NEW DELHI: The Indian Premier League 2025 mega auction will take place in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah on November 24 and 25, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Tuesday.
The two-day mega auction will clash with the third and fourth days of the Perth Test between India and Australia.
1,574 players — 1,165 Indians and 409 overseas – have signed up for the two-day event where 204 slots are up for grabs.
48 capped Indian players including the likes of stars Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer are set to go under the hammer, this time in the auction.
This is now the second consecutive time the auction is being held outside India. The 2024 mini auction took place in Dubai.
The players’ registration officially closed on November 4 and the BCCI mentioned in a release that 320 capped players, 1,224 uncapped players, and 30 players from Associate Nations will be part of the auction.
Along with 272 capped internationals, there will be 965 uncapped Indians, 152 uncapped Indians who were a part of previous seasons and 104 uncapped internationals set to go under the hammer.
Country-wise breakdown of the 409 overseas players:
Ahead of the auction, the 10 franchises have collectively retained 46 players with cumulative expenditure of Rs 558.5 crore. They now have around Rs 641.5 crore to spend at the auction.
Each franchise was allocated Rs 120 crore to build their squads but after the retention process, which was announced on October 31, Punjab Kings have the biggest purse — Rs 110.5 crore.
The Punjab outfit retained just two uncapped players — Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh for Rs 9.5 crore.
Rajasthan Royals, under Sanju Samson, have the smallest purse of Rs 41 crore after retaining six players.
The Kolkata Knight Riders have also retained six players but they have a remaining purse of Rs 51 crore.