IPL 2025 Auction: The suspense on IPL mega auction is over, know when and where the market for cricketers will be ready! – mega auction for ipl 2025 expected to be held in riyadh likely to be november 24 to 25

How was the retention of IPL?
A total of 46 players including all the teams have been retained for IPL 2025. There are 30 Indian and 10 foreign players in retention. Punjab Kings have the lowest retention in IPL, retaining only 2 players and they are going to fetch the biggest amount in the auction. Punjab will be eyeing to find a captain in the mega auction.
Due to retention in IPL, many big star players were not retained and now they are going to be auctioned. Among these players, the franchise can spend a lot of money on players like Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Jos Buttler and Glenn Maxwell.
Five teams are looking for a captain
There will be a total of five teams looking for a captain in the mega auction for IPL 2025. The first one in this is of Kolkata Knight Riders. KKR has not retained its captain Shreyas Iyer. Apart from this, Punjab Kings will also bid for the captain. In this list, Delhi Capitals, Lucknow Supergiants and Royal Challengers Bangalore also need a captain.