The IPL 2025 season will feature several new opening pairs after the mega auction, except maybe for Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders, and Sunrisers Hyderabad, who retain last season's openers. Key changes include Jos Buttler partnering with Shubman Gill for Gujarat Titans and Phil Salt with Virat Kohli for Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Let's take a look at five 'underpaid' players, who fetched a much lesser fee than expected at the IPL 2025 Mega Auction.

The Knight Riders aimed to re-sign many of the players who were part of their title-winning season, and managed to be successful as well. Look at the best five buys for KKR in the mega auction.

The IPL 2025 mega auction unfolded in Jeddah over two days on November 24 and 25, with teams picking from a shortlist of 577 players. Lucknow Super Giants made history, securing Rishabh Pant for a record-breaking bid of Rs 27 crore.

By Daisy Atino Earlier the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had asked all the IPL franchises to confirm their list of retained players by October 31

In the IPL 2025 mega auction, several veteran stars remained unsold, while others were picked for their base prices. Key highlights include Devdutt Padikkal's return to RCB and KKR's acquisition of Ajinkya Rahane.

Lucknow Super Giants took some bold calls in the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, over two days. The Super Giants, one of the two franchises introduced in 2022, made the historic signing of Rishabh Pant after parting ways with KL Rahul.

Noor Ahmad (Rs 10 crore) has been CSK’s costliest buy at the IPL 2025 Mega Auction. CSK decided to bring Ravichandran Ashwin back to the franchise.

The heavy English flavour to RCB squad is provided by Livingstone, Bethell and Salt. Their superstar, Kohli, could be seen captaining the unit once again as RCB chase the elusive crown.