IPL 2025: How the IPL teams fared at the IPL Auction 2025
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After two days of intense bidding, the IPL teams look settled now. While teams like Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians who retained their core, didn’t need big match superstars to bolster their squad. It was IPL teams like Punjab Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants who went big on superstars like Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant.
Want to know what your favourite team’s squad looks like? Here’s a look.
Mumbai Indians
No. of players: 23/25 (8 overseas)
Squad:
Batters: Suryakumar Yadav (retained), Rohit Sharma (retained), Tilak Varma (retained), Bevan-John Jacobs
Wicketkeepers: Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Krishnan Shrijith
Allrounders: Hardik Pandya (pace; retained), Naman Dhir (spin; RTM), Will Jacks (spin), Raj Angad Bawa (pace), Vignesh Puthur (spin)
Spinners: Allah Ghazanfar, Karn Sharma, Mitchell Santner
Fast bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah (retained), Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar, Reece Topley, Satyanarayana Raju, Arjun Tendulkar, Lizaad Williams
Probable Playing XI:
Rohit Sharma, Will Jacks, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav, Robin Minz/ Ryan Rickelton, Naman Dhir, Hardik Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Allah Gazanfar/ Mitchell Santner, Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult
Chennai Super Kings
No. of players: 25/25 (7 overseas)
Squad:
Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad (retained), Rahul Tripathi, Shaik Rasheed, Deepak Hooda, Andre Siddarth
Wicketkeepers: Devon Conway, MS Dhoni (retained), Vansh Bedi
Allrounders: Ravindra Jadeja (spin; retained), Shivam Dube (pace; retained), R Ashwin (spin), Sam Curran (pace), Rachin Ravindra (spin; RTM), Vijay Shankar (pace), Anshul Kamboj (pace), Jamie Overton (pace), Kamlesh Nagarkoti (pace), Ramakrishna Ghosh (pace)
Spinners: Noor Ahmad, Shreyas Gopal
Fast bowlers: Matheesha Pathirana (retained), Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Choudhary, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis
Probable Playing XI:
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Shivam Dube, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana and Khaleel Ahmed
Royal Challengers Bangalore
No. of players: 22/25 (8 overseas)
Squad:
Batters: Virat Kohli (retained), Rajat Patidar (retained), Tim David, Manoj Bhandage, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chikara
Wicketkeepers: Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma
Allrounders: Liam Livingstone (spin), Krunal Pandya (spin), Swapnil Singh (spin), Romario Shepherd (pace), Jacob Bethell (spin), Mohit Rathee (spin)
Spinners: Suyash Sharma, Abhinandan Singh
Fast bowlers: Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal (retained), Rasikh Salam, Nuwan Thushara, Lungi Ngidi
Probable Playing XI:
Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Dar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazelwood and Yash Dayal
Sunrisers Hyderabad
No. of players: 20/25 (7 overseas)
Squad:
Batters: Travis Head (retained), Abhinav Manohar, Aniket Verma, Sachin Baby
Wicketkeepers: Heinrich Klaasen (retained), Ishan Kishan, Atharva Taide
Allrounders: Abhishek Sharma (spin; retained), Nitish Kumar Reddy (pace; retained), Kamindu Mendis (spin)
Spinners: Adam Zampa, Rahul Chahar, Zeeshan Ansari
Fast bowlers: Mohammed Shami, Pat Cummins (retained), Harshal Patel, Simarjeet Singh, Jaydev Unadkat, Brydon Carse, Eshan Malinga
Probable Playing XI:
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klassen, Abhinav Manohar, Sachin Baby, Pat Cummins, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar and Mohammad Shami
Kolkata Knight Riders
No. of players: 21/25 (8 overseas)
Squad:
Batters: Rinku Singh (retained), Rovman Powell, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Luvnith Sisodia, Ajinkya Rahane
Wicketkeepers: Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Allrounders: Venkatesh Iyer (pace), Andre Russell (pace; retained), Sunil Narine (spin; retained), Ramandeep Singh (pace; retained), Anukul Roy (spin), Moeen Ali (spin)
Spinners: Varun Chakravarthy (retained), Mayank Markande
