IPL 2025: RCB loses again, this time with auction rating; DC impresses despite Rishabh Pant's absence

When one talks about the Indian Premier League (IPL), certain teams and faces like Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and 'Thala' MS Dhoni come to mind. This is especially true when the IPL makes rule changes to allow CSK to retain MS Dhoni at a low price. Other teams like Mumbai Indians (MI) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are also mentioned as frequent IPL title contenders.

So, when the IPL 2025 Auction took place, fans hoped and prayed that a team like Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)¡ªwith their big name, fame, and 'KING' Virat Kohli on their side¡ªwould go all guns blazing to get the best players to form a new team. Many even hoped for a homecoming of players like KL Rahul and Yuzvendra Chahal, while RTM (Right to Match) would be used to retain players like Mohammed Siraj and Will Jacks. However, RCB, being RCB, did the complete opposite, shocking everyone¡ªincluding their fans and critics.

After a quiet Day 1 at the mega-auction, RCB suddenly woke up on Day 2, realizing they needed to buy players and build a team from the available cricketers for the upcoming season. JIOSTAR¡ªJio Cinema and Hotstar¡ª experts released their auction rankings after the two days of intense drama. While RCB ranked low and underperformed in the auction, Delhi Capitals (DC) surprisingly earned the most points, despite Rishabh Pant's absence. Let's have a look at all teams, their squads and the rating they got out of 10.

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Delhi Capitals (DC) - 8.8 rating

Number of players: 23/25 (7 overseas)

Squad:

Retained: Axar Patel, Tristan Stubbs, Kuldeep Yadav, Abishek Porel ¡®

RTM: Jake Fraser-McGurk

Others: Harry Brook, Faf du Plessis, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Donovan Ferreria, Ashutosh Sharma, Sameer Rizvi, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Mukesh Kumar, T Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Dushmantha Chameera

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) - 8.2 rating

Number of players: 20/25 (7 overseas)

Squad:

Retained: Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins

RTM: 0

Others: Abhinav Manohar, Aniket Verma, Sachin Baby, Ishan Kishan, Atharva Taide, Kamindu Mendis, Adam Zampa, Rahul Chahar, Zeeshan Ansari, Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Simarjeet Singh, Jaydev Unadkat, Brydon Carse, Eshan Malinga

Mumbai Indians (MI) - 8 rating

Number of players: 23/25 (8 overseas)

Squad:

Retained: Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah

RTM: Naman Dhir

Others: Bevan-John Jacobs, Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Krishnan Shrijith, Will Jacks, Raj Angad Bawa, Vignesh Puthur, Allah Ghazanfar, Karn Sharma, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar, Reece Topley, Satyanarayana Raju, Arjun Tendulkar, Lizaad Williams

Punjab Kings (PBKS) - 8 rating

Number of players: 25/25 (8 overseas)

Squad:

Retained: Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh

RTM: Arshdeep Singh

Others: Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Harnoor Singh Pannu, Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash, Josh Inglis, Vishnu Vinod, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Azmatullah Omarzai, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Yuzvendra Chahal, Pravin Dubey, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Thakur, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Kuldeep Sen, Xavier Bartlett

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) - 7.9 rating

Number of players: 25/25 (7 overseas)

Squad:

Retained: Ruturaj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Matheesha Pathirana

RTM: Rachin Ravindra

Others: Rahul Tripathi, Shaik Rasheed, Deepak Hooda, Andre Siddarth, Devon Conway, Vansh Bedi, R Ashwin, Sam Curran, Vijay Shankar, Anshul Kamboj, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmad, Shreyas Gopal, Khaleel Ahmed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Mukesh Choudhary, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis

Gujarat Titans (GT) - 7.9 rating

Number of players: 25/25 (7 overseas)

Squad:

Retained: Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rashid Khan, M Shahrukh Khan

RTM: 0

Others: , Rahul Tewatia (retained), Sherfane Rutherford, Jos Buttler, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Washington Sundar, Mahipal Lomror, Nishant Sindhu, Arshad Khan, Jayant Yadav, Glenn Phillips, Karim Janat, Manav Suthar, Sai Kishore, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Gerald Coetzee, Gurnoor Brar, Ishant Sharma, Kulwant Khejroliya

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) - 7.8 rating

Number of players: 24/25 (6 overseas)

Squad:

Retained: Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan

RTM: 0

Others: Aiden Markram, David Miller, Himmat Singh, Matthew Breetzke, Rishabh Pant, Aryan Juyal, Adbul Samad, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, M Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) - 7.7 rating

Number of players: 21/25 (8 overseas)

Squad:

Retained: Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana

RTM: 0

Others: Rovman Powell, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Luvnith Sisodia, Ajinkya Rahane, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Mayank Markande, Vaibhav Arora, Anrich Nortje, Spencer Johnson, Umran Malik

Rajasthan Royals (RR) - 7.7 rating

Number of players: 20/25 (6 overseas)

Squad:

Retained: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Sanju Samson, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma

RTM: 0

Others: Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kunal Singh Rathore, Nitish Rana, Yudhvir Singh, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Kumar Kartikeya, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Madhwal, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) - 7.4 rating

Number of players: 22/25 (8 overseas)

Squad:

Retained: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal

RTM: Swapnil Singh

Others: Tim David, Manoj Bhandage, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chikara, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Mohit Rathee, Suyash Sharma, Abhinandan Singh, Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salam, Nuwan Thushara, Lungi Ngidi

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