In the mega auction of IPL 2025, on one hand, prize money worth crores of rupees was showered on some players. Many players also remain unsold. While the number of unsold players is huge, there are some names on this list that no one knew were going to be sold. Thankfully, many of these players have captained their respective teams in the IPL before. But things have gotten to the point now where he’s not even considered worthy of being on the 25-player roster.
David Warner and Steve Smith, former IPL captains, unsold this time
Unsold big-name players. The first name among them is David Warner. Perhaps this will be the first time David Warner has appeared and his name has also been auctioned, but no one has shown interest in buying him. Before that, he captained Sunrisers Hyderabad to win the IPL title. He has been playing for Delhi Capitals for a few years now. However, he had a poor season and the team thought it best to stay away from him.
Not even Kane Williamson has found a buyer
Along with David Warner, Steve Smith now joins the list of players who did not find a buyer at this auction. Although he has been absent from the IPL for the past few years, he still offered his name but failed to find any buyer. He has also previously coached Rajasthan Royals and rising Pune Supergiants. Kane Williamson will not feature in this IPL either. He captained Sunrisers Hyderabad and was a part of the Gujarat Titans for the past few years, but he got few chances to do anything special.
Mayank Agarwal, Shardul Thakur and Prithvi Shaw are also not sold.
This is a problem for foreign players. But there are also some players from India who have been captains in the IPL before but this time they did not find a buyer. Mayank Agarwal was the captain of Punjab Kings. But this time when his name came up at auction, no buyer was found. This itself is surprising. Shardul Thakur and Prithvi Shaw may not have captained any IPL team yet, but no one is betting on them this time either.
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