NEW ZEALAND: 24 players nominated

WEST INDIES: 22 players nominated

SRI LANKA: 19 players nominated
AFGHANISTAN: 18 players nominated

BANGLADESH: 12 players nominated

ZIMBABWE: 3 players nominated

IRELAND: 2 players nominated

UNITED STATES: 2 players nominated

SCOTLAND: 1 player nominated

Note: Pakistan players are prohibited from playing in the IPL

Of the 44 players in total that have so far been retained in the league, only eight are from outside of India.

Interestingly, only a dozen overseas players that nominated are yet to play for their nation — with Australia’s Ollie Davies and Josh Brown among the 12.

From a monetary perspective, 2 Crore (roughly $364,000 AUD) is the highest reserve price a player can have — a number that just over 14 per cent of the pool will have as their initial price.

A dozen Australians sit in that top echelon; namely Sean Abbott, Steve Smith, Spencer Johnson, Tim David, Josh Inglis, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell Mitch Marsh, David Warner and Mitchell Starc.

This will be the second auction hosted outside of India, with last year’s event held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

WHEN IS IT?

The 2025 IPL auction will take place on November 24 and 25, kicking off at 8:30pm (AEDT) both nights.

HOW CAN I WATCH?

The auction will be broadcast on Fox Sports, and will also be streamed on Kayo.

HOW DOES THE AUCTION WORK?

All 10 IPL franchises must fill their squads with 18 to 25 cricketers in their squad.

There is plenty of overseas talent for each of the 10 franchises to choose from, however only four of them can play in the starting XI of a team at any one time.

In the auction, marquee players will be presented on the table first in two sets of six players.

Following the selling of the top dozen players, the ‘capped’ players will then be put up for bidding based on their specialty (batter, different types of bowlers, all-rounders etc.).

‘Capped’ players are simply players who have represented their nation and are considered as actively competing at international level, with anyone who doesn’t meet this criteria considered ‘uncapped’.

Interestingly, not all 574 players at auction will be shown at auction, given the sheer number of nominations.

WHAT IS EACH PLAYER’S BASE PRICE?

Players were able to choose one of eight base prices, with the highest being INR 2 crore.

The other seven eligible price brackets are INR 1.5 crore, INR 1.25 crore, INR 1 crore, INR 75 lakhs, INR 50 lakhs, INR 40 lakhs and INR 30 lakhs.

EXCHANGE RATE EXPLAINED

1 crore = 10 million rupees. 10 million rupees = approx. $182.4k AUD

1 lakh = 100,000 rupees. 100,000 rupees = approx. $1,824 AUD

WHICH AUSTRALIANS ARE UP FOR AUCTION AND WHAT IS THEIR BASE PRICE?

There are 37 Australians who are up for grabs in Sunday’s auction, 14 of which are currently contracted with Cricket Australia and six who are without a state contract.

As previously mentioned, Pat Cummins and Travis Head are the only two Australians to be retained by their franchises amid the mega auction, and therefore will not be up for sale.

Collectively, the 37 base prices of each Australian player equates to just shy of $9 million AUD at $8,890,700.

It goes without saying that while not all 37 players will be selected, the collective amount of money paid to the Australian imports could easily exceed that number.

Below is a state-by-state breakdown of each player registered, as well as their base prices. Note that not all conversions will be the exact number stated, and are a rough (but mostly accurate) guide.

*Denotes a player contracted with Cricket Australia

NEW SOUTH WALES

Sean Abbott* — $364,000 AUD

Ollie Davies — $54,600 AUD

Ben Dwarshuis — $136,500 AUD

Josh Hazlewood* — $364,000 AUD

Chris Green — $182,000 AUD

Josh Philippe — $136,500 AUD

Tanveer Sangha — $136,500 AUD

Steve Smith* — $364,000 AUD

Mitchell Starc* — $364,000 AUD

Adam Zampa* — $364,000 AUD

QUEENSLAND

Xavier Bartlett* — $136,500 AUD

Ben McDermott — $136,500 AUD

Michael Neser — $136,500 AUD

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Alex Carey* — $182,000 AUD

Jake Fraser-McGurk — $364,000 AUD

Spencer Johnson — $364,000 AUD

TASMANIA

Nathan Ellis* — $227,500 AUD

Riley Meredith — $273,000 AUD

VICTORIA

Josh Brown — $54,600 AUD

Glenn Maxwell* — $364,000 AUD

Matthew Short — $136,500 AUD

Will Sutherland — $136,500 AUD

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Ashton Agar — $227,500 AUD

Hilton Cartwright — $136,500 AUD

Cooper Connolly — $136,500 AUD

Aaron Hardie* — $227,500 AUD

Josh Inglis* — $364,000 AUD

Mitchell Marsh* — $364,000 AUD

Lance Morris* — $227,500 AUD

Jhye Richardson* — $273,000 AUD

Ashton Turner — $182,000 AUD

UNCONTRACTED

Jason Behrendorff — $273,000 AUD

Tim David — $364,000 AUD

Daniel Sams — $273,000 AUD

Marcus Stoinis — $364,000 AUD

Andrew Tye — $136,500 AUD

David Warner — $364,000 AUD

WHO HAVE EACH FRANCHISE RETAINED SO FAR?

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS

Players retained (5): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni

DELHI CAPITALS

Players retained (4): Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs (overseas), Abishek Porel

GUJARAT TITANS

Players retained (5): Rashid Khan (overseas), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS

Players retained (6): Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine (overseas), Andre Russell (overseas), Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh

LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS

Players retained (5): Nicholas Pooran (overseas), Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni

MUMBAI INDIANS

Players retained (5): Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma

PUNJAB KINGS

Players retained (2): Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Sing

RAJASTHAN ROYALS

Players retained (6): Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma

ROYAL CHALLENGERS BENGALURU

Players retained (3): Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal

SUNRISERS HYDERABAD

Players retained (5) Heinrich Klaasen (overseas), Pat Cummins (overseas), Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head (overseas), Nitish Kumar Reddy

WAS ANYONE SURPRISINGLY NOT RETAINED?

Yes, there certainly are a few players not yet retained; much to the surprise of many.

The two big names not automatically taken by their franchise heading into 2025 are Indian stars Rishabh Pant (Delhi Capitals) and KL Rahul (Lucknow Super Giants).

Test wicketkeeper Pant was the Capitals’ top scorer in 2024, with 446 runs to his name — including three fifties at an average of 40.54; a remarkable return given his close kiss with death in recent years amid a horror car accident.

Rahul was also very stiff; going one better than Pant with 520 runs of his own with four half-centuries.

HOW MUCH MONEY DOES EACH FRANCHISE HAVE TO SPEND?

It might sound like a silly question to ask, given each team has the same salary cap — but given each side has retained a different number of players at different rates, it’s worth knowing.

With Punjab only retaining two players, they have far and away the most amount of money to spend come auction night with well over 100 crore at their disposal.

The maximum amount of money any team can spend is 120 crore, so the Kings have nearly a full payroll to work with.

A breakdown of each side’s salary for Sunday evening reads below, with the 10 teams collectively having $117.1 million to spend (641.5 crore):

Punjab Kings – INR 110.5 crore

Royal Challengers Bengaluru – INR 83 crore

Delhi Capitals – INR 73 crore

Gujarat Titans – INR 69 crore

Lucknow Super Giants – INR 69 crore

Chennai Super Kings – INR 55 crore

Kolkata Knight Riders – INR 51 crore

Mumbai Indians – INR 45 crore

Sunrisers Hyderabad – INR 45 crore

Rajasthan Royals – INR 41 crore