IPL 2025 Auction: Right To Match – List of Players Bought Using RTM in Previous IPL Mega Auctions

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The platform for the next edition of the Indian Premier League will be set at the upcoming IPL Mega Auction 2025, scheduled to be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on November 24 and 25, when all ten franchises will get a chance to finalized their squads.

While franchises will be locked in bidding wars, the IPL governing council's announcement of the player regulations for the 2025-27 cycle saw the return of the Right to Match (RTM) card with a new twist.

Apart from the retentions, franchises were allowed to use RTM option on players they released from the 2024 squad, meaning the teams can exercise the option should they wish to match the winning bid for one of their former players.

As per the retention rules, a franchise was allowed to retain a total of 6 players - a maximum of 5 capped and a maximum of 2 uncapped. This could be either through retention or via RTM at the big auction.

What is Right to Match (RTM) in IPL Mega Auction?

RTM card allows the franchise to match the winning bid to buy back a player from their previous season. This allowed a team to buy back some of their key players from the previous season.

For example, if Chennai Super Kings put in a winning bid of Rs 4 Crore for Glenn Maxwell, then Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be given a chance to match the bid (Rs 4 Crore) to buy back the Australian all-rounder. However, there is a big twist in this edition.

How does the RTM work in IPL 2025 Mega Auction?

In 2025 auction, RTM is back with a twist. The same rules apply, meaning Team B can match a winning bid for their former player, but this time the Team A that put in a winning bid will be allowed to increase the bid further to challenge Team B's RTM. Team B can then match the final bid set by Team A to buy back their former player.

For example, if Chennai Super Kings put in a winning bid of Rs 4 Crore for Glenn Maxwell, then Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be given a chance to match the bid (Rs 4 Crore) to buy back the Australian all-rounder.

CSK will then be given a chance to increase their bid one more time, say to Rs 8 Crore, then RCB can still use their RTM to buy back Maxwell for Rs 8 Crore instead of Rs 4 Crore, which would have been enough under the previous rules.

This is not the first time the RTM rule has been allowed in the IPL Auction. Two previous mega auctions also allowed teams to buy back their released players using RTM. The rule was used in the IPL 2014 and IPL 2018 Mega Auctions.

RTM has been used 32 times across the two previous mega auction in 2014 and 2018. The rule was done away in 2022, and returns now in 2024, when at least eight teams can use a RTM card. Here is a look at the RTM slots remaining followed by the previous RTM buys:

IPL 2025 Auction RTM Slots

• CSK - 1 RTM (either 1 capped or 1 uncapped)
• RCB - 3 RTM (either 3 capped or 2 capped and 1 uncapped)
• MI - 1 RTM (uncapped)
• KKR - 0 RTM
• RR - 0 RTM
• DC - 2 RTM (either 2 capped or 1 capped and 1 uncapped)
• LSG - 1 RTM (capped)
• GT - 1 RTM (capped)
• SRH - 1 RTM (uncapped)
• PBKS - 4 RTM (all capped)

As mentioned earlier, 32 players were bought back using RTM at the previous IPL Mega Auctions. In 2014, 13 players were bought back by teams using RTM cards, while 19 players were bought back using the Right to Match card in 2018. Here is a look at the players bought using RTM:

Players Bought using RTM in IPL 2014 Mega Auction

• Faf Du Plessis (Chennai Super Kings) - Rs 4.75 Crore
• Pragyan Ojha (Mumbai Indians) - Rs 2 Crore
• Parvinder Awana (Punjab Kings) - Rs 65 Lakh
• Kedar Jadhav (Delhi Capitals) - Rs 2 Crore
• Shahbaz Nadeem (Delhi Capitals) - Rs 85 Lakh
• Pravin Tambe (Rajasthan Royals) - Rs 10 Lakh
• Harshal Patel (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) - Rs 40 Lakh
• Jacques Kallis (Kolkata Knight Riders) - Rs 5.50 Crore
• Amit Mishra (Sunrisers Hyderabad) - Rs 4.75 Crore
• Darren Sammy (Sunrisers Hyderabad) - Rs 3.40 Crore
• Kevin Pietersen (Delhi Capitals) - Rs 9 Crore
• Yusuf Pathan (Kolkata Knight Riders) - Rs 3.25 Crore
• Mandeep Singh (Punjab Kings) - Rs 80 Lakh

Players Bought using RTM in IPL 2014 Mega Auction

• Shikhar Dhawan (Sunrisers Hyderabad) - Rs 5.20 Crore
• Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians) - Rs 5.40 Crore
• Faf Du Plessis (Chennai Super Kings) - Rs 1.60 Crore
• Ajinkya Rahane (Rajasthan Royals) - Rs 4 Crore
• Dwayne Bravo (Chennai Super Kings) - Rs 6.40 Crore
• David Miller (Punjab Kings) - Rs 3 Crore
• Marcus Stoinis (Punjab Kings) - Rs 6.20 Crore
• Robin Uthappa (Kolkata Knight Riders) - Rs 6.40 Crore
• Mohammed Shami (Delhi Capitals) - Rs 3 Crore
• Kagiso Rabada (Delhi Capitals) - Rs 4.20 Crore
• Piyush Chawla (Kolkata Knight Riders) - Rs 4.20 Crore
• Rashid Khan (Sunrisers Hyderabad) - Rs 9 Crore
• Yuzvendra Chahal (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) - Rs 6 Crore
• Kuldeep Yadav (Kolkata Knight Riders) - Rs 5.80 Crore
• Deepak Hooda (Sunrisers Hyderabad) - Rs 3.60 Crore
• Krunal Pandya (Mumbai Indians) - Rs 8.80 Crore
• Pawan Negi (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) - Rs 1 Crore
• Dhawal Kulkarni (Rajasthan Royals) - Rs 75 Lakh
• Mohit Sharma (Punjab Kings) - Rs 2.40 Crore