IPL 2025 Auction Day 2 Highlights: Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the bigest buy on Day 2 while 13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi made history
IPL 2025 Auction Day 2 Highlights: Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the most expensive player on the second day of the 2025 IPL mega auction as the veteran pacer was bought by RCB for INR 10.75 crore. However, the transaction that might have caught everyone’s eye, even more than arguably Rishabh Pant’s record INR 27 crore acquisition by LSG, would be 13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi being bought by Rajasthan Royals for INR 1.10 crore. …Read More
The second day also marked the end of an era in the IPL. Since he made his debut as a fairly unknown name who hadn’t even played first class cricket in Australia all the way back in 2009, David Warner has played in every season of the IPL except in 2018 when he was serving a ban. There was rarely a question of him even having to enter an IPL auction until 2021. On Monday, though, the 38-year-old, who retired from all forms of international cricket this year, went unsold. Another IPL legend who went unsold was New Zealand great Kane Williamson. Any hopes of seeing James Anderson in the IPL was dashed at the start of the accelerated auction process itself when he wasn’t picked.
The biggest pieces of business remain the ones that was done on Day 1. Rishabh Pant is easily the most expensive player of the auction, this one and all that came before. However, that record was broken first by Shreyas Iyer just minutes before he was bought by LSG, with the title-winning captain of KKR going to Punjab Kings for 26.75 crores. KKR, meanwhile, sprung a huge surprise by coughing up INR 23.75 crore for Venkatesh Iyer. Faf du Plessis, who captained RCB the last two seasons, has gone to Delhi Capitals. This now all but confirms the fact that Virat Kohli will become captain of RCB again.
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Nov 25, 2024 10:53 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Rishabh Pant’s INR 27 crore acquisition by LSG remains the biggest bid by some distance but the news that might leave anyone baffled, surprised, elated, puzzled, with a dose of existential crisis and all other kinds of emotions across the board would be the fact that a 13-year-old boy got picked for INR 1.10 crore. Vaibhav Suryavanshi has gone to Rajasthan Royals who do have a knack of giving young talent a stage to shine – think Ravindra Jadeja or Yashasvi Jaiswal, just off the top of the head.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the most expensive buy of the second day at INR 10.75 crore and he will be reunited with his longtime India teammate Virat Kohli at RCB. It is also the end of an era with David Warner going unsold. Having made his debut back in 2009, Warner has not featured in just one season since and that was in 2018 when he was serving a ban. It means that effectively, the 2025 season will be the first since the second edition of the IPL in which Warner won’t be playing because he wasn’t selected by any team. The same is the case for Kane Williamson. Any cheeky hopes of seeing James Anderson in the IPL, on the ground or on the bench, was dashed at the start of the accelerated auction process itself.
And that is that! The teams are set, there might be some tweaks here forced by injuries but all in all, it is all done. Not just for next season, but for the next few seasons. Thanks for being with us yesterday and today, we hope you enjoyed the auction as much as we enjoyed covering it. Goodbye and good night!
Nov 25, 2024 10:40 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Mohit Rathee is the last player to go up, RCB bid for him and he goes for his base price of INR 30 lakh. And that is the end of the IPL 2025 mega auction.
Nov 25, 2024 10:39 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Both players go to their respective teams at their base price of INR 30 lakh.
Nov 25, 2024 10:38 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: RCB raise the paddle for Lungi Ngidi and get him. He goes at his base price of INR 1 crore.
Nov 25, 2024 10:37 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: The South Africa pacer goes to MI for his base price of INR 75 lakh.
Nov 25, 2024 10:36 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: The fast bowler comes with a base price of INR 30 lakh. His former side MI are the only bidders and he goes back to them.
Nov 25, 2024 10:35 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: He comes with a base price of INR 30 lakh and RR take him at that price.
Nov 25, 2024 10:15 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Teams have been asked to submit another list of names of unsold players. They will be up for auction in this upcoming round.
