The
2025 Indian Premier League will be the 18th edition of the
Indian Premier League , a franchise
Twenty20 cricket league held in India, organized by the
Board of Control for Cricket in India . The
Auction for the 2025 season will be the 6th IPL mega-auction after
2008 ,
2011 ,
2014 ,
2018 and
2022 . In a mega-auction, most of the players, apart from a selection of retained players, will return to the auction pool. The current IPL system is to hold a mega-auction once every three years, with mini auctions being held in the intermediate seasons.
The rules and regulations for the 2025 auction were announced on 29 September 2024. The mega-auction will be held on 24 and 25 November 2024 in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia . A total of 1,574 players registered for the auction.
Pre-auction
Retirement
Player retention
Retention policy
The ten IPL franchise teams could retain a maximum of six players from their squad, which is the highest in the history of IPL mega-auctions. Five player retentions and one "Right To Match (RTM)" option is available for each franchise. Out of the six retentions a maximum of five capped players (including Indian and overseas players) could be retained and a maximum of two uncapped players could be retained.
Retained players
The franchises were required to submit their retention lists before 5 PM IST on 31 October 2024.
Purse remaining
Auction
The auction purse for each franchise is set at ₹ 120 crore (US$14 million), the highest in the history of IPL. The salary cap of a player would consist of auction purse, incremental performance pay and match fees. Each playing member (including the Impact player) will get a match fee of ₹ 7.5 lakh (US$9,000) in addition to their auctioned price, first such instance in the IPL.
Any overseas player will have to register for the mega-auction . Overseas players failing to register for the mega-auction would be become ineligible to participate in the following year's mini auction as well. If an auctioned player withdraws before the season commences, they would be banned from IPL for the next two years. Any Indian capped player who hasn't played in the starting XI in international cricket (Test , ODI , T20I ) in the preceding five calendar years or doesn't have a central contract with the BCCI will become an uncapped player for the auction.
Summary
Sold players
S/N
Name
Country
Role
IPL Matches
Capped / Uncapped / Associate
Base Price (in ₹ Lakhs)
IPL 2025 Team
Auctioned Price (in ₹ Lakhs)
IPL 2024 Team
Previous IPL Team(s)
Set 1: Capped Batters (BA1)
Set 2: Capped All-Rounders (AL1)
Set 3: Capped Wicket-Keepers (WK1)
Set 4: Capped Fast Bowlers (FA1)
Set 5: Capped Spinners (SP1)
Set 6: Uncapped Batters (UBA1)
Set 7: Uncapped All-Rounders (UAL1)
Set 8: Uncapped Wicket-keepers (UWK1)
Set 9: Uncapped Fast Bowlers (UFA1)
Set 10: Uncapped Spinners (USP1)
Accelerated Round 1 (ACC-1)
Accelerated Round 2 (ACC-2)
Unsold players
S/N
Name
Country
Role
IPL Matches
Capped / Uncapped / Associate
Base Price (in ₹ Lakhs)
IPL 2024 Team
Previous IPL Team(s)
Set 1: Capped Batters (BA1)
Set 2: Capped All-Rounders (AL1)
Set 3: Capped Wicket-Keepers (WK1)
Set 4: Capped Fast Bowlers (FA1)
Set 5: Capped Spinners (SP1)
Set 6: Uncapped Batters (UBA1)
Set 7: Uncapped All-Rounders (UAL1)
Set 8: Uncapped Wicket-keepers (UWK1)
Set 9: Uncapped Fast Bowlers (UFA1)
Set 10: Uncapped Spinners (USP1)
Accelerated Round 1 (ACC-1)
Accelerated Round 2 (ACC-2)
Support staff changes
Withdrawn players
Withdrawn players in 2025 IPL
Player
Team
Auctioned/retention price
Reason
Withdrawal announcement date
Replacement player
Replacement player's price
Signing date
Ref.
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