One of the biggest events in the cricketing world – the Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction is all set to take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. After months of off-field strategizing and rigorous scouting, it will all be purely business as the 10 franchises look for the best possible team for the 2025 IPL season and beyond.

In total, 577 players including 367 Indians and 210 foreigners will be available for the upcoming season in the auction. Players will try their luck to fill the maximum 204 slots (70 foreigners). Out of the Indian players, 48 ​​are capped and the rest are uncapped players. While 197 capped foreigners and 12 uncapped foreigners will be at stake. This year, three players from associate countries will also try their luck.

The auction will begin with the first set of marquee players like Indian stars Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, and Shreyas Iyer. All three led their respective teams in the last IPL season. All three of these players were released before this season. The base price of Pant, Rahul, and Iyer is Rs 2 crore. It is being speculated that Pant could be one of the most expensive players in the history of the tournament. Delhi Capitals can use the Right-to-Match Card (RTM) for Pant.

The second set of marquee players includes the names of Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammad Shami, and Mohammad Siraj. At the same time, Mitchell Starc, Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone, David Miller, and Kagiso Rabada, who got the highest bid so far in the IPL auction, are the five foreign players in the two sets of the marquee list.

In the mega auction, a total of 82 players (after adding Jofra Archer) have registered themselves at a base price of Rs 2 crore. Among the other players, 27 players have registered themselves at a base price of Rs 1.5 crore, while 18 players are priced at Rs 1.25 crore, 23 players at Rs 1 crore, 92 players at Rs 75 lakh, eight players at Rs 50 lakh, five players at Rs 40 lakh and 320 players at Rs 30 lakh.

Available slots and purses for each franchise:

Punjab Kings will have a maximum purse of Rs 110.5 crore to fill 23 spots in their squad after another poor season for the franchise. Chennai Super Kings (Rs 55 crore), Gujarat Titans (Rs 69 crore), Lucknow Super Giants (Rs 69 crore), Mumbai Indians (Rs 45 crore) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (Rs 45 crore) will each have a maximum of 20 spots available to complete their squad.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Rs 83 crore) and Delhi Capitals (Rs 73 crore) will look to add 22 and 21 players to their portfolios, while Kolkata Knight Riders (Rs 51 crore) and Rajasthan Royals (Rs 41 crore) will have 19 slots available to build their squads.