IPL 2025 auction: BCCI imposes a new law to change auction dynamics forever
Published - 15 Nov 2024, 10:23 AM | Updated - 15 Nov 2024, 10:27 AM
The upcoming IPL 2025 auction will have two sets of marquee players, according to a report. The highly-awaited mega auction will be a two-day event, scheduled to take place on November 24 and 25 in Saudi Arabia. For the second year in a row, the auction will be taking place outside the country.
A total of 1574 players have registered for the IPL 2025 auction. The list will be pruned after discussions between the IPL and the franchises. Of the 1574 players, 1165 are Indian players and 409 overseas players. Before the BCCI released the list, the franchises had also announced the names of their retained players.
BCCI brings back old rule for IPL 2025 auction
The ten IPL franchises have retained a total of 46 players - 36 Indians and 10 overseas. Only Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals have retained the full quota of six players while Gujarat Titans, Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians, and Sunrisers Hyderabad have retained 5 players.
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Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru have retained four and three players respectively while Punjab Kings have retained two players. The franchises can have a maximum of 25 players in their squad and a minimum of 18 players.
Two sets of marquee players for the IPL 2025 auction:
With just over a week remaining before the IPL 2025 auction gets underway, Cricbuzz has reported that the BCCI has informed the franchises that there will be two sets of marquee players in the auction. The board has told the franchises that each set will have 8-9 players.
In the previous mega auction in 2022, there was only one set of marquee players. However, in the 2018 and 2014 auctions, there were two sets.
The report further stated that the players who are expected to be included in the top two sets are Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, R Ashwin, Mitchell Starc and Jos Buttler among others.
The franchises are likely to spend the majority of their remaining purse in buying the players from the marquee sets. Each marquee player has registered himself at a base price of INR 2 crore. The report stated that by the end of the first two sets, 30 to 50 percent of the available auction purse would have been spent.
