IPL 2025 mega auction: Full squad of all 10 teams, top buys and predicted XIs

After two electrifying days of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction in Jeddah, the 10 participating teams have assembled their rosters for the upcoming season. The auction was a spectacle of intense bidding wars and record-breaking purchases, as franchises fought to secure their dream squads. While Day 1 saw blockbuster deals for Indian stars, Day 2 continued the trend with teams tactically splurging to stack their lineups.

Rishabh Pant headlined the event, becoming the costliest player in IPL history. The Lucknow franchise broke the bank, shelling out an unprecedented Rs 27 crore for the dynamic wicketkeeper-batter. Hot on his heels, Shreyas Iyer made waves, fetching Rs 26.75 crore from Punjab Kings, making him the second most expensive player in IPL auction history. A surprise highlight came when Venkatesh Iyer, after a fierce bidding war between Kolkata and Bengaluru, returned to Kolkata for a staggering Rs 23.75 crore.

Among overseas players, Jos Buttler stole the show, becoming the costliest international pick at Rs 15.75 crore. Meanwhile, KL Rahul found a new home with the Delhi Capitals, being snapped up for Rs 14 crore, adding significant firepower to their batting lineup.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), initially criticised for their subdued activity on Day 1, made calculated moves on Day 2. They secured the services of power-hitter Tim David, all-rounder Krunal Pandya, and seasoned India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar for Rs 10.75 crore, addressing key gaps in their squad.

However, the auction wasn’t without surprises. Big names like David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, and Mustafizur Rahman found no takers and went unsold, sparking debate among fans and experts alike.

With the mega auction concluded, teams are now ready to shift focus to on-field action. The revamped squads, boasting a mix of proven stars and exciting new talent, promise a fiercely competitive season ahead. As IPL 2025 approaches, fans eagerly await the fireworks that are sure to light up the cricketing stage.

Punjab Kings Full Squad

Shreyas Iyer (India) – Rs 26.75 crore | Yuzvendra Chahal (India) – Rs 18 crore | Arshdeep Singh (India) – Rs 18 crore | Marcus Stoinis (Australia) – Rs 11 crore | Nehal Wadhera (India) – Rs 4.20 crore | Glenn Maxwell (Australia) – Rs 4.20 crore | Vyshak Vijaykumar (India) – Rs 1.8 crore | Yash Thakur (India) – Rs 1.6 crore | Harpreet Brar (India) – Rs 1.5 crore | Vishnu Vinod (India) – Rs 95 lakh | Marco Jansen (South Africa) – Rs 7 crore | Lockie Ferguson (New Zealand) – Rs 2 crore | Josh Inglis (Australia) – Rs 2.20 crore | Xavier Bartlett (Australia) – Rs 80 lakh | Kuldeep Sen (India) – Rs 80 lakh | Pyla Avinash (India) – Rs 30 lakh | Suryansh Shedge (India) – Rs 30 lakh | Musheer Khan (India) – Rs 30 lakh | Harnoor Pannu (India) – Rs 30 lakh | Aaron Hardie (Australia) – Rs 1.25 crore | Priyansh Arya (India) – Rs 3.80 crore | Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan) – Rs 2.40 crore

Retained Players:

Shashank Singh (India) – Rs 5.5 crore | Prabhsimran Singh (India) – Rs 4 crore

Predicted XI – Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Arora, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal

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Royal Challengers Bangalore Full Squad

Josh Hazlewood (Australia) – Rs 12.5 crore | Phil Salt (England) – Rs 11.5 crore | Jitesh Sharma (India) – Rs 11 crore | Bhuvneshwar Kumar (India) – Rs 10.75 crore | Liam Livingstone (England) – Rs 8.75 crore | Rasikh Dar (India) – Rs 6 crore | Krunal Pandya (India) – Rs 5.75 crore | Suyash Sharma (India) – Rs 2.6 crore | Jacob Bethell (England) – Rs 2.6 crore | Tim David (Australia) – Rs 3 crore | Devdutt Padikkal (India) – Rs 2 crore | Romario Shepherd (West Indies) – Rs 1.5 crore | Nuwan Thushara (Sri Lanka) – Rs 1.6 crore | Lungi Ngidi (South Africa) – Rs 1 crore | Swapnil Singh (India) – Rs 50 lakh | Manoj Bhandage (India) – Rs 30 lakh | Swastik Chikara (India) – Rs 30 lakh | Abhinandan Singh (India) – Rs 30 lakh | Mohit Rathee (India) – Rs 30 lakh

Retained Players:

Virat Kohli (India) – Rs 21 crore | Rajat Patidar (India) – Rs 11 crore | Yash Dayal (India) – Rs 5 crore

Predicted XI – Phill Salt (wk), Virat Kohli (Captain), Rajat Patidar, Liam Livingstone, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Josh Hazlewood, Nuwan Thushara/Lungi Ngidi, Suyash Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar

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Chennai Super Kings Full Squad – Squad Size: 25

