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Ricky Ponting, Punjab Kings: I haven’t spoken to him (Shreyas Iyer about captaincy) yet, I tried to call him before the auction but he didn’t pick up. He’s been a successful captain in IPL before, I worked with him 3for -4 years in Delhi and he was the championship winner last season. I’m delighted to work with him again, if he can do that for us in the IPL I’ll be pretty happy.

Shashwat Goenka, LSG: No matter how much you plan, things don’t always work out like that. This (getting Pant for 27 crore) was very well to our plan. It wasn’t really a magic number, we just wanted a number so that the RTM doesn’t get exercised.

Parthiv Patel, Gujarat Giants: Very happy to have Jos Buttler in our side. He can bat anywhere, he can keep as well, he can help Shubman also. We wanted to buy our no. 1 bowler and no. 1 batter from the marquee set and we have both.

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Expectedly, PBKS splashed money during their marquee sets. GT and LSG were also active, as were SRH, but MI, KKR, RR, CSK all made no buys in the first two sets. Click here to see how the teams stack up and find the top buys of the auction here.

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A base price of INR 2 crore. KKR come in right away. RCB at INR 2.20 crore. There is a bidding war between the two teams. The bids have gone past the INR 5 crore mark.

KL Rahul was the LSG captain last season, while he has also played for RCB in the past.

Both KKR and RCB are going for Rahul. RCB have taken the bid up to INR 9 crore. But KKR are not backing down. The bids have gone past the INR 10 crore mark.

KKR are at INR 10.75 crore, RCB are asking for a minute. They back out. Delhi Capitals come in at INR 11 crore. KKR are having a discussion. And they raise their paddle, with a quick retort from Capitals.

Capitals holding on to Rahul for 12 crore. Haaaang on, CSK have entered the bid at INR 12.25 crore. Capitals not backing down. The bids have now reached INR 14 crore with Delhi and CSK are backing out.

KL Rahul sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 14 crore. LSG not exercising their RTM. Rahul will play for DC in IPL 2025.

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He has a base price of INR 2 crore. RCB come in immediately, so do SRH. Livingstone played for Punjab Kings last season. RCB raise their bid to INR 3.60 crore. SRH take a minute and raise their paddle. RCB quickly back.

Any other takers? Oh, Delhi come and now there is a bidding war between DC and RCB. The bids go past the INR 6 crore mark. RCB have the highest bid at INR 6.75 crore, but hang on...CSK come in at 7 crore.

RCB are not backing down, and CSK raise their bids to 8 crore. RCB still going and have Livingstone for INR 8.75 crore. CSK are out and Punjab are not exercising their RTM.

Righto, Liam Livingstone sold to RCB for INR 8.75 crore

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A base price of INR 2 crore. Gujarat Titans come in at his base price. Any bidders? CSK come in. Both teams are going for Siraj. The bids have gone up to INR 8.25 crore with CSK finally backing out.

Anyone else coming in, yes Rajasthan Royals come in at 8.50 crore. The bid has passed the 10 crore mark. Royals and Titans still at it. Titans have raised the bid to INR 12.25 crore, and Royals have backed out.

Will RCB exercise their RTM? No they don't. Siraj goes to Titans for INR 12.25 crore.

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A base price of INR 2 crore. Gujarat Titans start the bid and CSK quickly jump in. A fierce bidding war between the two teams and bids are quickly raised to INR 5.75 crore

Gujarat Titans have the bid at INR 5.75 crore, but Punjab Kings have now entered at INR 6 crore. Titans not backing out though. LSG now raise the bid to INR 7.25 crore and Titans pull out, but Punjab are keeping the bid going.

The bid has now crossed INR 10 crore. Chahal was with the Rajasthan Royals last season and has been key to their success. He is the first bowler to pick 200 IPL wickets. LSG keep going, so do Punjab... The bid has gone up to 14 crore with Punjab.

That's the final bid, or is it? RCB have asked for a minute and they have entered the bid at INR 14.25 crore. Punjab still going. RCB back out. Oh, hello, SRH have come in at INR 14.75 crore. But Punjab keep going. So do SRH. The bid has gone up to INR 17 crore which is with Punjab at the moment.

But, SRH keep going with the bid at 17.75 crore. Punjab ask for a second. They have raised the paddle and raised the bid to INR 18 crore. That's that. Yuzvendra Chahal goes to Punjab Kings for INR 18 crore.

