DC, KKR IPL Auction 2025 Highlights: DC buy 19, KKR bid for 15 players

DC, KKR IPL Auction 2025 Highlights: Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals are two teams in the Indian Premier League that have similar demands from the auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on November 24 and 25. Both have released their captains and are in search for wicketkeepers too. While KKR released IPL 2024-winning skipper Shreyas Iyer, Delhi Capitals let go Rishabh Pant. However, the keeping duties might go to uncapped Abishek Porel, whom Delhi Capitals have retained.

DC bought 19, while KKR bid for 15 players during the auction.

Delhi Capitals retained players for IPL 2025: 

Capped players: KL Rahul ( ₹14 crore), Mitchell Starc ( ₹11.75 crore), Fraser-McGurk (9 crore), Harry Brook ( ₹6.25 crore), T Natarajan ( ₹10.75 crore), Faf du Plessis ( ₹2 crore), Mukesh Kumar ( ₹8 crore),

Uncapped players: Karun Nair ( ₹50 lakh), Sameer Rizvi ( ₹95 lakh), Ashutosh Sharma ( ₹3.8 crore), Mohit Sharma ( ₹2.20 crore), Darshan Nalkande ( ₹30 lakh), Vipraj Nigam ( ₹50 lakh), Dushmantha Chameera ( ₹75 lakh), Donovan Ferreira ( ₹75 lakh), Ajay Mandal ( ₹30 lakh), Manvanth Kumar ( ₹30 lakh), Tripurana Vijay ( ₹30 lakh), Madhav Tiwari ( ₹40 lakh)

KKR retained players for IPL 2025: 

Capped players: Venkatesh Iyer ( ₹23.75 crore), Quinton de Kock ( ₹3.6 crore), Rahmanullah Gurbaz ( ₹2 crore), Anrich Arno Nortje ( ₹6.5 crore),  Rovman Powell ( ₹1.50 crore), Manish Pandey ( ₹75 lakh), Spencer Johnson ( ₹2.8 crore), Ajinkya Rahane ( ₹1.5 crore), Moeen Ali ( ₹2 crore)

Uncapped players: Angkrish Raghuvanshi ( ₹3 crore), Vaibhav Arora ( ₹1.80 crore), Mayank Markande ( ₹30 lakh), Luvnith Sisodia ( ₹30 lakh), Anukul Roy ( ₹40 lakh), Umran Malik ( ₹75 lakh)