The auction for IPL 2025 is likely to be held in December this year. Although the season will be played from April to May, but its preparation has started now. It remains to be seen what decision the BCCI takes regarding the rules of retention. Before every year’s auction, the question definitely arises that who will become the most expensive player this time. The specialty of the Indian Premier League is that records are made every year and are broken the very next year. Meanwhile, this speculation has started now. Now the question is that if Rohit Sharma comes into the field for auction this year, will he become the most expensive player? If not, then will Mitchell Starc’s record be broken? Let’s talk about this in detail.
Mitchell Starc is currently the most expensive player in IPL history
Most expensive players in IPL history, then Mitchell Starc is the most expensive player at this time. He was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders last year at a high price of Rs 24.75 crore. Mitchell Starc entered the IPL field after about eight years. After this, when his name was called for auction, many teams started betting on him. In the end, KKR won. Although Mitchell Starc’s performance was not very special, but since the team won the IPL 2024 title, there was not much talk about Starc’s game.
SRH also bought Pat Cummins at a high price
Apart from Mitchell Starc, a very big bid was also placed on his compatriot Pat Cummins in the IPL of the same year. Pat Cummins was included in Sunrisers Hyderabad’s team for Rs 20.50 crore. The team also performed well, but even after this, the SRH team could not win the IPL title again. There will definitely be a pain in the team. Meanwhile, reports are coming that Rohit Sharma may be released from Mumbai Indians. However, no statement has come from Rohit Sharma and Mumbai Indians in this regard so far. That is, only possibilities are being talked about right now.
Rohit Sharma gets INR 16 crore from Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma has done a lot to give Mumbai Indians. At present, Rohit Sharma gets around Rs 16 crore from Mumbai Indians. But if Rohit leaves MI, he will definitely get more money than this. Actually, Rohit Sharma has the ability to win matches not only with the bat but also with his captaincy. It has happened many times that Rohit Sharma has turned a nearly lost match around with his clever captaincy. However, now he is not the captain of Mumbai Indians.
As soon as Rohit Sharma left the captaincy of Mumbai Indians, the team’s performance has been very poor. The team’s performance last year was such that they would prefer to forget it. But in the meantime, something happened that has changed everything. In the T20 World Cup played this year, Team India went under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. The team performed brilliantly and managed to win the title. Since then, there is a discussion that Rohit can now become the captain of some other team. It is certain that if Rohit comes to the auction field, many teams will try to bet on him. It is possible that when his name is called, a price war may also break out between the teams. If this happens, Mitchell Starc’s record may be broken in a few minutes.
Rishabh and Suryakumar’s names also in limelight
Apart from Rohit, who else can be the players who can become the most expensive players in IPL history? Rishabh Pant and Suryakumar Yadav can also be named in that. While on one hand Rishabh Pant is currently captaining Delhi Capitals, Suryakumar Yadav is a part of Mumbai Indians. But it is difficult to say about them right now whether they will remain retained for their team or will be released. However, discussions are hot that both these players can be released and come for auction.
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Teams can spend money generously on these players
Suryakumar Yadav is currently the captain of Team India. It is believed that he will continue to lead the team for a few more years. It is very rare that the captain of Team India plays as a player in the IPL. Whenever MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been the captains of the Indian team, they have also been the captains of their respective teams. In such a situation, if Suryakumar Yadav leaves the team, he will be seen as the captain in some other team. Yes, it is certain that unless there is mutual consent between the team and the player, he will not be released. But we have seen more than one player being released in the IPL. So anything can happen here at any time.