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A base price of INR 2 crore. KKR bid for him first up. CSK come in at INR 2.20 crore and the two teams are now at it for the fast bowler.

Shami has been under an injury cloud and has just returned to competitive action for Bengal at the Ranji Trophy and at the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

The bid has increased to INR 8.25 crore with KKR having the bid. Will that be the final bid? Nope, Lucknow Super Giants have come in at INR 8.50 crore. KKR aren't backing out yet, they raise the bid to INR 9.75 crore.

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Last player in marquee set 1. Of course, it's Rishabh Pant. Big cheers in Jeddah. They crowd is going crazy already. LSG make the first move for Pant. RCB jump in and tussle with LSG. Quick raising of paddles at both RCB and LSG tables.

Another compelling package: captain, gun batter-keeper. The bid has zoomed past 5 crore. We could go on. It has soared up to 10 crore now. Will Pant surpass Iyer to become the most expensive player at an IPL auction?

LSG take it up to 10.25 crore. RCB back in at 10.50 crore.

RCB need a moment to contemplate. PBKS already have Iyer, so they're not going for Pant. SRH now start bidding for Pant and mess with LSG. Pant could add more firepower to SRH. Wow, that could be some line-up.

SRH escalate it to 17 crore. LSG come back at 17.25. The battle continues for Pant in Jeddah. Blink and will you miss the bid zooming up to 20 crore. It's SRH who take it up to 20 crore.

Do DC want to exercise their RTM for Pant? Yes, they raise the paddle. LSG hike it up to 27 crore. DC back out. Goenka pumps his fist. He's thrilled. Pant sold to LSG for 27 crore. RISHABH PANT BECOMES THE MOST EXPENSIVE PLAYER AT AN IPL AUCTION. He breaks the record that Iyer had set earlier in this set. What a start to the IPL 2025 auction. Rishabh Pant: new LSG captain? LSG made the first move for Pant. They make the final move and get him on board.

Pant+Pooran in the LSG middle order. Fun line-up. Good luck to the other teams. Meanwhile, you can track all our top buys here.

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Mitch Starc enters the auction at 2 crore. MI start the bidding for Starc. Starc+Bumrah sounds super exiting. But KKR want their man back.

MI are also quite big on left-arm fast bowlers. They slug it out with KKR.

The bid has touched 6 crore and it's with defending champions KKR. Who can forget his terrific spells in the playoffs for them in IPL 2024?

New bidder: DC. KKR thought they had their man, but here come DC to mess with their plans. KKR escalate the bid up to 9 crore. DC are very much in it as the bid now quickly crosses 10 crore.

Mysore has a chat with DJ Bravo and gestures he's out. It's now between DC and new-bidder RCB. Starc at the Chinnaswamy, anyone?

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England wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler in at 2 crore. His previous team RR open the bidding for the England superstar. GT join the bidding and compete with RR. Buttler also plays for Paarl Royals in the SA20.

GT are looking for a new wicketkeeper-batter and Buttler ticks most boxes. Back and forth between RR and GT. The bid has zipped past 8 crore. Buttler is now a millionaire as the a(u)ction continues.

RR continue to bid aggressively for their man. GT won't give up easily. The bid has rocketed past 10 crore. GT in the lead at 12 crore.

More steady lifting of paddles across the RR and GT tables. PBKS are also interested in Buttler. Will Buttler become a 25-crore buy as well?

GT now face new competition for Lucknow Super Giants. Nehra chats with Solanki and they raise it up to 15.75 crore. LSG are done with the bidding for Buttler. Sold to GT for 15.75 crore

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Next up: Shreyas Iyer. IPL-winning captain. He will invite bids from 2 crore. KKR want their IPL-winning captain back and open the bidding for Iyer.

PBKS enter the bidding now Iyer. Ponting has worked with Iyer at Capitals. The bid has quickly zoomed up to 5 crore. PBKS now in the lead at 6 crore.

Steady lifting of paddles at the PBKS and KKR tables. PBKS pull out. KKR now in the lead at 7.25 crore.

DC now bid for Iyer and compete with KKR. Aggressive bidding at both tables. KKR want their captain back. DJ Bravo has a chat with Venky Mysore. Mysore gestures that they're out.

DC in the lead at 10 crore. PBKS are back to shake things up. Both DC and PBKS need captains.

