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!

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.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Both players go to their respective teams at their base price of INR 30 lakh.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: RCB raise the paddle for Lungi Ngidi and get him. He goes at his base price of INR 1 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: The South Africa pacer goes to MI for his base price of INR 75 lakh.

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.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: He comes with a base price of INR 30 lakh and RR take him at that price.

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.

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.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: The Afghanistan all-rounder has a base price of INR 75 lakh. GT raise the paddle and no one else.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Both players had a base price of INR 30 lakh. Dubey has gone to PBKS, Manvanth to DC.

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.

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.

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.

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.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: All three players have base price of INR 30 lakh.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: No bidding war for the tearaway pacer, KKR bid for him and he goes to the champions at base price.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Rahane played one season for KKR in 2022 and now he is back with the franchise.

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.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Shreyas Gopal goes to CSK at base price of INR 30 lakh but there are no takers for Mayank Agarwal.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Lunith Sisodia taken by KKR at his base price of INR 30 lakh

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.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: RCB raise the paddle first and no challengers, Padikkal back at RCB at his base price.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Both players come in at INR 30 lakh. Chaudhary taken by LSG, Nagarkoti goes to CSK.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Base price of INR 1.25 crore and CSk raise the paddle. PBKS bid twice and CSK win out.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Two names that have been regulars in the IPL off late but they both go unsold.

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.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: DC and MI compete for Nigam. RR is also interested. MI then get the winning bid at INR 50 lakh.

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!

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!

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Fazalhaq Farooqi goes to RR for INR 2 crore, Topley is bought by MI for INR 75 lakh.

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.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: He had a base price of INR 2 crore. This means that Virat Kohli will be the only one of the Fab 4 playing in the 2025 IPL.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Ashwani goes to MI, Akash to LSG, Gujranpreet to CSK and all three had a base price of INR 30 lakh.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: The first man up after the break is Yudhvir Charak at a base price of INR 30 lakh, MI make the first move, RR make the second bid and MI back out immediately.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Phew, that was quite something. How in the world RCB didn't do an RTM for Will Jacks is quite beyond everyone. Moreover, Aakash Ambani could be seen walking up to the RCB table and shaking hands with them when it was confirmed that MI have got Jacks. Not something you get to see in these auctions.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Harnoor Singh comes in with a base price of INR 30 lakh. PBKS lift the paddle and get him at base price.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: The veteran Indian pacer has a base price of INR 2 crore. No bids for him.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: He played for SRH last season and they get him at his base price of INR 1 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: The other slinga from Sri Lanka has a base price of INR 75 lakh. SRH start the bid, RCB join in. RR join in at INR 1.2 crore but RCB stick through it all.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: The veteran Indian pacer has a base price of INR 75 lakh. GT make the opening bid and they get him at base price!

