New Delhi. Record-breaking bidding took place in IPL auction 2025 on Sunday. When Rishabh Pant made the record of being the most expensive player, the bid on Venkatesh Iyer surprised everyone. Lucknow Super Giants bid Rs 27 crore for Rishabh Pant, which is the highest in IPL history. A total of 72 players were bid on the first day of the auction. A total bid of Rs 467.95 crore was placed on these players. Now the 10 franchises of IPL have a total of 132 slots vacant. There will be an auction for these again on Monday.
On the first day of IPL Auction 2025, names of more than 84 players came forward for bidding. But out of these, bids were placed only on 72 players. Of these 72 players, 24 are foreigners. RTM cards were used for four players. On the first day, 12 players remained unsold, that is, no one bid on them. Bidding can be done on all these unsold players on the second day of IPL 2025 auction i.e. on Monday.
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Record of most expensive player broken in 15 minutes
IPL Auction 2025 started with Arshdeep Singh. Punjab Kings, who released Arshdeep Singh a few days ago, included him again in their team. Punjab bid Rs 18 crore for Arshdeep Singh. The effect of starting with a big bid was that records started being made within a short time. Punjab Kings itself made a bid of Rs 26.75 crore on Shreyas Iyer. This was the biggest bid in IPL history. But this record was broken within 15 minutes.
Rishabh Pant broke Iyer's record
Star keeper-batsman Rishabh Pant broke Shreyas Iyer's record of being the most expensive player. Lucknow Supergiants bid Rs 27 crore for Rishabh Pant. With this Pant became the most expensive player in IPL history.
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Venkatesh Iyer surprised
The most surprising bid in the IPL 2025 auction was made on Venkatesh Iyer. Kolkata Knight Riders had released Venkatesh Iyer recently. But when the bidding started, KKR went after Venkatesh Iyer. Kolkata Knight Riders bid Rs 23.75 crore for Venkatesh Iyer. After this bid, Sanjay Bangar said that it seems KKR has bid on the wrong Iyer.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : November 24, 2024, 11:32 PM IST