DC escalate the bid up to 13 crore. PBKS have deep pockets: they can pick Iyer as well as Pant. DC in the lead at 15 crore.

DC and PBKS slug it out for Iyer. I suppose Iyer could touch 20 crore.

More steady raising of paddles across both tables. Indeed, the bid for Iyer touches 20 crore. DC have escalated it to 20 crore. Some banks are being broken already.

Iyer is a proven captain in the IPL. Can be a spin-basher in the middle order. Where will he head to: DC or PBKS. The bidding continues in Jeddah. Will he surpass Mitch Starc's bid?

DC drag is up to 23 crore. Wow. Ponting chats with Ness Wadia and co. at the PBKS table. PBKS are still in it.

Iyer is on the verge of breaking the IPL record. Current bid at 24.25 with PBKS. Delhi come back and take it up to 24.50 crore. Okay, the bid has hit 25 crore. DC have bid for him again. Shreyas Iyer shatters the IPL record. He becomes the most expensive player at an IPL auction.

Hold onto your hats! We're not done yet. DC have Iyer for now at 26 crore. PBKS pause but jump back into the action again, raising the bid up to 26.25 crore. DC need a moment to recalculate and they outbid PBKS. PBKS come back with 26.75. DC finally tap out.

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The SA quick asks for bids from INR 2 crore. RCB start the bidding for Rabada. Here comes GT to tussle with RCB.

The bid quickly crosses 3 crores and 5 crores. MI enter the bidding and take it up to 5.25 crore. Worth noting that Rabada has played for MI Cape Town in the SA20 and MI NY in the MLC.

MI keep bidding aggressively for Rabada. MI in the lead at 8.25 crore. But RCB are back in at 8.50 crore.

Plenty of back and forth between RCB and GT now. Seems are MI are out for now.

RCB tap out. GT acquire Rabada for 10.75 crore.

PBKS have an option to RTM but they aren't interested this time for Rabada

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Arshdeep Singh is the first player up for grabs. Awkward silence to start with. The India left-arm seamer has listed his base price at INR 2 crore. CSK make the first move. DC compete with CSK as the bid quickly escalates to 4 crore. CSK in the lead at 4 crore.

Fleming raises the paddle once again as escalates the bid up to 6.25. CSK and DC slug it out for the T20 World Cup winner. DC in the lead at 7.5 crore. CSK tap out

Oh hello: here's a new bidder: GT. DC face competition from GT. Nehra loves his left-arm quicks, doesn't he? The bid is zipping towards 10 crore. Arshdeep is a millionaire

RCB enter the bidding and raise it up to 10 crore. GT and RCB now battle it out for Arshdeep. RCB need a moment to recalculate. GT in the lead at 10.75 crore.

Welcome to the auction: Rajasthan Royals. Seems like RCB are out. But GT are still in it. Dravid has worked with Arshdeep both at Under-19s and India.

Arshdeep now sparks interest from SRH. RR take the bid up to INR 13 crore and say 'leave my man alone'. SRH won't give up that easily. Back and forth between RR and SRH. Whopper. The bid has hit 15 crore.

SRH in the lead at 15.75. Sold to SRH for 15.75. He could be particularly effective on the bigger ground in Hyderabad.

Hang on, PBKS have the option to RTM Arshdeep. Auction dynamics at play straightaway at the IPL 2025 mega-auction.

The price has been hiked to 18 crore by SRH. PBKS use their RTM to get back Arshdeep for 18 crore

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IPL chairman Arun Dhumal is on the podium, welcoming everyone to the IPL 2025 mega-auction. He reminds us that 577 players could go under the hammer over the next two days. Mallika Sagar is the auctioneer for this auction as well. 'LET THE BIDDING BEGIN!'

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Jos Buttler, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Mitch Starc all will be up for grabs. Two of the three released Indian captains on offer. Franchises will splash money for these marquee players.

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Bids up to Rs. 1 Crore - increments of INR 5 lakh

Bids from Rs. 1 Crore up to Rs. 2 Crore - increments of INR 10 lakh

Bids from Rs. 2 Crore up to Rs. 3 Crore - increments of INR 20 lakh

Bids from Rs. 3 Crore - increments at the auctioneer's discretion, but not less than INR 20 lakh

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Which player can get past Starc's record INR 24.75 crore bid?

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A lot of big names, who are likely to attract plenty of big bids. Here are the players who will kickstart the IPL 2025 auctions in the Marquee set 1.

