5 rising stars to keep an eye on in IPL 2025 mega auction

Ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction which will be taking place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 24 and 25 November, we take a look at five rising stars under the age of 25 who could trigger a bidding war

Anshul Kamboj didn’t make much of an impact for MI in his maiden IPL season this year but was impressive for India A in the Emerging Teams Asia Cup and recently became only the third bowler in Ranji history to collect all 10 wickets in an innings

Kwena Maphaka is widely regarded as the next big thing for the Proteas, a team known for churning out world-class pacers with regularity

Swastik Chikara had topped the run chart in the UP T20 League recently, scoring 499 runs at a strike rate of 185.50

Zeeshan Ansari was also a top performer in the UP T20 League, albeit with the ball as he finished as the highest wicket-taker with 24 wickets at an economy of 7.60

Ayush Mhatre has been on a run-scoring spree ever since he made his senior debut for Mumbai in the Irani Cup in October and had even been invited for a trial by CSK ahead of the mega auction

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