Ranking Punjab Kings’ Top 3 buys from IPL 2025 Mega Auction

Ranked: Punjab Kings’ top 3 buys from the IPL 2025 Mega Auction. IPL has always been one of the biggest tournaments in Cricket, which has got the attention of people across the world. Players from across the world come together to celebrate the IPL. This time, the IPL auction 2025 had taken place in the city of Jeddah, and all the owners of the IPL teams had created their respective strategies depending on the purse they held. Punjab Kings were on fire as they had the highest budget they spent Rs 62.7 Crore to acquire just three high-profile players. It was quite an interesting IPL auction for the Punjab Kings as they acquired Shreyas Iyer at Rs 26.75 Cr, whose base bid was only 2 Cr. It is being anticipated that Shreyas Iyer can play captain this time for the Punjab Kings. 

Owing to this, let us see who are the top 3 buys for Punjab Kings from the 2025 IPL Auction:

1. Yuzvendra Chahal: 

Auctioned for Rs. 18 Cr, Chahal has been one of the best bowlers in the history of IPL. Chahal has been consistent with his wicket-taking skills, for the past three seasons have shown his class by taking 18, 21 and 27 wickets respectively for the Rajasthan Royals team. It is expected that Chahal will do the same for the Punjab Kings as well.

2. Nehal Wadhera: 

Auctioned at a price of Rs 4.2 Cr, Nehal Wadhera, can be considered as a steal deal for the Punjab Kings team. He has played for the Mumbai Indians for quite a few seasons, based on which, it can be said that Wadhera can bring balance to the team with his batting. 

3. Marcus Stoinis: 

Stonis, who began playing in the IPL in 2016, played for the Lucknow Super Giants in the previous season. Auctioned at Rs. 11Cr, PBKS stole the all-rounder with extraordinary skills with the bat. In the recently concluded T20I series against Pakistan had scored exceptionally well, with 61 runs off 27 balls. It can be expected that with Stoinis, it will be a smooth ride for the PBKS team to score runs in the upcoming IPL 2025.  

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