Full list of sold and unsold players in IPL Auction 2025: Venkatesh Iyer was the biggest pick outside the marquee set as Kolkata Knight Riders paid a staggering ₹ 23.75 crore to bring back the India all-rounder in their squad . David Warner and Devdutt Padikkal were the two big names to go unsold after Rishabh Pant broke Shreyas Iyer’s record within minutes to become IPL’s costliest buy as Lucknow Super Giants spent a mind-boggling ₹ 27 crore for the wicketkeeper-batter . This happened moments after Punjab Kings broke the bank to get Indian batter Shreyas Iyer for a whopping ₹ 26.75 Crore, breaking Mitchell Starc’s record of ₹ 24.75 crore last year.
Arshdeep Singh raked in the moolah, becoming the first player to be sold in IPL Auction 2025. He got ₹18 crore as Punjab Kings used their RTM card to beat Sunrisers Hyderabad. Gujarat Titans paid ₹10.75 crore to get Kagiso Rabada. Jos Buttler was sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹15.75 crore. In Marquee Set 2, India bowlers Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami, and Mohammed Siraj ruled. Chahal got ₹18 crore from PBKS. Shami was picked up for ₹10 Crore by SRH, while Siraj went to GT for ₹12.25 Crore. Among top batters, KL Rahul, quite expectedly, went for big bucks. DC paid ₹14 crore for the opener on Day 1 of IPL Auction 2025. The two-day auction at Jeddah in Saudi Arabia will begin with two sets of marquee players. Among those 13 marquee players, only David Miller has a base price of ₹1.5 Crore, while the others have kept their base price at ₹2 crore. Australian pacer Mitchell Starc smashed auction records last time when he signed with Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹24.75 crore. He was picked up by the Delhi Capitals for ₹11.75 crore this time around. Shreyas Iyer has already broken his record this year.
Among the capped all-rounders, India’s Ravichandran Ashwin went for ₹9.75 crore to CSK while PBKS spent ₹11 crore for Australia’s Marcus Stoinis.
The Kolkata Knight Riders, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Titans, Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings are gunning to set their team for the next years from a pool of 574 players in these two-day long IPL Auction 2025. On Day 1, however, only 84 top cricketers will go under the hammer. On Day 2, the 10 franchises will nominate a set of players who will be auctioned in an accelerated manner, followed by the last round, where the unsold players will be back for auction again.
There are 204 slots to be filled in the 10 teams that have different targets and agendas based on the makeup of their squad.
IPL Auction 2025: Full list of sold and unsold players
Marquee Set 1
Arshdeep Singh (India), base price of ₹2 crore, sold to Punjab Kings for ₹18 Crore using the Right To Match (RTM) card.
Kagiso Rabada (South Africa), base price of ₹2 crore, sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹10.75 Crore.
Shreyas Iyer (India), base price of ₹2 crore, sold to Punjab Kings for ₹26.75 crore, becomes the second-costliest player in the history of IPL auction.
Jos Buttler (England), base price of ₹2 crore, sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹15.75 Crore.
Mitchell Starc (Australia), base price of ₹2 crore, sold to Delhi Capitals for 11.75 ₹Crore.
Rishabh Pant (India), base price of ₹2 crore, sold to to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹27 Crore – becomes the costliest player in the history of IPL auction, breaking Iyer’s record in minutes.
Marquee Set 2
Marquee Set 2
Mohammed Shami (India), base price of ₹2 crore, sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹10 Crore.
David Miller (South Africa), base price of ₹1.5 crore, sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹7.5 Crore.
Yuzvendra Chahal (India), base price of ₹2 crore, sold to Punjab Kings for ₹18 Crore.
Mohammed Siraj (India), base price of ₹2 crore, sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹12.25 Crore.
Liam Livingstone (England), base price of ₹2 crore, sold to Royal Challengers Bengaluru for ₹8.75 Crore.
KL Rahul (India), base price of ₹2 crore, sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹14 Crore.
Capped Batters Set 1
Harry Brook (England), base price of ₹2 crore, sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹6 crore
Devdutt Padikkal (India), base price of ₹2 crore, remains unsold – first player to not find a buyer on Day 1 of IPL Auction 2025.
Aiden Markram (South Africa) sold to Lucknow Super Giants for his base price of ₹2 crore.
Devon Conway (New Zealand), base price of ₹2 crore, sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹6.25 crore.
Rahul Tripathi (India), base price of ₹75 lakh, sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹3.4 crore.
David Warner (Australia), base price of ₹2 crore, remains unsold.
Jake Fraser-McGurk (Australia), base price of ₹2 crore, sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹9 crore with RTM card.
Capped All-rounders Set 1
Harshal Patel (India), base price of ₹2 crore, sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹8 crore.
Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand), base price of ₹1.5 crore, sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹4 crore by RTM card.
Ravichandran Ashwin (India), base price of ₹2 crore, sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹9.75 crore
Venkatesh Iyer (India), base price of ₹2 crore, sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹23.75 crore – costliest non-marquee player by some distance.
Marcus Stoinis (Australia), base price of ₹2 crore, sold to Punjab Kings for ₹11 crore.
Mitchell Marsh (Australia), base price of ₹2 crore, sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹3.4 crore.
Glenn Maxwell (Australia), base price of ₹2 crore, sold to Punjab Kings for ₹4.2 crore
Capped Wicketkeepers Set 1
Quinton de Kock (South Africa), base price of ₹2 crore, sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹3.6 crore.
Jonny Bairstow (England), base price of ₹2 crore, remains unsold.
Phil Salt (England), base price of ₹2 crore, sold to Royal Challengers Bengaluru for ₹11.50 crore.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan), sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for his base price of ₹2 crore.
Ishan Kishan (India), base price of ₹2 crore, sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹11.25 crore.