IPL 2025: Full player lists and squads and likely Playing 12 of all 10 teams after mega auction
A whopping Rs 639.15 crore were spent by the 10 franchises over the course of the two-day Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 Mega Auction which ended in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Monday night. A total of 182 players were bought by the teams which included 62 overseas players.
Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer became the two most expensive buys. Lucknow Super Giants bought Pant for Rs 27 crore while Punjab Kings paid Rs 26.75 crore for Iyer.
All-rounder Venkatesh Iyer proved to be the third-most expensive buy at the Mega Auction with defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) bringing him back for Rs 23.75 crore.
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Here are the full squads and player lists for all 10 franchises after the IPL 2025 Mega Auction.
Chennai Super Kings
Squad strength: 25
Indian players: 18
Overseas: 7
Retained players (5): Ruturaj Gaikwad (Rs 18 crore), Ravindra Jadeja (Rs 18 crore), Matheesha Pathirana (Rs 13 crore), Shivam Dube (Rs 12 crore), MS Dhoni (Rs 4 crore)
Players bought in the auction (20): Noor Ahmad (Rs 10 crore), Ravichandran Ashwin (Rs 9.75 crore), Devon Conway (Rs 6.25 crore), Khaleel Ahmed (Rs 4.80 crore), Rachin Ravindra (Rs 4 crore), Rahul Tripathi (Rs 3.40 crore),Anshul Kamboj (Rs 3.40 crore), Vijay Shankar (Rs 1.20 crore), Sam Curran (Rs 2.40 crore), Gurjapneet Singh (Rs 2.20 crore), Nathan Ellis (Rs 2 crore), Deepak Hooda (Rs 1.70 crore), Jamie Overton (Rs 1.50 crore), Vansh Bedi (Rs 55 lakh), Mukesh Choudhary (Rs 30 lakh), Shreyas Gopal (Rs 30 lakh), Ramakrishna Ghosh (Rs 30 lakh), Kamlesh Nagarkoti (Rs 30 lakh), Andre Siddharth (Rs 30 lakh), Shaik Rasheed (Rs 30 lakh)
Possible 12: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Shivam Dube, Deepak Hooda, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, MS Dhoni, Ravichandran Ashwin, Matheesha Pathirana, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed
Delhi Capitals
Squad strength: 23
Indian players: 16
Overseas: 7
Retained players (4): Axar Patel (Rs 16.50 crore), Kuldeep Yadav (Rs 13.25 crore), Tristan Stubbs (Rs 10 crore), Abishek Porel (Rs 4 crore)
Players bought in the auction (19): Mitchell Starc (Rs 11.75 crore), KL Rahul (Rs 14 crore), Harry Brook (Rs 6.25 crore), Jake Fraser-McGurk (Rs 9 crore, RTM), T Natarajan (Rs 10.75 crore), Karun Nair (Rs 50 lakh), Sameer Rizvi (Rs 95 lakh), Ashutosh Sharma (Rs 3.80 crore), Mohit Sharma (Rs 2.20 crore), Faf du Plessis (Rs 2 crore), Mukesh Kumar (Rs 8 crore, RTM), Darshan Nalkande (Rs 30 lakh), Vipraj Nigam (Rs 50 Lakh), Dushmantha Chameera (Rs 75 Lakh), Donovan Ferreira (Rs 75 Lakh), Ajay Mandal (Rs 30 Lakh), Manvanth Kumar (Rs 30 Lakh), Tripurana Vijay (Rs 30 Lakh), Madhav Tiwari (Rs 40 Lakh)
Probable 12: Jake Fraser-McGurk, KL Rahul, Abishek Porel, Harry Brook, Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Mohit Sharma
Gujarat Titans
Squad strength: 25
Indian players: 18
Overseas: 7
Retained players (5): Rashid Khan (Rs 18 crore), Shubman Gill (Rs 16.5 crore), Sai Sudharsan (Rs 8.5 crore), Rahul Tewatia (Rs 4 crore), Shahrukh Khan (Rs 4 crore)
Players bought in the auction (20): Jos Buttler (Rs 15.75 crore), Mohammad Siraj (Rs 12.25 crore), Kagiso Rabada (Rs 10.75 crore), Prasidh Krishna (Rs 9.5 crore), Mahipal Lomror (Rs 1.7 crore), Nishant Sindhu (Rs 30 lakh), Kumar Khushagra (Rs 65 lakh), Anuj Rawat (Rs 30 lakh), Manav Suthar (Rs 30 lakh), Glenn Phillips (Rs 2 crore), R Sai Kishore (Rs 2 crore, RTM), Gerald Coetzee (Rs 2.4 crore), Jayant Yadav (Rs 75 lakh), Arshad Khan (Rs 1.3 crore), Sherfane Rutherford (Rs 2.6 crore), Washington Sundar (Rs 3.2 crore), Gurnoor Brar (Rs 1.3 crore), Ishant Sharma (Rs 75 lakh), Karim Janat (Rs 75 lakh), Kulwant Khejroliya (Rs 30 lakh)
