The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction has taken place on November 24 and 25, 2024 at Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. The two-day mega auction – which takes place once every three years – will see some renowned players go under the hammer as well, including Rishabh Pant, Mitchell Starc, KL Rahul, Jos Buttler and to name a few.

The 10 IPL franchises will take part in the auction, where a total of 577 players enter the bidding process as well. Among them, 367 will be Indian, while 210 are overseas as well. Moreover, each IPL team must have at least 18 players in their roster at the end of the auction as well.

Here are the players Delhi Capitals retained before the mega auction.

Before Auction

Retained Players: Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abhishek Porel

DC: 73 corere. Remaining slots – 21, Overseas – 7

During Auction

Mitchell Starc: Mitch Starc entered the auction with 2 crores. MI started the bidding for Starc and KKR too joined. The bid has touched 6 crore and DC joined in. KKR soon escalated the bid up to 9 crore but DC wanted to have the pacer and it crossed 10 crore soon. While it was almost sure for RCB, DC jumped back in at the last moment. And, he sold to DC for 11.75 crore.