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In July 2024, the IPL Governing Council announced that a mega auction would be conducted ahead of the 2025 season after a meeting with the owners of the franchises. It was the sixth mega auction of the IPL. The auction was held on 24 and 25 November 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A total of 1,574 players registered for the auction, of which 574 ...
Punjab Kings entered the Mega Auction with ₹ 110.5 crore (US$13 million), the highest purse in IPL history. [34] During the auction, the record for the most expensive player, which was previously held by Mitchell Starc ₹ 24.75 crore (US$2.9 million), was broken twice.
The auction purse for each franchise was set at ₹ 120 crore (US$14 million), and the franchises were deducted a specific amount from the auction purse for every retained player. [14] CSK had a purse of ₹ 55 crore (US$6.4 million) before the auction after mandatory deductions against the retained players. [15]
Punjab Kings entered the IPL 2025 Mega Auction with a purse of INR 109.5 crore, setting the highest-ever purse in IPL history for any team. [5] During the auction, the record for the most expensive player in IPL history was broken twice.
The 2025 season will be the 18th appearance for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League.They are one of the ten teams competing this year and will enter as the defending champions after defeating the Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets in the previous edition's final, ending a 10-year trophy drought.
The 2025 season will be the 13th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad. They will be one of the ten teams competing in the 2025 Indian Premier League . They were the runners-up in previous season after losing the 2024 Indian Premier League final to Kolkata Knight Riders .
IPL player auction is also a topic for scientific research, for example for building models for the prediction of the selection of a player based on his or her past. [12] From an auction theory perspective, the auction format used by IPL is the English ascending bid auction with physically present bidders. [ 13 ]
Mitchell Starc became the most expensive player in IPL auction's history when he was bought at 24.75 crore by Kolkata Knight Riders, surpassing Pat Cummins who was bought for 20.50 crore by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the same auction. Pat Cummins had surpassed Sam Curran's record of 18.50 crore in 2023 auction. [9]