 "Rasikh Dar Salam and Rishabh Pant received a massive paycheck on their base price in the IPL 2025 auction. PTI")
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction that took place on 24 and 25 November in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah witnessed records being broken. Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player when he was acquired by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for Rs 27 crore.
This was just minutes after Punjab Kings (PBKS) got the services of Shreyas Iyer for Rs 26.75 crore. A total of 182 players were sold across the two days, with another 103 cricketers going unsold. There were quite a few players who entered the IPL auction with a much lesser base price, but their final prices were far higher.
IPL Auction 2025 | Complete list of sold and unsold players from two-day mega auction
Rishabh Pant himself was in the Rs 2 crore base price, but ended up earning almost 14 times more than that. Rasikh Dar Salam, an uncapped pacer, had his base price at Rs 30 lakh, but fetched Rs 6 crore after he was acquired by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).
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With the IPL mega auction done and dusted and all ten franchises finally assembled, we take a look at the top 10 players whose final price exceeded their base price by almost double:
| Player | Team | Base price (In Rs) | Final price (In Rs) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rasikh Dar Salam | RCB | 30 lakh | 6 crore (x20 times) |
| Naman Dhir | MI | 30 lakh | 5.25 crore (x17.5 times) |
| Nehal Wadhera | PBKS | 30 lakh | 4.20 crore (x14 times) |
| Abdul Samad | LSG | 30 lakh | 4.20 crore (x14 times) |
| Rishabh Pant | LSG | 2 crore | 27 crore (x13.5 times) |
| Shreyas Iyer | PBKS | 2 crore | 26.75 crore (x13.37 times) |
| Ashutosh Sharma | DC | 30 lakh | 3.8 crore (x12.66 times) |
| Priyansh Arya | PBKS | 30 lakh | 3.8 crore (x12.66 times) |
| Venkatesh Iyer | KKR | 2 crore | 23.75 crore (x11.87 times) |
| Anshul Kamboj | CSK | 30 lakh | 3.40 crore (x11.33 times) |