Bhuvneshwar Kumar emerged as the most expensive player sold in the first bids of the second day of the IPL 2025 Auction in Jeddah, with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) buying him for INR 10.75 crore ($1.28 million approximately).
Fast bowlers were in high demand with Deepak Chahar going to Mumbai Indians (MI) for INR 9.25 crore ($1.10 million approx), Akash Deep to Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for INR 8 crore ($0.95 million approximately), Mukesh Kumar to Delhi Capitals (DC) for INR 8 crore ($0.95 million approx), bowling all-rounder Marco Jansen to Punjab Kings (PBKS) for INR 7 crore (US$0.83 million approximately), and Tushar Despande to Rajasthan Royals (RR) for INR 6.50 crore (US$0.77 million approximately).
RCB and RR also faced each other for the Indian spin allrounders, with RCB snapping up Krunal Pandya for INR 5.75 crore (US$0.68 million approximately) and RR receiving Nitish Rana for INR 4.20 crore (US$0.50 million approximately).
A large number of players were unsold in the initial bids, including established IPL names like Shardul Thakur, Kane Williamson and Ajinkya Rahane. There were no takers for Prithvi Shaw either, despite his base price being just INR 75 lakh. On the first day, David Warner and Jonny Bairstow were among the high-profile players left unsold.
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