IPL 2025: The IPL 2025 mega auction took place on November 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 577 players were named for the auction, 10 teams bought 182 players, in which Rs 639.15 crore was spent. Indian wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player in IPL history, bought by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 27 crore. At the same time, 13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi has become the youngest player to participate in IPL history, he was bought by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1.10 crore.

The franchisees have created a strong team through their wise buying in the auction. Many players remained unsold in the mega auction, some of these names were such that fans and cricket experts are quite surprised by their remaining unsold. Let us tell you about the top-5 big players who remained unsold in the IPL 2025 mega auction-

Top-5 big players who remained unsold in IPL 2025 mega auction-

david warner

Former Australian batsman David Warner is the highest run-scoring foreign player in IPL history. But no franchise showed interest in him in the IPL 2025 auction. He was seen playing for Delhi Capitals for the last three seasons. Talking about Warner’s IPL career, he has scored 6565 runs in 184 matches at an average of 40.52 and 139.77, which includes 4 centuries and 62 half-centuries. Under his captaincy, he made Sunrisers Hyderabad the champion in 2016.

Prithvi Shaw

Indian young batsman Prithvi Shaw remained unsold in the IPL 2025 auction. He was a part of Delhi Capitals since 2018, last season he scored 198 runs in 8 matches at an average of 24.75 and strike rate of 163.64. , Talking about Shaw’s IPL career, he has scored 1892 runs in 79 matches at an average of 23.95 and strike rate of 147.47, which includes 14 half-centuries.

kane williamson

New Zealand’s legendary batsman Kane Williamson also remained unsold in the IPL 2025 mega auction, his base price was Rs 2 crore. Williamson made his IPL debut in 2015 playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad and played for them for many years. He was a part of Gujarat Titans for the last two seasons of IPL. He has scored 2128 runs in 79 IPL matches at an average of 35.47 and strike rate of 125.62.

Shardul Thakur

No franchise showed interest in the mega auction on Indian player Shardul Thakur. He has taken 94 wickets in 95 IPL matches at an economy of 9.23 and scored 307 runs at a strike rate of 138.91. He was a part of Chennai Super Kings last season.

Mayank Agarwal

Indian player Mayank Agarwal also remained unsold in the IPL 2025 auction, his base price was Rs 1 crore. He was a part of Sunrisers Hyderabad last season. He has played 127 IPL matches, in which he has scored 2665 runs at an average of 22.78 and strike rate of 133.25.