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Well that just shows just how much Umran Malik's stocks have fallen. Sunil Gavaskar had at one point said that the last time he was as excited by a young Indian player as he was when he saw Umran was when he saw a young Sachin Tendulkar. No bids for IPL 2025.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Australia wicketkeeper Phillipe finds no bids but not the case for his countryman Johnson. KKR open the bid at INR 2 crore, they seem to have got him but PBKS raise the paddle at the last second. The price goes up to INR 2.8 crore at which point PBKS pull out.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: He had a base price of INR 1.5 crore and RCB get him at that.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: He has a base price of INR 75 lakh. It takes a while for bidding to start, SRH finally raise the paddle, PBKS follow suit and then suddenly it is quick bidding for Sai Kishore. PBKS win the bid, on for GT to excercise RTM. PBKS raise it to INR 2 crore but GT match it. They get him.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: The Afghan all rounder has a base price of INR 1.5 crore. CSK and PBKS tussle, the former back out when PBKS raise the cose to INR 2.4 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: The England opener has a base price of INR 2 crore, MI make the first bid. PBKS come in and the two teams exchange bullet bids. Finally, MI have him at INR 5.25 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Hooda has a base price of INR 75 lakh. CSK make the first bid and SRH dual with them for his sign. CSK have the winning bid at INR 1.7 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: David comes in with a base price of INR 2 crore. SRH and RCB bid for him and the latter edge it out. That is probably a bargain.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: SRH make the first bid at INR 1 crore and then DC and LSG bid to raise the cost to INR 1.60 crore. It is then between SRH and LSG and the latter close it out.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Moeen Ali's base price is INR 2 crore. No takers for the former England and CSK allrounder.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: His base price was INR 1.50 crore and GT first bid for him. MI bid for him as well and GT finally win out at INR 2.60 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Manish Pandey had a base price of INR 75 lakh. He has been taken back by KKR, where he played some utterly extraordinary innings many, many years ago.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Prashant Solanki, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Finn Allen, Dewald Brevis and Ben Duckett all go unsold. Brevis had a base price of INR 75 lakh while Duckett and Allen were priced at INR 2 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Another pair of players who go at base price of INR 30 lakh, to the same franchise this time though.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Both players have been sold at their base price of INR 30 lakh.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: CSK make the initial bid at base price of INR 30 lakh and GT duel them for it. CSK pull out at INR 1.20 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Both players had a base price of INR 30 lakh. Avanish Aravelly, Vansh Bedi and Harvik Desai then go unsold.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: HE was in LSG last season. DC and GT wrestle for him. GT take it beyond INR 1 crore, PBKS enter at INR 1.20 crore but GT get him for INR 1.30 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: There we go then. MI ponder for a while if they want to raise their bid and then decide against it.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: We have rattled on pretty quickly so far since resumption but now a pause as CSK fight for Anshul Kamboj.DC made the initial bid at base price of INR 30 lakh, CSK and LSG took over and then MI came into the fight. MI raised the bid to INR 1 crore and CSK have raised it to INR 1.10 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Meanwhile, Swastik Chikara, Madhav Kaushik and Pukhraj Mann have all gone unsold.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: This is arguably a bigger surprise than James Anderson's snub. Glenn Phillips especially one would've thought is a gun T20 option but the franchises have not selected him either.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: All right we are back now, the teams have submitted the list of names they want to bid for and there is no James Anderson in it.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Mumbai Indians made headlines at the IPL 2025 Auction by securing the promising Afghan spinner, Allah Ghazanfar, for an impressive ₹4.8 crore. The 18-year-old has been in exceptional form recently, especially shining during Afghanistan's ODI series against Bangladesh, where his impactful performances captured attention. While Kolkata Knight Riders showed strong interest in retaining him, a fierce bidding war ultimately saw Mumbai Indians triumph, adding the talented spinner to their lineup.

Ghazanfar’s cricket journey began unconventionally – as a fast bowler – until former Afghanistan captain Dawlat Ahmadzai transformed him into a mystery spinner. His breakout moment came during the 2024 U-19 World Cup, where he stood out by claiming eight wickets in just four games. This stellar performance earned him a swift promotion to the senior national team, making his ODI debut against Ireland.

His momentum didn’t stop there. Ghazanfar’s impressive showing in the Emerging Asia Cup final against Sri Lanka A, where he was named Player of the Match, helped Afghanistan clinch the championship.

In the IPL 2024 season, Ghazanfar joined Kolkata Knight Riders as a replacement for Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Although he didn’t get a chance to play, he was part of the squad that lifted the title. Now, with a fresh start at Mumbai Indians, the cricketing world eagerly awaits his next chapter.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: IPL Auction LIVE Updates: He will be among that tiny little group of players who have gone from CSK to MI, or vice versa. "Feeling great going from one great franchise to another franchise. I think Mumbai suits swing and my style and there's some seam movement. So, good to be part of this franchise. All good (on his fitness). Whatever role the team gives me I will do it. I just want to win the trophy. At CSK, I didn’t get much opportunity to bat but with the Indian team, I’ve done well with the bat."

