IPL 2025 Auction LIVE Updates: Vaibhav Suryavanshi has become the youngest ever IPL player. The 13-year-old was picked up by RR for Rs 1.10 crore. Meanwhile, uncapped batter Priyansh Arya turned heads as the uncapped player was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 3.80 crore. The batter recently hit six sixes in a match. Earlier, veteran Indian cricket team pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar became the costliest buy of IPL 2025 mega auction Day 2. RCB won an intense bidding war with LSG and roped in the veteran pacer for a whopping Rs 10.75 crore. Indian pacers have been the top buys on Day 2. Akash Deep (LSG, Rs 8 crore), Deepak Chahar (MI, Rs 9.25 crore), Mukesh Kumar (DC, Rs 8 crore), Tushar Deshpande (RR, Rs 6.50 crore) all went for high prices.
Here is the purse remaining of all the teams: RCB - Rs 4.65 crore, CSK - RS 1.20 crore, GT - Rs 3.20 crore, MI - Rs 1.85 crore, PBKS - Rs 0.65 crore, KKR - Rs 5 crore, LSG - Rs 1.45 crore, RR - Rs 2.40 crore, SRH - Rs 0.50 crore, DC - Rs 2.25 crore. (List Of Sold And Unsold Players)
Here are the live updates from IPL 2025 mega auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Day 2:
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21:08 (IST)
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Restart expected soon
We are 30 minutes into the break, when the teams are deciding who their final picks will be for the next accelerated auction process. A restart to auction action should be near!
13 years old only! Vaibhav Suryavanshi had two teams with Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly at the table going for him. He sored 104 in 62 balls for India U19 against Australia U19 in October 2024.
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Second accelerated process now!
We are at the end of Part 1 of the accelerated auction process. Each franchise has been requested to nominate 3-5 player who they might be interested in getting in the final phase of the IPL 2025 mega auction.
Several Indian uncapped players have gone unsold: Ripal Patel, Sanjay Yadav, Avinash Singh, Umang Kumar and Yash Dabas the final names to not find a bid.
Muttiah Muralitharan is in the SRH table, and must know how good Eshan Malinga is, but this is a big buy! Rs 1.2 crore. Let's see whether he is anywhere near his namesake, because he hasn't even debuted for SL!
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Bidding war for Eshan Malinga!
Sri Lankan Eshan Malinga fetching a bid of Rs 80L here. Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad fighting for him. Not related to Lasith Malinga, mind you!
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Who is Vaibhav Suryavanshi?
Just to give you a little bit of context regarding the hype surrounding Vaibhav Suryavanshi, he has played two youth Tests for India U19 already, and also made his first class debut for Bihar earlier in 2024.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi is fetching a massive bidding war here, late on in the accelerated auction process. Some Indian legends in the RR and DC tables, in the form of Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly, respectively.
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Bidding war for 13-year-old!
13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi is fetching a bidding war! Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals are going for him. He will be the youngest ever player to be bought in the IPL!
PBKS sign their 24th player at Rs 30L, 24-year-old batter Pyla Avinash. Just one more slot left in the team who started the mega auction with the biggest budget.
IPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Lungi Ngidi, Will O'Rourke also unsold
South African Lungi Ngidi, who used to play for Chennai Super Kings, goes unsold. So does the underrated William O'Rourke from New Zealand, who impressed in the Test series vs India.
Australian pacer Xavier Bartlett, who impressed massively in the recent T20I series against Pakistan, is being bid for by PBKS and MI. And Punjab get him for Rs 80L.
SA's Ottneil Baartman, SL's Dilshan Madushanka and NZ's Adam Milne go unsold.
CSK buy all-rounder Jamie Overton for Rs 1.5 crore! Left-field signing by the five-time IPL champions, but Stephen Fleming and Kasi Viswanathan both seem happy with it.
The accelerated auction is back underway! Player no. 360 Michael Bracewell, all-rounder from NZ, is the first name up. Goes UNSOLD at base price of Rs 1.5 cr.