The Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction, held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, has come to a close. After months of intense anticipation, meticulous planning, data analysis, and research, each franchise has built their squads with players of their choice. Teams have now shaped their core rosters for the next two seasons. This year’s auction witnessed historic moments and record-breaking transactions.
The 10 IPL franchises collectively spent a staggering ₹639.15 crore, acquiring 182 players, including 62 overseas cricketers. However, 395 players went unsold, including big names like Jonny Bairstow, David Warner, Kane Williamson, and Daryl Mitchell. Unfortunately, no IPL team showed interest in Bangladeshi players this year.
Let’s take a quick look at the squads formed by the 10 IPL teams after the mega auction:
Kolkata Knight Riders
Retained: Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh.
New Additions: Venkatesh Iyer, Anrich Nortje, Quinton de Kock, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Spencer Johnson, Moeen Ali, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Vaibhav Arora, Rovman Powell, Umran Malik, Manish Pandey, Anukul Roy, Lovneeth Sisodia, Mayank Markande.
Delhi Capitals
Retained: Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abhishek Porel.
New Additions: KL Rahul, Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Jack Fraser-McGurk, Mukesh Kumar, Harry Brook, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Samir Rizvi, Donovan Ferreira, Karun Nair, Bipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay, Manbanta Kumar, Ajay Mandal, Darshan Nalkande.
Chennai Super Kings
Retained: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni.
New Additions: Noor Ahmad, Ravichandran Ashwin, Devon Conway, Khaleel Ahmed, Rachin Ravindra, Anshul Kamboj, Rahul Tripathi, Sam Curran, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Deepak Hooda, Jamie Overton, Vijay Shankar, Bansh Bedi, Andre Siddharth, Shreyas Gopal, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Mukesh Choudhary, Sheikh Rashid.
Lucknow Super Giants
Retained: Nicholas Pooran, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Ayush Badoni, Mohsin Khan.
New Additions: Rishabh Pant, Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Aiden Markram, Matthew Breitzke, Shamar Joseph, M Siddharth, Arshinn Kulkarni, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Yuvraj Chowdhury, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh, Digvesh Singh, Himmat Singh, Aryan Juyal.
Gujarat Titans
Retained: Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Shah Rukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia.
New Additions: Jos Buttler, Mohammed Siraj, Kagiso Rabada, Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Sherfane Rutherford, Gerald Coetzee, Glenn Phillips, R Sai Kishore, Mahipal Lomror, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Mohammad Arshad Khan, Karim Janat, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Kumar Kushagra, Manav Sutar, Anuj Rawat, Nishant Sindhu.
Punjab Kings
Retained: Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh.
New Additions: Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Nehal Wadhera, Glenn Maxwell, Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Lockie Ferguson, Vishak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Harpreet Brar, Aaron Hardie, Vishnu Vinod, Xavier Bartlett, Kuldeep Sen, Praveen Dubey, Paila Avinash, Suryansh Shergill, Mushir Khan, Harnoor Pannu.
Mumbai Indians
Retained: Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma.
New Additions: Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks, Naman Dheer, Allah Ghazanfar, Mitchell Santner, Ryan Rickelton, Lizaad Williams, Reece Topley, Robin Minz, Karan Sharma, Vignesh Puthur, Arjun Tendulkar, Bivan John Jacobs, Venkata Satyanarayana Penmetsa, Raj Angad Bawa, Krishnan Sreejit, Ashwini Kumar.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Retained: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal.
New Additions: Josh Hazlewood, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar, Krunal Pandya, Tim David, Jacob Bethell, Suyash Sharma, Devdutt Padikkal, Nuwan Thushara, Romario Shepherd, Lungi Ngidi, Swapnil Singh, Mohit Rathi, Abhinandan Singh, Swastik Chikara, Manoj Bhandage.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Retained: Heinrich Klaasen, Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Nitish Reddy.
New Additions: Ishan Kishan, Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Simarjeet Singh, Eshan Malinga, Brydon Carse, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis, Zeeshan Ansari, Sachin Baby, Aniket Verma, Atharva Taide.
Rajasthan Royals
Retained: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma.
New Additions: Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Nitish Rana, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Koena Mafaka, Akash Madhwal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shubham Dube, Yudhvir Charak, Ashok Sharma, Kunal Rathore, Kumar Kartikeya.