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: All right so when we return, we will have the accelarated auction. 116 players have gone under the hammer. Now players form 117 go 574 will go under the hammer but not all of them. Teams will be asked to submit names of those they want to bid for in between these numbers and those that went unsold as well.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Well not to many takers for the capped spinners, all of them overseas players and so that may be playing a role. Sri Lankan Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, West Indies' Akeal Hosein, England's Adil Rashid and South Africa's Keshav Maharaj all go unsold.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Big payday for Afghanistan spinner Allah Ghazanfar. His base price was INR 75 lakh. KKR and RCB compete for him at first, RCB go and MI come in at INR 2.40 crore. The bid goes up to INR 4.80 crore at which point MI win it.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Lockie Ferguson was the last of the capped fast bowlers and then the first of the capped spinners is Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Both unsold.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: He has had a brilliant time with the Indian Test team and his rising stock has been reflected in the auction. CSK and LSG fight in the beginning. CSK pull out at INR 3.20 crore and then PBKS join the fight but LSG stay put.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: MI don't let go of this one. They first stave off PBKS and CSK come in at INR 8 crore for their former player. MI stay in the fight and eventually win out.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: An RTM boost for Mukesh Kumar CSK and PBKS fight it out for his signature. PBKS seem to have it at INR 6.50 crore but then DC raise the RTM card. PBKS raise their bid to INR 8 crore and DC decide to match that as well.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: There you go! RCB come in right at the end and Bhuvneshwar will be reunited with Virat Kohli next season. MI bow out after a bid of INR 10.25 crore but RCB come right at the end with a bid of INR 10.75 crore. LSG decide to not topple that and that is that.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Now then, Bhuvneshwar Kumar was always going to be a covetted acquisition. SRH make it pretty clear that they don't want him any more, MI and LSG do the bidding and the price has shot to INR 10 crore with LSG having him at the moment.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: GT and PBKS competed for the South African pacer. Both sides did a lot of thinking before each bid and in the end, GT have him.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: CSK go straight in to try and bring back their man who was quite crucial to them in the last couple of seasons. RR fight tooth and nail with them though and CSK finally bow out at INR 6.25 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Deepak Chahar are among the big names to watch out for in this one. We start with Tushar Deshpande.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: MI might just be looking at Rickleton as their opener. Meanwhile, Aussie wicketkeeper batter Inglis goes to PBKS, with SRH briefly fighting for him.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: A brief bidding war for Sundar between GT and LSG. GT finally win out at INR 3.20 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: CSK make the first bid for Rana, whose base price is INR 1.50 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: RCB make the first bid for him and see off the challenge from RR. It was expected that they would go for Pandya and sure enough, he will be playing with Virat Kohli next season.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: The first bidding war of the day is for South Africa all-rounder Marco Jansen. He was pretty much the only bright light for the Proteas in their recent debacle of a T20I series against India. MI, the team he first played for in the IPL, make he initial bid and PBKS stay interested from then on. MI bow out at 2.40cr, GT dual with PBKS and the latter finally win the bid at INR 7 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: CSK make the first bid, LSG make one counter and then sign off. PBKS then have a long deliberation and then decide to not use RTM. Sam Curran returns to CSK.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: GT are the first to bid for Sundar and they have a brief dual with LSG before sealing it.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: We move quickly to the capped all-rounders where Shardul Thakur is the first name that comes up. He is unsold like his Mumbai teammates Rahane and Shaw.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Wow, Mayank Agarwal was expected to fetch some good bucks in this set but he has gone unsold. Ajinkya Rahane is at the fag end of his career, he didn't have a good domestic season personally and so not much of a surprise that he was unsold but Prithvi Shaw finding no takers says a lot about how much he has fallen.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Du Plessis gone for base price as well. No attempt from RCB at all to take him back and DC have Du Plessis' services next season.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: First sale of the day and KKR take Rovman Powell at base price.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Ok one might say that Williamson's T20 stocks have gone down in recent years but that can't be said for Phillips. But there you go.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Well his name is called out a few times and in the end, he goes unsold. He may return later in the day but how about it!

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Base price of INR 2 crore for the New Zealand legend.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Right, Mallika Sagar has taken her place at the auction table, the IPL trophy to one side and the box of bails with players' names on it on the other. Here we go then!

