As many as 28 cricketers having the base price of ₹2 crore went unsold in IPL 2025 mega auction. They include Australia's David Warner and Steve Smith, England's Jonny Bairstow, New Zealand's Kane Williamson, India's Shardul Thakur and Umesh Yadav. India's Prithvi Shaw, who had a base price of ₹75 lakh, also went unsold. England's James Anderson also went unsold.