Punjab Kings co-owner and Bollywood star Preity Zinta was spotted during day two of the Indian Premier League auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. — Photo courtesy IPL

Ten Indian Premier League teams collectively spent nearly $75.72 million to acquire 182 players during a two-day auction that concluded on Monday in Jeddah. While prominent Indian players secured million-dollar contracts, Australian cricketing icon David Warner remained unsold, thus missing out on the IPL 2025 roster. Notably, six out of the top ten highest-paid players in the auction are Indian nationals. Here is the list of the top ten highest-paid players: Rishabh Pant (IND) - $3.20 million - Lucknow Super Giants; Shreyas Iyer (IND) - $3.17 million - Punjab Kings; Venkatesh Iyer (IND) - $2.81 million - Kolkata Knight Riders; Arshdeep Singh (IND) - $2.13 million - Punjab Kings; Yuzvendra Chahal (IND) - $2.13 million - Punjab Kings; Jos Buttler (ENG) - $1.87 million - Gujarat Titans; KL Rahul (IND) - $1.65 million - Delhi Capitals; Jofra Archer (ENG) - $1.48 million - Rajasthan Royals; Trent Boult (NZL) - $1.48 million - Mumbai Indians; Josh Hazlewood (AUS) - $1.48 million - Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

The newly assembled IPL squads post-auction are as follows:

Mumbai Indians: Batters: Suryakumar Yadav (retained), Rohit Sharma (retained), Tilak Varma (retained), Bevan-John Jacobs; Wicketkeepers: Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Krishnan Shrijith; All-rounders: Hardik Pandya (pace; retained), Naman Dhir (spin; RTM), Will Jacks (spin), Raj Angad Bawa (pace), Vignesh Puthur (spin); Spinners: Allah Ghazanfar, Karn Sharma, Mitchell Santner; Fast bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah (retained), Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar, Reece Topley, Satyanarayana Raju, Arjun Tendulkar, Lizaad Williams.

Chennai Super Kings: Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad (retained), Rahul Tripathi, Shaik Rasheed, Deepak Hooda, Andre Siddarth; Wicketkeepers: Devon Conway, MS Dhoni (retained), Vansh Bedi; All-rounders: Ravindra Jadeja (spin; retained), Shivam Dube (pace; retained), R Ashwin (spin), Sam Curran (pace), Rachin Ravindra (spin; RTM), Vijay Shankar (pace), Anshul Kamboj (pace), Jamie Overton (pace), Ramakrishna Ghosh (pace); Spinners: Noor Ahmad, Shreyas Gopal; Fast bowlers: Matheesha Pathirana (retained), Khaleel Ahmed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Mukesh Choudhary, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Batters: Virat Kohli (retained), Rajat Patidar (retained), Tim David, Manoj Bhandage, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chikara; Wicketkeepers: Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma; All-rounders: Liam Livingstone (spin), Krunal Pandya (spin), Swapnil Singh (spin), Romario Shepherd (pace), Jacob Bethell (spin), Mohit Rathee (spin); Spinners: Suyash Sharma, Abhinandan Singh; Fast bowlers: Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal (retained), Rasikh Salam, Nuwan Thushara, Lungi Ngidi.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Batters: Travis Head (retained), Abhinav Manohar, Aniket Verma, Sachin Baby; Wicketkeepers: Heinrich Klaasen (retained), Ishan Kishan, Atharva Taide; All-rounders: Abhishek Sharma (spin; retained), Nitish Kumar Reddy (pace; retained), Kamindu Mendis (spin); Spinners: Adam Zampa, Rahul Chahar, Zeeshan Ansari; Fast bowlers: Mohammed Shami, Pat Cummins (retained), Harshal Patel, Simarjeet Singh, Jaydev Unadkat, Brydon Carse, Eshan Malinga.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Batters: Rinku Singh (retained), Rovman Powell, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Luvnith Sisodia, Ajinkya Rahane; Wicketkeepers: Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz; All-rounders: Venkatesh Iyer (pace), Andre Russell (pace; retained), Sunil Narine (spin; retained), Ramandeep Singh (pace; retained), Anukul Roy (spin), Moeen Ali (spin); Spinners: Varun Chakravarthy (retained), Mayank Markande; Fast bowlers: Harshit Rana (retained), Vaibhav Arora, Anrich Nortje, Spencer Johnson, Umran Malik.

Punjab Kings: Batters: Shreyas Iyer, Shashank Singh (retained), Nehal Wadhera, Harnoor Singh Pannu, Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash; Wicketkeepers: Josh Inglis, Vishnu Vinod, Prabhsimran Singh (retained); All-rounders: Glenn Maxwell (spin), Marcus Stoinis (pace), Marco Jansen (pace), Harpreet Brar (spin), Azmatullah Omarzai (pace), Aaron Hardie (pace), Musheer Khan (spin), Suryansh Shedge (pace); Spinners: Yuzvendra Chahal, Pravin Dubey; Fast bowlers: Arshdeep Singh (RTM), Lockie Ferguson, Yash Thakur, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Kuldeep Sen, Xavier Bartlett.

Lucknow Super Giants: Batters: Aiden Markram, David Miller, Ayush Badoni (retained), Himmat Singh, Matthew Breetzke; Wicketkeepers: Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran (retained), Aryan Juyal; All-rounders: Adbul Samad (spin), Mitchell Marsh (pace), Shahbaz Ahmed (spin), Yuvraj Chaudhary (spin), Rajvardhan Hangargekar (pace), Arshin Kulkarni (Pace); Spinners: Ravi Bishnoi (retained), M Siddharth, Digvesh Singh; Fast bowlers: Mayank Yadav (retained), Mohsin Khan (retained), Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav.

Delhi Capitals: Batters: Jake Fraser-McGurk (RTM), Harry Brook, Tristan Stubbs (retained), Faf du Plessis, Karun Nair; Wicketkeepers: KL Rahul, Abishek Porel (retained), Donovan Ferreria; All-rounders: Axar Patel (spin; retained), Ashutosh Sharma (spin), Sameer Rizvi (spin), Darshan Nalkande (pace), Vipraj Nigam (spin), Ajay Mandal (spin), Manvanth Kumar (pace), Tripurana Vijay (spin), Madhav Tiwari (pace); Spinners: Kuldeep Yadav (retained); Fast bowlers: Mitchell Starc, Mukesh Kumar, T Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Dushmantha Chameera.

Rajasthan Royals: Batters: Yashasvi Jaiswal (retained), Shimron Hetmyer (retained), Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi; Wicketkeepers: Sanju Samson (retained), Dhruv Jurel (retained), Kunal Singh Rathore; All-rounders: Riyan Parag (spin; retained), Nitish Rana (spin), Yudhvir Singh (pace); Spinners: Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Kumar Kartikeya; Fast bowlers: Jofra Archer, Sandeep Sharma (retained), Tushar Deshpande, Akash Madhwal, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma.

Gujarat Titans: Batters: Shubman Gill (retained), Sai Sudharsan (retained), Rahul Tewatia (retained), Sherfane Rutherford; Wicketkeepers: Jos Buttler, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat; All-rounders: Rashid Khan (spin; retained), Washington Sundar (spin), M Shahrukh Khan (spin; retained), Mahipal Lomror (spin), Nishant Sindhu (spin), Arshad Khan (pace), Jayant Yadav (spin), Glenn Phillips (spin), Karim Janat (pace); Spinners: Manav Suthar, Sai Kishore; Fast bowlers: Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Gerald Coetzee, Gurnoor Brar, Ishant Sharma, Kulwant Khejroliya.

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