Noor Ahmad (Afghanistan) – Rs 10 crore | Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – Rs 9.75 crore | Devon Conway (New Zealand) – Rs 6.25 crore | Syed Khaleel Ahmed (India) – Rs 4.8 crore | Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand) – Rs 4 crore | Rahul Tripathi (India) – Rs 3.4 crore | Anshul Kamboj (India) – Rs 3.4 crore | Sam Curran (England) – Rs 2.4 crore | Gurjapneet Singh (India) – Rs 2.2 crore | Nathan Ellis (Australia) – Rs 2 crore | Deepak Hooda (India) – Rs 1.7 crore | Jamie Overton (England) – Rs 1.5 crore | Vijay Shankar (India) – Rs 1.2 crore | Vansh Bedi (India) – Rs 50 lakh | Mukesh Choudhary (India) – Rs 30 lakh | Shaik Rasheed (India) – Rs 30 lakh | Kamlesh Nagarkoti (India) – Rs 30 lakh | Ramakrishna Ghosh (India) – Rs 30 lakh | Shreyas Gopal (India) – Rs 30 lakh | Andre Siddarth (India) – Rs 30 lakh

Retained Players:

Ruturaj Gaikwad (India) – Rs 18 crore | Ravindra Jadeja (India) – Rs 18 crore | Matheesha Pathirana (Sri Lanka) – Rs 13 crore | Shivam Dube (India) – Rs 12 crore | MS Dhoni (India) – Rs 4 crore

Predicted XI – Ruturaj Gaikwad (Captain), Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (WK), R Ashwin, Matheesha Pathirana, Syed Khaleel, Noor Ahmed

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Mumbai Indians Full Squad – Squad Size: 23

Trent Boult (New Zealand) – Rs 12.5 crore | Deepak Chahar (India) – Rs 9.25 crore | Allah Ghazanfar (Afghanistan) – Rs 4.8 crore | Naman Dhir (India) – Rs 5.25 crore | Will Jacks (England) – Rs 5.25 crore | Mitchell Santner (New Zealand) – Rs 2 crore | Ryan Rickelton (South Africa) – Rs 1 crore | Reece Topley (England) – Rs 75 lakh | Lizaad Williams (South Africa) – Rs 75 lakh | Robin Minz (India) – Rs 65 lakh | Karn Sharma (India) – Rs 50 lakh | Ashwani Kumar (India) – Rs 30 lakh | Shrijith Krishnan (India) – Rs 30 lakh | Raj Angad Bawa (India) – Rs 30 lakh | Satyanarayana Raju (India) – Rs 30 lakh | Bevon Jacobs (New Zealand) – Rs 30 lakh | Arjun Tendulkar (India) – Rs 30 lakh | Vignesh Puthur (India) – Rs 30 lakh

Retained Players:

Jasprit Bumrah (India) – Rs 18 crore | Suryakumar Yadav (India) – Rs 16.35 crore | Hardik Pandya (India) – Rs 16.35 crore | Rohit Sharma (India) – Rs 16.30 crore | Tilak Varma (India) – Rs 8 crore

Predicted XI – Rohit Sharma, Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (captain), Naman Dhir, Ryan Rickelton, Mitchell Santner, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar.

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Kolkata Knight Riders Full Squad – Squad Size: 21

Venkatesh Iyer (India) – Rs 23.75 crore | Anrich Nortje (South Africa) – Rs 6.5 crore | Quinton De Kock (South Africa) – Rs 3.6 crore | Angkrish Raghuvanshi (India) – Rs 3 crore | Spencer Johnson (Australia) – Rs 2.8 crore | Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan) – Rs 2 crore | Moeen Ali (England) – Rs 2 crore | Vaibhav Arora (India) – Rs 1.8 crore | Rovman Powell (West Indies) – Rs 1.5 crore | Ajinkya Rahane (India) – Rs 1.5 crore | Manish Pandey (India) – Rs 75 lakh | Umran Malik (India) – Rs 75 lakh | Anukul Roy (India) – Rs 40 lakh | Mayank Markande (India) – Rs 30 lakh | Luvnith Sisodia (India) – Rs 30 lakh

Retained Players:

Rinku Singh (India) – Rs 13 crore | Varun Chakravarthy (India) – Rs 12 crore | Sunil Narine (West Indies) – Rs 12 crore | Andre Russell (West Indies) – Rs 12 crore | Harshit Rana (India) – Rs 4 crore | Ramandeep Singh (India) – Rs 4 crore

Predicted XI – Quinton de Kock (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora

Lucknow Super Giants Full Squad – Squad Size: 24

Rishabh Pant – Rs 27 crore | Avesh Khan – Rs 9.75 crore | Akash Deep – Rs 8 crore | David Miller – Rs 7.5 crore | Abdul Samad – Rs 4.2 crore | Mitchell Marsh – Rs 3.4 crore | Shahbaz Ahamad – Rs 2.4 crore | Aiden Markram – Rs 2 crore | Matthew Breetzke – Rs 75 lakh | Shamar Joseph – Rs 75 lakh | M. Siddharth – Rs 75 lakh | Arshin Kulkarni – Rs 30 lakh | Rajvardhan Hangargekar – Rs 30 lakh | Yuvraj Chaudhary – Rs 30 lakh | Prince Yadav – Rs 30 lakh | Akash Singh – Rs 30 lakh | Digvesh Singh – Rs 30 lakh | Himmat Singh – Rs 30 lakh | Aryan Juyal – Rs 30 lakh

