IPL Auction 2025: Here is a look at the predicted XIs of all 10 teams. (BCCI)
IPL Auction 2025: A whopping 182 players were sold for Rs 639.15 crore across two days of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction spectacle at the Abadi Al Johar Arena in Jeddah on Monday.
Record-breaking bids were made as teams scrambled to reshape their squads for a fresh cycle. Rishabh Pant (Rs 27 crore), Shreyas Iyer (Rs 26.75 crore) and Venkatesh Iyer (Rs 23.75 crore) were the biggest gainers while 13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the youngest crorepati in IPL history with a bid from Rajasthan Royals.
As the teams look to put their best foot forward next season, here is a look at the ideal Playing XIs for all 10 franchises after their IPL Auction 2025 performances.
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IPL AUCTION – IDEAL PLAYING XIs OF ALL TEAMS
Predicted 11s – CSK, DC, GT, KKR, LSG
| CSK | DC | GT | KKR | LSG |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad (c) | KL Rahul | Shubman Gill (c) | Quinton de Kock | Aiden Markram |
| Devon Conway | Faf du Plessis/JFM | Jos Buttler | Sunil Narine | Mitchell Marsh |
| Rachin Ravindra | Harry Brook | B Sai Sudharsan | Angkrish Raghuvanshi | Rishabh Pant |
| Rahul Tripathi | Abishek Porel (wk) | Shahrukh Khan | Venkatesh Iyer | Nicholas Pooran |
| Shivam Dube | Tristan Stubbs | Glenn Philips | Ramandeep Singh | David Miller |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Ashutosh Sharma | Rahul Tewatia | Andre Russell | Abdul Samad |
| MS Dhoni | Axar Patel | Washington Sundar | Rinku Singh | Shahbaz Ahamad |
| R Ashwin | Kuldeep Yadav | Rashid Khan | Spencer Johnson | Avesh Khan |
| Khaleel Ahmed | Mukesh Kumar | Prasidh Krishna | Vaibhav Arora | Mayank Yadav |
| Noor Ahmad/Nathan Ellis | Mitchell Starc | Mohammed Siraj | Varun Chakarvarthy | Moshin Khan |
| Matheesha Pathirana | T Natarajan | Kagiso Rabada | Harshit Rana | Ravi Bisnoi |
Predicted 11s – MI, PBKS, RR, RCB and SRH
| MI | PBKS | RR | RCB | SRH |
| Rohit Sharma | Prabhsimran Singh | Sanju Samson | Virat Kohli | Travis Head |
| Will Jacks | Josh Inglis | Yashasvi Jaiswal | Phil Salt | Abhishek Sharma |
| Tilak Varma | Shreyas Iyer | Riyan Parag | Rajat Patidar | Ishan Kishan |
| Suryakumar Yadav | Nehal Wadhera | Nitish Rana | Liam Livingstone | Heinrich Klassen |
| Hardik Pandya | Glenn Maxwell | Dhruv Jurel | Krunal Pandya | Nitish Reddy |
| Naman Dhir | Marcus Stoinis | Shimron Hetmyer | Jitesh Sharma | Abhinav Manohar |
| Robin Minz | Shashank Singh | Wanindu Hasaranga | Tim David | Pat Cummins |
| Mitchell Santner | Marco Jansen | Maheesh Theekshana | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Rahul Chahar |
| Allah Ghazanfar | Harpreet Brar | Jofra Archer | Suyash Sharma | Harshal Patel |
| Trent Boult | Arshdeep Singh | Akash Madhwal | Yash Dayal | Mohammad Shami |
| Jasprit Bumrah | Yuzvendra Chahal | Sandeep Sharma | Josh Hazlewood | Adam Zampa |