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: All right just 10 under 10 minutes to go now. Some very interesting names coming up early on today.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Capped batters will go under the hammer first today:

Mayank Agarwal

Faf du Plessis

Glenn Phillips

Rovman Powell

Ajinkya Rahane

Prithvi Shaw

Kane Williamson

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: All right about half an hour to go for the second day of bidding to start and so no surprises that we are starting to see franchise representatives stream into the room at the Abady Al Johar Arena in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: AB de Villiers says that RCB might just go for Will Jacks as an RTM option over Faf du Plessis because of the extra skill he provdes with the ball and the obvious age factor.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: AB de Villiers is part of the coverage today and when asked by Abhinav Mukund on whether he thinks Virat Kohli will return as captain for RCB, he says that he already knows who is going to be in that position.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: The Jio Cinema coverage has started and Eoin Morgan is of the opinion that Will Jacks will be the one to look out for. He also says that how much Sam Curran fetches will depend on when he comes up. If he comes up early, he might go for a biggie.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: As stated earlier, RCB go in with the highest remaining purse today. Secomnd are Mumbai Indians and third, despite being arguably busiest yesterday, are Punjab

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: The MI head coach says that they arerebeing as patient as needed. "When we saw the list of players, that it’s two halves to this auction. So we knew that if we’re doing this route, we have to be patient. There’s another 400 or more players on the list. So we could pick and choose and there’s a lot of talent that we’re going to pick wisely.

"At the end of the day, the auction is not just for the players that are in the auction and the purses that we have, it’s to the players that we retain, the value that we put into those players. To be in that situation where we are in the top 3 in purses going into day 2 and at the same time we secured nine slots in our playing XI that gives us a lot of comfort in how we want to execute."

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: There were quite a few instances of a player's price being bumped by a dramatic margin after the RTM card was used. In fact, that is how Rishabh Pant ended up becoming a 27 crore sale.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Punjab Kings was the first IPL team for whom Glenn Maxwell played for more than a season. He was with them for four years from 2014 to 2017 and then for one season in 2020/21.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Now Trent Boult is about 3 years old than the last time he played for MI but he ism also teaming up now with a Bumrah who seems utterly invincible at the moment.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: MI are sitting pretty but there is no doubt they need an opening partner for Rohit Sharma. They didn't really chase Ishan Kishan but they did give good chase for Quinton de Kock before pulling out. Apart from this, they might also need a couple of lower middle order bats and a spinner or two along with a couple of pacers as well. Don't be surprised if they go all out for Krunal Pandya.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Well India have blasted Australia out of the park in Perth and it is a record win for them against their BGT rivals. They have beaten Australia by 295 runs, their biggest margin of victory in a Test in the country.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Faf Du Plessis is plying his trade at the Abu Dhabi T10 at the moment where he smashed 76 in 26 balls last night. He was asked about where he could go in the auction today.

"The game keeps surprising us. We saw some serious scores this year in T20 cricket with 260, 270, so anything is possible with the guys, the way that they play these days," he said.

"Yeah, I'm still very motivated for my own personal games. So if you're motivated to keep improving and making sure that your performance is always at a level where you're competing amongst the great players of the world, I still have that drive within myself to do that, and I'll push that for as long as that drive is there. So, for the time being, mentally I'm still fresh, and from a physical point of view, I still feel very motivated and fresh as well."

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Ricky Ponting is a former player himself but he was quite clear that while players need to be protected, teams also have to be guarded against those that exploit loopholes to their advantage.

"No, no, (I'm) very comfortable," said Ricky Ponting about the rules. "When our first pick last year, for personal reasons, wasn't able to join the IPL, and your whole auction strategy for the rest of the auction went completely out of the window. So, I mean, the personal reasons, the injury stuff, that is all still there, obviously, and it needs to be, because the players need some protection as well. But, it's just so important that the players understand what investment the teams are making in them.

