IPL Auction Day 1: Pant Shatters Record, Teams Spend Rs 467.95 Crore

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IPL 2025 Auction LIVE Updates: The first day of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction has ended. A total of 84 players (72 sold and 12 unsold) went under the hammer. Teams spent a total of Rs 467.95 crore. History was made at the IPL 2025 auction with star India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant becoming the most expensive player ever. Lucknow Super Giants picked him up for Rs 27 crore. Pant broke Shreyas Iyer's record, who was picked by Punjab Kings for Rs 26.75 crore. KKR went all out for Venkatesh Iyer and roped him in for Rs 23.75 crore. Yuzvendra Chahal became the most expensive Indian spinner ever in IPL as PBKS picked him for Rs 18 crore. Earlier, Arshdeep Singh was the first player to be sold in IPL 2025 Auction, that too by RTM card, at Rs 18 crore by PBKS.

Ishan Kishan will be donning the Sunrisers Hyderabad jersey as he was picked by the former champions for Rs 11.25 crore. In 2022, Mumbai Indians bought him back for Rs 15.25 crore but did not go the distance for him this time. MI was pretty late to join the bidding war and made their first buy in Trent Boult for Rs 12.50 crore. (List Of Sold And Unsold Players)

Here are the live updates from IPL 2025 mega auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:

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