BCCI on Friday evening announced the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 Player Auction List with a total of 574 players making the cut. (More Cricket News)
There are two sets of Marquee Players unlike the previous Mega Auction where there was just a single such set. Big Indian names like Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Arshdeep Singh alongside top foreign players like Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada and Mitchell Starc are the in the first marquee set.
The second marquee set has another set of elite players namely KL Rahul, Yuzvendra Chahal, Liam Livingstone, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj and David Miller.
All the players in the two marquee sets have the base price of Rs 2 cr except Miller who has set his base price at Rs 1.5 cr.
A total of 574 players have been shortlisted for the Mega Auction. However, some big names like England pacer Jofra Archer, the currently injured Australian all-rounder Cameron Green have not made the list. England Test captain Ben Stokes had earlier not registered for the Mega Auction. At the same time, England's 42-year-old pacer James Anderson has made the final list.
Out of the 574 Players, 366 are Indian and 208 are overseas, including 3 players from associate nations. The Auction will include 318 Indian uncapped players and 12 uncapped overseas players.
204 slots will be up for grabs with 70 available slots for overseas players. However, not all of them are required to be filled. The lowest base price this year will be Rs 30 lakh, up from Rs 20 lakh in the previous seasons.
IPL 2025 Player Auction List Key Numbers
Capped Indians: 48
Capped Overseas: 193
Associate: 3
Uncapped Indian: 318
Uncapped overseas: 12
The IPL mega auction is set to place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 24th and 25th of November 2024.
