The IPL auction 2025, held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on November 24th and 25th was a spectacle of record-breaking bids and bold gambles. This years auction saw franchises spend aggressively, with a few deals labelled as potential overpays by fans and analysts alike.

The 10 teams build their squads through an auction. On Sunday, Rishabh Pant, India’s swashbuckling wicketkeeper-batter, became the most expensive player in the IPL’s 16-year history when the Lucknow Super Giants paid $3.2 million for his services. The auction price represents the player’s salary.

Cricket's commercial behemoth, the IPL, raised the bar once again, generating eye-popping bids for the likes of Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer besides providing the opportunity of a lifetime to first-timers including 13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi.

The ten IPL teams have started to take shape, but there's a long way to go yet. As we go from day one to day two of the IPL 2025 mega auction, here are some questions we have tried to answer. It might strike some as strange that a batter who has not played a T20I in almost a year should earn more than the likes of Jasprit Bumrah,

The 10 Indian Premier League teams splurged millions on players during a two-day auction to reset their squads for the 18th edition of the Twenty20 tournament. Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan also joined,

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction, which took place over two days in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, witnessed several record-breaking moments. The event, which concluded on November 25 (Monday),