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IPL 2025 Mega Auction Players List Breakdown: The Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council released the player list for the mega auction that will be taking place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in less than two weeks’ time with Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer included in the marquee players list. All three had captained their franchises with Iyer leading the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to their third title earlier this year, and are expected to trigger an intense bidding war among the 10 franchises, many of whom will be on the lookout for a captain, and figure among the most expensive players.
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The marquee players list, which will kick-start the auction on Sunday, 24 November with the event set to take place on the following day as well, also comprises the pace trio of Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj as well as senior leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal. Seven out of the 12 marquee players are Indian, with England white-ball captain Jos Buttler and South African pacer Kagiso Rabada among the overseas players.
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While the 2022 mega auction had a single marquee list comprising 10 players, the upcoming mega auction in Jeddah will have 12 marquee players divided into two sets going under the hammer. Set 1 comprises Iyer, Pant and Arshdeep along with Buttler, Rabada and Australian quick Mitchell Starc – who had been sold to Kolkata Knight Riders last year at Rs 24.75 crore, the highest in IPL history.
Set 2 includes Rahul, Chahal, Shami and Siraj in addition to England all-rounder Liam Livingstone and South African middle-order batter David Miller.
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Impact Shorts
More ShortsAmong the notable absentees this year are England’s Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer and Joe Root. Instead, this year’s list includes English red-ball pace legend James Anderson , who has decided to add his name to the auction at the age of 42 four months after making his final international appearance and 10 years since he lasted featured in a T20.
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Anderson’s the oldest while Bihar’s uncapped Vaibhav Suryavanshi is the youngest player in the auction the age of 13.
Full list of Marquee Players in IPL 2025 Mega Auction
Marquee List 1: Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Arshdeep Singh, Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada, Mitchell Starc.
Marquee List 2: Yuzvendra Chahal, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Liam Livingstone, David Miller.
Key numbers from the IPL 2025 mega auction player list announcement
| Player category | Total number of players |
|---|---|
| Capped Indians | 48 |
| Capped Overseas | 193 |
| Associate | 3 |
| Uncapped Indian | 318 |
| Uncapped Overseas | 12 |
| Total | 574 |
| Reserve Price | Number of Players |
|---|---|
| 200 | 81 |
| 150 | 27 |
| 125 | 18 |
| 100 | 23 |
| 75 | 92 |
| 50 | 8 |
| 40 | 5 |
| 30 | 320 |
Franchise-wise breakdown of slots and salary cap available for IPL 2025 Player Auction
| Franchise | No of Players | No of Overseas Players | No of Uncapped Players | RTM | Total money spent (Rs.) | Salary cap available (Rs.) | Available Slots | Overseas Slots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSK | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 55 | 20 | 7 |
| DC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 73 | 21 | 7 |
| GT | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 69 | 20 | 7 |
| KKR | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 51 | 19 | 6 |
| LSG | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 69 | 20 | 7 |
| MI | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 45 | 20 | 8 |
| PBKS | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9.5 | 110.5 | 23 | 8 |
| RCB | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 83 | 22 | 8 |
| RR | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 41 | 19 | 7 |
| SRH | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 45 | 20 | 5 |
| Total | 46 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 558.5 | 641.5 | 204 | 70 |