"It's a big investment that we, as coaches or as team owners, are making. And one false move in the auction can bring you undone for three or four years, and if that's because someone doesn't turn up, then I think what they brought in with the two-year ban is a great way to ensure that when the players put their name in, that they're committed for that period of time," Ponting further said.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Some of the biggest buys yesterday also seem like obvious candidates to captain their teams. Shreyas Iyer for Punjab Kings, Rishabh Pant for Lucknow Super Giants and Venkatesh Iyer for Kolkata Knight Riders. It also seems pretty obvious that KL Rahul will be leading Delhi Capitals next season.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Gujarat Titans: Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Jos Buttler, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Nishant Sindhu, Mahipal Lomror, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abishek Porel, Mitchell Starc, KL Rahul, Harry Brook, Jake Fraser-McGurk, T. Natarajan, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Punjab Kings: Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Nehal Wadhera, Harpreet Brar, Vishnu Vinod, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head, Mohammad Shami, Harshal Patel, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Atharva Taide, Abhinav Manohar, Simarjeet Singh.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Kolkata Knight Riders: Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Anrich Nortje, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Lucknow Super Giant: Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal, Liam Livingstone, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Mumbai Indians: Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Karn Sharma.

IPL 2025 Auction LIVE Updates: All right let's take a look at how each team shape up now after Day 1. Starting with CSK.

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Rachin Ravindra, R. Ashwin, Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmad, Vijay Shankar.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: KKR CEO Venky Mysore said that Venkatesh had given them an “ultimatum”. "They've proven on the field what they can do. You saw in a championship year, and one year we went to the final as well, in 2021. He (Venkatesh) was highly instrumental and terrific guy in the team. He had clearly given us an ultimatum that, 'If you don't pick me, I will be very sad'. So we didn't want him to be sad, and we're also very happy," said Mysore.

"For us it was about trying to keep our core. We've kept six players and brought 2-3 players back from last year. that was always the kind of thinking and as far as he (Venkatesh) is concerned we definitely did't want to find ourselves in a situation where we may not be able to bing him back," Venky Mysore said.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: RCB go in with the biggest purse at INR 30 crore. Whether they actually do something with it or not is the biggest question though.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Robin Uthappa was tearing his hair out in the broadacasters' studio after RCB made absolutely no acquisitions from the marquee set.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: They made the most expensive buy in IPL history to bring in Rishabh Pant. Other very handy acquisitions are David Miller, Mitch Marsh and Avesh Khan. They bought the woefully out of form Aiden Markram at base price and if he finds his feet by the time the 2025 season comes around, that could turn out to be the bargain of the auction.

Players bought: Rishabh Pant (27 Cr), David Miller (7.5 Cr), Aiden Markram (2 Cr), Mitchell Marsh (3.4 Cr), Avesh Khan (9.75 Cr), Abdul Samad (4.2 Cr), Aryan Juyal (30 lakh)

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: RR had retained six players and so were a relaxed bunch during the auction. They didn't seem too interested in stretching their purse, going big only for Jofra Archer and no one else.

Players bought: Jofra Archer (12.5 Cr), Wanindu Hasaranga (5.25 Cr), Maheesh Theekshana (4.40 Cr), Akash Madhwal (1.20 Cr), Kumar Kartikeya (30 Lakh)

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: It was largely misses for RCB on Day 1. They didn't commit to any of the big bids that they were making despite coming in with the second biggest purse. In fact they failed in seven bids before landing their first signing in Liam Livingstone. They didn't compete with KKR for Venkatesh Iyer all the way and finally, they didn't use RTM for Mohammed Siraj or Glenn Maxwell for reasons best known only to them. Or perhaps not even to them.

Players bought: Phil Salt (INR 11.50 Cr), Jitesh Sharma (INR 11 Cr), Liam Livingstone (INR 8.75 Cr), Josh Hazlewood (INR 12.50 Cr), Rasikh Dar (INR 6 Cr), Suyash Sharma (INR 2.60 Cr)

Players bought: Ishan Kishan (INR 11.25 Cr), Mohammed Shami (INR 10 Cr), Harshal Patel (INR 8 Cr), Rahul Chahar (INR 3.2 Cr), Adam Zampa (INR 2.4 Cr), Abhinav Manohar (INR 3.2 Cr), Simarjeet Singh (INR 1.5 Cr), Atharva Taide (INR 30 lakh)

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Most of CSK's money was spent on getting their former players back, regardless of whether they played in yellow last season or 10 years ago. They did get a major new talent in Yuzvendra Chahal and he will now team up with Ravindra Jadeja and Ravi Ashwin. CSK also splurged on Afghanistan spinner Noor Ahmad. Needless to say, there will be some spinning wickets at the Chepauk next season.

