The Cricketer runs through all the details you need to know ahead of the IPL auction, which takes place between November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
The player auction for the 2025 Indian Premier League, the 18th edition of the competition, will be held on November 24 and 25, 2024, at the Abady Al Johar Arena in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
For a fourth campaign in a row, there will be 10 IPL teams: Gujarat Titans, Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Lucknow Super Giants, Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Capitals, Sunrisers Hyderabad, and Punjab Kings.
A total of 1,574 players are understood to have submitted themselves for the auction, of which 1,165 are Indian, while the other 409 are from overseas. That group has been reduced to 574 , comprising 366 Indians, 208 overseas players and three from associate nations.
As is the case every three years, the mega auction gives sides a chance to refresh their squads after a small number of retentions were confirmed on October 31.
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Rishabh Pant is set to enter the auction after being released by Delhi Capitals (MONEY SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images)
Players who have registered for the auction are placed into three categories – Indian capped, Indian uncapped, and overseas players, and then grouped again for the auction itself based on their chief role in the team.
The process sees players enter the auction at a base price and teams take turns submitting offers until no further bids are forthcoming.
Unsold players can re-enter the draft during the final rounds should the franchises submit a request for their re-submission.
Right-to-match options give teams an opportunity to bring back players previously released from their 2024 squad if they match the highest bid in the auction.
Chennai Super Kings
Retained - Ruturaj Gaikwad, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni
Released - Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Richard Gleeson, Avanish Rao Aravelly, Devon Conway
Delhi Capitals
Retained: Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abhishek Porel
Released: Rishabh Pant, Pravin Dubey, David Warner, Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Mitchell Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Gulbadin Naib, Rasikh Dar, Jhye Richardson, Sumit Kumar, Shai Hope, Swastik Chhikara, Lizaad Williams, Harry Brook, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Marsh
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The 10 IPL squads are set to take shape in Jeddah (Getty Images)
Retained: Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan
Released: David Miller, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Azmatullah Omarzai, Umesh Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Kartik Tyagi, Manav Suthar, Spencer Johnson, Sandeep Warrier, BR Sharath, Mohammed Shami, Robin Minz, Sushant Mishra
Retained: Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh
Released: Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Phil Salt, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Vaibhav Arora, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Allah Ghazanfar, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain, Jason Roy, Gus Atkinson, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Retained: Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni
Released: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Shamar Joseph, K. Gowtham, Arshin Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, Ashton Turner, Matt Henry, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Mark Wood, David Willey, Shivam Mavi
Retained: Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma
Released: Dewald Brevis, Ishan Kishan, Tim David, Harvik Desai, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Luke Wood, Romario Shepherd, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma, Kwena Maphaka
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England white-ball captain Jos Buttler is searching for a new side after being let go by Rajasthan Royals (Getty Images)
Retained: Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh
Released: Arshdeep Singh, Matthew Short, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Tanay Thyagarajann, Prince Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw
Retained: Sanju Samson, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma
Released: Jos Buttler, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger, Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj, Prasidh Krishna, Adam Zampa
Retained: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal
Released: Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan
Retained: Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head
Released: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Wanindu Hasaranga
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Mitchell Starc became the IPL's most expensive signing when he was picked up for 24.75 crore by Kolkata Knight Riders (R.SATISH BABU/AFP via Getty Images)
Chennai Super Kings – 55 CR (£5.04m)
Delhi Capitals – 73 CR (£6.69m)
Gujarat Titans – 69 CR (£6.3m)
Kolkata Knight Riders – 51 CR (£4.6m)
Lucknow Super Giants – 69 CR (£6.3m)
Mumbai Indians – 45 CR (£4.1m)
Punjab Kings – 110.5 CR (10.1m)
Royal Challengers Bangalore – 83 CR (£7.6m)
Rajasthan Royals – 41 CR (£3.7m)
Sunrisers Hyderabad – 45 CR (£4.1m).
Each player can choose their own base price of up to 2 crore for the IPL auction. The other price brackets are 1.5 crore, 1 crore, 75 lakhs, 50 lakhs, 40 lakhs, 30 lakhs and 20 lakhs.
James Anderson has entered the auction, bidding for his first IPL deal (Stu Forster/Getty Images)
Eighty-three players have entered themselves into the top bracket for the auction.
The overseas group is led by Mitchell Starc, Jofra Archer and Nathan Lyon who are each priced themselves in the top band. But it is largely a category dominated by Indian players, with Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammad Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Siraj and Yuzvendra Chahal the outstanding names available.
All players prices at 2 crore: Jos Buttler, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Yuzvendra Chahal, Liam Livingstone, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Harry Brook, Devon Conway, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aiden Markram, Devdutt Padikkal, David Warner, R Ashwin, Venkatesh Iyer, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel, Marcus Stoinis, Jonny Bairstow, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ishan Kishan, Phil Salt, Khaleel Ahmed, Trent Boult, Josh Hazlewood, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, T Natarajan, Anreich Nortje, Noor Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Adam Zampa, Faf du Plessis, Glenn Phillips, Kane Williamson, Sam Curran, Daryll Mitchell, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Josh Inglis, Deepak Chahar, Lockie Ferguson, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mukesh Kumar, Mujeeb-ur Rahman, Adil Rashid, Finn Allen, Ben Duckett, Rilee Rossouw, James Vince, Moeen Ali, Tim David, Will Jacks, Tom Banton, Spencer Johnson, Mustafizur Rahman, Naveen ul Haq, Umesh Yadav, Tabraiz Shamsi, Evin Lewis, Steve Smith, Gus Atkinson, Tom Curran, Mitchell Santner, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Alzarri Joseph, Matt Henry, Rassie van der Dussen, Sean Abbott, Adam Milne, Jason Holder, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills
As many as 52 England-qualified players entered the auction, many of whom are seeking their first contracts in the competitions, with that figure whittled down to 37.
There is no Ben Stokes or Joe Root, who have passed up the opportunity to enter. Their decision follows the BCCI introducing a regulation that any player who withdraws from the tournament after the auction will face a two-year IPL ban.
No English players were retained by their franchise after the retention deadline so a host of big names are bidding for contracts for the 2025 event.
That means Archer, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Phil Salt and Harry Brook will all be competing for a berth.
Intriguingly, James Anderson, who retired from international cricket earlier this year, has entered himself bidding for a first IPL deal. Without a T20 appearance since 2014, England's all-time leading wicket-taker has registered a base price of INR 1.25 crore (approximately £114,000)
List of all England-qualified players registered for the 2025 IPL auction: Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone, Harry Brook, Jonny Bairstow, Phil Salt, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Ben Duckett, James Vince, Moeen Ali, Will Jacks, Tom Banton, Sam Billings, Jordan Cox, Gus Atkinson, Tom Curran, Ollie Pope, Richard Gleeson, Reece Topley, Luke Wood, Leus du Plooy, Michael Pepper, Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse, Dan Mousley, Jamie Overton, Olly Stone, Dan Worrall, Matthew Potts, John Turner, Dan Lawrence, James Anderson, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, David Payne, Benny Howell
The auction can be watched on the Star Sports Network or live-streamed on the Jio Cinema website and app. It is scheduled to begin at 12.30pm local time (9.30am GMT/3pm IST) on each day.
Unfortunately UK viewers cannot watch the IPL auction live. It has previously been shown on Sky Sports but the only way to watch is on Indian channels and streaming services. Find out how here.
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