How much can the likes of Jasprit Bumrah and Virat Kohli get if they enter the IPL mega auction?
The last date to submit the retentions for IPL 2025 is October 31st 2024. The mega auction for IPL 2025 is expected to be in the last week of November 2024. The Indian Premier League is the biggest cricket league and one of the biggest sporting leagues in the world.
The IPL retentions and auction news/updates and rumours have taken over the cricketing fraternity. Especially, the Indian fans are waiting eagerly for the auction and the retention to see how their favourite franchises are looking ahead of the marquee event next year.
The IPL 2025 mega auction will be the biggest and best auction ever in the history of the IPL. The franchises have the highest purse ever in any auction and many big names are reported to prefer coming into the auction instead of continuing with their current respective franchises.
Reports are that Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant, the captain of the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders Shreyas Iyer. Even Gujarat Titans skipper Shubman Gill will be there in the auction. Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul will most probably be in the auction as well.
With such big developments ahead of the auction, it promises to be an exciting and the best one ever in the history of the tournament.
How much will Jasprit Bumrah and Virat Kohli fetch from the mega auction?
With such big names trying their luck in the auction, it’ll be quite interesting to see how much money Indian stars like Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah fetch if they put their name in the auction.
According to reports, if Jasprit Bumrah comes in the auction he’ll get the highest big ever in the IPL history. He can easily get INR 30 crores or more. The current highest player in the IPL is Australian pacer Mitchell Starc (INR 24.75 Crores). Bumrah is better than Starc and a proper match-winner. Teams will look to go to any extent for the Indian pacer.
Similarly, if Virat Kohli comes into the auction then he’s expected to get around INR 25 Crores easily. He’s the highest run-scorer in the history of the tournament and has been scoring runs consistently for ages now in the IPL. He’s electric in the field as well and not to forget his experience of playing the game all these years.
It’ll be interesting to see who are the other names coming in the IPL 2025 mega auction. But one thing is for sure, this auction will be the most important one in IPL history.