Players bought:Noor Ahmad (10 Cr), Ravichandran Ashwin (9.75 Cr), Devon Conway (6.25 Cr), Khaleel Ahmed (4.80 Cr), Rachin Ravindra (4 Cr), Rahul Tripathi (3.40 Cr), Vijay Shankar (1.20 Cr)

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: GT did some good business, most notably in the Marquee Set where they added Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada and Mohammed Siraj, all of whom fit into segments that already had good players.

Players bought: Jos Buttler (15.75 Cr), Mohammad Siraj (12.25 Cr), Kagiso Rabada (10.75 Cr), Prasidh Krishna (9.5 Cr), Mahipal Lomror (1.7 Cr), Nishant Sindhu (30 L), Kumar Khushagra (65L), Anuj Rawat (30L), Manav Suthar (30L)

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: They came in with the biggest purse by some distance and they were the first to break the record for most expensive acquisition by getting Shreyas Iyer, who they insist is not assured to be their captain yet. Of course we all believe them *wink wink*.

Players bought: Shreyas Iyer (26.75 Cr), Nehal Wadhera (4.20 Cr), Vishnu Vinod (95 L), Marcus Stoinis (11 Cr), Glenn Maxwell (4.20 Cr), Yuzvendra Chahal (18 Cr), Harpreet Brar (1.50 Cr), Arshdeep Singh (18 Cr), Vijaykumar Vyshak (1.80 Cr), Yash Thakur (1.60 Cr)

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: KKR did make attempts at getting back Shreyas Iyer and Mitchell Starc but they just didn't have a purse big enough for it. They however did go all out for Venkatesh Iyer.

Players bought: Angkrish Raghuvanshi (3 Cr), Quinton de Kock (3.60 Cr), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (2 Cr), Venkatesh Iyer (23.75 Cr), Mayank Markande (30 L), Anrich Nortje (6.50 Cr), Vaibhav Arora (1.80 Cr)

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: MI were almost in snooze mode throughout the day, making bids here and there and well, almost driving prices up before pulling out really. Their major business was done in the retentions after all. However, they made a huge move late in the day by getting back Trent Boult.

Players bought: Trent Boult (12.5 Cr), Naman Dhir (5.25 Cr), Robin Minz (65 L), Karn Sharma (50 L)

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: All right, let's start looking at what each team did yesterday, starting with DC. KL Rahul and Michell Starc were the big names that they acquired for INR 14 crore and INR 11.75 crore respectively.

Players bought on Day 1:Mitchell Starc (11.75 Cr), KL Rahul (14 Cr), Harry Brook (2 Cr), Jake Fraser-McGurk (9 Cr, RTM), T Natarajan (10.75 Cr), Karun Nair (50 lakh), Sameer Rizvi (95 lakh), Ashutosh Sharma (3.80 Cr), Mohit Sharma (2.20 Cr)

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Apart from Buttler, GT also went for Kagiso Rabada in the Marquee Set and got him. "Very happy to have Jos Buttler in our side. He can bat anywhere, he can keep as well, he can help Shubman also," Parthiv Patel, GT's assistant coach, said. "We wanted to buy our No. 1 bowler and No. 1 batter from the marquee set and we have both."

