The IPL 2025 public sale, held on November 24 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, witnessed a number of distinguished gamers experiencing vital reductions of their contract values in comparison with earlier seasons.
Whereas the large information was across the hefty report charges for Rishabh Pant (27 crores to Lucknow Tremendous Giants) and Shreyas Iyer (26.75 crores to Punjab Kings), a number of large gamers touted to go large within the public sale additionally bought a significant pay minimize.
Right here we check out a few of them from the IPL 2025 public sale.
1. KL Rahul
- Earlier Contract: Lucknow Tremendous Giants (₹17 crore)
- New Contract: Delhi Capitals (₹14 crore)
KL Rahul, a constant performer within the IPL, was launched by Lucknow Tremendous Giants forward of the 2025 public sale. Delhi Capitals acquired him for ₹14 crore, marking a ₹3 crore lower from his earlier contract.
Rahul was one of many gamers anticipated to go for a whopping sum of cash, with RCB strongly backed to deliver him again for a 3rd stint. Nonetheless, surprisingly, RCB selected to not go large on Rahul and Delhi Capitals pouched the Indian star for an inexpensive price.
This discount in his value may very well be as a consequence of his efficiency within the 2024 season, the place he scored 520 runs, however at a strike price of 136.13, together with his public spat with Sanjeev Goenka changing into the toast of frontline headings in newspapers.
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2. Liam Livingstone
- Earlier Contract: Punjab Kings (₹11.5 crore)
- New Contract: Royal Challengers Bangalore (₹8.75 crore)
English all-rounder Liam Livingstone, recognized for his explosive batting, noticed his contract worth lower by ₹2.75 crore.
RCB secured his companies for ₹8.75 crore, down from the ₹11.5 crore he earned with Punjab Kings. Components influencing this pay minimize may embrace his performances dropping within the final IPL season.
Nonetheless, together with his all-round skillsets, he stays an excellent abroad decide and there’s a bit of followers who imagine RCB bought an ideal participant as substitute for Glenn Maxwell at an inexpensive price.
3. Glenn Maxwell
- Earlier Contract: Royal Challengers Bangalore (₹11 crore)
- New Contract: Punjab Kings (₹4.2 crore)
Glenn Maxwell himself skilled a big pay minimize, together with his new contract at Punjab Kings valued at ₹4.2 crore—a discount of ₹6.8 crore from his earlier take care of RCB.
RCB selected to not train the RTM possibility for Maxwell and the Australian returned for an additional stint at Punjab, having performed for them a protracted whereas again.
The substantial lower in Maxwell’s pay replicate issues franchises have round his inconsistent performances and up to date type. That stated, Maxwell coils nonetheless be a massively influential abroad participant even this upcoming season.
4. Rahul Tripathi
- Earlier Contract: Sunrisers Hyderabad (₹8.5 crore)
- New Contract: Chennai Tremendous Kings (₹3.4 crore)
Indian batter Rahul Tripathi’s transfer to Chennai Tremendous Kings got here with a pay minimize of ₹5.1 crore. His new contract is valued at ₹3.4 crore, down from the ₹8.5 crore he obtained from Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Whereas Tripathi’s aggressive strokeplay made him common in T20s, the emergence of fairly a number of younger Indian expertise final season who may replicate the identical pushed the older Tripathi down the pecking order for a number of franchises.
CSK, recognized for backing skilled gamers, went after Tripathi with the administration at CSK having beforehand labored with him at Rising Pune Supergiant.
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5. Ishan Kishan
- Earlier Contract: Mumbai Indians (₹15.25 crore)
- New Contract: Sunrisers Hyderabad (₹11.25 crore)
Wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan, who was a high-profile signing for Mumbai Indians, noticed his contract worth lower by ₹4 crore.
Sunrisers Hyderabad acquired him for ₹11.25 crore to pack into an already crowded batting line-up. This pay minimize is a big blow to Kishan, who has fallen out of favour with the Indian crew as properly throughout codecs.
Whereas MI pursued him for a bit within the IPL 2025 public sale on day one, they ultimately settled for the likes of Robin Minz because the wicketkeeper batter with SRH including Kishan as one other robust possibility of their top-order that already has Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma.
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