IPL 2025 Official Squad Players List for All 10 Teams Post Auction

Rishabh Pant’s historic achievement in our official squad and players list for all 10 teams post the IPL 2025 Auction. 

‘A Historic Outing’ is how we would define the IPL 2025 Mega Auction as records tumbled on day 1 of the Auction. Be it the most expensive player sold in the history of the Auction in the form of Rishabh Pant, or the most expensive spinner at the Auction, or the most expensive Indian fast bowler at the Auction, all those records saw the light of the day during the historic gathering. 

A total of 72 players were sold on the Day 1 of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction with 49 being Indian players, and 23 being Overseas players. Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, and Venkatesh Iyer were the top 3 most expensive players at the Auction with Pant getting 27 Cr, Shreyas Iyer getting 26.75 Cr, and Venkatesh getting 23,75 Cr. Surprisingly, some of the biggest names like KL Rahul and Ishan Kishan were sold for a meagre 14 Cr and 11.25 Cr respectively. 

Overall, at the end of Day 1, Sunrisers Hyderabad spent the maximum amount at 114.85 Cr, and RCB spent the least amount at 89.35 Cr. From a team strength perspective, Gujarat Titans have the most 14 players in the squad, and MI and RCB have the least 9 players in the squad. With day 2 of the Auction scheduled for today, let’s in the meantime look at the complete official squad and players list for all 10 teams at the end of day 1 of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction. 

#1: Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings did a fantastic job – probably the best in the Auction. Not only were CSK able to buy some of their existing players at a reasonable price, but they were also able to get some new additions at a value price. While CSK got Conway and Rachin among existing buys, they got Tripathi, Ashwin, Khaleel, and Noor Ahmad among new buys. CSK spent the most on Noor Ahmad at 10 Cr.

IPL 2025 Official Squad and Players List for Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

Batters: Rahul Tripathi & Ruturaj Gaikwad

WKs: Devon Conway (o) & MS Dhoni

All-rounders: Rachin Ravindra (o), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube & Vijay Shankar

Bowlers: Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana (o) & Noor Ahmad (o)

Current Squad Strength: 12 // Purse Left: 15.6 Cr

#2: Delhi Capitals

Delhi Capitals hired 9 players so far in the Auction, but the best value for them will be KL Rahul for 14 Cr, who will most probably lead the side for them. DC were also after Shreyas Iyer for the Captaincy, but let go of him after seeing his humongous price during the Auction. Aside from KL Rahul, Delhi Capitals got the likes of Fraser-McGurk, Mitchell Starc, T. Natarajan, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, etc. 

IPL 2025 Official Squad and Players List for Delhi Capitals

Batters: Harry Brook (o), Jake Fraser-McGurk (o) & Karun Nair

WKs: Abhishek Porel, KL Rahul & Tristan Stubbs (o)

All-rounders: Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel & Sameer Rizvi

Bowlers: Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc (o), Mohit Sharma & T Natarajan

Current Squad Strength: 13 // Purse Left: 13.8 Cr

#3: Gujarat Titans

Gujarat Titans bought 9 players at the Auction so far with Jos Buttler being their most expensive player at 15.75 Cr. GT now have a set top order in the form of Buttler, Gill, and Sudharsan. Aside from Buttler, Gujarat Titans focused on buying bowlers after investing in the likes of Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, and Kagiso Rabada. 

IPL 2025 Official Squad and Players List for Gujarat Titans (GT)

Batters: Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan & Shubman Gill

WKs: Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler (o) & Kumar Khushagra

All-rounders: Mahipal Lomror, Nishant Sindhu & Rahul Tewatia

Bowlers: Kagiso Rabada (o), Manav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna & Rashid Khan (o)

Current Squad Strength: 14 // Purse Left: 17.5 Cr

#4: Kolkata Knight Riders

The KKR team made big headlines when they bid aggressively for both the Iyers – Shreyas and Venkatesh. While Shreyas Iyer went to Punjab Kings, KKR spent a humongous 23.75 Cr to hire Venkatesh Iyer. Having spent so much on Venkatesh Iyer, KKR didn’t do much shopping after that with another big buy being Anrich Nortje for 6.5 Cr. Aside from these two, KKR bought their existing players like Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, and Vaibhav Arora. 

IPL 2025 Official Squad and Players List for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

Batters: Angkrish Raghuvanshi & Rinku Singh

WKs: Quinton de Kock (o) & Rahmanullah Gurbaz (o)

All-rounders: Andre Russell (o), Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine (o) & Venkatesh Iyer

Bowlers: Anrich Nortje (o), Harshit Rana, Mayank Markande, Vaibhav Arora & Varun Chakravarthy

Current Squad Strength: 13 // Purse Left: 10.05 Cr

#5: Lucknow Super Giants 

The LSG team created history by buying Rishabh Pant at a record price of 27 Cr. While the bid for Risbah Pant went to 20.75 Cr, Delhi took the RTM option to buy back Rishabh Pant. But LSG in the final bid called 27 Cr, which Delhi Capitals just didn’t feel worth matching. With Pant as their top buy, LSG got some more solid players like David Miller, Avesh Khan, Mitchell Marsh, and Aiden Markram.

