The first day of this year’s mega auction for IPL 2025 was very interesting. Where Right to Match i.e. RTM Card option returned. But with a twist. If a franchise uses RTM, the team buying the player in the auction gets another chance to increase the bid. The bid can be increased to any extent. The players benefited tremendously from this on the first day.
Arshdeep Singh
Right to Match card was used for Arshdeep Singh as soon as the auction started in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. There was a lot of bidding for Arshdeep. Sunrisers bid Rs 15.75 crore. Punjab Kings used their RTM as expected. The ball was now in Hyderabad’s court. He increased the bid to Rs 18 crore. Punjab added Arshdeep for Rs 18 crore.
Rishabh Pant
Due to Right to Match card, Rishabh Pant broke Shreyas Iyer’s record. Pant remains the most expensive player. Lucknow Super Giants bought Pant for Rs 20.75 crore. After this Delhi Capitals used the Right to Match card. Lucknow increased the bid to Rs 27 crore. Delhi did not include him with itself.
Noor Ahmed
At the same time, Gujarat Titans tried to use the right to match card for Afghanistan spin bowler Noor Ahmed. Chennai Super Kings bought him for Rs 5 crore. He doubled the bid to Rs 10 crore. Noor will now be seen playing for Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja’s Chennai.
Rasikh Dar
Punjab Kings tried to use Right to Match card for Jitesh Sharma. Royal Challengers Bangalore bought him for Rs 7 crore. He increased the bid to Rs 11 crore. In the uncapped set, Delhi Capitals tried to use RTM for Jammu and Kashmir fast bowler Rasikh Dar but RCB increased the bid from Rs 2 crore to Rs 6 crore. Delhi had to retreat.
Naman Dheer
Naman Dheer was one of the four successful RTMs at the end of the first day of the IPL auction. Whom Mumbai Indians added to their fold. Rajasthan Royals increased the bid from Rs 3.40 crore to Rs 5.25 crore, after which Mumbai signed Naman for Rs 5.25 crore.
