Other Indian players with a maximum base price of INR 2 crore are Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, Venkatesh Iyer, Avesh Khan, Ishan Kishan, Mukesh Kumar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Prasidh Krishna, T Natarajan, Devdutt Padikkal, Krunal Pandya, Harshal Patel. Arshdeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj and Umesh Yadav.
Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan, which went unsold in the last auction, were listed at a base price of INR 75 lakh.
Mitchell Starc, who became the most expensive player in IPL history when he was acquired by KKR for INR 24.50 crore in 2024, is back in the auction pool with a base price of INR 2 crore. Jofra Archer is also included in the list at the same base price, having not played in the IPL since 2023 when he featured in only five games for Mumbai Indians due to injury issues.
Each franchise can form a squad of up to 25 players. This means there are 204 slots available in the auction after 46 players were retained from 10 teams last season.
Each team has a total fund of INR 120 crore to build their team, but after retention, Punjab Kings have the largest fund available in the mega auction (INR 110.5 crore), followed by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (INR 83 crore). It was. Delhi Capitals (INR 7.3 billion), Gujarat Titans (INR 69 crore), Lucknow Super Giants (INR 69 crore) Chennai Super Kings (INR 55 crore), Kolkata Knight Riders (INR 51 crore), Mumbai Indians (INR 45 crore), Sunrisers Hyderabad (INR 45 crore), Rajasthan Royals (INR 41 crore).
IPL allows teams to retain up to six players this time, out of which up to five can be restricted and up to two can be uncapped. The six players can be kept as-is prior to the auction, bought back in the auction using the Right-to-Match (RTM) option, or a combination of the two.
If a player has been purchased by another franchise in the mega auction, then in IPL 2024 the franchise the player belongs to can step in at the end of the bidding process and match the highest bid to buy the player back using the RTM option. Afterwards, the winning franchise will be given another opportunity to raise its bid to the desired amount. In this case, the player’s former team must match the increased bid to buy the player back.
With only two players, PBKS has the most RTM options in the auction (4). RCB, who have retained three players, have three while Delhi Capitals, who have retained four players, have two. Five teams – MI, Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Titans, SRH and LSG – have five players each and one RTM option in the auction, while RR and KKR have no RTM option.
Of course, there is no limit to the number of players a franchise can buy back if they place the highest bid during regular bidding at an auction.
