This time for IPL 2025, many players have been sold at the highest price. But one of them got the highest price. There are few foreign players who are sold at the base price. But this year Bangladesh Players were unsold even a single player have been not been sold.
Best Bidding For IPL 2025
The highest paid Indian player before this auction at an IPL 2025 auction was Yuvraj Singh, who earned INR 16 crore from Delhi Daredevils-now Delhi Capitals-in 2015. It was the highest price paid for any player at an IPL 2025 auction until then, but was surpassed six times in the next nine years leading up to this auction, every time by an overseas player. Just twice in that nine-year span did an Indian fetch the highest price of the auction – in 2019 (Jaydev Unadkat and Varun Chakaravarthy, INR 8.40 crore) and 2022 (Ishan Kishan, INR 15.25 crore).
Big oversees players earning was a trend in the auctions of IPL players for over a decade but this time it wasn’t so. Five top buys at 2025 IPL player auction were Indians, bought for INR 18-plus crore. Only twice earlier have the top three buys at an IPL auction been Indians: 2011 and 2022. In 2011 Indians occupied the top seven places.
IPL Teams in 2025
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The ten franchises spent INR 383.4 crore on 120 Indian players at this auction. As many as 21 players earned a price of INR 10 crore or more, of which 12 were Indians. England players were the next biggest earners with INR 70.25 crore spent on 12 players. South Africa was represented the most on the sold list of overseas players: 14 South Africans were bought this season.
Money Spent on Players in IPL 2025 Auctions
That is approximately INR 2.67 crore spent on average for each allrounder, which is lower than the other three roles – batters – 3.66, wicketkeepers – 4.09 and bowlers – 4. Yuzvendra Chahal became the most expensive spin bowler at IPL auctions, picked by PBKS for INR 18 crore. The previous highest price for any spinner at the auctions was INR 10.75 crore for Wanindu Hasaranga, who was registered as an allrounder, by RCB in 2022. The previous highest for a spinner registered as a specialist bowler was only INR 9 crore – Rashid Khan – by SRH in 2018.
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