Nov 25, 2024 10:12 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Bevon Jacobs of New Zealand sold to MI for INR 30 lakh. T Vijay goes to DC for INR 30 lakh while Madhav Tiwari is also bought by DC for INR 40 lakh, with MI raising the paddle for him once.
Nov 25, 2024 10:04 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: The Afghanistan all-rounder has a base price of INR 75 lakh. GT raise the paddle and no one else.
Nov 25, 2024 10:03 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Both players had a base price of INR 30 lakh. Dubey has gone to PBKS, Manvanth to DC.
Nov 25, 2024 9:58 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: A late bidding war for the South Africa pace prodigy Kwena Maphaka. RR make the first bid at INR 75 lakh and RCB challenge them. They go toe-to-toe until RR make the winnig bid of INR 1.50 crore.
Nov 25, 2024 9:57 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: He led New Zealand to their historic Test series whitewash in India earlier this month but that rarely ever means anything in the auction. No takers for Sikandar Raza either.
Nov 25, 2024 9:50 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: The South African had a base price of INR 75 lakh, LSG raise their paddle for him and they get him.
Nov 25, 2024 9:48 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: The highly rated 19-year-old all rounder remains with LSG, they bid for him and get him at INR 30 lakh.
Nov 25, 2024 9:47 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: All three players have base price of INR 30 lakh.
Nov 25, 2024 9:45 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: No bidding war for the tearaway pacer, KKR bid for him and he goes to the champions at base price.
Nov 25, 2024 9:44 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: The former England all-rounder comes back up in the auction, KKR makes the first bid of INR 2 crore and they get Moeen Ali for his base price.
Nov 25, 2024 9:41 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Bedi had a base price of INR 30 lakh and SRH bid for him first. CSK come in second and there is a short bidding war for him, CSK take him in the end for INR 55 lakh.
Nov 25, 2024 9:40 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: KKR make the first bid and DC raise the paddle once. KKR raise it again and the player goes to them.
Nov 25, 2024 9:38 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: The gavel goes down for Swastik Chikara to RCB for base price but then DC claim that they had lifted the paddle after it is done. Mallika Sagar says that she didn’t see but then DC let it go.
Nov 25, 2024 9:37 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Donovan Ferreira, the South African, picked up by DC for base price of INR 75 lakh. Shardul Thakur, however, finds no takers.
Nov 25, 2024 9:35 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Rahane played one season for KKR in 2022 and now he is back with the franchise.
Nov 25, 2024 9:34 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: It would’ve been quite strange if someone of Phillips calibre was not picked at all in this auction. He goes at base price of INR 2 crore by Gujarat Titans.
Nov 25, 2024 9:33 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Shreyas Gopal goes to CSK at base price of INR 30 lakh but there are no takers for Mayank Agarwal.
Nov 25, 2024 9:32 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Lunith Sisodia taken by KKR at his base price of INR 30 lakh
Nov 25, 2024 9:31 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Well, it’s the end of an era. David Warner goes unsold for the first time ever and that will make 2025 the first season in which he won’t be playing while not serving a ban. He hadn’t played in 2018 due to the ban he copped after the ball-tampering scandal and has played in ever year before or after since making his debut in 2009.
Nov 25, 2024 9:30 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: RCB raise the paddle first and no challengers, Padikkal back at RCB at his base price.
Nov 25, 2024 9:29 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: The first of the players who come up among the unsold players is Devdutt Padikkal – base price of INR 2 crore.
Nov 25, 2024 9:14 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Malika Sagar says that there will now be a long break and in this time, teams are to submit names of unsold players who they would like to see in the auction once again. We are officially done with the first round of auctioning.
Nov 25, 2024 8:42 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Ok this is probably the singularly most remarkable development of this auction. Move over 27 cr man Rishabh Pant, we have a player in the IPL who was less than a week old when MS Dhoni’s India won the 2011 World Cup!! Vaibhav Suryavanshi made his Ranji Trophy debut for Bihar at the age of 12 and has already played five first class matches.