How much will Pant go for? Can Buttler break Starc's record of the highest bid? Which team will bid for Starc?

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Punjab Kings will be the third IPL franchise where Ricky Ponting will be the head coach after MI and DC. He was in conversation with other franchises as well in the lead-up to IPL 2025, but eventually signed with PBKS. Nagraj Gollapudi spoke to Ponting in Nottingham in Setpember.

Here's a snippet from the interview.

More recently, Ponting spoke to Star Sports about the auction. “I think there are three most crucial things with a successful auction. One's definitely making sure you stick to your strategy and not getting off that early on. I think being really calm and clear at the auction table is also a really important thing. And then communication on the day because, you know, you're working with the analysts, you're working with your owners. Communication is vital,” Ponting told the broadcaster.

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AR Srikkanth, the former KKR and West Indies analyst, will sit on CSK's table. He has joined Super Kings' scouting team for the IPL (CSK), SA20 (JSK) and the MLC (TSK). He has a keen eye for talent and detail: for example, he scouted Kuldeep Yadav from the Buchi Babu pre-season tournament in Chennai in 2014 and recommended Kuldeep to Trevor Bayliss, who was KKR's coach at the time. Srikkanth has also coached in the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL). In the past, CSK's trends and patterns have been fairly predictable. Will the inclusion of Srikkanth buck that trend? Will be see some out-of-the-box picks from CSK in this auction?

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Serial No. 10. Marquee set 2. KL Rahul. A lot of the focus has been on him for the last few months, from his spot in India's Test side to news around retention. He was let go off by his former side LSG and here he is, now in the auction pool.

There is intrigue around where Rahul could go in the auction. RCB would probably love to have the Bengaluru localite on board. I think there could be interest from CSK for a middle-order role, plus the fact that ke can keep wickets, which could enable CSK to think and prepare for the after-Dhoni years. A Rahul freed up from the burden of captaincy can be the batter to watch, as evidenced from his returns for India in the middle order a couple of years ago.

And with that, I shall hand it over to Deiva for the next bit.

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It is the second IPL auction in a row that is being held outside India. Last year, Dubai played host to the mini auction. This time, the two-day mega auction will be held in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. What's with Saudi Arabia and venturing into cricket, which really is a fringe sport there?

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A total of 411 overseas players have registered themselves for the auction for IPL 2025, including 31 from Associate nations. They will be vying for 70 possible slots. There's Jos Buttler, whom Rajasthan Royals released, among those and so too is Mitchell Starc, whom KKR got last auction for a record price. Then there is the hard-hitting Liam Livingstone, whose stocks are on the rise in the last couple of years and could be one of the most expensive buys. Kagiso Rabada may not feature in all of South Africa's T20Is but he is sure in demand in the franchise circuit. All of them are in the marquee lists that will kickstart the auction today.

Which of these former players would you want back in the auction?

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At the other end of the age spectrum, there's Bihar's Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who at 13 is the youngest player to be shortlisted for an IPL auction. He had made his Ranji debut when he was 12 and was more recently picked in the India Under-19s squad that played four-dayers against a visiting Australian side in Chennai. In the first four-dayer at Chepauk, he clattered a 58-ball hundred. Suryavanshi also scored a triple-century in the Randhir Verma Under-19 ODI tournament played in Bihar. Syed Hussain from ESPNcricinfo's Hindi team caught up with the teenager last month. Read Suryavanshi's story here (in Hindi).

On that note, I'll hand the blog over to Sudarshanan.

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It really ought to be a non-starter. James Anderson has not played a T20 match in the last decade and was struggling to keep up with the format even then, leaking 52 runs from four wicketless overs in the 2014 Blast final. He has not bowled with a white ball in a competitive match since 2019, and has not played in any format since his farewell Test in July.

But there remains an outside chance that, at 42, Anderson will earn his first IPL deal this weekend, having entered the auction at a base price of INR 1.25 crore (£118,000). Moeen Ali was only half-joking when he suggested that he wanted to sign him in the Hundred last summer, and bowlers like Deepak Chahar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have shown there can still be a role for a powerplay specialist in the IPL - even in the Impact Player era.

