With KKR securing a title in a thrilling final against Sunrisers Hyderabad, the IPL 2024 season has concluded its 17th edition on a high. As the cricketing world now shifts its attention to the next major event, fans are eagerly awaiting updates on the IPL 2025 Mega Auction. This event will be crucial in shaping the teams for the upcoming season, with both domestic and international players adding to the growing anticipation.
Now that IPL 2024 is done and dusted, fans are focusing on the upcoming season’s developments, particularly the IPL 2025 Mega Auction which is going to be the 18th edition of IPL. Here’s a comprehensive guide you need to know about the upcoming Indian Premier League season including the auction date and time, venue, live streaming details, retained players list, and more.
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IPL 2025 Auction
The IPL 2025 Auction is not gonna be an ordinary Auction of the IPL history or it won’t be the ordinary IPL Auction. The IPL 2024 was a mini-auction while IPL 2025 will be a mega auction. Each team will have a limited number of retention options with the remaining players going back to the auction pool.
This table provides you important details and key points related to the IPL 2025 Auction Date and Time.
| Key Point of IPL Auction | Details |
|---|---|
| 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 the 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 |
IPL Retention Rules
IPL Retention Rules/Policy – The Players’ Retention policy is an important component of the Indian Premier League. In 2018 IPL franchises were permitted to retain up to 5 players. In 2022 we saw this number reduced to four so that new franchises select players from a larger talent pool.
IPL 2025: A Mega Auction to Unbox
The IPL 2025 Auction will be unlike the regular auctions held in 2023 and 2024. The 18th season will feature a mega-auction, giving franchises limited options to retain their players while also allowing them the chance to build an entirely new team.
Each franchise is likely to be given a Right to Match (RTM) card, enabling them to match the highest bid for one of their players and retain that player. The RTM card is a strategic tool that can significantly influence a team’s composition and performance.
IPL 2025 Mega Auction Date
The Indian Premier League 2025 Auction is likely to be a two-day 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.
IPL 2025: Venue
The venue for the upcoming 18th season of IPL is yet to be decided, With all conversations and air around the IPL Auction and Mega Auction the fans are eagerly looking for the IPL venues. IPL 2025 is likely to be played in the same home and away format as IPL 2024, while certain teams played each other once and others squared off twice in that season, all the teams might lock horns against each other two times in the course of the competition in IPL 2025.
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.
IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Retained Players List
| Team | Retained Players |
|---|---|
| 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 |
These above-mentioned players are the ones that are expected to be retained by the franchise owners for the upcoming IPL 2025, before releasing their players into the Mega Auction event. While this list od players is not official, it is based on assumptions and derived from their playing history with the teams and their performance in the previous IPL seasons.
IPL 2025 Players Category
There are three different categories of players for the IPL Auction as we have seen in the IPL 2024 auction include categories:
Capped Players: Players who have represented the country’s senior team in any format at once.
Uncapped Players: These are those Indian domestic players who are in the first-class circuit but have never represented India.
Non-Indian Players: These players belong to International teams and doesn’t matter where players fall under the category. An IPL team can hold a maximum of 8 foreign players but only being is only allowed to field a maximum of 4 at a time.
How many players will be allowed in the IPL 2025 Mega Auction?
There is no limit to the number of players listed at the IPL auction, with the number differing in 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 Rs. 551 crore.
IPL Auction 2025: Live-Streaming Details
The IPL Auction 2025 will be available for cricket enthusiasts on digital platforms like Jio Cinema and one can also watch the official broadcasting of the IPL 2025 on the Star Sports network which is currently an official broadcaster of the IPL tournament.
