IPL 2025 Auction Day 2: Bhuvneshwar Kumar biggest buy of Day 2, 13-year-old Suryavanshi creates history

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Right, Mallika Sagar has taken her place at the auction table, the IPL trophy to one side and the box of bails with players' names on it on the other. Here we go then!

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: All right just 10 under 10 minutes to go now. Some very interesting names coming up early on today.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Capped batters will go under the hammer first today:

Mayank Agarwal

Faf du Plessis

Glenn Phillips

Rovman Powell

Ajinkya Rahane

Prithvi Shaw

Kane Williamson

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: All right about half an hour to go for the second day of bidding to start and so no surprises that we are starting to see franchise representatives stream into the room at the Abady Al Johar Arena in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: AB de Villiers says that RCB might just go for Will Jacks as an RTM option over Faf du Plessis because of the extra skill he provdes with the ball and the obvious age factor.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: AB de Villiers is part of the coverage today and when asked by Abhinav Mukund on whether he thinks Virat Kohli will return as captain for RCB, he says that he already knows who is going to be in that position.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: The Jio Cinema coverage has started and Eoin Morgan is of the opinion that Will Jacks will be the one to look out for. He also says that how much Sam Curran fetches will depend on when he comes up. If he comes up early, he might go for a biggie.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: As stated earlier, RCB go in with the highest remaining purse today. Secomnd are Mumbai Indians and third, despite being arguably busiest yesterday, are Punjab

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: The MI head coach says that they arerebeing as patient as needed. "When we saw the list of players, that it’s two halves to this auction. So we knew that if we’re doing this route, we have to be patient. There’s another 400 or more players on the list. So we could pick and choose and there’s a lot of talent that we’re going to pick wisely.

"At the end of the day, the auction is not just for the players that are in the auction and the purses that we have, it’s to the players that we retain, the value that we put into those players. To be in that situation where we are in the top 3 in purses going into day 2 and at the same time we secured nine slots in our playing XI that gives us a lot of comfort in how we want to execute."

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: There were quite a few instances of a player's price being bumped by a dramatic margin after the RTM card was used. In fact, that is how Rishabh Pant ended up becoming a 27 crore sale.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Punjab Kings was the first IPL team for whom Glenn Maxwell played for more than a season. He was with them for four years from 2014 to 2017 and then for one season in 2020/21.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Now Trent Boult is about 3 years old than the last time he played for MI but he ism also teaming up now with a Bumrah who seems utterly invincible at the moment.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: MI are sitting pretty but there is no doubt they need an opening partner for Rohit Sharma. They didn't really chase Ishan Kishan but they did give good chase for Quinton de Kock before pulling out. Apart from this, they might also need a couple of lower middle order bats and a spinner or two along with a couple of pacers as well. Don't be surprised if they go all out for Krunal Pandya.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Well India have blasted Australia out of the park in Perth and it is a record win for them against their BGT rivals. They have beaten Australia by 295 runs, their biggest margin of victory in a Test in the country.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Faf Du Plessis is plying his trade at the Abu Dhabi T10 at the moment where he smashed 76 in 26 balls last night. He was asked about where he could go in the auction today.

"The game keeps surprising us. We saw some serious scores this year in T20 cricket with 260, 270, so anything is possible with the guys, the way that they play these days," he said.

"Yeah, I'm still very motivated for my own personal games. So if you're motivated to keep improving and making sure that your performance is always at a level where you're competing amongst the great players of the world, I still have that drive within myself to do that, and I'll push that for as long as that drive is there. So, for the time being, mentally I'm still fresh, and from a physical point of view, I still feel very motivated and fresh as well."

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Ricky Ponting is a former player himself but he was quite clear that while players need to be protected, teams also have to be guarded against those that exploit loopholes to their advantage.

