The Indian Premier League opens its "mega-auction" later Sunday in Saudi Arabia with teams primed to splash out millions of dollars on world-class cricketers for the lucrative Twenty20 tournament.

Among the standout names are Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, and KL Rahul, part of the 12 marquee players. These three captains were released by their respective franchises ahead of the retention deadline.

A total of 12 marquee players, including Indian stars like Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul have created a lot of buzz within the cricket fraternity.

Legendary James Anderson has entered the auction at 42 years and 117 days, thus making him the oldest among the 577 final list of names. Bihar's 13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi is the youngest of the lot in the IPL 2025 mega auction.

Will there be a 25-crore buy? Following the record bids at the IPL 2024 mini auction by KKR and SRH to buy the Australian pair of Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins respectively, ther

The two-day auction beginning Sunday in Jeddah is the first cricketing event of this stature to be hosted in Saudi Arabia, a country with an under-served fanbase for the sport among millions of South Asian migrant workers.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction will take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, over two exciting days. Franchises will strategize and finalize their squads for the next edition of cricket's premier T20 tournament.

The Aussie fielders were also heard on stump mic reminding Rishabh Pant about the IPL auction. Even the verbals in the Border-Gavaskar Test series have an IPL flavour. For two days, the cricket world will be focused on Jeddah,

The IPL 2025 mega auction will take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on November 24 and 25. 204 spots are needed to be filled by 10 franchises while 577 players (210 overseas and 367 Indians) will be auctioned.