buttler was bought by Gujarat Titans for 15.75 crores and included in their team.