IPL 2025 Official Squad and Players List for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

Batters: Aiden Markram (o), Ayush Badoni & David Miller (o) 

WKs: Aryan Juyal, Nicholas Pooran (o) & Rishabh Pant

All-rounders: Abdul Samad & Mitchell Marsh (o)

Bowlers: Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan & Ravi Bishnoi

Current Squad Strength: 12 // Purse Left: 14.85 Cr

#6: Mumbai Indians 

Mumbai Indians didn’t do much shopping at the Auction with Trent Boult being their most expensive buy at 12.5 Cr. Aside from Boult, MI bought the likes of Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, and Karn Sharma. MI have 26.1 Cr available with them, and they still have to buy 7 more Overseas players. 

IPL 2025 Official Squad and Players List for Mumbai Indians (MI)

Batters: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav & Tilak Varma

WKs: Robin Minz

All-rounders: Hardik Pandya & Naman Dhir

Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Karn Sharma & Trent Boult (o)

Current Squad Strength: 9 // Purse Left: 26.1 Cr

#7: Punjab Kings

Punjab Kings look at the most aggressive team at the Auction in the first two sets having spent 18 Cr on Arshdeep Singh, 26.75 Cr on Shreyas Iyer, and 18 Cr on Yuzvendra Chahal. While PBKS spent huge on these three, they were lucky enough to have value buys in the form of Marcus Stoinis for 11 Cr, Glenn Maxwell for 4.2 Cr, and Nehal Wadhera for 4.2 Cr. 

IPL 2025 Official Squad and Players List for Punjab Kings (PBKS)

Batters: Shashank Singh & Shreyas Iyer

WKs: Prabsimran Singh & Vishnu Vinod

All-rounders: Glenn Maxwell (o), Harpreet Brar, Marcus Stoinis (o) & Nehal Wadhera

Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Vyshak Vijakumar, Yash Thakur & Yuzvendra Chahal

Current Squad Strength: 12 // Purse Left: 22.5 Cr

#8: Rajasthan Royals

Coming to Rajasthan Royals, their entire focus was to buy quality bowlers in the side, and they did succeed in getting them. RR bought all five bowlers so far in the Auction. The team spent 12.5 Cr on Jofra Archer, 5.25 Cr on Wanindu Hasaranga, 1.2 Cr on Akash Madhwal, 4.4 Cr on maheesh Theekshana, and 0.3 Cr on Kumar Kartikeya. RR now have 17.35 Cr left with them, and they still need to buy minimum 7 players.

IPL 2025 Official Squad and Players List for Rajasthan Royals (RR)

Batters: Shimron Hetmyer (o) & Yashasvi Jaiswal

WKs: Dhruv Jurel & Sanju Samson

All-rounders: Riyan Parag & Wanindu Hasaranga (o)

Bowlers: Akash Madhwal, Jofra Archer (o), Kumar Kartikeya, Maheesh Theekshana (o) & Sandeep Sharma

Current Squad Strength: 11 // Purse Left: 17.35 Cr

#9: Royal Challengers Bangalore

RCB looked clueless at the start of the Auction by backing out of many players after initially bidding for them. They had an option of using the RTM card on Mohammed Siraj, Glenn Maxwell, or Mahipal Lomror, but they refrained from using any. Overall, RCB’s best buys were Phil Salt for 11.5 Cr, Jitesh Sharma for 11 Cr, Liam Livingstone for 12.5 Cr, and Josh Hazlewood for 12.5 Cr. The likes of Faf du Plessis and Will Jacks are yet to come in the Auction, so RCB may use RTM cards on them. 

IPL 2025 Official Squad and Players List for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

Batters: Rajat Patidar & Virat Kohli

WKs: Jitesh Sharma & Phil Salt

All-rounders: Liam Livingstone

Bowlers: Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma & Yash Dayal

Current Squad Strength: 9 // Purse Left: 30.65 Cr

#10: Sunrisers Hyderabad

Finally, for Sunrisers Hyderabad, they spent the most, and bought 8 players at the Auction. SRH’s most of focus felt on buying bowlers, and they were able to have many quality bowlers in the side in the form of Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Adam Zampa, Rahul Chahar, and Simarjeet Singh. SRH now have only 5 Cr left in their Auction kitty, and they still have space for 4 Overseas players. 

IPL 2025 Official Squad and Players List for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

Batters: Abhinav Manohar, Atharva Taide & Travis Head (o)

WKs: Heinrich Klaasen (o) & Ishan Kishan

All-rounders: Abhishek Sharma & Nitish Reddy

Bowlers: Adam Zampa (o), Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami, Pat Cummins (o), Rahul Chahar & Simarjeet Singh

Current Squad Strength: 13 // Purse Left: 5.15 Cr

So, that’s about the squad and players list for all 10 teams at the end of Day 1 of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction. Watch out this space for more as we update the complete squad list after the end of Day 2 of the Auction. 

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