List of Unsold Cricketers in IPL 2025 Mega Auction: The Indian Premier League 2025 auction concluded on Monday after 577 players were shortlisted for the 2-day event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

The Day-2 auction did not just make some cricketers crorepatis but also saw some of the top names failling to draw any bid from a franchise.

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The names of Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, Kane Williamson, and David Warner among the hitters who were not sold caused some people to take notice.

At one point in their careers, all four were among the league’s best players. Franchises, however, appear to have moved on to other possibilities.

List Unsold Cricketers IPL 2025

Jonny Bairstow – INR 2 crore
Upendra Yadav – INR 30 lakh
Shai Hope – INR 1.25 crore
KS Bharat – INR 75 lakh
Alex Carey – INR 1 crore
Avanish Aravelly – INR 30 lakh
Harvik Desai – INR 30 lakh
Josh Philippe – INR 75 lakh
L. R. Chethan – INR 30 lakh
Tejasvi Dahiya – INR 30 lakh

David Warner – INR 2 crore
Anmolpreet Singh – INR 30 lakh
Yash Dhull – INR 30 lakh
Kane Williamson – INR 2 crore
Mayank Agarwal – INR 1 crore
Prithvi Shaw – INR 75 lakh
Sarfaraz Khan – INR 75 lakh
Madhav Kaushik – INR 30 lakh
Pukhraj Mann – INR 30 lakh
Finn Allen – INR 2 crore
Dewald Brevis – INR 75 lakh
Ben Duckett – INR 2 crore
Brandon King – INR 75 lakh
Pathum Nissanka – INR 75 lakh
Steve Smith – INR 2 crore
Sachin Dhas – INR 30 lakh
Salman Nizar – INR 30 lakh
Leus du Plooy – INR 50 lakh
Shivalik Sharma – INR 30 lakh

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Waqar Salamkheil – INR 75 lakh
Kartik Tyagi – INR 40 lakh
Piyush Chawla – INR 50 lakh
Mujeeb Ur Rahman – INR 2 crore
Vijayakanth Viyaskanth – INR 75 lakh
Akeal Hosein – INR 1.50 crore
Adil Rashid – INR 2 crore
Keshav Maharaj – INR 75 lakh
Sakib Hussain – INR 30 lakh
Vidwath Kaverappa – INR 30 lakh
Rajan Kumar – INR 30 lakh
Prashant Solanki – INR 30 lakh
Jhathaved Subramanyan – INR 30 lakh
Mustafizur Rahman – INR 2 crore
Naveen-ul-Haq – INR 2 crore
Umesh Yadav – INR 2 crore
Rishad Hossain – INR 75 lakh
Raghav Goyal – INR 30 lakh
Bailapudi Yeswanth – INR 30 lakh
Richard Gleeson – INR 75 lakh
Alzarri Joseph – INR 2 crore
Luke Wood – INR 75 lakh
Arpit Guleria – INR 30 lakh
Jason Behrendorff – INR 1.50 crore
Shivam Mavi – INR 75 lakh
Navdeep Saini – INR 75 lakh
Divesh Sharma – INR 30 lakh
Naman Tiwari – INR 30 lakh
Ottneil Baartman – INR 75 lakh
Dilshan Madushanka – INR 75 lakh
Adam Milne – INR 2 crore
William O’Rourke – INR 1.50 crore
Chetan Sakariya – INR 75 lakh
Sandeep Warrier – INR 75 lakh
Lance Morris – INR 1.25 crore
Olly Stone – INR 75 lakh
Anshuman Hooda – INR 30 lakh
Blessing Muzarabani – INR 75 lakh
Vijay Kumar – INR 30 lakh
Kyle Jamieson – INR 1.50 crore
Chris Jordan – INR 2 crore
Avinash Singh – INR 30 lakh
Prince Chaudhary – INR 30 lakh

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Utkarsh Singh – INR 30 lakh
Shardul Thakur – INR 2 crore
Daryl Mitchell – INR 2 crore
Mayank Dagar – INR 30 lakh
Rishi Dhawan – INR 30 lakh
Shivam Singh – INR 30 lakh
Gus Atkinson – INR 2 crore
Sikandar Raza – INR 1.25 crore
Kyle Mayers – INR 1.50 crore
Matthew Short – INR 75 lakh
Emanjot Chahal – INR 30 lakh
Michael Bracewell – INR 1.50 crore
Abdul Basith – INR 30 lakh
Raj Limbani – INR 30 lakh
Shiva Singh – INR 30 lakh
Dwaine Pretorius – INR 75 lakh
Brandon McMullen – INR 30 lakh
Atit Sheth – INR 30 lakh
Roston Chase – INR 75 lakh
Nathan Smith – INR 1 crore
Ripal Patel – INR 30 lakh
Sanjay Yadav – INR 30 lakh
Umang Kumar – INR 30 lakh
Digvijay Desmukh – INR 30 lakh
Yash Dabas – INR 30 lakh
Tanush Kotian – INR 30 lakh
Khrievitso Kense – INR 30 lakh

It isn’t all over for these players as they can still be called up by one of the franchises if another player gets injured or pulls out of IPL 2025 season.

KRR Player Venkatesh Iyer Get Emotional After Not Being Retained: The challenge of holding a huge auction immediately following an Indian Premier League (IPL) championship is that a team must say goodbye to a number of the winning team’s players.

This time around, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), the IPL 2024 winners, have been like that.

Even though they were able to keep six of its mainstays, KKR was forced to let go of players like Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, and Mitchell Starc. After being let go, the latter, who has been with the team since 2021, became upset.

“KKR is a whole family in this instance. It’s not just the 16, 20 or 25 players, but also the management, the staff, the guys behind the scenes. There is so much emotion behind that that it kind of makes me a little teary-eyed that my name is not on the retention list,” said a heartfelt Venkatesh Iyer to RevSportz.

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“Because there is no video of KKR bidding for me in my first auction. During this auction I would sit like an excited kid to see if KKR put up the paddle for me and if they do, it will mean the world to me,” he added.

KKR has benefited greatly from Venkatesh’s contributions during the past four IPL seasons, reaching the final in 2021 and winning the cup in 2024. In the 2024 IPL final, he even hit the game-winning runs.

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Venkatesh acknowledged that the franchise had made strong retentions, but he emphasized the emotion and sense of family at the Knight Riders.

“The honest thing, as someone who analyses cricket as well, is that KKR has had a very good retention. They have covered 14-16 overs with the ball, and with the bat, they have covered five positions,” said Venkatesh.

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“I would’ve loved to be on the retention list, KKR has given me the big breakthrough and I’ve given everything for them,” he added right after.

With four fifties and 370 runs with a strike rate of 158.80 in the second half of the 2024 Indian Premier League, Venkatesh had an incredible second half.

“The doors are open, and if I have a good auction. I may still end up playing for the team I love the most,” said Venkatesh.

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