With KKR clinching the title in a thrilling finale against Sunrisers Hyderabad, the 2024 IPL season has wrapped up its 17th edition on a high note. As the cricketing world shifts its focus to the next big event, fans are eagerly awaiting updates on the IPL 2025 Mega Auction. This upcoming event is set to shape the teams for the new season, and with both domestic and international players in the mix, the excitement is already building.
Now that IPL 2024 is done and dusted, fans are turning their attention to the next season’s updates, especially the IPL 2025 Mega Auction. Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming Indian Premier League season, including the auction date and time, venue, live streaming details, key players to watch, and the celebration of the top 10 biggest cricket leagues in the world.
IPL 2025 Auction:
IPL 2025 Auction is not gonna be the ordinary Auction of the IPL History or it won’t be the ordinary IPL Auction. This year the 18th IPL 2025 season would see a mega-auction where an opportunity would be provided to franchises to create their own teams and only a limited option will be provided to retain their players.
This table provides a summary of the essential details and key points and IPL Auction 2025 Date and Time.
Key Point of IPL Auction | Details |
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IPL 2025 Mega Auction Date | Likely between December 2024 and February 2025 |
Time | 11:30 a.m. (local) and 1:00 p.m. (IST) |
Auction Format | Mega Auction held every three years |
Auction Duration | Expected to be a two-day event |
Retention Rules | Each team may retain only 3-4 players (31st July will be final announcement) |
Team Budget for Auction | INR 100 Crore per team; minimum of 75% (INR 75 Crore) must be spent on players |
Right to Match Card | Likely to be given to each franchise |
Player Categories | Capped Players (Indian internationals), Uncapped Players (Indian domestic), Non-Indian (capped/uncapped foreign) |
Expected Number of Matches | Proposed 84 matches for the next season, increasing to 94 by 2027 |
Squad Composition Rules | Minimum 18 players, maximum 25 players per team; no more than 8 overseas players, with only 4 allowed to field at once |
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IPL 2025: A Mega Auction to Unbox:
IPL 2025 won’t be the ordinary auction that took place back in 2023 and 2024. This year’s 18th season would be returning with a mega auction given the franchises limited option to retain their players and also provide them an opportunity to build a whole new team as well.
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Each franchise is likely to be given a Right to Match (RTM) card. This card allows a team to match the highest bid for one of their players and retain them. The RTM card is a strategic tool that can significantly impact a team’s composition and performance.
IPL 2025 Mega Auction Date
The IPL Auction is expected to take place in the months of December 2024 and February 2025. The Indian Premier League 2025 Mega-Auction is gonna be a two day process like the old seasons. These dates are expected dates which are estimated as per the previous seasons, like the IPL 2022 took place in the month of February while the next two seasons of 2023 and 2024 took place in the month of December. So as like the previous editions of the IPL, This 18th edition can also take place around the same time.
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IPL 2025: Venue
The venue for the upcoming 18th season of IPL is yet to be decided, with all the conversations and air around the IPL Auction and Mega Auction the fans are eagerly looking for the IPL venues. But like all seasons this edition will also be played at the home grounds of teams for at least one to three matches with shifting the grounds as per the teams. IPL 2025 is likely to be played in the same home and away format like IPL 2024.
Although there is no official confirmation for the IPL 2025 Venue. We will update you once the Venue details are made live to the public.
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IPL Auction 2025: Details
The IPL 2025 Season auction is going to be the mega auction that will ask the teams to release their team players in the IPL Auction 2025 to create a big pool of players to choose from while bidding on the players in the IPL Mega Auction.
Currently, teams are permitted to retain up to four players before each mega auction, a hallmark event of cricket history that occurs every three years. The most recent mega auction took place in 2022, with the next one scheduled for 2025.
Talking about the IPL Mega auction 2025, the IPL Chairman made a statement in the month of April 2024 that goes-
“We will have the mega auction for sure, where you get to choose three-four players and then you have a new team. That makes it more interesting and that format will continue,”
“Hopefully, the mega auction will be as big and as good as we have had earlier given newer talents coming in not from India and other countries. Teams like Afghanistan have also benefited as they could showcase their talent,”
IPL 2025 Mega-Auction: Retained Players List (Estimated)
Team | Retained Players |
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Virat Kohli, Mohammed Siraj, Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell |
Kolkata Knight Riders | Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Shreyas Iyer, Varun Chakaravarthy |
Delhi Capitals | Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Jake Fraser-McGurk |
Punjab Kings | Sam Curran, Arshdeep Singh, Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma |
Rajasthan Royals | Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag |
Sunrisers Hyderabad | Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abhishek Sharma, T Natarajan, Travis Head |
Chennai Super Kings | Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhoni |
Lucknow Super Giants | KL Rahul, Nicholas Pooran, Marcus Stoinis, Mayank Yadav |
Gujarat Titans | Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Mohammed Shami, Rashid Khan |
Mumbai Indians | Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma |
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Mentioned players are the ones that are expected to be retained by the franchise owners for the upcoming IPL 2025, before releasing their players to the Mega auction event which is likely to take place in the month of December 204 to february 2025. Although these players list is not official and is mere assumption as per the players playing history with the teams and their performance in the past IPL Seasons.
IPL 2025: Players Category
There are different categories of players for the IPL Auction, and in the IPL 2024 Auction these following categories can be seen.
Capped players: Players who are part of a country’s senior team in any format and have played at least for once.
Uncapped players: Domestic players who have played the first class cricket circuit but have never represented India.
Overseas, Non-Indian players: These players are part of international teams and 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.
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IPL Auction 2025: Live-Streaming Details
The IPL Auction 2025 will be available for fans on the digital platforms like Jio Cinema and one can also watch the official broadcasting of the IPL 2025 on the star sports network who currently is the official broadcaster of the IPL tournament.
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