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Jos Buttler's time with the Royals has come to an end and he will now be playing for LSG next season. Now the England captain's form has been up and down but if he is at his best, that makes GT's top order too good to be true.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: He captained RCB the last two seasons but he captained teams wearing the CSK yellow in other leagues. Du Plessis's best T20 years seem to have come since he stopped playing for South Africa. He in fact finished last year with his highest strike rate in an IPL season. Back to RCB or back to CSK looks like the most likely outcome of this auction for him.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Avesh Khan's bumper bid was among the surprises on Day 1. Coming in with a base price of INR 2 crore, LSG went after their man straightaway. They were initially challenged by PBKS and then by RR and finally, he went back to LSG for INR 9.75 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Some significant names need to be ticked off the list today. Here are the ones that qualify as household names, for one reason or the other: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kane Williamson, Faf du Plessis, Daryl Mitchell, Rovman Powell, Sam Curran, Marco Jansen, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Keshav Maharaj, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: That is what the LSG representatives had to say yesterday. "No matter how much you plan, things don't always work out like that," Shashwat Goenka, the LSG owner, said. "This [getting Pant for 27 crore] was very well to our plan. It wasn't really a magic number, we just wanted a number so that the RTM doesn't get exercised."

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Like yesterday, the auction process starts at 3.30pm IST today. The first set will be No.13 and there are some big names on offer, like Rovman Powell, Kane Williamson, Sam Curran, Bhuvneshwar Kumar to name a few. The normal bidding process will be from Player No.85, who is Mayank Agarwal, to Player No. 116 in Set 17, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth of Sri Lanka. After that we have a break and then the accelerated auction process begins.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: So 84 players went under the hammer yesterday. 72 of them were sold and shelled out INR 467.95 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: About 493 players remain in the auction pool but not all of them will go under the gavel today. That's because we will start the accelerated auction process today. In the end, about 72 players will be sold today.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: R Ashwin followed MS Dhoni to Rising Pune Supergiant after CSK were slapped with a two year ban before IPL 2016. He then he became captain of the Punjab Kings in 2018 and 2019. His biggest legacy from that time is probably bringing the 'Mankad' question into mainstream and almost normalising it in some spheres, and rightly so.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Before he became a giant of spin bowling in Test cricket, Ashwin initially made his way into the minds of general households in India as a precocious talent playing for CSK.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Nope, that ain't no typo. It was an expected outcome that came in an unexpected manner. It had looked like LSG had made the winning bid at INR 20.75 crore. However, LSG then shot it straight up to INR 27 crore and well, that was that.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: RCB have the biggest purse left: ₹30.65 crore, while Sunrisers Hyderabad have the lowest: ₹5.15 crore. For full list of purse left by all franchises. Mumbai Indians have 26.10 cr, CSK have 15.6 cr, KKR have 10.05 cr, LSG have 14.85 cr, RR have 17.35 cr, PBKS have 22.5 cr, Gujarat Titans got 17.5 cr and Delhi Capitals left with ₹13.8 cr.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: GO ON, Have a say! Which of the following picks knocked the bejesus out of you?

- KL Rahul ( ₹ ₹14 crore)

- Shreyas Iyer ( ₹26.75 crore)

- Venkatesh Iyer ( ₹23.75 crore)

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Away from the IPL Auction, India are killing it in Perth, now having reduced Australia to 104/5 at Lunch on Day 4. Mohammed Siraj has three wickets, two of which came this morning: Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith. Australia still need a mammoth 430 runs to win