Probable 12: Shubman Gill, Jos Buttler, Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Rashid Khan, Washington Sundar, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammad Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
Kolkata Knight Riders
Squad strength: 21
Indian players:13
Overseas: 8
Retained players (6): Rinku Singh (Rs 13 crore), Andre Russell (Rs 12 crore), Sunil Narine (Rs 12 crore), Varun Chakaravarthy (Rs 12 crore), Harshit Rana (Rs 4 crore), Ramandeep Singh (Rs 4 crore)
Players bought in the auction (15): Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Rs 3 crore), Quinton de Kock (Rs 3.60 crore), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Rs 2 crore), Venkatesh Iyer (Rs 23.75 crore), Mayank Markande (Rs 30 lakh), Anrich Nortje (Rs 6.50 crore), Vaibhav Arora (Rs 1.80 crore), Ajinkya Rahane (Rs 1.5 crore), Manish Pandey (Rs 75 lakh), Luvnith Sisodia (Rs 30 lakh), Anukul Roy (Rs 40 lakh), Rovman Powell (Rs 1.5 crore), Moeen Ali (Rs 2 crore), Umran Malik (Rs 75 lakh), Spencer Johnson (Rs 2.80 crore)
Probable 12: Sunil Narine, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Anrich Nortje, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora
Lucknow Super Giants
Squad strength: 24
Indian players: 18
Overseas: 6
Retained players (5): Nicholas Pooran (Rs 21 crore), Ravi Bishnoi (Rs 11 crore), Mayank Yadav (Rs 11 crore), Mohsin Khan (Rs 4 crore), Ayush Badoni (Rs 4 crore)
Players bought in the auction (19): Rishabh Pant (Rs 27 crore), David Miller (Rs 7.5 crore), Aiden Markram (Rs 2 crore), Mitchell Marsh (Rs 3.4 crore), Avesh Khan (Rs 9.75 crore), Abdul Samad (Rs 4.2 crore), Aryan Juyal (Rs 30 lakh), Akash Deep (Rs 8 crore), Himmat Singh (Rs 30 lakh), M Siddharth (Rs 75 lakh), Digvesh Singh (Rs 30 lakh), Shahbaz Ahmed (Rs 1.9 crore), Akash Singh (Rs 30 lakh), Shamar Joseph (Rs 75 lakh), Prince Yadav (Rs 30 lakh), Yuvraj Chaudhary (Rs 30 lakh), Rajvardhan Hangargekar (Rs 30 lakh), Arshin Kulkarni (Rs 30 lakh), Matthew Breetzke (Rs 75 lakh)
Probable 12: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, David Miller, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav
Mumbai Indians
Squad strength: 23
Indian players: 15
Overseas: 8
Retained players (5):Jasprit Bumrah (Rs 18 crore), Suryakumar Yadav (Rs 16.35 crore), Hardik Pandya (Rs 16.35 crore), Rohit Sharma (Rs 16.3 crore), Tilak Varma (Rs 8 crore)
Players bought in auction (18): Trent Boult (Rs 12.5 crore), Naman Dhir (Rs 5.25 crore), Robin Minz (Rs 65 lakh), Karn Sharma (Rs 50 lakh), Bevon Jacobs (Rs 30 lakh), Ryan Rickelton (Rs 1 crore), Krishnan Shrijith (Rs 30 lakh), Raj Bawa (Rs 30 lakh), Will Jacks (Rs 5.25 crore), Mitchell Santner (Rs 2 crore), Allah Ghazanfar (Rs 4.8 crore), Deepak Chahar (Rs 9.25 crore), Reece Topley (Rs 75 lakh), Ashwani Kumar (Rs 30 lakh), Satyanarayana Raju (Rs 30 lakh), Arjun Tendulkar (Rs 30 lakh), Lizaad Williams (Rs 75 lakh), Vignesh Puthur (Rs 30 lakh)
Probable 12: Rohit Sharma, Will Jacks, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Naman Dhir, Hardik Pandya, Robin Minz, Deepak Chahar, Mitchell Santner, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Allah Ghazanfar
Punjab Kings
Squad strength: 25
Indian players:17
Overseas players: 8
Retained players (2): Shashank Singh (Rs 4 crore), Prabhsimran Singh (Rs 4 crore)
