WEB DESK: India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant becomes the most expensive player in Indian Premier League (IPL) history as Lucknow Super Giants sign him for ₹270 million on Monday.
Kolkata Knight Riders went all out for Venkatesh Iyer and roped him in for ₹230.75 million. Yuzvendra Chahal became the most expensive Indian spinner ever in IPL as PBKS picked him for ₹180 million. Earlier, Arshdeep Singh was the first player to be sold in the IPL 2025 Auction, that too by RTM card, at ₹18o million by PBKS.
The first day of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction has ended. A total of 84 players (72 sold and 12 unsold) went under the hammer.
Ishan Kishan will be donning the Sunrisers Hyderabad jersey as he was picked by the former champions for ₹110.25 million. In 2022, Mumbai Indians bought him back for ₹150.25 million but did not go the distance for him this time. MI was pretty late to join the bidding war and made their first buy in Trent Boult for ₹120.50 million.
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