The Delhi Premier League (DPL) 2025 Auction was a massive affair, with 520 players available for auction. Teams left no stone unturned to create balanced teams for the next season. All teams, including two new franchises, had only one player they were permitted to retain prior to the auction. Each team had a purse of INR 1.5 crore.
Big guns such as Nitish Rana, Simarjeet Singh, Prince Yadav, and Digvesh Rathi were among the best of the auction. Here is a look at how each side sorted out.
Complete Squads of All 8 Teams in DPL 2025
Central Delhi Kings - 22 Players
Retained: Jonty Sidhu (INR 10 Lacs)
Top Buys:
- Simarjeet Singh - INR 39 Lacs
- Yash Dhull - INR 15 Lacs
- Pranshu Vijayran - INR 10.5 Lacs
Complete Squad:
Jonty Sidhu, 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
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East Delhi Riders - 22 Players
Retained: Anuj Rawat (INR 21 Lacs)
Top Buys:
- Mayank Rawat (RTM) - INR 26 Lacs
- Navdeep Saini - INR 10 Lacs
- Arpit Rana - INR 13.5 Lacs
Complete Squad:
Anuj Rawat, 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 - 23 Players
Retained: Himmat Singh (INR 21 Lacs)
Top Buys:
- Prince Yadav - INR 33 Lacs
- Dhruv Kaushik - INR 14 Lacs
- Hiten Dalal - INR 6.25 Lacs
Full Squad:
Himmat Singh, 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 - 23 Players
Retained: Harshit Rana (INR 21 Lacs)
Top Buys:
- Sarthak Ranjan - INR 12.5 Lacs
- Vaibhav Kandpal - INR 13 Lacs
- Kuldip Yadav - INR 10 Lacs
Full Squad:
Harshit Rana, 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
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Outer Delhi Warriors - 25 Players
Retained: Priyansh Arya (INR 21 Lacs)
Top Buys:
- Suyash Sharma - INR 15 Lacs
- Harsh Tyagi - INR 18 Lacs
- Dhruv Singh - INR 13.5 Lacs
Full Squad:
Priyansh Arya, 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 - 25 Players
Retained: Rishabh Pant (INR 21 Lacs)
Top Buys:
- Vansh Bedi (RTM) - INR 16 Lacs
- Dev Lakra - INR 14 Lacs
- Rajneesh Dadar - INR 19 Lacs
Full Squad:
Rishabh Pant, 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 - 23 Players
Retained: Ayush Badoni (INR 21 Lacs)
Top Buys:
- Digvesh Rathi - INR 38 Lacs
- Himanshu Chauhan - INR 14 Lacs
- Tejasvi - INR 13.5 Lacs
Full Squad:
Ayush Badoni, 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
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West Delhi Lions - 23 Players
Retained: Ayush Doseja (INR 10 Lacs)
Top Buys:
- Nitish Rana - INR 34 Lacs
- Ishant Sharma - INR 13 Lacs
- Mayank Gusain - INR 17 Lacs
Full Squad:
Ayush Doseja, 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
The DPL 2025 auction demonstrated how teams are preparing for the future as well as the present. Star players such as Rishabh Pant, Nitish Rana, and Ayush Badoni were retained, while talented players were selected across all categories. The tournament is sure to be an action-packed event, with each team having a good balance and a fighting spirit.
