 "IPL Auction 2025 Players Registration in Numbers: 1,165 Indian players sign up, 204 slots to be filled")
IPL Auction 2025 Players Registration in Numbers: The 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction will take place on 24 and 25 November in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, it was confirmed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday (5 November 2024) . The BCCI also revealed that a whopping 1,574 players have registered for the IPL 2025 player auction.
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We break down all the major numbers related to the IPL 2025 mega auction to simplify the auction process.
Breakdown of players registered for IPL 2025 Player Auction
Total number of players registered for IPL 2024 player auction: 1,574 players
Total number of Indian players registered for IPL 2024 player auction: 1,165 players
Total number of overseas players registered for IPL 2024 player auction: 409 players
Capped and uncapped players distribution for IPL 2025 Player Auction
The full list of 1574 players registered for the IPL mega auction includes 320 capped players, 1,224 uncapped players, and 30 players from Associate Nations.
Capped Indians: 48 players
Capped internationals: 272 players
Uncapped Indians who were a part of previous IPL seasons: 152 players
Uncapped internationals who were a part of previous IPL seasons: 3 players
Uncapped Indians: 965 players
Uncapped internationals: 104 players
Country-wise breakdown of 409 international players registered for IPL 2025 Player Auction
| Country | Players registered |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 29 |
| Australia | 76 |
| Bangladesh | 13 |
| Canada | 4 |
| England | 52 |
| Ireland | 9 |
| Italy | 1 |
| Netherlands | 12 |
| New Zealand | 39 |
| Scotland | 2 |
| South Africa | 91 |
| Sri Lanka | 29 |
| UAE | 1 |
| USA | 10 |
| West Indies | 33 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 |
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 |
The BCCI has so far not released any list of the players who have registered but multiple reports have indicated that Ben Stokes has not entered the auction pool to manage his workload, but his former teammate James Anderson at 42 will be available at the auction. Anderson has not played a T20 since 2014 and has never played in the IPL but is hoping to make his debut in IPL 2025.
Some of the other big overseas names are Kane Williamson, Jofra Archer, Glenn Maxwell, Jos Buttler, Steve Smith, Jonny Bairstow, Adam Zampa, Moeen Ali, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Trent Boult, and Kagiso Rabada.
One player from Italy, Thomas Draca, has also registered for the IPL auction. Draca played for Brampton in the Global T20 Canada and is part of the MI Emirates for the new season of the ILT20.
The focus as usual will be on Indian players and some big stars will be up for grabs including Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Ishan Kishan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Harshal Patel, and Arshdeep Singh.
IPL 2025 Auction: Indian players at a base price of Rs 2 crore
Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, Venkatesh Iyer, Avesh Khan, Ishan Kishan, Mukesh Kumar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Prasidh Krishna, T Natarajan, Devdutt Padikkal, Krunal Pandya, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj and Umesh Yadav.
IPL 2025 Auction: Overseas players at a base price of Rs 2 crore
Mitchell Starc, Jofra Archer, David Warner, Steve Smith, Jofra Archer, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Jos Buttler, Jonny Bairstow, Adam Zampa, Moeen Ali, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Trent Boult, Matt Henry, Kane Williamson, and Kagiso Rabada.
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