Retained Players:

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

Predicted XI – Matthew Breetzke, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (WK/Captain), David Miller, Ayush Badoni, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Moshin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan

Gujarat Titans Full Squad – Squad Size: 22

Kagiso Rabada – Rs 10.75 crore | Jos Buttler – Rs 15.75 crore | Mohammed Siraj – Rs 12.25 crore | Prasidh Krishna – Rs 9.5 crore | Nishant Sindhu – Rs 30 lakh | Mahipal Lomror – Rs 1.7 crore | Kumar Kushagra – Rs 65 lakh | Anuj Rawat – Rs 30 lakh | Manav Suthar – Rs 30 lakh | Washington Sundar – Rs 3.2 crore | Gerald Coetzee – Rs 2.4 crore | Arshad Khan – Rs 1.3 crore | Gurnoor Brar – Rs 1.3 crore | Sherfane Rutherford – Rs 2.6 crore | Sai Kishore – Rs 2 crore | Ishant Sharma – Rs 75 lakh | Jayant Yadav – Rs 75 lakh | Glenn Phillips – Rs 2 crore | Karim Janat – Rs 75 lakh | Kulwant Khejroliya – Rs 30 lakh

Retained Players:

Rashid Khan – Rs 18 crore | Shubman Gill – Rs 16 crore | B Sai Sudharsan – Rs 6 crore | Rahul Tewatia – Rs 8 crore | Shahrukh Khan – Rs 6 crore

Predicted XI – Shubman Gill (Captain), Jos Buttler (WK), Sai Sudharsan, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Phillips, Shahrukh Khan, Washington Sundar, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Siraj, Kagiso Rabada, Prasidh Krishna

Sunrisers Hyderabad Full Squad – Squad Size: 22

Mohammed Shami – Rs 10 crore | Harshal Patel – Rs 8 crore | Ishan Kishan – Rs 11.25 crore | Rahul Chahar – Rs 3.2 crore | Adam Zampa – Rs 2.4 crore | Atharva Taide – Rs 30 lakh | Abhinav Manohar – Rs 3.2 crore | Simarjeet Singh – Rs 1.5 crore | Zeeshan Ansari – Rs 40 lakh | Jaydev Unadkat – Rs 1 crore | Brydon Carse – Rs 1 crore | Kamindu Mendis – Rs 75 lakh | Aniket Verma – Rs 30 lakh | Eshan Malinga – Rs 1.2 crore | Sachin Baby – Rs 30 lakh

Retained Players:

Heinrich Klaasen – Rs 8 crore | Pat Cummins – Rs 12 crore | Abhishek Sharma – Rs 4 crore | Travis Head – Rs 5 crore | Nitish Kumar Reddy – Rs 2 crore

Predicted XI – Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Abhinav Manohar, Sachin Baby, Pat Cummins, Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar.

Delhi Capitals Full Squad – Squad Size: 23

Mitchell Starc – Rs 11.75 crore | KL Rahul – Rs 14 crore | Harry Brook – Rs 6.25 crore | Jake Fraser-McGurk – Rs 9 crore | T Natarajan – Rs 10.75 crore | Karun Nair – Rs 50 lakh | Sameer Rizvi – Rs 95 lakh | Ashutosh Sharma – Rs 3.8 crore | Mohit Sharma – Rs 2.2 crore | Faf Du Plessis – Rs 2 crore | Mukesh Kumar – Rs 8 crore | 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 L – Rs 30 lakh | Tripurana Vijay – Rs 30 lakh | Madhav Tiwari – Rs 40 lakh

Retained Players:

Axar Patel – Rs 16.5 crore | Kuldeep Yadav – Rs 13.25 crore | Tristan Stubbs – Rs 10 crore | Abishek Porel – Rs 4 crore (Uncapped)

Predicted XI – Jake Fraser-McGurk, KL Rahul (WK/Captain), Abishek Porel, Brook, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Ashutosh Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar

Rajasthan Royals Full Squad – Squad Size: 20

Jofra Archer – Rs 12.5 crore | Maheesh Theekshana – Rs 4.4 crore | Wanindu Hasaranga – Rs 5.25 crore | Akash Madhwal – Rs 1.2 crore | Kumar Kartikeya – Rs 30 lakh | Nitish Rana – Rs 4.4 crore | Tushar Deshpande – Rs 6.5 crore | Shubham Dubey – Rs 80 lakh | Yudhvir Singh – Rs 35 lakh | Fazalhaq Farooqi – Rs 2 crore | Vaibhav Suryavanshi – Rs 1.1 crore | Kwena Maphaka – Rs 1.5 crore | Kunal Rathore – Rs 30 lakh | Ashok Sharma – Rs 30 lakh

Retained Players:

Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel

Predicted XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (WK/Captain), Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Akash Madhwal