Star wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant on Sunday shattered IPL auction records, fetching a historic Rs 27 crore from Lucknow Super Giants. Shreyas Iyer

Having led KKR to the title last season, Shreyas Iyer joined Punjab Kings for ₹26.75 crores in the ongoing IPL Auction 2025, in Jeddah on Sunday. It was a mega-bidding war which saw KKR make the first bid of ₹2 crore,

The auction features 577 players vying for 204 spots, including 70 for overseas players. With fierce bidding and strategic moves by franchises, Day 2 promises more excitement and team-defining purchases.

Check the list of Indian players who triggered bidding war during the IPL auction and emerged as the most expensive player in IPL history

Rishabh Pant becomes the most expensive player in the history of the Indian Premier League as he joins Lucknow Super Giants for 27 crore (£2.54m).

While foreign players were the attraction in the auction, it was the Indian players who gathered headlines with Pant breaking the IPL record for most expensive player with a price tag of $3.2mn with Shreyas Iyer being the second-most expensive player with $3.

List of sold and unsold players at IPL 2025 mega auction in Jeddah, franchise-wise, including big names like K.L. Rahul and Jos Buttler.

This year, Rishabh Pant broke the record becoming the most expensive player of the tournament after Lucknow Super Giants bought him for Rs 27 crore on Day 1 of the auction.

Rishabh Pant's childhood coaches were proud of their ward as he became the most expensive player in IPL history.

Check Chennai Super Kings' full squad, players' salary, most expensive player, list of retained players ahead of IPL 2025 here