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 Sunrisers Hyderabad retained before the mega auction.
Before Auction
Retained Players: Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head
SRH: 45 crore – Remaining Slots – 20, Overseas 5
During Auction
Mohammed Shami: KKR bid for Shami whose base price was INR 2 crore. CSK come in at INR 2.20 crore and the two teams went for the fast bowler.
KKR bid for INR 8.25 crore as well whereas Lucknow Super Giants have joined in with INR 8.50 crore. However, SRH came in with INR 10 crore and bought him.
Harshal Patel: Allrounder Harshal Patel went in the bids at the base price of 2 crore. However, SRH made the first move for Harshal. GT joined the bidding for Harshal as well and the bid went to 3 crore. The bid has touched 6 crore and SRH returned at 6.25 crore. While PBKS used their RTM, SRH hiked the price up to 8 crore and bought him as well.
Ishan Kishan: Ishan Kishan entered with a 2 crore base price. MI jumped into the action straightaway with PBKS too bidding for him. DC too joined soon and the bid went past 5 crore as well.
Soon it went past 10 crore as well and SRH too joined at 10.25 crore and eventually bought him for a massive 11.25 crore.
Rahul Chahar: He had a base price of INR 1 crore and SRH started the bidding for the legspinner. Mumbai Indians also jumped in. The bids went to INR 2 crore. Soon Mumbai backed out, but LSG entered the bid. However, SRH raised the bid to 3.20 crore and had the last laugh.
Adam Zampa: He had a base price of INR 2 crore. And, SRH joined in at the base price. Rajasthan Royals also joined but SRH came back at INR 2.40 crore and picked him up for INR 2.40 crore only.
Atharva Taide: He entered with a base price of 30 lakh and SRH bought him at that price as well.
Abhinav Manohar: He had a base price of 30 lakh. He was part of Gujarat Titans last season. RCB bid for him and CSK too joined. The bids soon went up to the 1 crore mark. RCB have backed out but Titans came in and held at INR 1.8 crore, but CSK returned at INR 1.90 crore. KKR too joined the bid but SRH bought Abhinav Manohar for INR 3.20 crore.
Simarjeet Singh: Delhi player Simarjeet Singh entered at 30 lakh. CSK and SRH entered the fray and SRH went ahead at 1.3 crore. CSK too were back at 1.4 crore but SRH bought him in the end for 1.5 crore.
Zeeshan Ansari: DC started the bid for the UP legspinner and SRH joined in to take it to INR 40 lakh as well. And Ansari will play for SRH as well.
Jaydev Unadkat: The Saurashtra captain entered with INR 1 crore. SRH bid for him and got him at base price.
Brydon Carse: SRH got him at his base price of 1 crore.
Kamindu Mendis: Kamindu Mendis entered at the base price of 75 lakh and was sold to SRH for 75 lakh
Aniket Verma: SRH got Aniket Verma at his base price of 30 lakh.
Eshan Malinga: SRH bought Malinga for 1.20 crore.
Sachin Baby: Sold to SRH for 30 lakh
Sunrisers Hyderabad Full Squad (Purse Remaining: Rs. 0.20 crore):
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, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Brydon Carse, Kamindu Mendis, Aniket Verma, Eshan Malinga, Sachin Baby.
