IPL 2025 mega auction took place in Jeddah on November 24 and 25 as 577 players were up for grabs. A huge amount of INR 639.15 crore was collectively spent by all 10 teams in the two-day event.
Delhi Capitals had earlier retained Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, and Abishek Porel. DC retained Mukesh Kumar through Right to Match in IPL 2025 auction.
In the auction, DC bagged the services of Mitchell Starc (Rs. 11.75 crore), KL Rahul (Rs. 14 crore), Harry Brook (Rs. 6.25 crore), Jake Fraser-McGurk (Rs. 9 crore), T. Natarajan (Rs. 10.75 crore), Karun Nair (Rs. 50 lakh), Sameer Rizvi (Rs. 95 lakh), Ashutosh Sharma (Rs. 3.80 crore), Mohit Sharma (Rs. 2.20 crore), Faf du Plessis (Rs. 2 crore), Mukesh Kumar (Rs. 8 crore), Darshan Nalkande (Rs. 30 lakh), Vipraj Nigam (Rs. 50 lakh), Dushmantha Chameera (Rs. 75 lakh), Donovan Ferreira (Rs. 75 lakh), Ajay Mandal (Rs. 30 lakh), Manvanth Kumar (Rs. 30 lakh), Tripurana Vijay (Rs. 30 lakh), Madhav Tiwari (Rs. 40 lakh).
DC squad after IPL 2025 mega auction:
Batters: Faf du Plessis, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Harry Brook, Ashutosh Sharma.
Wicketkeepers: KL Rahul, Abishek Porel, Donovan Ferreira.
All-rounders: Axar Patel, Tristan Stubbs, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay, Manvanth Kumar, Vipraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Darshan Nalkande.
Fast bowlers: Mukesh Kumar, Mohit Sharma, T Natarajan, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera.
Spinners: Kuldeep Yadav.
DC probable playing XI for IPL 2025:
Jack Fraser-McGurk, KL Rahul (WK), Abishek Porel, Harry Brook, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Ashutosh Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, T. Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar.
The next season of the Indian Premier League will start on March 14, 2025, with the title clash set for May 25.