The other marquee names are Buttler, Rabada, Arshdeep, Starc, Chahal, Livingstone, Miller, Shami and Siraj
Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer will be part of the first set of six marquee players to go up for bidding • BCCI
Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul, the three captains released by their franchises ahead of the retention deadline, will be among the 12 marquee players whose names will kick off the IPL 2025 auction, which will be held on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah.
Among the notable absentees from the auction shortlist of 574 players is the England quick Jofra Archer, who has recently returned to action following a long injury lay-off. Mumbai Indians (MI) splurged INR 8 crore (then USD 1.06 million approx) on Archer at the IPL 2022 auction even though he had just undergone elbow surgery and was not expected to be fit for that season. In the end, he played no games for Mumbai across two seasons before being released.
This is the first time since the 2018 auction that the marquee list has been split in two. Back then, there were 16 marquee players across the two sets. In the last mega auction in 2022, a single set of 10 marquee players kicked off proceedings.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Rajasthan Royals (RR), who have retained the maximum allowance of six players each, will not be able to use any right-to-match cards during the auction. Punjab Kings (PBKS) will have four RTMs at their disposal, while Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will have three, and Delhi Capitals (DC) two. Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Gujarat Titans (GT), Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Mumbai Indians (MI) will have only one RTM each.
The RTM option will allow teams to buy back players they released by matching the highest bid made for them. In this auction, the team making the highest bid will be allowed to increase their bid one final time, in which case the team using the RTM card will again have the option of matching the new bid to sign the player. (More auction rules explained here)
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