🏏TATA IPL 2025, Data, Drama, and Big Bucks: The IPL Mega Auction🏏📢 - Page 109

Slow start but RCB's squad taking shape finally

Royal Challengers Bengaluru:
Josh Hazlewood for RS 12.50 crore
Phil Salt for Rs 11.50 crore
Jitesh Sharma for Rs 11 crore
Liam Livingstone for Rs 8.75 crore
Rasikh Salam for Rs. 6 crore
Suyash Sharma for Rs. 2.60 crore
Retained: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal

Headline-grabbing buys for PBKS, but also some shrewd ones

Punjab Kings:
Shreyas Iyer for Rs 26.75 crore
Yuzvendra Chahal for Rs 18 crore
Arshdeep Singh for Rs 18 crore
Marcus Stoinis for Rs 11 crore
Glenn Maxwell for Rs 4.20 crore
Nehal Wadhera for Rs 4.20 crore
Harpreet Brar for Rs 1.50 crore
Vishnu Vinod for Rs 95 lakh
Vyshak Vijaykumar for Rs 1.80 crore
Yash Thakur for Rs. 1.80 crore
Retained: Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh

Is Rahul a steal for DC?

Delhi Capitals:
KL Rahul for Rs 14 crore
Mitchell Starc for Rs 11.75 crore
Jake Fraser-McGurk for Rs 9 crore
Harry Brook for Rs 6.25 crore
T Natarajan for Rs 10.75 crore
Sameer Rizvi Rs 95 lakh
Karun Nair Rs 50 lakh
Ashutosh Sharma Rs 3.80 crore
Mohit Sharma for Rs. 2.20 crore
Retained: Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abhishek Porel.

Have KKR splashed too much?

Kolkata Knight Riders:
Venkatesh Iyer for Rs 23.75 crore
Anrich Nortje for Rs 6.50 crore
Quinton de Kock for Rs 3.60 crore
Rahmanullah Gurbaz for Rs 2 crore
Angkrish Raghuvanshi for Rs 3 crore
Vaibhav Arora for Rs 1.80 crore
Mayank Markande for Rs. 30 lakh
Retained: Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh.

GT have put together a solid squad already

Gujarat Titans:
Jos Buttler for Rs 15.75 crore
Mohammed Siraj for Rs 12.25 crore
Prasidh Krishna for Rs 9.50 crore
Kagiso Rabada for Rs 10.75 crore
Nishant Sidhu Rs 30 lakh
Mahipal Lomror for Rs 1.70 crore
Kumar Kushagra for Rs 65 lakh
Anuj Rawat for Rs 30 lakh
Manav Suthar for Rs. 30 lakh
Retained: Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan

A subdued day for RR

Rajasthan Royals:
Jofra Archer for Rs 12.50 crore
Maheesh Theekshana for Rs 4.40 crore
Wanindu Hasaranga for Rs 5.25 crore
Akash Madhwal for Rs 1.20 crore
Kumar Kartikeya for Rs. 30 lakh
Retained: Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma

MI go big for Jofra, but get Boult

Mumbai Indians:
Trent Boult for Rs 12.50 crore
Naman Dhir for RS 5.25 crore
Robin Minz for Rs 65 lakh
Karn Sharma for Rs. 50 lakh
Retained: Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma

CSK's squad - Ashwin, Conway, Rachin back

Chennai Super Kings
Ravichandran Ashwin for Rs 9.75 crore
Devon Conway for Rs 6.25 crore
Rachin Ravindra for Rs 4 crore
Rahul Tripathi for Rs 3.40 crore
Khaleel Ahmed for Rs 4.80 crore
Noor Ahmad for Rs 10 crore
Vijay Shankar Rs 1.20 crore
Retained: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni.

Spending spree on day 1, but what about Day 2?

Have teams over-extended their cheque books on the first day?

"Washington Sundar, Bhuvi, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Dehpande, Mukesh Kumar…too many solid cricketers haven’t featured in the auction yet. Unfortunately, not a lot of money left," posts Aakash Chopra on X.

SRH aur Delhi capitals ne achhe players pick kiye hain