IPL 2025 mega auction was hosted by the BCCI in Jeddah on November 24 and 25. A total of 577 players went under the hammer in the auction, with all 10 franchises spending a whopping amount of Rs 639.15 crore in two days.
Punjab Kings broke the bank for Shreyas Iyer, who was roped in for a huge amount of INR 26.75 crore. Iyer will most likely lead PBKS in the next season of the IPL after he was released by KKR.
Before the IPL 2025 mega auction, PBKS decided to retain Prabhsimran Singh and Shashank Singh and thus had the biggest purse remaining for the auction.
PBKS bagged players like Arshdeep Singh (Rs. 18 crore), Shreyas Iyer (Rs. 26.75 crore), Yuzvendra Chahal (Rs. 18 crore), Marcus Stoinis (Rs. 11 crore), Glenn Maxwell (Rs. 4.20 crore), Nehal Wadhera (Rs. 4.20 crore), Harpreet Brar (Rs. 1.50 crore), Vishnu Vinod (Rs. 95 lakh), Vijaykumar Vyshak (Rs. 1.80 crore), Yash Thakur (Rs. 1.60 crore), Marco Jansen (Rs. 7 crore), Josh Inglis (Rs. 2.60 crore), Lockie Ferguson (Rs. 2 crore), Azmatullah Omarzai (Rs. 2.40 crore), Harnoor Pannu (Rs. 30 lakh), Kuldeep Sen (Rs. 80 lakh), Priyansh Arya (Rs. 3.80 crore), Aaron Hardie (Rs. 1.25 crore), Musheer Khan (Rs. 30 lakh), Suryansh Shedge (Rs. 30 lakh), Xavier Bartlett (Rs. 80 lakh), Pyla Avinash (Rs. 30 lakh), Pravin Dubey (Rs. 30 lakh) in IPL 2025 auction.
PBKS squad after IPL 2025 auction:
Batters: Shashank Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Harnoor Pannu, Musheer Khan, Pyla Avinash.
Wicketkeepers: Prabhsimran Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Josh Inglis
All-rounders: Suryansh Shedge, Harpreet Brar, Marco Jansen, Aaron Hardie, Azmatullah Omarzai, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Priyansh Arya, Praveen Dubey
Fast bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Yash Thakur, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Kuldeep Sen, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson
Spinners: Yuzvendra Chahal.
PBKS predicted playing XI:
Prabhsimran Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Shreyas Iyer, Glenn Maxwell, Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
The next season of the Indian Premier League will start on March 14, 2025, with the title clash set for May 25.
