IPL 2025 Auction Day 2: Bhuvneshwar Kumar biggest buy of Day 2, 13-year-old Suryavanshi creates history

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Both players had a base price of INR 30 lakh. Avanish Aravelly, Vansh Bedi and Harvik Desai then go unsold.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: HE was in LSG last season. DC and GT wrestle for him. GT take it beyond INR 1 crore, PBKS enter at INR 1.20 crore but GT get him for INR 1.30 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: There we go then. MI ponder for a while if they want to raise their bid and then decide against it.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: We have rattled on pretty quickly so far since resumption but now a pause as CSK fight for Anshul Kamboj.DC made the initial bid at base price of INR 30 lakh, CSK and LSG took over and then MI came into the fight. MI raised the bid to INR 1 crore and CSK have raised it to INR 1.10 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Meanwhile, Swastik Chikara, Madhav Kaushik and Pukhraj Mann have all gone unsold.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: This is arguably a bigger surprise than James Anderson's snub. Glenn Phillips especially one would've thought is a gun T20 option but the franchises have not selected him either.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: All right we are back now, the teams have submitted the list of names they want to bid for and there is no James Anderson in it.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Mumbai Indians made headlines at the IPL 2025 Auction by securing the promising Afghan spinner, Allah Ghazanfar, for an impressive ₹4.8 crore. The 18-year-old has been in exceptional form recently, especially shining during Afghanistan's ODI series against Bangladesh, where his impactful performances captured attention. While Kolkata Knight Riders showed strong interest in retaining him, a fierce bidding war ultimately saw Mumbai Indians triumph, adding the talented spinner to their lineup.

Ghazanfar’s cricket journey began unconventionally – as a fast bowler – until former Afghanistan captain Dawlat Ahmadzai transformed him into a mystery spinner. His breakout moment came during the 2024 U-19 World Cup, where he stood out by claiming eight wickets in just four games. This stellar performance earned him a swift promotion to the senior national team, making his ODI debut against Ireland.

His momentum didn’t stop there. Ghazanfar’s impressive showing in the Emerging Asia Cup final against Sri Lanka A, where he was named Player of the Match, helped Afghanistan clinch the championship.

In the IPL 2024 season, Ghazanfar joined Kolkata Knight Riders as a replacement for Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Although he didn’t get a chance to play, he was part of the squad that lifted the title. Now, with a fresh start at Mumbai Indians, the cricketing world eagerly awaits his next chapter.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: IPL Auction LIVE Updates: He will be among that tiny little group of players who have gone from CSK to MI, or vice versa. "Feeling great going from one great franchise to another franchise. I think Mumbai suits swing and my style and there's some seam movement. So, good to be part of this franchise. All good (on his fitness). Whatever role the team gives me I will do it. I just want to win the trophy. At CSK, I didn’t get much opportunity to bat but with the Indian team, I’ve done well with the bat."

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: All right so when we return, we will have the accelarated auction. 116 players have gone under the hammer. Now players form 117 go 574 will go under the hammer but not all of them. Teams will be asked to submit names of those they want to bid for in between these numbers and those that went unsold as well.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Well not to many takers for the capped spinners, all of them overseas players and so that may be playing a role. Sri Lankan Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, West Indies' Akeal Hosein, England's Adil Rashid and South Africa's Keshav Maharaj all go unsold.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Big payday for Afghanistan spinner Allah Ghazanfar. His base price was INR 75 lakh. KKR and RCB compete for him at first, RCB go and MI come in at INR 2.40 crore. The bid goes up to INR 4.80 crore at which point MI win it.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Lockie Ferguson was the last of the capped fast bowlers and then the first of the capped spinners is Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Both unsold.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: He has had a brilliant time with the Indian Test team and his rising stock has been reflected in the auction. CSK and LSG fight in the beginning. CSK pull out at INR 3.20 crore and then PBKS join the fight but LSG stay put.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: MI don't let go of this one. They first stave off PBKS and CSK come in at INR 8 crore for their former player. MI stay in the fight and eventually win out.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: An RTM boost for Mukesh Kumar CSK and PBKS fight it out for his signature. PBKS seem to have it at INR 6.50 crore but then DC raise the RTM card. PBKS raise their bid to INR 8 crore and DC decide to match that as well.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: There you go! RCB come in right at the end and Bhuvneshwar will be reunited with Virat Kohli next season. MI bow out after a bid of INR 10.25 crore but RCB come right at the end with a bid of INR 10.75 crore. LSG decide to not topple that and that is that.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Now then, Bhuvneshwar Kumar was always going to be a covetted acquisition. SRH make it pretty clear that they don't want him any more, MI and LSG do the bidding and the price has shot to INR 10 crore with LSG having him at the moment.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: GT and PBKS competed for the South African pacer. Both sides did a lot of thinking before each bid and in the end, GT have him.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: CSK go straight in to try and bring back their man who was quite crucial to them in the last couple of seasons. RR fight tooth and nail with them though and CSK finally bow out at INR 6.25 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Deepak Chahar are among the big names to watch out for in this one. We start with Tushar Deshpande.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: MI might just be looking at Rickleton as their opener. Meanwhile, Aussie wicketkeeper batter Inglis goes to PBKS, with SRH briefly fighting for him.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: A brief bidding war for Sundar between GT and LSG. GT finally win out at INR 3.20 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: CSK make the first bid for Rana, whose base price is INR 1.50 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE Updates: RCB make the first bid for him and see off the challenge from RR. It was expected that they would go for Pandya and sure enough, he will be playing with Virat Kohli next season.