Inside the IPL 2025 Auction: Strategies and Surprises
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The list of “Elite Retained Players” is appended below:
| TEAM | PLAYER 1 | PLAYER 2 | PLAYER 3 | PLAYER 4 | PLAYER 5 | PLAYER 6 |
| Bengal Warriors | Vishwas S | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Bengaluru Bulls | _
| _ | _
| _ | _ | _ |
| Dabang Delhi K.C. | _
| _
| _
| _ | _ | _ |
| Gujarat Giants | Himanshu Singh | Himanshu | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Haryana Steelers | Rahul Sethpal | Vinay | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | Reza Mirbagheri | _
| _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Patna Pirates | Hamid Mirzaei Nader | Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Puneri Paltan | Abinesh Nadarajan | Gaurav Khatri | Pankaj Mohite | _ | _ | _ |
| Tamil Thalaivas | Moein Shafaghi | Himanshu | Sagar | _ | _ | _ |
| Telugu Titans | Shankar Bhimraj Gadai | Ajit Pandurang Pawar | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| U Mumba | Sunil Kumar | Rohit | Amir Mohammad Zafardanesh | Satish Kannan | _ | |
| UP Yoddhas | Sumit | Bhavani Rajput | Sahul Kumar | Surender Gill | Ashu Singh | _ |
The list of “Retained Young Players” is appended below:
| TEAM | PLAYER 1 | PLAYER 2 | PLAYER 3 | PLAYER 4 | PLAYER 5 |
| Bengal Warriorz | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Bengaluru Bulls | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Dabang Delhi K.C. | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Gujarat Giants | Parteek Dahiya | Rakesh | _ | _ | _ |
| Haryana Steelers | Shivam Anil Patare | Jaideep | Jaya Soorya NS | Vishal S. Tate | _ |
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | Abhishek KS | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Patna Pirates | Sudhakar M | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Puneri Paltan | Aslam Mustafa Inamdar | Mohit Goyat | Dadaso Shivaji Pujari | Aditya Tushar Shinde | _ |
| Tamil Thalaivas | Nitesh Kumar | Narender | Ronak | Vishal Chahal | Aashish |
| Telugu Titans | Ankit | Praful Sudam Zaware | _ | _ | _ |
| U Mumba | Mukilan Shanmugam | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| UP Yoddhas | Hitesh | Gagana Gowda HR | Shivam Chaudhary | _ | _ |
The list of “Existing New Young Players” is appended below:
| TEAM | PLAYER 1 | PLAYER 2 | PLAYER 3 | PLAYER 4 |
| Bengal Warriorz | Yash Malik | Manjeet | Deep Kumar | Sushil Kambrekar |
| Bengaluru Bulls | Chandranaik M | Lucky Kumar | Manjeet | Pankaj |
| Dabang Delhi K.C. | Sandeep | Mohit | _ | _ |
| Gujarat Giants | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Haryana Steelers | Sahil | Manikandan N | Vikas Ramadas Jadhav | _ |
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | Ronak Singh | Nitin Kumar | Sombir | Ritik Sharma |
| Patna Pirates | Ayan | Navdeep | Deepak | Sahil Patil |
| Puneri Paltan | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Tamil Thalaivas | Anuj Kaluram Gawade | Dhiraj Ravindra Bailmare | _ | _ |
| Telugu Titans | Sagar | Chetan Sahu | Nitin | Rohit |
| U Mumba | Ajit Chouhan | Deepak Kundu | Lokesh Ghosliya | Sunny |
| UP Yoddhas | Jayesh Vikas Mahajan | Gangaram | Sachin | Keshav Kumar |
For the auction, both domestic and overseas players will be divided into four categories: A, B, C, and D. Within each category, players will be further classified as ‘All-Rounders’, ‘Defenders’, and ‘Raiders’. The base prices for each category are:
- Category A: INR 30 Lakh
- Category B: INR 20 Lakh
- Category C: INR 13 Lakh
- Category D: INR 9 Lakh
Each franchise will have a total salary purse of INR 5 Crore available for its squad.
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