IPL 2025 mega auction dates announced https://www.cricketwinner.com The mega auction for the Indian Premier League 2025 (IPL 2025) has been officially revealed along with its venue.  Tue, 05 Nov 2024 15:37:13 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html https://github.com/jpmonette/feed en Copyright © 2024 Cricket Winner. All Rights Reserved. <![CDATA[IPL 2025 mega auction dates announced]]> https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/ipl-2025-mega-auction-dates-announced/ https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/ipl-2025-mega-auction-dates-announced/ Tue, 05 Nov 2024 15:37:13 GMT

The mega auction for the Indian Premier League 2025 (IPL 2025) has been officially revealed along with its venue. 

October 31 was the deadline for the players’ retention before the mega auction. At the retention, ten teams retained a total of 46 players, while the maximum total number was available at 60. 

Jeddah will host the mega auction 

On Tuesday (November 5) night, the IPL governing council announced that the mega auction for the IPL 2025 will be organised on November 24 and 25. Jeddah in Saudi Arabia will host this auction. While the Indian cricketers will be busy for the five-match Test series opener against the hosts Australia, the mega auction dates are clashing with the third and fourth days of the Test series opener at Perth.  

It will be the second time that a foreign country hosting the IPL auction. Dubai hosted the IPL 2024 auction. 

More than 1500 players have registered their names for the mega auction

Players’ registration for the IPL 2025 mega auction was officially closed on November 4. A total of 1574 players will participate in the upcoming auction. Out of them, 1165 cricketers are Indians and the other 409 players are from overseas, Apart from 320 capped players and 1224 uncapped players, 30 remaining players are from Associate nations.  

Each of the ten teams can fill a maximum of 25 players for the IPL 2025, including a maximum number of eight overseas players. There are 204 names available to be filed in the upcoming two-day mega auction. 

Detail numbers of each category among the registered players for the IPL 2025 mega auction

  • Number of capped players: 320
  • Number of uncapped players: 1224 
  • Number of Associate players: 30

 

  • Number of capped Indian players: 48
  • Number of capped international players: 272
  • Number of uncapped Indian players who participated in previous IPL seasons: 152 players
  • Number of uncapped international players who participated in previous IPL seasons: 3
  • Number of uncapped Indian players: 965
  • Number of uncapped international players: 104 

IPL also revealed the number of registered players from each overseas country for the upcoming mega auction. South Africa, Australia, and England are the top three on this list.

Number of registered players from each overseas nation

Nation

Number of registered players

South Africa

91

Australia

76

England

52

New Zealand

39

West Indies

33

Afghanistan

29

Sri Lanka

29

Bangladesh

13

Netherlands

12

USA

10

Ireland

9

Zimbabwe

8

Canada

4

Scotland

2

Italy

1

UAE

1

 

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