Nov 25, 2024 8:37 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: The Sri Lankan comes with a base price of INR 30 lakh, SRH bid for him and RR duel them for it. SRH win out at INR 1.20 crore.
Nov 25, 2024 8:29 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: There you go! The kid has become a millionaire. DC made the bid as soon as he was announced, base price of INR 30 lakh, RR raise a paddle and suddenly, after a string of unsold players, we have a bidding war for a kid who is five years away from being able to apply for driver’s license! DC stop at INR 1 crore, Suryavanshi will play for RR next season.
Nov 25, 2024 8:28 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Pretorius had been bought by CSK for INR 50 lakh in the 2022 auction and released ahead of the 2024 edition.
Nov 25, 2024 8:25 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Avinash goes to PBKS, Ghosh to CSk and Raju to MI. All three players sold at base price of INR 30 lakh.
Nov 25, 2024 8:17 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Both players come in at INR 30 lakh. Chaudhary taken by LSG, Nagarkoti goes to CSK.
Nov 25, 2024 8:16 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Dilshan Madushanka, Adam MIlne, Lungi Ngidi, Will O’Rourke, Chetan Sakariya, Sandeep Warrier and Abdul Basith all go unsold one after the other.
Nov 25, 2024 8:11 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: CSK bids for Overton and they are the only ones interested in him. Ottneil Bartman comes next and he goes unsold as well.
Nov 25, 2024 7:56 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Kulwant Khejroliya, Divesh Sharma and Naman Tiwari all go unsold after Musheer. Prince Yadav is then taken by LSG at base price.
Nov 25, 2024 7:54 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Musheer comes in with a base price of INR 30 lakh and he, unlike brother Sarfaraz, is sold to Punjab Kings. Highly rated youngster and so this might turn out to be a fairly significant move many years later.
Nov 25, 2024 7:53 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Aniket Varma then goes to SRH for a base price of INR 30 lakh and then Raj Angad Bawa to MI for a base price of INR 30 lakh.
Nov 25, 2024 7:51 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: He had a base price of INR 75 lakh, MI bid for him and won it. But LSG used the RTM and took him back.
Nov 25, 2024 7:50 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Base price of INR 1.25 crore and CSk raise the paddle. PBKS bid twice and CSK win out.
Nov 25, 2024 7:43 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Two names that have been regulars in the IPL off late but they both go unsold.
Nov 25, 2024 7:42 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: England all rounder Jacob Bethel comes in with a base price of INR 1.25 crore. SRH make the first bid. RCB jump in and SRH stop at INR 2.20 crore. PBKS come in late, RCB hold them out.
Nov 25, 2024 7:36 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: DC and MI compete for Nigam. RR is also interested. MI then get the winning bid at INR 50 lakh.
Nov 25, 2024 7:31 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: PBKS look quite happy with that acquisition. RCB pull out at INR 3.60 crore, what a day it is for the 23-year-old Priyansh Arya!
Nov 25, 2024 7:30 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Wow how about this. Priyansh Arya of Delhi has played just 11 T20s and five List A matches, yet to make his first class debut, the 23 year old. He blasted six sixes in an over in a match in the Delhi Premier League in August this year. He has a base price of INR 30 lakh, DC make the first bid and MI raise the paddle once. It is then between DC and PBKS, the former pull out at INR 80 lakh and then PBKS and RCB bid away. The youngster’s price has now crossed INR 1.50 crore!
Nov 25, 2024 7:25 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Fazalhaq Farooqi goes to RR for INR 2 crore, Topley is bought by MI for INR 75 lakh.
Nov 25, 2024 7:22 PM IST
IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Well he didn’t play at the Wankhede when New Zealand beat India in the third Test and recorded the 3-0 whitewash earlier this month but he will be there next season if selected of the IPL in the XI. He goes at a base price of INR 2 crore.