Players bought in the auction (23): Shreyas Iyer (Rs 26.75 crore), Nehal Wadhera (Rs 4.20 crore), Vishnu Vinod (Rs 95 lakh), Marcus Stoinis (Rs 11 crore), Glenn Maxwell (Rs 4.20 crore), Yuzvendra Chahal (Rs 18 crore), Harpreet Brar (Rs 1.50 crore), Arshdeep Singh (Rs 18 crore), Vijaykumar Vyshak (Rs 1.80 crore), Yash Thakur (Rs 1.60 crore), Harnoor Singh (Rs 30 lakh), Musheer Khan (Rs 30 lakh), Pyla Avinash (Rs 30 lakh), Josh Inglis (Rs 2.60 crore), Suryansh Shedge (Rs 30 lakh), Marco Jansen (Rs 7 crore), Aaron Hardie (Rs 1.25 crore), Azmatullah Omarzai (Rs 2.40 crore), Priyansh Arya (Rs 3.80 crore), Praveen Dubey (Rs 30 lakh), Kuldeep Sen (Rs 80 lakh), Xavier Bartlett (Rs 80 lakh), Lockie Ferguson (Rs 2 crore)
Probable 12: Prabhsimran Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Shreyas Iyer, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijaykumar Vyshak
Rajasthan Royals
Squad strength: 20
Indian players: 14
Overseas: 6
Retained players (6): Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rs 18 crore), Sanju Samson (Rs 18 crore), Dhruv Jurel (Rs 14 crore), Riyan Parag (Rs 14 crore), Shimron Hetmyer (Rs 11 crore), Sandeep Sharma (Rs 4 crore)
Players bought in the auction (14): Jofra Archer (Rs 12.5 crore), Tushar Deshpande (Rs 6.50 crore), Wanindu Hasaranga (Rs 5.25 crore), Maheesh Theekshana (Rs 4.40 crore), Nitish Rana (Rs 4.20 crore), Fazalhaq Farooqi (Rs 2 crore), Kwena Maphaka (Rs 1.50 crore), Akash Madhwal (Rs 1.20 crore), Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Rs 1.1 crore), Shubham Dubey (Rs 80 lakh), Yudhvir Singh Charak (Rs 35 lakh), Kumar Kartikeya (Rs 30 lakh), Kunal Singh Rathore (Rs 30 lakh), Ashok Sharma (Rs 30 lakh)
Probable 12: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Shubham Dubey, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Squad Strength: 22
Indian Players: 14
Overseas: 8
Retained Players (3): Virat Kohli (Rs 21 crore), Rajat Patidar (Rs 11 crore), Yash Dayal (Rs 5 crore)
Players bought in the auction (19): Josh Hazlewood (Rs 12.50 crore), Phil Salt (Rs 11.50 crore), Jitesh Sharma (Rs 11 crore), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Rs 10.75 crore), Liam Livingstone (Rs 8.75 crore), Rasikh Salam (Rs 6 crore), Krunal Pandya (Rs 5.75 crore), Tim David (Rs 3 crore), Jacob Bethell (Rs 2.6 crore), Suyash Sharma (Rs 2.6 crore), Devdutt Padikkal (Rs 2 crore), Nuwan Thushara (Rs 1.6 crore), Romario Shepherd (Rs 1.5 crore), Lungi Ngidi (Rs 1 crore), Swapnil Singh (Rs 50 lakh), Manoj Bhandage (Rs 30 lakh), Swastik Chikara (Rs 30 lakh), Mohit Rathee (Rs 30 lakh), Abhinandan Singh (Rs 30 lakh)
Probable 12: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar, Jacob Bethell, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salam, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Squad Strength: 20
Indian Players:13
Overseas: 7
Retained Players (5): Heinrich Klaasen (Rs 23 crore), Pat Cummins (Rs 18 crore), Travis Head (Rs 14 crore), Abhishek Sharma (Rs 14 crore), Nitish Reddy (Rs 6 crore)
Players bought in the auction (15): Ishan Kishan (Rs 11.25 crore), Mohammed Shami (Rs 10 crore), Harshal Patel (Rs 8 crore), Abhinav Manohar (Rs 3.2 crore), Rahul Chahar (Rs 3.2 crore), Adam Zampa (Rs 2.4 crore), Simarjeet Singh (Rs 1.5 crore), Eshan Malinga (Rs 1.2 crore), Jaydev Unadkat (Rs 1 crore), Brydon Carse (Rs 1 crore), Kamindu Mendis (Rs 75 lakh), Zeeshan Ansari (Rs 40 lakh), Atharva Taide (Rs 30 lakh), Sachin Baby (Rs 30 lakh), Aniket Verma (Rs 30 lakh)
Probable 12: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Nitish Reddy, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Sachin Baby, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami, Rahul Chahar (Adam Zampa/Brydon Carse)