IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Complete details related to player bidding, starting from November 24. This will be the second time in the history of IPL that the auction will move out of India. A total of 577 players will try their luck in this mega event. And this time the teams will attempt to fill 204 slots, in which 70 places have been reserved for foreign players. All the 10 teams have devised a strategy while retaining their players and now they will try to make their team stronger in this auction.
Prediction: Massive bid for Rishabh Pant
Former CSK player Suresh Raina has claimed that Rishabh Pant can touch the Rs 25 crore mark in the IPL 2025 auction. And he has said that teams like Punjab Kings, Delhi Capitals, KKR and RCB have big budgets. When Rishabh Pant enters the auction, he can be expected to get a bid of 25 crores or more.
Auction rules and slot status
A maximum of 25 and a minimum of 18 players have been set as the limit for each franchise in this team. There are 10 teams, so a total of 250 players can join the teams.
Players retained: 46
Slots available for auction: 204
Foreign players slots: 70
Auction format: Marquee player set
The auction will start with two “marquee sets”, which will include big stars of cricket.
First Marquee Set
- Jos Buttler
- Shreyas Iyer
- Rishabh Pant
- Kagiso Rabada
- Arshdeep Singh
- Mitchell Starc
Second Marquee Set
- Yuzvendra Chahal
- Liam Livingstone
- David Miller
- KL Rahul
- Mohammed Shami
- Mohammed Siraj
Teams’ Strategy
Punjab Kings: Looking for power hitters and experienced bowlers.
Delhi Capitals: Priority to strengthen the core batting lineup.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Eyeing all-rounders and death over specialists.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Can make big bids to improve wicketkeeping and pace attack.
Importance of Auction
The IPL 2025 mega auction will set the structure for the future of the teams. These teams will perform with their retained and auctioned players for the next few years. And the auction will require deep thinking and budget management for each franchise in the selection of players.
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