Fast bowlers: Harshit Rana (retained), Vaibhav Arora, Anrich Nortje, Spencer Johnson, Umran Malik
Probable Playing XI:
Sunil Narine, Quinton de Kock/ Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora and Anrich Nortje
Punjab Kings
No. of players: 25/25 (8 overseas)
Squad:
Batters: Shreyas Iyer, Shashank Singh (retained), Nehal Wadhera, Harnoor Singh Pannu, Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash
Wicketkeepers: Josh Inglis, Vishnu Vinod, Prabhsimran Singh (retained)
Allrounders: Glenn Maxwell (spin), Marcus Stoinis (pace), Marco Jansen (pace), Harpreet Brar (spin), Azmatullah Omarzai (pace), Aaron Hardie (pace), Musheer Khan (spin), Suryansh Shedge (pace)
Spinners: Yuzvendra Chahal, Pravin Dubey
Fast bowlers: Arshdeep Singh (RTM), Lockie Ferguson, Yash Thakur, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Kuldeep Sen, Xavier Bartlett
Probable Playing XI:
Josh Inglis, Prabhsimran Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Shreyas Iyer, Glenn Maxwell, Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Kuldeep Sen, Arshdeep Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal
Lucknow Super Giants
No. of players: 24/25 (6 overseas)
Squad:
Batters: Aiden Markram, David Miller, Ayush Badoni (retained), Himmat Singh, Matthew Breetzke
Wicketkeepers: Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran (retained), Aryan Juyal
Allrounders: Adbul Samad (spin), Mitchell Marsh (pace), Shahbaz Ahmed (spin), Yuvraj Chaudhary (spin), Rajvardhan Hangargekar (pace), Arshin Kulkarni (Pace)
Spinners: Ravi Bishnoi (retained), M Siddharth, Digvesh Singh
Fast bowlers: Mayank Yadav (retained), Mohsin Khan (retained), Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav
Probable Playing XI:
Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Shahbaz Ahmed, Abdul Samad, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav
Delhi Capitals
No. of players: 23/25 (7 overseas)
Squad:
Batters: Jake Fraser-McGurk (RTM), Harry Brook, Tristan Stubbs (retained), Faf du Plessis, Karun Nair
Wicketkeepers: KL Rahul, Abishek Porel (retained), Donovan Ferreria
Allrounders: Axar Patel (spin; retained), Ashutosh Sharma (spin), Sameer Rizvi (spin), Darshan Nalkande (pace), Vipraj Nigam (spin), Ajay Mandal (spin), Manvanth Kumar (pace), Tripurana Vijay (spin), Madhav Tiwari (pace)
Spinners: Kuldeep Yadav (retained)
Fast bowlers: Mitchell Starc, Mukesh Kumar, T Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Dushmantha Chameera
Probable Playing XI:
Jake Fraser-McGurk, KL Rahul, Abishek Porel, Harry Brook, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Ashutosh Sharma, Sameer Rizvi, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc and T Natarajan
Rajasthan Royals
No. of players: 20/25 (6 overseas)
Squad:
Batters: Yashasvi Jaiswal (retained), Shimron Hetmyer (retained), Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi
Wicketkeepers: Sanju Samson (retained), Dhruv Jurel (retained), Kunal Singh Rathore
Allrounders: Riyan Parag (spin; retained), Nitish Rana (spin), Yudhvir Singh (pace)
Spinners: Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Kumar Kartikeya
Fast bowlers: Jofra Archer, Sandeep Sharma (retained), Tushar Deshpande, Akash Madhwal, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma
Probable Playing XI:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Maheesh Theekshana, Jofra Archer, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande/ Akash Madhwal and Fazalhaq Farooqi
Gujarat Titans
No. of players: 25/25 (7 overseas)
Squad:
Batters: Shubman Gill (retained), Sai Sudharsan (retained), Rahul Tewatia (retained), Sherfane Rutherford
Wicketkeepers: Jos Buttler, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat
Allrounders: Rashid Khan (spin; retained), Washington Sundar (spin), M Shahrukh Khan (spin; retained), Mahipal Lomror (spin), Nishant Sindhu (spin), Arshad Khan (pace), Jayant Yadav (spin), Glenn Phillips (spin), Karim Janat (pace)
Spinners: Manav Suthar, Sai Kishore
Fast bowlers: Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Gerald Coetzee, Gurnoor Brar, Ishant Sharma, Kulwant Khejroliya
Probable Playing XI:
Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler, Glenn Philips, Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan/ R Sai Kishore, Kagiso Rabada and Mohammad Siraj
So, IPL fans how does your favourite team stack against the others? Let us know in the comments.
