Bengaluru: The Indian Street Premier League (ISPL) Season 2 auction witnessed intense bidding wars as six teams used the opportunity to build strong teams for the upcoming second season of the league, scheduled to be played at the Dadoji Kondadev Stadium in Mumbai from January 26 to February 15, 2025.
The exciting mega auction took place in Mumbai today with 350 players, selected from 55 cities through extensive trials, going under the hammer. As the bidding gathered pace, a total of 96 players were selected by six teams. Abhishek Kumar Dalhor was the most expensive buy after Majhi Mumbai, owned by Amitabh Bachchan, successfully outbid the competition with an impressive bid of ₹20.50 lakh, going up from the base price of ₹3 Lakh. The 15-year-old Sharik Yasir, the youngest player in the auction, was bought for ₹3lakh by Akshay Kumar-owned Srinagar Ke Veer
With team owners looking to build the perfect team, the competition to get the best cricket talent into their respective 16-member squads was intense. As the auction drew to a close, the six franchises had spent more than ₹5.54 cr.
The pioneering tennis-ball T10 cricket tournament, which was launched earlier this year with the inaugural edition, brings the excitement of street cricket to the stadium, providing a professional platform for talented players in the country.
This year’s auction also saw the introduction of the Right-to-Match (RTM) and Icon Player rule as the teams were allowed to add one icon player into their squad and also retain two players from their last season’s squad as part of the RTM rule.
Vijay Jaysing for ₹13.75 lakh (Majhi Mumbai, owned by Amitabh Bachchan) and Krishna Satpute for ₹8.50 lakh (Falcon Risers Hyderabad, owned by Ram Charan), Deepak Dogra for ₹6 lakh (Chennai Singams, owned by Suriya), Saroj Paramanik for ₹16.25 lakh (KVN Bangalore Strikers, owned by Hrithik Roshan), Dilip Binjwa for ₹6 lakh (Srinagar Ke Veer, owned by Akshay Kumar), Bhavesh Pawar for ₹8.50 lakh (Tiigers of Kolkata, owned by Kareena Kapoor Khan & Saif Ali Khan) were bought as icon players by the teams to bolster their respective squads.
