IPL Auction to be held in Jeddah on November 24 and 25

The IPL 2025 Player Auction will be held overseas for the second successive year after Jeddah in Saudi Arabia

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was chosen as the venue for the event scheduled to be held on November 24 and 25

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The BCCI confirmed the dates and the venue while also revealing that 1574 players have registered for the auction

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Out of that, 1165 are Indians with the rest (409) being overseas registrations, including 30 from Associate nations

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The mega auction will clash with the opening Test of India's tour of Australia for the Border Gavaskar Trophy.

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Following the retentions that were confirmed on October 31, a total of 204 slots is available for the ten teams to fill during the auction with each franchise allowed to have a maximum of 25 players in their squad

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Having retained just two uncapped players, Punjab Kings will enter the auction with the biggest purse (110.5 Cr). Rajasthan Royals will have the smallest purse (41 Cr) after they opted to retain six players with five of them being capped.

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