Although teams retained their top players, several surprising releases stood out, including big names like Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Jos Buttler, and Mitchell Starc.
IPL 2025 Mega Auction in Jeddah: Surprising Player Releases and Key Details
The IPL 2025 mega auction is set to take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, marking only the second time the event will be held on foreign soil. Scheduled for November 24 and 25, this two-day extravaganza will feature 574 players (366 Indians and 208 foreigners) as all 10 teams vie for top talent. Teams were allowed to retain up to six players via retention or the Right To Match (RTM) option. While most franchises held on to their best players, several big names—Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Jos Buttler, and Mitchell Starc—were among the surprise releases.
1. Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Released Players: Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner, Rachin Ravindra, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ajay Mandal, Maheesh Theekshana, Deepak Chahar, Mukesh Choudhary, Shaik Rasheed, Avanish Rao Aravelly, Tushar Deshpande, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Sameer Rizvi, Simarjeet Singh, Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman, and Richard Gleeson.
2. Delhi Capitals (DC)
List of players released: Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Ishant Sharma, Vicky Ostwal, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed, Prithvi Shaw, Lalit Yadav, Gulbadin Naib, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar, Harry Brook,Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Shai Hope, Pravin Dubey, Rasikh Dar, Jhye Richardson, Sumit Kumar, Swastik Chhikara, Lizaad Williams
3. Gujarat Titans (GT)
List of players released: Kane Williamson, Mohammed Shami, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Umesh Yadav, Abhinav Manohar, Azmatullah Omarzai, Gurnoor Brar, David Miller, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Kartik Tyagi, Manav Suthar, Spencer Johnson, Sandeep Warrier, B R Sharath, Robin Minz, Sushant Mishra
4. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
List of players released: Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Suyash Sharma, Phil Salt, Venkatesh Iyer, Gus Atkinson, Jason Roy, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, K S Bharat, Mitchell Starc, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Allah Ghazanfar, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain
5. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
List of players released: K L Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Quinton de Kock, David Willey, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, M Siddharth, Amit Mishra, Mark Wood, Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Shivam Mavi, Marcus Stoinis, Yudhvir Singh, Shamar Joseph, K Gowtham, Arshin Kulkarni, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Ashton Turner, Matt Henry, Mohd Arshad Khan
6. Mumbai Indians (MI)
List of players released: Ishan Kishan, Shams Mulani, Gerald Coetzee, Tim David, Dewald Brevis, Piyush Chawla, Mohammad Nabi, Akash Madhwal, Arjun Tendulkar, Nehal Wadhera, Kumar Kartikeya, Harvik Desai, Luke Wood, Romario Shepherd, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Shivalik Sharma, Kwena Maphaka
7. Punjab Kings (PBKS)
List of players released: Arshdeep Singh, Liam Livingstone, Matthew Short, Jitesh Sharma, Atharva Taide, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Chris Woakes, Sikandar Raza, Shivam Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Vidwath Kaverappa, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Tanay Thyagarajann, Prince Choudhary, Harshal Patel, Rilee Rossouw, Harpreet Bhatia
8. Rajasthan Royals (RR)
List of players released: Jos Buttler, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Trent Boult, Kunal Rathore, Adam Zampa, Donovan Ferreira, Avesh Khan, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger, Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj, Prasidh Krishna
9. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
List of players released: Mohammed Siraj, Faf du Plessis, Anuj Rawat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Akash Deep, Karn Sharma, Glenn Maxwell, Himanshu Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mahipal Lomror, Saurav Chauhan, Reece Topley, Rajan Kumar, Will Jacks, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh
10. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
List of players released: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Abdul Samad, Sanvir Singh, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Mayank Agarwal, T Natarajan, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Glenn Phillips, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Wanindu Hasaranga, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan
