The 18th season of the Indian Premier League i.e. IPL to be played in the year 2025 will see many big changes in all the 10 teams. This change is also very confusing for the fans as many players who were seen playing with the same team from their debut season till IPL 2024 will be seen in another team’s jersey in the upcoming season. The biggest name in this is Team India’s star wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant, who was much discussed before the mega auction. Earlier there were expectations about Pant that Delhi Capitals would use RTM to re-induct him into the squad, but Lucknow Supergiants made a bid which forced them to back out. Now Pant Nawab will be seen in the jersey of city Lucknow franchise Lucknow Super Giants.
Rishabh Pant has become the most expensive player in IPL history
This time the IPL Mega Auction was held in the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on November 24 and 25 in which a total of 577 players were shortlisted. Among them, the first bidding was for the marquee players. In such a situation, everyone was waiting for Rishabh Pant to call his name. When the auctioneer called his name, the first bid came from Chennai Super Kings. After this, Lucknow Super Giants came into the fray and the value of Pant continued to rise. During this time CSK withdrew their move but RCB and then Sunrisers Hyderabad also tried to get him in their team but Lucknow Supergiants forced him to back down with a bid of Rs 20.75 crore.
From here Rishabh Pant was yet to become a part of Lucknow Super Giants in which Delhi Capitals decided to use RTM on him. After this Lucknow directly raised its final prize to Rs. 27 crores, to the surprise of all the franchisees and fans sitting there, Delhi again decided to release Pant.
Most expensive players in last three IPL auctions.
Lucknow Super Giants spent 22.7 percent of their purse on Rishabh Pant.
Lucknow Supergiants were looking for a player who can take up the responsibility of captaining their team well in the upcoming season of IPL and Rishabh Pant now seems to fit the bill perfectly. This time, all the teams were given a total purse of Rs 120 crore for the mega auction, with Lucknow spending 22.5 percent of its purse on bets. Lucknow retained 5 players before coming to the mega auction, leaving only Rs 69 crore in their purse and out of that they spent Rs 27 crore just to include Pant in their squad.
Lucknow Super Giants spent the most of their purse on Rishabh Pant.
If we look at the last three mega auctions of the IPL, when it was held in the year 2018, all the franchises were given a purse of Rs 80 crore, in which England’s star all-rounder Ben Stokes was bought by the Rajasthan Royals. 12.5 crore in which he spent 15.63 percent of his purse. In the 2022 mega auction, Ishan Kishan was bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs 15.25 crore, with all the franchises having a purse of Rs 90 crore at that time. In such a situation, Mumbai spent 16.94 percent of its purse on Ishan. In such a situation, Rishabh Pant has left all of them behind and set a benchmark that all the fans are waiting to see who will break it.
Ishan Kishan
Ben Stokes
Pant’s salary in ten years is Rs. 1.90 crore to Rs. 27 crores
Rishabh Pant made his IPL debut in the year 2016, the Indian cricket started a debate about Pant’s game as an aggressive wicketkeeper batsman, with him being seen as a replacement for Dhoni. In such a situation, in the year 2016, Pant was bought by the Delhi Daredevils team in the auction for Rs 1.90 crore. After this, in the next year too, Pant played for Delhi on the same salary. Ahead of the 2018 mega auction, Delhi Daredevils, who renamed their team Delhi Capitals, decided to retain Pant for Rs 8 crore. Ahead of the mega auction in 2022, Delhi Capitals doubled Pant’s salary to Rs 16 crore. Now if we look at Pant’s IPL salary in mega auction of year 2025, it is directly Rs. 27 crores, in which from the year 2016 to 2015 Rs. 25.10 crore has increased.
Rishabh Pant’s salary for every season since his IPL debut.
Rishabh Pant’s performance led to his IPL salary
If we look at the new players who came to IPL in the last decade, then Rishabh Pant is counted among the players who not only established themselves in this biggest T20 league of world cricket but also made their place in international cricket from here. If we look at Pant’s IPL performances in the last 5 years, there has been a steady improvement, including his captaincy of Delhi Capitals. In the year 2019, Pant scored 488 runs in 16 matches, in which his strike rate was 162.66. The 2020 IPL season was nothing special for Pant with the bat and he managed to score only 343 runs in 14 matches.
Rishabh Pant
In the IPL 2021 season, Pant once again managed to excel with the bat and scored 419 runs in 16 matches at an impressive average of 34.91. Pant scored 340 runs in the 2022 IPL season, while in the 2024 IPL season, in which he was fully fit and returned to the field almost a year and a half after being badly injured in a car accident, he played 13 matches and scored an average of 446 runs in which his The strike rate was over 150 and he also managed to score three half-centuries.
Rishabh Pant
Pant was the most expensive player in the last 5 IPL auctions.
The Indian Premier League holds one auction every year, with a mega auction held after three seasons and mini auctions in between. If we look at the auctions of the last 5 IPL seasons, Rishabh Pant has become the player who fetched the highest amount among all. In the mini auction held in the year 2021, Rajasthan Royals bought Chris Morris for Rs 16.25 crore. After this, in the mega auction held in the year 2022, Mumbai Indians bought Ishan Kishan for 15.25 crore rupees.
Most expensive player in last 5 seasons of IPL.
The Punjab Kings team shocked everyone by buying Sam Curran for Rs 18.5 crore in the 2023 mini auction, but Kolkata Knight Riders shocked everyone by spending Rs 24.75 crore for Mitchell Starc in the mini auction held a year later. Now, Lucknow Super Giants have spent Rs 27 crores for Rishabh Pant, becoming the most expensive player in IPL history.
Most expensive players of last 5 seasons of IPL.
Apart from Pant, Iyer also got Rs 26.75 crore in the mega auction of IPL 2025.
5 most expensive players in IPL 2025 season
Franchises spent a lot of money from their purses on Indian players in the mega auction this time, with Indian players dominating the top-3 most expensive players if seen. While Rishabh Pant Rs. 27 crores, while Shreyas Iyer got Rs. 26.75 crore less, who will be seen playing for Punjab Kings next season. Venkatesh Iyer, who played a key role in helping Kolkata Knight Riders win the title in the last IPL season, was again snapped up by KKR in the mega auction for Rs. Bought for 23.75 crores.
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