Steven Smith among top stars to go unsold in IPL 2025 Mega Auction

Established planetary and home breakout stars failed to find a franchise for themselves during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction connected Monday successful Jeddah.

It each started with uncapped Harnoor Singh being picked by the Punjab Kings astatine his basal terms of Rs 30 lakh, which was followed by Andre Siddarth going unsold.

Rajasthan Royals acted rapidly to enlistee Jammu and Kashmir's Yudhvir Charak for Rs 35 lakh aft brushing distant contention from Mumbai Indians.

Rishi Dhawan, who has been a fashionable sanction successful the cash-rich league portion featuring for PBKS, this clip went unsold. Along with Dhawan, Maharashtra lad Arshin Kulkarni besides failed to onshore a bid for himself.

The involvement successful franchises reignited successful the adjacent mates of picks with Ashwani Kumar to MI for Rs 30 lakh.
Akash Singh, who antecedently featured for the Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad this time, switched to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 30 lakh.

Gurjapneet Singh, a 6'3" left-arm seamer, became a Super King for Rs 2.2 crore. He entered the mega auction astatine Rs 30 lakh, and LSG became the archetypal to bid for Gurjapneet.

CSK jumped successful for Gurjapneet, who has been a nett bowler astatine the franchise. CSK and LSG were successful a tussle for the promising Tamil Nadu seamer.
After LSG backed out, Gujarat Titans came in, which was understandable owed to Ashish Nehra's emotion for left-arm seamers. CSK managed to outbid GT for Rs 2.2 crore.
GT besides ensured Haryana all-rounder Jayant Yadav's homecoming for his basal terms of Rs 75 lakh.

Former Tamil Nadu and existent Madhya Pradesh speedy Kuldeep Sen saw his bid commencement by CSK for his basal terms of Rs 75 lakh. PBKS jumped successful to vie with CSK for Kuldeep. PBKS took the pb astatine Rs 80 lakh and sealed the deal.
Coming to the excavation of planetary stars, Sri Lanka opener Pathum Nissanka failed to onshore a bid astatine Rs 75 lakh. West Indies opener Brandon King besides failed to spot a paddle up for him.

England speedy Gus Atkinson came successful asking for bids from Rs 2 crore but recovered nary involvement from immoderate franchise.
Steven Smith was arguably the biggest sanction connected Monday who went into the database of unsold players. PBKS were expected to marque a determination from him aft helium won the Major League Cricket with caput manager Ricky Ponting during their clip astatine Washington Freedom.
Zimbabwe's seasoned all-rounder Sikandar Raza, who featured for PBKS past season, came successful astatine Rs1.25 crore and went unsold.

West Indies premium pacer Alzarri Joseph, who past appeared for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, entered the auction astatine Rs 2 crore and went unsold.

New Zealand's Mitchell Santner became the latest entry, who moved from CSK to MI. Coming successful astatine the basal terms of Rs 2 crore, MI started the bidding for NZ's premier white-ball spinner. No different franchise showed interest, which confirmed his power to Wankhede.
Afghanistan's Fazalhaq Farooqi, left-arm plaything bowler and powerplay specializer successful T20 format became a Royal with RR acquiring for his basal terms of Rs 2 crore.
MI recruited England's left-armer Reece Topley astatine Rs 75 lakh. MI opened the bidding for Topley, and that turned retired to beryllium the last bid for the English seamer. There was nary RTM involvement from RCB, which confirmed Topley becoming the latest summation to MI's squad.