Ex-India cricketer Irfan Pathan, discussing the IPL 2025 mega auction, said that "more than ₹100 crore spent and not even ten players came under the hammer. WOW". Arshdeep Singh became the first buy of the auction after he was bought by PBKS for ₹18 crore via RTM. Shreyas Iyer was bought for ₹26.75 crore by PBKS.