Cricket's commercial behemoth, the IPL, raised the bar once again, generating eye-popping bids for the likes of Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer besides providing the opportunity of a lifetime to first-timers including 13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi.

Legendary Australian opener David Warner was without a doubt the biggest name to go unsold during the IPL 2025 mega auction. The 38-year-old southpaw carries a stellar IPL legacy with 6565 runs at a strike rate of 140. He has won the prestigious Orange Cap (most runs in the season) thrice in his IPL career.

With the IPL 2025 mega auction in Jeddah done and dusted, here's how all the 10 teams look like ahead of the 2025 season of the Indian Premier League.

Mid-Day lists out a comprehensive team-wise list of players acquired by the end of the second and final day of the IPL 2025 mega auction

The 2024 IPL mega auction saw some aggressive bidding, record purchases and interesting trends and patterns over the course of the two days in Jeddah.

By Daisy Atino Earlier the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had asked all the IPL franchises to confirm their list of retained players by October 31

In the IPL 2025 mega auction, several veteran stars remained unsold, while others were picked for their base prices. Key highlights include Devdutt Padikkal's return to RCB and KKR's acquisition of Ajinkya Rahane.

Discover the worst buys at the IPL 2025 mega auction in Saudi Arabia. Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, and Venkatesh Iyer make history with 23-crore deals.

Despite being one of the finest death-overs pacers in the world and having a good Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season, Bangladesh’s left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman went unsold at the IPL 2025 mega auction.

Will there be a 25-crore buy? Following the record bids at the IPL 2024 mini auction by KKR and SRH to buy the Australian pair of Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins respectively, ther