Mistake by IPL female auctioneer Mallika Sagar! Delhi Capitals owners got furious, had to lose the match winner – IPL 2025 auctioneer Mallika Sagar makes blunder over Swastik Chikara DC vs RCB fight

In the mega auction of IPL 2025, 10 teams spent Rs 639.15 crore on 182 players in two days. The two-day auction in Jeddah witnessed a fierce battle for each player. Some such moments were also seen during the auction, which created controversy. Delhi Capitals owners were angered by a decision taken by Mallika Sagar, the first female auctioneer in IPL history.

Drama on the quote of Swastika Chikara
On the second day of the mega auction, there was controversy during the bidding on 19-year-old opener Swastik Chikara. RCB raised the initial paddle for him at a base price of Rs 30 lakh. It seemed like they bought the player without any competition. However, soon after, Delhi Capitals head coach Hemang Badani raised questions and said that his team had also picked up the paddle for Chikara, but the auctioneer did not see it.

Co-owner Kiran Grandhi got angry
Auctioneer Mallika Sagar admitted that she missed seeing the Delhi Capitals paddle out due to the fast pace of the auction. In such a situation, Chikara now belongs to RCB because as per the rules of the auction, once the paddle falls then it is considered as the last bid. Delhi Capitals co-owner Kiran Grandhi was not happy with the result and openly expressed his anger and disappointment over the incident.
47 sixes were hit in UP T-20 League
Swastik Chikara captains Meerut Mavericks in the UP T-20 League. He also hit 47 sixes along with 499 runs in the season. He was also the Orange Cap winner along with the Super Striker of the Season award. He even proved his captaincy ability by leading Mavericks to the title and emerged as a promising young talent.

Will Rahul be the next captain of the team?
Delhi Capitals retained Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Tristan Stubbs and Abhishek Porel. The team re-purchased Jack Fraser McGurk for Rs 9 crore, Mukesh Kumar for Rs 8 crore using RTM while spending Rs 14 crore on KL Rahul. There is full hope that Rahul will also be the next captain of the team. Delhi had also bet completely on Shreyas Iyer, but in the end Punjab Kings won.

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Delhi Capitals bought these players in the auctionMitchell Starc (11.75 crore), KL Rahul (14 crore), Jack Fraser-McGurk (9 crore) RTM, T. Natarajan (10.75 crore), Harry Brook (6.25 crore), Karun Nair (50 lakh), Sameer Rizvi (95 ) lakh), Ashutosh Sharma (3.80 crore), Mohit Sharma (2.20 crore), Faf du Plessis (2 crore), Mukesh Kumar (8 Crore), Darshan Markande (30 Lakh), Vipraj Nigam (50 Lakh), Dushmantha Chameera (75 Lakh), Donovan Ferreira (75 Lakh), Ajay Mandal (30 Lakh), Manwant Kumar (30 Lakh), Tripurana Vijay ( 30 lakh), Madhav Tiwari (40 lakh)