IPL 2025 Mega Auction: 5 teams are looking for a captain, leading to heavy bidding on these players including Iyer, Pant
IPL 2025 Mega Auction: England's Sam Curran, Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone, Harry Brook, Australia's David Warner, Steve Smith, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, and South Africa's Aiden Markram can also be claimed for the captaincy.
The mega auction of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 24 and 25 November. Earlier, all 10 teams have retained their important players. However, some franchises have released their captain. In such a situation, these teams will be looking for a captain in the mega auction.
Rajasthan Royals (RR), Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Mumbai Indians (MI), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Gujarat Titans (GT) have retained their respective captains. On the other hand, Delhi Capitals (DC), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) do not have captains. In such a situation, these teams will look for a captain in the mega auction.
Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant has already been released by the team management. On the other hand, the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders was Shreyas Iyer. The captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore was Faf du Plessis. On the other hand, Lucknow Super Giants' KL Rahul and Punjab Kings' Shikhar Dhawan. Dhawan has retired from all formats of cricket. In such a situation, leaving him aside, massive bids can be placed on all these captains.
Other than these, for England - Sam Curran, Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone, and Harry Brook, for Australia - David Warner, Steve Smith, Mitchell Marsh, and Glenn Maxwell and for South Africa - Aiden Markram can also claim the captaincy. Sam Curran and Maxwell have captained Punjab Kings. Other than this, Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone, and Harry Brook have captained England. Warner, Smith, and Markram have international experience.