"No, no, (I'm) very comfortable," said Ricky Ponting about the rules. "When our first pick last year, for personal reasons, wasn't able to join the IPL, and your whole auction strategy for the rest of the auction went completely out of the window. So, I mean, the personal reasons, the injury stuff, that is all still there, obviously, and it needs to be, because the players need some protection as well. But, it's just so important that the players understand what investment the teams are making in them.

"It's a big investment that we, as coaches or as team owners, are making. And one false move in the auction can bring you undone for three or four years, and if that's because someone doesn't turn up, then I think what they brought in with the two-year ban is a great way to ensure that when the players put their name in, that they're committed for that period of time," Ponting further said.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Some of the biggest buys yesterday also seem like obvious candidates to captain their teams. Shreyas Iyer for Punjab Kings, Rishabh Pant for Lucknow Super Giants and Venkatesh Iyer for Kolkata Knight Riders. It also seems pretty obvious that KL Rahul will be leading Delhi Capitals next season.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Gujarat Titans: Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Jos Buttler, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Nishant Sindhu, Mahipal Lomror, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: 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.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Punjab Kings: Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Nehal Wadhera, Harpreet Brar, Vishnu Vinod, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head, Mohammad Shami, Harshal Patel, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Atharva Taide, Abhinav Manohar, Simarjeet Singh.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Kolkata Knight Riders: Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Anrich Nortje, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Lucknow Super Giant: Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal, Liam Livingstone, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Mumbai Indians: Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Karn Sharma.

IPL 2025 Auction LIVE Updates: All right let's take a look at how each team shape up now after Day 1. Starting with CSK.

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Rachin Ravindra, R. Ashwin, Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmad, Vijay Shankar.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: KKR CEO Venky Mysore said that Venkatesh had given them an “ultimatum”. "They've proven on the field what they can do. You saw in a championship year, and one year we went to the final as well, in 2021. He (Venkatesh) was highly instrumental and terrific guy in the team. He had clearly given us an ultimatum that, 'If you don't pick me, I will be very sad'. So we didn't want him to be sad, and we're also very happy," said Mysore.

"For us it was about trying to keep our core. We've kept six players and brought 2-3 players back from last year. that was always the kind of thinking and as far as he (Venkatesh) is concerned we definitely did't want to find ourselves in a situation where we may not be able to bing him back," Venky Mysore said.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: RCB go in with the biggest purse at INR 30 crore. Whether they actually do something with it or not is the biggest question though.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Robin Uthappa was tearing his hair out in the broadacasters' studio after RCB made absolutely no acquisitions from the marquee set.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: They made the most expensive buy in IPL history to bring in Rishabh Pant. Other very handy acquisitions are David Miller, Mitch Marsh and Avesh Khan. They bought the woefully out of form Aiden Markram at base price and if he finds his feet by the time the 2025 season comes around, that could turn out to be the bargain of the auction.

Players bought: Rishabh Pant (27 Cr), David Miller (7.5 Cr), Aiden Markram (2 Cr), Mitchell Marsh (3.4 Cr), Avesh Khan (9.75 Cr), Abdul Samad (4.2 Cr), Aryan Juyal (30 lakh)

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: RR had retained six players and so were a relaxed bunch during the auction. They didn't seem too interested in stretching their purse, going big only for Jofra Archer and no one else.

Players bought: Jofra Archer (12.5 Cr), Wanindu Hasaranga (5.25 Cr), Maheesh Theekshana (4.40 Cr), Akash Madhwal (1.20 Cr), Kumar Kartikeya (30 Lakh)

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: It was largely misses for RCB on Day 1. They didn't commit to any of the big bids that they were making despite coming in with the second biggest purse. In fact they failed in seven bids before landing their first signing in Liam Livingstone. They didn't compete with KKR for Venkatesh Iyer all the way and finally, they didn't use RTM for Mohammed Siraj or Glenn Maxwell for reasons best known only to them. Or perhaps not even to them.

