One-time IPL runners-up Delhi Capitals (DC) are dreaming of setting up a special team for IPL 2025, which could end their long wait for the trophy. 

Delhi Capitals started the IPL 2025 mega auction with a 73 crore purse remaining after official spending of INR 47 crore to retain four players, including three capped and one uncapped. 

Delhi Capitals bought KL Rahul, Mitchell Starc, and T. Natarajan for more than INR 10 crore. They used RTM for Jake Fraser-McGurk and Mukesh Kumar. Some of their other crucial buys were Faf du Plessis, Harry Brook, Mohit Sharma, etc. 

Pre Auction Retentions

(Capped)

Axar Patel (Indian): INR 16.50 Crore

Kuldeep Yadav (Indian): INR 13.25 Crore

Tristian Stubbs (South African): INR 10 Crore

(Uncapped)

Abhishek Porel (Indian): INR 4 Crore

Right-to-Match (RTM) card availability for the mega auction

2 capped players, or 1 capped + 1 uncapped player

Mega Auction Buys

KL Rahul (Indian): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 14 crore

Mitchell Starc (Australian): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 11.75 crore

T Natarajan (Indian): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 10.75 crore

RTM Jake Fraser-McGurk (Australian): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 9 crore 

RTM Mukesh Kumar (Indian): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 8 crore

Harry Brook (English): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 6.25 crore

Ashutosh Sharma (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 3.80 crore

Mohit Sharma (Indian): Base price INR 50 lakh – Bid won INR 2.20 crore

Faf du Plessis (South African): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 2 crore

Sameer Rizvi (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 95 lakh

Donovan Ferreira (South African): Base price INR 75 lakh – Bid won INR 75 lakh

Dushmantha Chameera (Sri Lankan): Base price INR 75 lakh – Bid won INR 75 lakh

Vipraj Nigam (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 50 lakh

Karun Nair (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 50 lakh

Madhav Tiwari (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 40 lakh

Manvanth Kumar (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 30 lakh

Tripurana Vijay (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 30 lakh

Darshan Nalkande (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 30 lakh

Ajay Mandal (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 30 lakh

Full Squad

Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abishek Porel, Mitchell Starc, KL Rahul, Harry Brook, Jake Fraser-McGurk, T. Natarajan, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Dushmantha Chameera, Donovan Ferreira, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari.

Best Playing XI

KL Rahul, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Faf du Plessis, Tristan Stubbs/Harry Brook, Abishek Porel, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel, Mitchell Starc, Mohit Sharma/Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, T. Natarajan