Rishabh Pant was bought by Lucknow for 27 crores, Kolkata surprised everyone by buying this player for 23.75 crore
24 Nov 2024
Lucknow Super Giants have broken all previous records by buying Rishabh Pant for 27 crores in the mega auction of IPL 2025 being held in Jeddah. In the same auction, Punjab Kings bought him for Rs 26.75 crore. While Kolkata Knight Riders have surprised everyone by buying Venkatesh Iyer in the auction for 23.75 crores. So far, two sets of marquee players, batsman, all-rounder, wicketkeeper, fast bowler and spinner have been auctioned. However, David Warner, Devdutt Padikkal, Jonny Bairstow remained unsold during this period.
Marquee players sold for this much in the first set
Arshdeep Singh- 18 Crore – Punjab Kings
Kagiso Rabada – 10.75 crores – Gujarat Titans
Shreyas Iyer- 26.75 crores – Punjab Kings
Jos Buttler- 15.75- Gujarat Titans
Mitchell Starc – 11.75 crores – Delhi Capitals
Rishabh Pant – 27 crores – Lucknow Super Giants
Marquee players sold for this much in the second set
Mohammed Shami – 10 Crore – Sunrisers Hyderabad
David Miller – Rs 7.50 crore – Lucknow Super Giants
Yuzvendra Chahal – 18 Crore – Punjab Kings
Mohammed Siraj – 12.25 crores – Gujarat Titans
Liam Livingstone – 8.75 crores – Royal Challengers Bangalore
KL Rahul – 14 crores – Delhi Capitals
These batsmen were sold
Harry Brooke – Rs 6.25 crore – Delhi Capitals
Aiden Markram – Rs 2 crore – Lucknow Super Giants
Dwayne Conway – Rs 6.25 crore – Chennai Super Kings
Rahul Tripathi – 3.4 crores – Chennai Super Kings
Jake Fraser-McGurk – Rs 9 crore – Delhi Capitals
Venkatesh Iyer surprised among the all-rounders
Harshal Patel- 8 crores – Sunrisers Hyderabad
Rachin Ravindra – Rs 4 crore – Chennai Super Kings
Ravichandran Ashwin – 9.75 crores – Chennai Super Kings
Venkatesh Iyer- 23.75 crores- Kolkata Knight Riders
Marcus Stoinis – 11 Crore – Punjab Kings
Mitchell Marsh – Rs 3.4 crore – Lucknow Super Giants
Glenn Maxwell – Rs 4.2 crore – Punjab Kings
Money rained on wicket keepers
Quinton de Kock – Rs 3.6 crore – Kolkata Knight Riders
Phil Salt – Rs 11.5 crore – Royal Challengers Bangalore
Rahmanullah Gurbaz – 2 crore – Kolkata Knight Riders
Ishan Kishan – 11.25 crores – Sunrisers Hyderabad
Jitesh Sharma – 11 crores – Royal Challengers Bangalore
Fast bowlers showed their prowess
Josh Heidelwood – Rs 12.5 crore – Royal Challengers Bangalore
Prasidh Krishna – 9.5 crores – Gujarat Titans
Avesh Khan – 9.75 crores – Lucknow Super Giants
Anrich Nortje – Rs 6.5 crore – Kolkata Knight Riders
Jofra Archer – 12.5 crores – Rajasthan Royals
Khaleel Ahmed – Rs 4.8 crore – Chennai Super Kings
T Natarajan- 10.75 crores – Delhi Capitals
Trent Boult – 12.5 crores – Mumbai Indians
Spin bowlers also became rich
Mahesh Theekshana- 4.40 crores – Rajasthan Royals
Rahul Chahar – 3.20 crores – Sunrisers Hyderabad
Adam Zampa – 2.40 crores – Sunrisers Hyderabad
Wanindu Hasaranga – 5.25 crores – Rajasthan Royals
Noor Ahmed – 10 Crore – Chennai Super Kings