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IPL 2025 Mega Auction LIVE Updates, Day 1: The auction has started! It will be held in this order: Marquee Sets, Capped Batters, All-Rounders, Wicketkeepers, Capped Bowlers
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IPL 2025 Mega Auction LIVE Updates: Rishabh Pant has made history! He is now the most expensive player in IPL history with LSG picking him up for Rs 27 crore. Pant broke Iyer's record who was picked by Punjab Kings for Rs 26.75 crore. Earlier, Arshdeep Singh was the first player to be sold in IPL 2025 Auction, that too by RTM card, at Rs 18 crore by PBKS. The auction will be held in this order: Marquee Sets, Capped Batters, All-Rounders, Wicketkeepers, Capped Bowlers. The final set on Day 1 will feature the first Uncapped Players set. The auction is being held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (List Of Sold And Unsold Players)
Here are the live updates from IPL 2025 mega auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:
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- 16:38 (IST)IPL 2025 Mega Auction LIVE: Record fee for Pant!Rishabh Pant goes to LSG for an IPL record fee of Rs 27 CR. Shreyas Iyer's position at the top lasted for only a few minutes. What an increase by Sanjiv Goenka and team. That's the end of the first marquee set. Incredible scenes at the IPL 2025 mega auction.
- 16:21 (IST)IPL 2025 Mega Auction LIVE: Here come Punjab again!PBKS are now in for Jos Buttler. Gujarat Titans are still going, Rajasthan Royals are out. The bidding for Buttler is now at Rs 13 cr. Intense back-and-forth.Remember, captaincy option, top order batter, IPL-proven and a wicket-keeper! That's what Buttler adds to the table.
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- 15:54 (IST)IPL 2025 Mega Auction LIVE: Arshdeep's price over RS 14 croreEarlier, Delhi Capitals were also in fray. Just when RR was about to pick him up for Rs 12.50 crore, SunRisers Hyderabad enters the play with Rs 13 crore bid. This is history in the making! Royals have increased it to Rs 14 crore. But SRH is in no mood to let of the left-arm pacer!
- 15:52 (IST)IPL 2025 Mega Auction LIVE: Massive interest!There is intense bidding war going on for Arshdeep! He has crossed the RS 10 crore mark with Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in fray. Rajasthan Royals also enters the competition with a Rs 11 crore bid. Remember, Punjab Kings have the RTM card too.
- 15:42 (IST)IPL 2025 Mega Auction LIVE: Action starts!And the action starts! Arun Dhumal, IPL governing council chairman, is delivering the welcome address. He thanks the supporters and sponsors for making the IPL a great success."Let us celebrate the spirit of cricket. Let fairness and transparency prevail," he says
- 15:29 (IST)IPL 2025 Mega Auction LIVE: Pant to break Rs 30 crore mark?Rishabh Pant has been touted to grab the highest-ever auction price. In the mock auction conducted by broadcasters Star Sports and JioCinema , Pant was bought for a mind-boggling INR 33 crore by Punjab Kings (PBKS), represented by Eoin Morgan. Fellow wicket-keeper batter KL Rahul also received an incredible sum of INR 29.5 crore, being purchased by Royal Challengers (RCB) represented by their former head coach Mike Hesson.
- 15:07 (IST)IPL Auction LIVE: The order of the dayWe are just half an hour away from the IPL auction! Today 84 players are expected to go under the hammer with the two marquee sets in focus!The auction will be held in this order: Marquee Sets, Lunch, Capped Batters, All-Rounders, and Wicketkeepers - 15-minute break - Capped Bowlers - 10-minute break. The final set on Day 1 will feature the first Uncapped Players set
- 14:25 (IST)IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: BCCI's Mega Update Ahead Of Day 1Only 84 Players to go under the hammer on Day 1 of the IPL 2025 mega auction, a fresh update from the BCCI has been confirmed in a report by Cricbuzz. Also, only the first 12 sets are going to be covered on Sunday. The remaining will be taken care of, on Monday.It has also been confirmed that the RTM bid can be raised by the original franchise, that won the bidding, to any amount. A rounded figure isn't necessary."Raising of RTM bid can be any amount -- doesn't have to be a rounded figure," a relevant advisory on the note from the BCCI states, as per the report.
- 14:18 (IST)IPL 2025 Mega Auction LIVE: Marquee Players Under The SpotlightJust a little more than an hour to go before the IPL 2025 auction begins in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Fortunately for cricket world, the ongoing Test between India and Australia in Perth would be over before the auction begins. All eyes on the marquee players who will be up for grabs in the first session.
A stellar list of marquee players will soon feature in the #TATAIPLAuction
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Any early predictions #TATAIPL pic.twitter.com/lNV5G7qfkT - 13:57 (IST)IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Slots Remaining For Each Team
Here's a look at the remaining slots for each team:
Chennai Super Kings: 20 (7)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 22 (8)
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 20 (5)
Mumbai Indians: 20 (8)
Delhi Capitals: 21 (7)
Rajasthan Royals: 19 (7)
Punjab Kings: 23 (8)
Kolkata Knight Riders: 19 (6)
Gujarat Titans: 20 (7)
Lucknow Super Giants: 20 (7)
- 12:56 (IST)IPL Mega Auction LIVE: The Late AdditionsThe IPL 2025 mega auction initially had to see 574 players go under the hammer but three players were added later on. England bowler Jofra Archer, USA seamer Saurabh Netravalkar and Mumbai wicket-keeper Hardik Tamore have been put in the auction pool. Will all three of them find suitors in the 2-day event?
- 12:14 (IST)IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Ricky Ponting On Rishabh Pant TargetPunjab Kings mentor and coach, Ricky Ponting, has spoken of the franchise's pursuit of Rishabh Pant in the upcoming auction. Here's what he said:"Oh look, we've spoken about lots of players in the auction. I mean, Rishabh is going to be a target for most teams, you'd think," Ponting told Star Sports."Certainly the ones that have kept a big enough purse. So we go into the auction with the biggest purse, but when you think about that, when you break it down, we've only kept the two players," he added."So by the time we've bought another three or four players, our purse is going to be back the same as everyone else's. So it's not that big of an advantage, only the fact that we probably should be able to lock away our top three or four picks going into the auction.""So yeah, look, we've spoken about Rishabh, we've spoken about lots of players, and now we have to make sure that we just stick to our strategy," Ponting explained.
- 11:27 (IST)IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Rishabh Pant's Big Pre-Auction AuditionThough Rishabh Pant has already proved his class with his performances in the New Zealand series, the India wicket-keeper batter could help his stocks further with a solid show in the second innings of the Perth Test. He has already arrived on the pitch because of Yashasvi Jaiswal's dismissal.
- 10:50 (IST)IPL 2025 Auction: A Look At The Marquee SetsThere are a total of 2 marquee sets which will be brought up in the auction first. Here's a look at the two sets:
Marquee Set 1: Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Jos Buttler, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, and Mitchell Starc.Marquee Set 2: consists of KL Rahul, Yuzvendra Chahal, Liam Livingstone, David Miller, Mohammed Shami, and Mohammed Siraj.
Topics mentioned in this article
Mumbai Indians
Chennai Super Kings
Rajasthan Royals
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Delhi Capitals
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Punjab Kings
Lucknow Super Giants
Gujarat Titans
Kolkata Knight Riders
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