Bhuvneshwar Kumar emerged as the most costly participant bought within the early bidding on day two of the IPL 2025 public sale in Jeddah, with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) shopping for him for INR 10.75 crore (US$ 1.28 million approx.).
Quick bowlers had been in excessive demand with Deepak Chahar going to Mumbai Indians (MI) for INR 9.25 crore ($1.10 million approx.), Akash Deep to Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) for INR 8 crore ($0.95 million approx.), Mukesh Kumar to Delhi Capitals (DC) for INR 8 crore ($0.95 million approx.), pace-bowling allrounder Marco Jansen to Punjab Kings (PBKS) for INR 7 crore ($0.83 million approx.), and Tushar Deshpande to Rajasthan Royals (RR) for INR 6.50 crore ($0.77 million approx.).
RCB and RR additionally went up towards one another for Indian spin allrounders, with RCB snapping up Krunal Pandya for INR 5.75 crore ($0.68 million approx.)and RR getting Nitish Rana for INR 4.20 crore ($0.50 million approx.).
Numerous gamers had been unsold within the early bidding, together with established IPL names like Shardul Thakur, Kane Williamson and Ajinkya Rahane. There have been no takers for Prithvi Shaw both, regardless of his base value being solely INR 75 lakh. On day one, David Warner and Jonny Bairstow had been among the many high-profile gamers to go unsold.
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