In the ongoing Indian Premier League 2025 auction, former Kolkata Knight Rider skipper Shreyas Iyer has been bought by Punjab Kings for ₹26.75 crore in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah on Sunday.
Shreyas was the most expensive Indian player to have been bid in IPL history in the initial round of bidding. But within minutes, the record was broken when the former Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for a whopping ₹27 crore.
There was a fierce bidding between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals for Shreyas Iyer, who is the winning capital of IPL 2025 for KKR.
After being auctioned, Shreyas took to Instagram and thanked the PBKS owners.
Earlier, Mitchell Starc was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders for a price of ₹24.75 crore in IPL 2024 auctions.
Meanwhile, former Kolkata Knight Riders star bowler Mitchell Starc was bought by Delhi Capitals for ₹11.75 crore in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah on Sunday.
The former KKR skipper had set a timely reminder to all the IPL franchise on the eve of mega auction, as he scored third T20 century of his career to get Mumbai’s Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 campaign.
IPL stats for Shreyas Iyer:
In 115 matches, Shreyas Iyer has scored 3,127 runs at an impressive average of 32.24 and a strike rate of 127.48. Iyer has hit 21 half-centuries.
Base bidding price:
₹2 crore is the highest base price for a player in IPL 2025 mega auction with 81 players choosing to be in top bracket. There are two marquee sets too, consisting seven Indian players.
Marquee Set 1: Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Jos Buttler, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Mitchell Starc
Marquee Set 2: KL Rahul, Yuzvendra Chahal, Liam Livingstone, David Miller, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj.
A total of 577 names will be up for auction for 204 slots to fill. A total of ₹641.5 crores are in the kitty of 10 teams combined with Punjab Kings having the highest purse of ₹110.5 crore.
