The Delhi Premier League (DPL) 2025 auction turned out to be a grand spectacle, with franchises going all out to secure the best cricketing talent from the capital region. A total of 520 players went under the hammer, and the buzz was driven by marquee names like Simarjeet Singh, Nitish Rana, Prince Yadav, and Digvesh Rathi, who fetched hefty sums.
This year’s auction also saw the introduction of two new franchises, making it a competitive eight-team contest. Each team had a purse of INR 1.50 crore and was permitted to retain only one player ahead of the bidding war.
Top buys and franchise strategies
The Central Delhi Kings made headlines by picking up Simarjeet Singh for INR 39 lakh, the highest price of the auction. With Jonty Sidhu already retained, the Kings are looking to form a strong core including young guns Yash Dhull and Pranshu Vijayran. The East Delhi Riders focused on strengthening their pace battery with the acquisition of Navdeep Saini, while also smartly using their RTM card to bring back Mayank Rawat.
The New Delhi Tigers aimed to bolster their batting, roping in Prince for INR 33 lakh and Hiten Dalal to complement their retained captain Himmat Singh. Meanwhile, North Delhi Strikers stayed loyal to Harshit Rana and made calculated additions, including left-arm pacer Kuldip Yadav.
Purani Dilli 6 continued with star player Rishabh Pant, adding strength with marquee pick Lalit Yadav and emerging players like Vansh Bedi and Dev Lakra. South Delhi Superstarz, despite losing Priyansh Arya to Outer Delhi Warriors, picked up Digvesh for INR 38 lakh and retained Ayush Badoni. West Delhi Lions made a statement by signing Nitish (INR 34 lakh) and veteran pacer Ishant Sharma, alongside their retained talent Ayush Doseja.
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Full squads of all franchises in DPL 2025
Central Delhi Kings: Jonty Sidhu (retained), Yash Dhull, Simarjeet Singh, Pranshu Vijayran, Money Grewal, Aryan Rana, Aarnav Koul, Vivek Kumar Tiwari, Aditya Bhandari, Aaryavir Sehwag, Yugal Saini, Siddharth Joon, Gavnish Khurana, Jasvir Sehrawat, Sampooran Tripathi, Sumit Chhikara, Nikhil Malik, Harshit Sethi, Arun Pundir, Yamit Sehrawat, Tejas Baroka, Rishi Sharma
East Delhi Riders: Anuj Rawat (retained), Navdeep Saini, Akhil Chaudhary, Mayank Rawat, Arpit Rana, Salil Malhotra, Rounak Waghela, Vansh Jetly, Yashwardhan Oberai, Sujal Singh, Hardik Sharma, Kavya Gupta, Rohan Rathi, Ashish Meena, Rishabh Rana, Ajay Ahlawat, Kunal Sharma, Rohit Yadav, Mrinal Gulati, Yuvraaj Rathi, Shivam Kumar Tripathi, Vaibhav Baisla
New Delhi Tigers: Himmat Singh (retained), Prince Yadav, Hiten Dalal, Deepak Punia, Dhruv Kaushik, Vaibhav Rawal, Keshav Dalal, Aatrey Tripathi, Aayush Kumar, Rahul Dagar, Ruveer Kheterpal, Aryan Dalal, Piyash Chhikara, Nitesh Sharma, Pratap Basista, Ajay Rana, Parikshit Singh Bhati, Pankaj Jaiswal, Shivam Gupta, Pradyuman Sanan, Parth Bali, Rahul Chaudhary, Varun Vanjani
North Delhi Strikers: Harshit Rana (retained), Kuldip Yadav, Sarthak Ranjan, Vaibhav Kandpal, Pranav Rajvanshi, Gagan Vats, Yash Bhatia, Yash Dabas, Arnav Bugga, Dev Rishit, Yajas Sharma, Dhanya Nakra, Puneet Chahal, Deepanshu Gulia, Deepak Khatri, Vikas Dixit, Samyak Jain, Siddhartha Solanki, Arjun Rapria, Noor Ilahi, Prabhjot Singh, Siddhant Bansal, Aryan Sejwal
Outer Delhi Warriors: Priyansh Arya (retained), Suyash Sharma, Shivam Sharma, Sanat Sangwan, Harsh Tyagi, Siddhant Sharma, Dev Kashyap, Shaurya Malik, Keshav Dabas, Aman Choudhary, Karan Garg, Atulya Pandey, Anant S Sareen, Mohit Panwar, Shreshth Yadav, Aarav Gautam, Dhruv Singh, Kamal Bhairwa, Aadi Agarwal, Vivaan Jindal, Jitesh Singh, Ashwin Hooda, Varun Yadav, Anshuman Hooda, Aryan Dhupar
Purani Dilli 6: Rishabh Pant (retained), Lalit Yadav, Vansh Bedi, Dev Lakra, Aayush Singh, Samarth Seth, Aarush Malhotra, Sarthak Pal, Agrim Sharma, Vivek Yadav, Yug Gupta, Udhav Mohan, Pranav Pant, Prince Mishra, Rushal Saini, Aryan Kapoor, Pardeep Parashar, Manjeet, Ekansh Dobal, Aditya Malhotra, Rajneesh Dadar, Ashish Chaurasiya, Gaurav Saroha, Kush Nagpal, Dhruv Chauhan
South Delhi Superstarz: Ayush Badoni (retained), Digvesh Rathi, Tejasvi, Kunwar Bidhuri, Sumit Mathur, Himanshu Chauhan, Anmol Sharma, Saksham Gahlot, Aman Bharti, Yatish Singh, Divansh Rawat, Sarthak Ray, Prikshit Sehrawat, Sumit Kumar, Aryaveer Kohli, Gulzar Sandhu, Adviteya Sinha, Rohan Rana, Sagar Tanwar, Manish Sehrawat, Ankur Kaushik, Vision Panchal, Abhishek Khandelwal
West Delhi Lions: Ayush Doseja (retained), Nitish Rana, Ishant Sharma, Hritik Shokeen, Mayank Gusain, Shivank Vashisth, Ankit Rajesh Kumar, Laxman, Shubham Dubey, Krish Yadav, Manan Bhardwaj, Shantanu Yadav, Tishant Dabla, Vishal Abhua, Vikas Rana, Bhagwan Singh, Anirudh Chowdhary, Akshay Kapoor, Ravneet Tanwan, Naman Tiwari, Rishabh Rana, Kabir Sachdeva, Vedant Sehwag
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