Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings will enter the IPL 2025 mini-auction with the largest purses, setting up intense bidding wars. Major trades and releases, including Jadeja, Samson, Shami and Curran, have reshaped squads ahead of the December 16 event

Mumbai: Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings are expected to trigger intense bidding wars with the biggest purses among the 10 teams at next month’s mini IPL auction, to be held in Abu Dhabi on December 16.

KKR enter the auction with a purse of Rs 63.4 crore after releasing major non-performing assets in Venkatesh Iyer (Rs 23.75 crore) and Andre Russell (Rs 12 crore), while CSK, despite trading Sanju Samson, have freed up Rs 40 crore by letting go of a host of players.

KKR will be looking to rebuild their squad from s

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