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Prithvi Shaw has been among the most talked-about cricketers. And unfortunately, not for the nice things. Once again, discipline and fitness issues have crept in. Once a solid part of the DC set-up, the franchise released him, and understandably so. Can he turn it around today? On his best days, he is unstoppable, but those days have become increasingly rare.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Although most of the big names were taken yesterday, Day 2 has its fair share of star power, starting with Sam Curran - one of the most expensive players historically at the Auction. There are more, such as Faf du Plessis, Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Kane Williamson, Steve Smith, Sam Curran, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Jofra Archer no longer has injury concerns, was a defiant message by Rajasthan Royals, who got the England pacer back for ₹12.50 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Mumbai Indians made a huge mistake when they let go Trent Boult ahead of the IPL 2022 Auction. And perhaps they realised it too. Hence, when the opportunity was provided, they were quick to grab hold of the New Zealand. Add him to their fast-bowling line-up and MI appear tough to beat on paper.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: There've been plenty of reunions on Day 1 of the IPL Auction, but none sweeter than Ravichandran Ashwin heading to Chennai Super Kings for ₹9.75 crore. Ashwin is 38, but CSK realise he is still a potent threat in T20Is, especially on Indian pitches.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: So as it turns out, Jos Buttler will represent a fresh franchise at next year's IPL. Having played for Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals in the past, England's limited-overs captain will be playing under Shubman Gill at the Gujarat Titans. Imagine Gill and Buttler opening. That's a sight no bowler would want to see.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Well, well, well! The answer is no. Sanjay Manjrekar, very infamously, recently said that he doesn't think Mohammed Shami will go for big bucks at the auction, given his recent history of injuries - Shami did not play the IPL. But how wrong could he have been? LALA bowled a stunning spell in the Ranji Trophy and the Sunrisers Hyderabad saw that, spending ₹10 crore to get him on board.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Yuzvendra Chahal, the most successful bowler in the history of IPL with 205 wickets is headed to Punjab Kings. Always an asset in the IPL, Chahal will undoubtedly be the franchise's leading spinner come the IPL 2025.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: India's most successful T20I bowler, left-arm quick Arshdeep Singh was always going to be a favourite, and boy, did he live up to that moniker or what? He was the joint fourth-costliest buy at the IPL Auction on Day 1. If you wanna know who the other one was? Read the post above.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: A total of 3 RTM Cards were used, with Punjab Kings using it to retain Arshdeep Singh, Delhi Capitals for Jake Fraser-McGurk, Chennai Super Kings to keep Rachin Ravindra and Mumbai Indians for Naman Dhir

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Ricky Ponting, the new head coach of Punjab Kings, has made some very Aussie choices for his team franchise, getting Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis to Punjab.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Glenn Maxwell once used to set the IPL on fire, and hence, he was always expected to break the bank. But with his prowess dwindling down in T20s, Maxwell did not grab much attention. He will reunited with his previous team, Punjab Kings for ₹4.2 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: The Mumbai Indians were the least active franchise on the opening day, spending just ₹18.90 crore to purchase 9 players. The Rajasthan Royals were the second-least spenders, shelling out ₹23.65 crore to acquire 11 players.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: You could hear the endless gasping in the room as paddles were constantly being raised for Venkatesh Iyer. He returns to the defending champions, Kolkata Knight Riders, only this time as the fourth costliest buy ever in the history of the IPL auctions. And what more? Venkatesh has dropped a huge hint that he might be the one to end the franchise's hunt for its next captain. WHOA!

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: KL Rahul was supposed to be the third big name who was believed to rope in some big moolah. And make no mistake about it, he did. Delhi Capitals snapped up Rahul for ₹14 crore. But the general consensus that's emerging is that he may have been slightly underpaid. What do you think?

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: While Rishabh Pant dominated the IPL Auction, his India teammate Shreyas Iyer, as expected, hit the jackpot as well with ₹26.75 crore. And his new team is the Punjab Kings.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: On expected lines, Rishabh Pant emerged as the costliest player in the history of IPL Auction, with Lucknow Super Kings splurging ₹27 crore on the India wicketkeeper. Pant may have missed the ₹30 crore mark but that's a decent bump you'd say? His last auction price was ₹1.6 crore in 2016.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Pretty sure you did not, but in case you are still trying to figure what happened on Day 1 of the auction, a total of 72 players were sold for a whopping ₹467.95 crore. The highest spender? Well, no surprises there? Punjab Kings. With a staggering amount of 110 crore to spend, PBKS shelled out 88 crore to buy 12 players.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Simple. The auctioneer will not take as long with a player like she did yesterday. Decisions will be made quick and fast. And when the franchises thing they have most bases covered, irrespective of how many players are still left, all 10 franchises will share a list of players they seek, and only those cricketers will come under the hammer.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: In case you're wondering what will happen today, let us douse your curiosity. Day 2 will basically be an accelerated process, and although a total of 493 players are still left, it is unlikely that all of their names will be called up by auctioneer Mallika Sagar.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Hello all you wonder people. It has literally been just hours, and we are back. Back with another day of frenetic bidding, tension-filled faces and hopefully, fortune-filled players. Day 2 of the IPL 2025 Auction is here. And if you thought yesterday was entertaining, expect more bumper surprises today.

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