IPL 2024 Auction which was a mini-auction, the IPL 2025 will be a mega auction, each team will be given a limited number of retention options with the remaining players going back to the Auction Pool, so the IPL 2025 Auction date could be around between December 2024 and February 2025.
IPL 2025 Mega Auction Date
The next IPL Mega Auction is likely to be a two days process like in 2022, the auction took place in February, while the 2023 and 2024 auctions were held in December, so the IPL 2025 Auction could be possible at the same time of December 2024 and February 2025.
While the 17th season is concluded, there is already news regarding the next edition as the IPL chairman has revealed an important update about the IPL 2025 Auction.
The Mega Auction will take place in 2025, the chairman of the council has confirmed. The right to match card is also likely to be given to each franchise, while the IPL 2024 Auction was the first time the bidding war stepped out of India.
How many players will be allowed in the IPL 2025 Mega Auction?
There is no limit for the amount of players listed at the IPL auction, with the number differing most years. The amount of players listed is dependent on who signs up and provided the players have been approved by their countries.
As per the IPL chairman Dhumal, each team will have the opportunity to retain only 3 or 4 players like in the IPL 2022 mega auction, which saw a total of 204 players being sold for a Rs. 551 crore.
In the IPL 2025 Mega Auction, we could see similar figures if the retention number is limited at the maximum of 4 players per team, the official confirmation on the number of players allowed to be retained will come only after the stakeholders with BCCI in the coming days.
IPL 2025 Mega Auction Expected Venues
IPL 2025 is likely to be played in the same home and away format like IPL 2024, while there are certain teams that played each other once and others squaring off twice in that season, all the teams might lock horns against the other two times in the course of the competition in IPL 2025.
The assumption is being made based on a proposed 84 matches in the next season to the broadcasters compared to the 74 of this year. The number will increase to 94 by 2027.
Categories of players in IPL 2025 Mega Auctions
There are different type of categories of players in IPL 2025 Auctions:
- Capped Players: They are Indian Players who have represented the country’s senior teams in any format at once.
- Uncapped Players: They are Indian domestic players who are in the first class circuit but have never represented India.
- Non Indian: These players under the capped or uncapped of an associate cricket nation to the neighbouring countries. It doesn’t matter where players fall under the category. An IPL team can only hold a maximum of eight foreign players only being allowed to field at one time.
IPL 2025 Mega Auction Retention Players Prediction
There are Retained players of the IPL 2025 Auction:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: for the other spots, RCB can take two approaches since they have several retention worthy players.
- Virat Kohli
- Mohammed Siraj
- Cameron Green
- Glenn Maxwell
Kolkata Knight Riders: this would leave them three choices for the last spot.
- Sunil Narine
- Andre Russell
- Shreyas Iyer
- Varun Chakaravarthy
Delhi Capitals: They have five straight forward contenders and they will be scratching their heads of the players to release into auction.
- Rishabh Pant
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Axar Patel
- Jake Fraser- McGurk
Punjab Kings: if PBKS head into the auction without any retention, it’s not surprising.
- Sam Curran
- Arshdeep Singh
- Shashank Singh
- Ashutosh Sharma
Rajasthan Royals: Rajasthan will be the one of most affected sides from this mega auction.
- Sanju Samson
- Jos Buttler
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Riyan Parag
Sunrisers Hyderabad: there are more retention worthy players than spots available.
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- Abhishek Sharma
- T Natarajan
- Nitish Kumar Reddy
Chennai Super Kings: they might be conversing around but the retention dynamic could leave CSK.
- Ruturaj Gaikwad
- Shivam Dube
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Matheesha Pathirana
Lucknow SuperGiants: at the moment, their only definite retention.
- KL Rahul
- Nicholas Pooran
- Marcus Stonis
- Mayank Yadav
Gujrat Titans: their players want to keep through retention and buying players.
- Shubman Gill
- Sai Sudharsan
- Mohammed Shami
- Rashid Khan
Mumbai Indians: they will retain three players.
- Hardik Pandya
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Rohit Sharma