IPL 2025 Auction: Who are the oldest and youngest players in mega auction l? | Cricket News
IPL 2025 Auction Players L: The BCCI on Friday announced the l of 574 players set to feature in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 Mega Auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on November 24 & 25.
Out of the short-led 366 are Indians and 208 are overseas players which includes 3 players from associate nations. The auction will include 318 Indian uncapped players and 12 uncapped overseas players. A maximum of 204 slots are left to be filled across the rosters of the 10 franchises. 70 slots are available for overseas players while Rs 2 Crore is the highest reserve price with 81 players opting to be in the highest bracket.
Interestingly, a l of veteran stars as well as young rookies have been named in the l for the teams to choose from.
Oldest players in IPL 2025 Auction
Signing up for his first-ever IPL auction, 10 years after playing his last T20 and an international retirement earlier this year, England pacer James Anderson is the oldest player to sign up for the IPL 2025 Auction.
Only three other cricketers, aged over 40, have made the l with former Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Faf Du Plessis, England’s Jamie Overton and Afghanan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi.
Seasoned IPL stars David Warner and Ravichandran Ashwin are next on the charts, entering the mega auction at 38 years of age.
Age
First Name
Nationality
Role
C/U/A
42
James Anderson
England
BOWLER
Capped
1.25 crore
41
Jamie Overton
England
ALL-ROUNDER
Capped
1.5 crore
40
Faf du Plessis
South Africa
BATTER
Capped
2 crore
40
Mohammad Nabi
Afghanan
ALL-ROUNDER
Capped
1.5 crore
38
David Warner
Australia
BATTER
Capped
2 crore
38
Ravichandaran Ashwin
India
ALL-ROUNDER
Cappped
2 crore
Youngest players in IPL 2025 Auction
At the other end of the spectrum, Bihar’s 13-year-old prodigy Vaibhav Suryavanshi is the youngest-ever player to make the IPL auction l across 16 years.
The youngster made headlines recently when he became the youngest batter ever to record an internatonal century, achieving the feat in a Youth Test for India Under-19 against Australia U-19 in Chennai.
Mumbai sensation Ayush Mhatre, who recently made his Ranji Trophy debut and has since scored two tons, is the second-youngest player in the IPL 2025 auction at 17. Tamil Nadu’s Andre Siddharth and South African pacer Kwena Maphaka round up the top 4, with both l at 18 years old.
Age
First Name
Nationality
Role
C/U/A
14
Vaibhav Suryavanshi
India
14
BATTER
Uncapped
30 lakh
17
Ayush Mhatre
India
17
BATTER
Uncapped
30 lakh
18
Andre Siddarth
India
18
BATTER
Uncapped
30 lakh
18
Kwena Maphaka
South Africa
18
BOWLER
Capped
30 lakh
