The Indian Premier League (IPL) auction continued into Day 2 in Jeddah, with teams holding a combined remaining purse of ₹174 crore to fill their remaining player slots. Punjab Kings led with ₹22.50 crore, while Sunrisers Hyderabad had the smallest remaining purse at ₹5.15 crore. The auction on Day 2 featured players numbered 85 to 564, following the same format as Day 1 until player 116, after which the auction shifted to an accelerated format. Teams were then asked to submit their preferred players list from numbers 117 to 574.
On Day 1, India’s wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player in IPL history, with a ₹27 crore bid from Lucknow Super Giants, surpassing Shreyas Iyer’s ₹26.75 crore. Meanwhile, Venkatesh Iyer was a surprise pick, returning to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹23.75 crore.
IPL Auction 2025 Day 2 Key Player Buys:
- Faf du Plessis – sold to DC for ₹2 crore
- Sam Curran – sold to CSK for ₹2.40 crore
- Washington Sundar – sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹3.20 crore
- Marco Jansen – sold to PBKS for ₹7 crore
- Krunal Pandya – sold to RCB for ₹5.75 crore
- Nitish Rana – sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹4.20 crore
- Ryan Rickelton – sold to MI for ₹1 crore
- Josh Inglis – sold to Punjab Kings for ₹2.60 crore
- Tushar Deshpande – sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹6.50 crore
- Gerald Coetzee – sold to GT for ₹2.40 crore
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar – sold to RCB for ₹10.75 crore
- Lockie Ferguson – sold to PBKS for ₹2 crore
- Akash Deep – sold to LSG for ₹8 crore
- Deepak Chahar – sold to MI for ₹9.25 crore
- Mukesh Kumar – sold to DC for ₹8 crore
- Allah Ghazanfar – sold to MI for ₹4.80 crore
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Top Unsold Players:
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Kane Williamson
- Glenn Phillips
- Shardul Thakur
- Mayank Agarwal
- Daryl Mitchell
- Alex Carey
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman