A total of 291 players went under the hammer in the ILT20 2025 auction held on October 1st. Out of them, 75 players were bought by the franchises.
West Indies’ Andre Fletcher emerged as the most expensive player of the auction, while Vriitya Aravind became the first player to be sold, going to Desert Vipers for $10,000.
India’s premier bowler Ravichandran Ashwin, with a base price of $120,000, went unsold, and Pakistan’s No.1 T20 all-rounder also remained unsold.
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Top Buys in ILT20 2025 Auction
| Player | Franchise | Price (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| Andre Fletcher | MI Emirates | $260,000 |
| Scott Currie | Dubai Capitals | $250,000 |
| Junaid Siddique | Sharjah Warriorz | $170,000 |
These three signings were the most expensive buys at the auction, with explosive West Indies opener Andre Fletcher leading the way.
Retained Players ILT20 2025
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders
| No. | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Liam Livingstone |
| 2 | Alishan Sharafu |
| 3 | Alex Hales |
| 4 | Sherfane Rutherford |
| 5 | Sunil Narine |
| 6 | Andre Russell |
| 7 | Phil Salt |
| 8 | Olly Stone |
| 9 | Jason Holder (Wildcard) |
| 10 | Piyush Chawla (Wildcard) |
Desert Vipers
| No. | Player |
|---|---|
| 11 | Lockie Ferguson |
| 12 | Dan Lawrence |
| 13 | David Payne |
| 14 | Khuzaima Bin Tanveer |
| 15 | Max Holden |
| 16 | Sam Curran |
| 17 | Wanindu Hasaranga |
| 18 | Andries Gous |
| 19 | Shimron Hetmyer (Wildcard) |
Dubai Capitals
| No. | Player |
|---|---|
| 20 | Jordan Cox |
| 21 | Rovman Powell |
| 22 | Gulbadin Naib |
| 23 | Sediqullah Atal |
| 24 | Waqar Salamkheil |
| 25 | Haider Ali |
| 26 | Muhammad Jawadullah |
| 27 | Jimmy Neesham |
| 28 | David Willey (Wildcard) |
| 29 | Leus de Plooy (Wildcard) |
Gulf Giants
| No. | Player |
|---|---|
| 30 | James Vince |
| 31 | Aayan Afzal Khan |
| 32 | Blessing Muzarabani |
| 33 | Gerhard Erasmus |
| 34 | Mark Adair |
| 35 | Azmatullah Omarzai |
| 36 | Moeen Ali |
| 37 | Rahmanullah Gurbaz |
| 38 | Kyle Mayers (Wildcard) |
| 39 | Matthew Forde (Wildcard) |
MI Emirates
| No. | Player |
|---|---|
| 40 | AM Ghazanfar |
| 41 | Fazalhaq Farooqi |
| 42 | Kamindu Mendis |
| 43 | Romario Shepherd |
| 44 | Tom Banton |
| 45 | Muhammad Waseem |
| 46 | Chris Woakes |
| 47 | Jonny Bairstow |
Sharjah Warriorz
| No. | Player |
|---|---|
| 48 | Tim Southee |
| 49 | Dinesh Karthik |
| 50 | Johnson Charles |
| 51 | Tom Kohler-Cadmore |
| 52 | Saurabh Netravalkar |
| 53 | Sikandar Raza |
| 54 | Tim David |
| 55 | Tom Abell (Wildcard) |
| 56 | Adil Rashid (Wildcard) |
ILT20 2025 Auction Full List of Sold Players
| No. | Player | Franchise | Price (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vriitya Aravind | Desert Vipers | 10,000 |
| 2 | Asif Khan | Gulf Giants | 26,000 |
| 3 | Muhammad Rohid | MI Emirates | 140,000 |
| 4 | Zuhaib Zubair | Gulf Giants | 10,000 |
| 5 | Muhammad Farooq | Dubai Capitals | 10,000 |
| 6 | Junaid Siddique | Sharjah Warriorz | 170,000 |
| 7 | Fakhar Zaman | Desert Vipers | 80,000 |
| 8 | James Rew | Sharjah Warriorz | 10,000 |
| 9 | Jordan Thompson | MI Emirates | 48,000 |
| 10 | Tymal Mills | Dubai Capitals | 80,000 |
| 11 | Nathan Sowter | Sharjah Warriorz | 100,000 |
| 12 | Naveen-Ul-Haq | MI Emirates | 100,000 |
| 13 | Sean Dickson | Gulf Giants | 10,000 |
| 14 | Andre Fletcher | MI Emirates | 260,000 |
| 15 | Michael Pepper | Abu Dhabi Knight Riders | 40,000 |
| 16 | Scott Currie | Dubai Capitals | 250,000 |
| 17 | Dwaine Pretorius | Sharjah Warriorz | 120,000 |
| 18 | George Garton | Abu Dhabi Knight Riders | 10,000 |
| 19 | Tabraiz Shamsi | Gulf Giants | 40,000 |
| 20 | Naseem Shah | Desert Vipers | 80,000 |
| 21 | Jayden Seales | Sharjah Warriorz | 80,000 |
| 22 | Qais Ahmed | Desert Vipers | 40,000 |
| 23 | Liam Dawson | Gulf Giants | 170,000 |
| 24 | Mohammad Nabi | Dubai Capitals | 80,000 |
| 25 | Brandon McMullen | Abu Dhabi Knight Riders | 110,000 |
| 26 | Nosthush Kenjige | MI Emirates | 10,000 |
| 27 | Harmeet Singh | Sharjah Warriorz | 10,000 |
| 28 | Fred Klaassen | Gulf Giants | 40,000 |
| 29 | Farhan Khan | Dubai Capitals | 10,000 |
| 30 | Haider Razzaq | Gulf Giants | 50,000 |
| 31 | Sanjay Pahal | Desert Vipers | 10,000 |
| 32 | Ibrar Ahmad | Abu Dhabi Knight Riders | 22,000 |
| 33 | Wasim Akram | Sharjah Warriorz | 55,000 |
| 34 | Ajay Kumar | Abu Dhabi Knight Riders | 10,000 |
| 35 | Adnan Idrees | Abu Dhabi Knight Riders | 10,000 |
| 36 | Meet Bhavsar | Gulf Giants | 14,000 |
| 37 | Anudeep Chenthamara | Dubai Capitals | 10,000 |
| 38 | Mohamed Shafeeq | MI Emirates | 10,000 |
| 39 | Mohammed Aslam | Sharjah Warriorz | 14,000 |
| 40 | Bilal Tahir | Desert Vipers | 10,000 |
| 41 | Faisal Khan | Desert Vipers | 10,000 |
| 42 | Abdul Manan Ali | Abu Dhabi Knight Riders | 10,000 |
| 43 | Zain Ul Abidin | MI Emirates | 10,000 |
| 44 | Ishtiaq Ahmad | Gulf Giants | 16,000 |
| 45 | Usman Najeeb | Dubai Capitals | 10,000 |
| 46 | Raees Ahmad | Sharjah Warriorz | 10,000 |
| 47 | Usman Khan | MI Emirates | 10,000 |
| 48 | Ritesh Grandhi | Dubai Capitals | 10,000 |
| 49 | Hasan Nawaz | Desert Vipers | 40,000 |
| 50 | Lorcan Tucker | Gulf Giants | 10,000 |
| 51 | Chris Wood | Gulf Giants | 40,000 |
| 52 | Ackeem Auguste | MI Emirates | 10,000 |
| 53 | Tom Moores | Gulf Giants | 40,000 |
| 54 | Richard Ngarava | Sharjah Warriorz | 10,000 |
| 55 | Ramon Simmonds | Gulf Giants | 40,000 |
| 56 | Arab Gul | MI Emirates | 10,000 |
| 57 | Tom Bruce | Desert Vipers | 80,000 |
| 58 | Tajinder Dhillon | MI Emirates | 10,000 |
| 59 | Shayan Jahangir | Dubai Capitals | 10,000 |
| 60 | Shubham Ranjane | Sharjah Warriorz | 10,000 |
| 61 | Rushil Ugarkar | Dubai Capitals | 10,000 |
| 62 | Ethan D’Souza | Sharjah Warriorz | 10,000 |
| 63 | Matiullah Khan | Desert Vipers | 10,000 |
| 64 | Zahoor Khan | MI Emirates | 10,000 |
| 65 | Naveen Bidaisee | Dubai Capitals | 10,000 |
| 66 | Toby Albert | Dubai Capitals | 10,000 |
| 67 | Shakib Al Hasan | MI Emirates | 40,000 |
| 68 | Taskin Ahmed | Sharjah Warriorz | 80,000 |
| 69 | Mayank Chowdary | Abu Dhabi Knight Riders | 10,000 |
| 70 | Akshay Wakhare | Dubai Capitals | 10,000 |
| 71 | Khary Pierre | Abu Dhabi Knight Riders | 10,000 |
| 72 | Faridoon Dawoodzai | Desert Vipers | 10,000 |
| 73 | Shadley van Schalkwyk | Abu Dhabi Knight Riders | 10,000 |
| 74 | Unmukt Chand | Abu Dhabi Knight Riders | 40,000 |
| 75 | Abdul Salam Khan | Sharjah Warriorz | 10,000 |
Unsold Players List in ILT20 2025 Auction
Some surprising names went unsold, including international stars.
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Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Roy, Hazratullah Zazai, Temba Bavuma, James Anderson, Mohammad Amir, Josh Little, Saim Ayub, Shamar Joseph, Fabian Allen, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Nawaz, David Wiese, Ravi Bopara, Paul van Meekeren, Marchant de Lange, JJ Smit, Kaleem Sana, James Fuller, Logan van Beek, Ali Khan.
Ali Zaheer, Clinto Anto, Nawaf Dadarkar, Shiraz Khan Shereef, Ravija Sandaruwan, Yasin Ishak Patel, Shahid Shameem, Mirza Ahmed, Ilyas Ahmed, Rohan Wijewardana, Khaliq Anwar, Lahiru Dilshan, Sumanraj Karunanithi, Nimesh Ridmika, Usman Patel, Govind Kumar, Manjula Prasan, Mathan Kumar, Nimish Latheef, Muhammad Umar
Vishnu Sukumaran, Kamran Atta, Muhammad Mohsin, Ravi Bopara, Farheed Ahmad Malik, Jewel Andrew, Kadeem Alleyne, Odena Smith, James Fuller, James Coles, George Scrimshaw, Siddarth Kaul, Ankit Singh Rajpoot, Marchant de Lange, JJ Smit, Paul van Meekeren, Kaleem Sana.
Sanjay Krishnamurthy, Mohank Patel, Aaron Jones, DS Airee, Jonathan Figy, Sagar Kalyan, Luqman Faisal, Muhammad Irfan, Ahmed Tariq, Usaid Amin, Said Nazeer, Zeeshan Naseer, Zia Mukhtar, Shahzaib, Syed Faizan Tahir, Usman Khalid, Imtiaz Khan, Imran Yousaf, Abdul Wahid, Mohammad Hisham Shaikh, Kashif Abbas, Abdul Waheed Abdul Ghaffar, Sidharth Sankar, Sajid Imran Cheema, Nawazish Akhtar, Haseeb Ghafoor, Sandaruwan Chinthaka.
