IPL 2025 mega auction: Venue, timings, available slots, purse, live streaming details and all you need to know

IPL 2025 mega auction is scheduled to take place on November 24 and 25.

The biggest T20 franchise league in the world, the Indian Premier League (IPL), is gearing up for its 18th season. The tournament will be preceded by the mega auction, scheduled to take place on November 24 and 25.

The exciting two-day event promises to be exciting with many franchises looking to rebuild their core and fill up their squads. The strict retention rule, limiting every team to make a maximum of six retentions, has led to many star players being released by their franchises.

IPL 2025 mega auction: All you need to know

IPL 2025 mega auction: Venue

The IPL 2025 mega auction will take place in Saudi Arabia. The two-day event will be hosted at the Abady Al-Johar Arena in Jeddah.

IPL 2025 mega auction: Timings

The IPL 2025 mega auction will start at 3:30 PM IST/10:00 AM GMT on both days.

IPL 2025 mega auction: Available slots

A total of 577 players, comprising 367 Indians and 210 overseas players, have been shortlisted for the auction. The 10 franchises have a combined 204 slots available to fill.

The available slots for overall and overseas players for all the franchise is listed below:

Teams	Maximum Slots	Minimum Slots	Maximum Overseas slots
CSK	20	13	7
MI	20	13	8
RCB	22	15	8
DC	21	14	7
GT	20	13	7
LSG	20	13	7
RR	19	12	7
KKR	19	12	6
SRH	20	13	5
PBKS	23	15	8

IPL 2025 mega auction: Available purse

Punjab Kings (PBKS) will enter the mega auction with the biggest purse of INR 110.5 crores, while Rajasthan Royals have the least with INR 41 crores. The purse for all the franchises is listed below:

10. Rajasthan Royals – 41 crores

9. Chennai Super Kings – 45 crores

8. Sunrisers Hyderabad – 45 crores

7. Mumbai Indians – 45 crores

6. Kolkata Knight Riders – 51 crores

5. Gujarat Titans – 69 crores

4. Lucknow Super Giants – 69 crores

3. Delhi Capitals – 73 crores

2. Royal Challengers Bengaluru – 83 crores

1. Punjab Kings – 110.5 crores

(All figures in INR)

IPL 2025 mega auction: RTM Cards

The Right-to-Match (RTM) card has been reintroduced for this year’s mega auction after it was last used during the mega auction in 2018.

In 2018, the rule allowed a team to use the RTM card to match the highest bid placed on a player who was part of their squad during the previous season. However, in this auction, the franchise that places the original bid will have one more opportunity to raise the bid for the player even after the team with RTM card uses it.

This time, the IPL governing council allowed teams to retain up to a maximum of six players including direct retentions and RTM cards. Based on that, only a few RTM cards are available with the teams entering the mega auction.

The RTM card availability all the franchises is listed below:

CSK: 1

DC: 2

KKR: 0

RCB: 3

LSG: 1

MI: 1

SRH: 1

GT: 1

PBKS: 4

RR: 0

IPL 2025 mega auction: Who are the marquee players?

The IPL 2025 mega auction will start with two sets of marquee players with each set containing six elite players. Players included on both marquee sets are listed below:

Set one: Jos Buttler, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh and Mitchell Starc

Set two: Yuzvendra Chahal, Liam Livingstone, David Miller, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj.

IPL 2025 mega auction: Who are the players with highest base price?

Players are categorized into eight price slabs: INR 2 crores, INR 1.5 crores, INR 1.25 crores, INR 1 crore, INR 75 lakhs, INR 50 lakhs, INR 40 lakhs, and INR 30 lakhs.

A total of 81 players have registered in the highest base price category of INR 2 crore.

Players with the base price of INR 2 crores: Jos Buttler, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Yuzvendra Chahal, Liam Livingstone, David Miller, KL Rahul, 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, Anrich Nortje, Noor Ahmad, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Adam Zampa, Faf du Plessis, Glenn Phillips, Kane Williamson, Sam Curran, Daryl 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 Rossow, 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, Matt Henry, Alzarri Joseph, Rassie van der Dussen, Sean Abbott, Adam Milne, Jason Holder, Chris Jordan and Jofra Archer.

IPL 2025 mega auction: Live streaming details

The IPL 2025 mega auction live streaming will be available on the Hotstar app and website in India. Indian fans can also watch the live broadcast on the Star Sports Network.

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