IPL 2025 auction was hosted in Jeddah on November 24 and 25 with a total of 577 players going under the hammer. The 10 teams collectively spent a huge amount of INR 639.15 crore over the two-day event.
Chennai Super Kings bought seven players on the opening day of the auction whereas their focus was on bagging uncapped players on the second day of the event.
Earlier, CSK had retained MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Matheesha Pathirana, and Shivam Dube before the IPL 2025 mega auction.
In IPL 2025 auction, CSK claimed the services of Devon Conway (Rs. 6.25 crore), Rahul Tripathi (Rs. 3.40 crore), Rachin Ravindra (Rs. 4 crore), R. Ashwin (Rs. 9.75 crore), Khaleel Ahmed (Rs. 4.80 crore), Noor Ahmad (Rs. 10 crore), Vijay Shankar (Rs. 1.20 crore), Sam Curran (Rs. 2.40 crore), Shaik Rasheed (Rs. 30 lakh), Anshul Kamboj (Rs. 3.40 crore), Mukesh Choudhary (Rs. 30 lakh), Deepak Hooda (Rs. 1.70 crore), Gurjapneet Singh (Rs. 2.20 crore), Nathan Ellis (Rs. 2 crore), Jamie Overton (Rs. 1.50 crore), Kamlesh Nagarkoti (Rs. 30 lakh), Ramakrishna Ghosh (Rs. 30 lakh), Shreyas Gopal (Rs. 30 lakh), Vansh Bedi (Rs. 55 lakh), Andre Siddarth (Rs. 30 lakh).
CSK squad for IPL 2025 after mega auction:
Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rahul Tripathi, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddharth, Shaikh Rasheed.
Wicketkeepers: MS Dhoni, Devon Conway.
All-rounders: Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Rachin Ravindra, R. Ashwin, Deepak Hooda, Jamie Overton, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran. Ramakrishna Ghosh.
Pacers: Matheesha Pathirana, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Gurjapneet Singh, Anshul Kamboj, Kamlesh Nagarkoti.
Spinners: Noor Ahmad, Shreyas Gopal.
CSK Predicted Playing XI:
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Matheesha Pathirana, Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmad.
The next season of the Indian Premier League will start on March 14, 2025, with the title clash set for May 25.