Players bought: Phil Salt (INR 11.50 Cr), Jitesh Sharma (INR 11 Cr), Liam Livingstone (INR 8.75 Cr), Josh Hazlewood (INR 12.50 Cr), Rasikh Dar (INR 6 Cr), Suyash Sharma (INR 2.60 Cr)

Players bought: Ishan Kishan (INR 11.25 Cr), Mohammed Shami (INR 10 Cr), Harshal Patel (INR 8 Cr), Rahul Chahar (INR 3.2 Cr), Adam Zampa (INR 2.4 Cr), Abhinav Manohar (INR 3.2 Cr), Simarjeet Singh (INR 1.5 Cr), Atharva Taide (INR 30 lakh)

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Most of CSK's money was spent on getting their former players back, regardless of whether they played in yellow last season or 10 years ago. They did get a major new talent in Yuzvendra Chahal and he will now team up with Ravindra Jadeja and Ravi Ashwin. CSK also splurged on Afghanistan spinner Noor Ahmad. Needless to say, there will be some spinning wickets at the Chepauk next season.

Players bought:Noor Ahmad (10 Cr), Ravichandran Ashwin (9.75 Cr), Devon Conway (6.25 Cr), Khaleel Ahmed (4.80 Cr), Rachin Ravindra (4 Cr), Rahul Tripathi (3.40 Cr), Vijay Shankar (1.20 Cr)

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: GT did some good business, most notably in the Marquee Set where they added Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada and Mohammed Siraj, all of whom fit into segments that already had good players.

Players bought: Jos Buttler (15.75 Cr), Mohammad Siraj (12.25 Cr), Kagiso Rabada (10.75 Cr), Prasidh Krishna (9.5 Cr), Mahipal Lomror (1.7 Cr), Nishant Sindhu (30 L), Kumar Khushagra (65L), Anuj Rawat (30L), Manav Suthar (30L)

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: They came in with the biggest purse by some distance and they were the first to break the record for most expensive acquisition by getting Shreyas Iyer, who they insist is not assured to be their captain yet. Of course we all believe them *wink wink*.

Players bought: Shreyas Iyer (26.75 Cr), Nehal Wadhera (4.20 Cr), Vishnu Vinod (95 L), Marcus Stoinis (11 Cr), Glenn Maxwell (4.20 Cr), Yuzvendra Chahal (18 Cr), Harpreet Brar (1.50 Cr), Arshdeep Singh (18 Cr), Vijaykumar Vyshak (1.80 Cr), Yash Thakur (1.60 Cr)

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: KKR did make attempts at getting back Shreyas Iyer and Mitchell Starc but they just didn't have a purse big enough for it. They however did go all out for Venkatesh Iyer.

Players bought: Angkrish Raghuvanshi (3 Cr), Quinton de Kock (3.60 Cr), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (2 Cr), Venkatesh Iyer (23.75 Cr), Mayank Markande (30 L), Anrich Nortje (6.50 Cr), Vaibhav Arora (1.80 Cr)

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: MI were almost in snooze mode throughout the day, making bids here and there and well, almost driving prices up before pulling out really. Their major business was done in the retentions after all. However, they made a huge move late in the day by getting back Trent Boult.

Players bought: Trent Boult (12.5 Cr), Naman Dhir (5.25 Cr), Robin Minz (65 L), Karn Sharma (50 L)

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: All right, let's start looking at what each team did yesterday, starting with DC. KL Rahul and Michell Starc were the big names that they acquired for INR 14 crore and INR 11.75 crore respectively.

Players bought on Day 1:Mitchell Starc (11.75 Cr), KL Rahul (14 Cr), Harry Brook (2 Cr), Jake Fraser-McGurk (9 Cr, RTM), T Natarajan (10.75 Cr), Karun Nair (50 lakh), Sameer Rizvi (95 lakh), Ashutosh Sharma (3.80 Cr), Mohit Sharma (2.20 Cr)