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

The two-day mega auction for IPL 2025 broke new ground as player prices soared to unprecedented levels. With an intense focus on acquiring top-tier fast-bowling talent, the 10 franchises left no stone unturned,

Here is a look at the ideal Playing XIs for all 10 franchises after their IPL Auction 2025 performances in Jeddah across the two-day Mega Auction.

Chennai Supers Kings emerged as one of the most successful teams at the auction table as they signed star players Sam Curran, Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway for a combined price of just Rs 12.65 crore and also re-sign star spinner R Ashwin.

Explore the strategic missteps of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the IPL 2025 Mega Auction, focusing on their decisions.

Sunrisers Hyderabad, under ODI World Cup winning skipper Pat Cummins looked like a different outfit altogether. SRH played some aggressive brand of cricket which was rare in IPL cricket. The bulk of their scoring was done by their top order batsmen Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head.

The Indian Premier League is the most popular and richest domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in the world. The players from March to May are treated as rock stars. On Sunday, Rishabh Pant, India's swashbuckling wicketkeeper-batter,

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.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru made a late swoop to re-sign their former seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar for 107.5 million Indian rupees ($1.28 million) on the second day of the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction in Saudi Arabia on Monday.

Pant was the subject of a bidding war between the Lucknow Super Giants and his former side, the Delhi Capitals