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Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc broke records in the previous auction. There's a good chance that a new record will be set in this mega-auction. Nagraj Gollapudi explains why

There are two likely reasons this could happen. Firstly, Rishabh Pant. Pant is listed in the first set of marquee players that will ring in the auction on Sunday. He will be among the most sought-after players because several teams are on the lookout for an Indian captain-cum-wicketkeeper. Pant is the first big-name India player to come up in an auction in a long time, and the expectation is that the teams with the biggest purses - PBKS (INR 110.5 crore), RCB (INR 83 crore) and LSG (INR 69 crore) - will bid for him.

Then there is DC (INR 73 crore), the franchise Pant played for since 2016 and led since 2021 until last season. Pant opted to head to the auction after retention talks with DC failed, which he recently clarified had nothing to do with money. DC still have the option to buy him back as they have two right-to-match (RTM) options available. And it is the modified RTM rule that might just escalate the bids.

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Will records be broken? Who are the players to watch? Who's got the most money? Who are the youngest and oldest players up for grabs? Will the the Impact Player rule impact this auction too? Here's your cheat sheet

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Jofra Archer: The England fast bowler has been added back to the final list after his name didn't originally feature in the short list that had been sent to the franchises last weekend. He will now be part of the first set of fast bowlers (Set 6) which currently has seven quicks and will come up for bidding on the first day. ESPNcricinfo understands Archer and his representatives have been in discussions with the ECB and the BCCI this week, seeking clarification on the repercussions in the event that he was not part of the shortlist. The IPL has introduced new regulations for this auction cycle, stipulating that players who have previously appeared in the league but do not register for a mega-auction would be unable to register for the subsequent mini-auction. A separate regulation says that a player who is signed at an auction and then withdraws without a legitimate reason will face a two-year ban.

Saurabh Netravalkar: The Mumbai-born left-arm seamer who is now living the American dream has also been added to the final list. He was among the heroes for USA during their home World Cup and in the game against India, he took out both Kohli and Rohit. It will be a special homecoming for him if he gets picked by Mumbai Indians. But, hey, Ponting, the new Punjab Kings coach, will also have an eye on him. Under Ponting, Netravalkar emerged as the highest wicket-taker in Washington Freedom's run to the MLC title earlier this year.

Hardik Tamore: Tamore, 27, is an uncapped wicketkeeper-batter from Mumbai. Even ahead of the 2022 mega-auction, he was belatedly added to the list. He has played 11 T20s so far, scoring 65 runs at a strike rate of 101.56. In first-class cricket, he has hit three centuries and two fifties in 21 innings. He is currently with Mumbai's SMAT side in Hyderabad.

There was no Right-to-Match card at the previous mega-auction in 2022. How will it impact this auction?

The IPL teams were allowed to retain up to six players this time - of which a maximum of five can be capped and a maximum of two can be uncapped. The six could either be retained outright ahead of the auction, or can be bought back using Right-to-Match (RTM) options at the auction, or a combination of both.

So here's how the RTM options work: If a player has been bought by another franchise at the mega auction, the franchise that he was part of in IPL 2024 can step in at the end of the bidding process and buy back their player using the RTM option by matching the highest bid. After that, the franchise that made the winning bid will be given another opportunity to raise the bid to whatever amount they wish. In that case, the player's previous team will have to match the increased bid to buy back their player.

Having retained just two players, PBKS have the most RTM options (four) at the auction. RCB, who retained three players, have three, while Delhi Capitals, who retained four players, have two. Five teams - MI, CSK, GT, SRH and LSG - retained five players each and have just one RTM option at the auction, while RR and KKR have no RTM options.

There is of course no limit on the number of players a franchise can buy back if they place the highest bids for them during regular bidding at the auction.

Hello. How you doin? The IPL mega-auction is almost upon us. We're about five hours away from the start, but I know you've been expecting us. Five-hundred-and-seventy-seven players are up for grabs in this two-day event in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah as the league ventures into new territories. There are also some new names in the market, with a number of leagues popping up every year, and of course there are some old, familiar names who have made the IPL what it is right now. The auction dynamics often make this event more intriguing than the competition itself. It sets up teams for years together.

And, there's some perverse joy in knowing what others are earning, right? So, temme where’s Rishabh Pant heading to and for what price? I’m Deivarayan Muthu and I’ll soon be joined by S Sudarshanan and Ashish Pant to bring you a blow-by-blow account of the auction. We will also be having some of the best minds in T20 cricket, including Tom Moody and S Sriram, on our live show from 3pm IST. The a(u)ction will begin at 3.30pm IST. Stay locked in for our smorgasbord of auction content.