The Delhi Premier League (DPL) is back with its second edition in 2025. After a successful first season in 2024, the excitement is bigger this year. Two new teams have joined the tournament, making it an eight-team league. Notably, the DPL 2025 will be organised by the Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA).
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Delhi Premier League 2025: Check Schedule, Squads & Other Details

The player auction for the League recently took place on July 6, 2025, in New Delhi. This season will have around 32 to 36 matches. The format will be round-robin followed by playoffs. Fans can expect top-level cricket action throughout the month.
Delhi Premier League 2025 Schedule
The tournament will likely start in the first week of August. However, the official schedule for the second edition of the tournament has not been announced yet. All matches will be played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium (previously known as Feroz Shah Kotla) in Delhi.
The Arun Jaitley Stadium hosted all the DPL matches last year as well. It was a successful season with East Delhi Riders emerging as the champions. The upcoming season is expected to be even more eventful and exciting for the fans in Delhi.
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Delhi Premier League 2025 Auction Top Buys
The auction saw some big bids as the fast bowler Simarjeet Singh became the most expensive player in the 2025 edition. He was sold for ₹39 lakh to Central Delhi Kings. Digvesh Rathi, who impressed in IPL 2025, went to South Delhi Superstarz for ₹38 lakh. Former KKR star Nitish Rana was picked by West Delhi Lions for ₹34 lakh. Here are some of the top buys:
- Simarjeet Singh - ₹39 lakh (Central Delhi Kings)
- Digvesh Rathi - ₹38 lakh (South Delhi Superstarz)
- Nitish Rana - ₹34 lakh (West Delhi Lions)
- Prince Yadav - ₹33 lakh (New Delhi Tigers)
- Suyash Sharma - ₹15 lakh (Outer Delhi Warriors)
- Ishant Sharma - ₹13 lakh (West Delhi Lions)
Delhi Premier League 2025 Squads
The two new teams added this year are Outer Delhi Warriors and New Delhi Tigers. Ahead of the Delhi Premier League 2025 auction, each team was allowed to retain one key player from their previous squad. Himmat Singh and Priyansh Arya were drafted by New Delhi Tigers and Outer Delhi Warriors, respectively.
Other retained players include Harshit Rana (North Delhi Strikers), Ayush Badoni (South Delhi Superstarz), Anuj Rawat (East Delhi Riders), Ayush Doseja (West Delhi Lions), and Jonty Sidhu (Central Delhi Kings), helping teams build a strong core. Here are the full Delhi Premier League 2025 squads along with their prices.
East Delhi Riders
Navdeep Saini (₹10 Lakh), Akhil Chaudhary (₹12 Lakh), Mayank Rawat (₹26 Lakh), Arpit Rana (₹13.50 Lakh), Salil Malhotra (₹5 Lakh), Rounak Waghela (₹6.25 Lakh), Vansh Jetly (₹3 Lakh), Yashwardhan Oberai (₹3 Lakh), Sujal Singh (₹19 Lakh), Hardik Sharma (₹5.50 Lakh), Kavya Gupta (₹3.60 Lakh), Rohan Rathi (₹4 Lakh), Ashish Meena (₹1 Lakh), Ajay Ahlawat (₹1.10 Lakh), Kunal Sharma (₹1 Lakh), Rohit Yadav (₹4.20 Lakh), Mrinal Gulati (₹1 Lakh), Yuvraaj Rathi (₹1 Lakh), Shivam Kumar Tripathi (₹1 Lakh), Vaibhav Baisla (₹1 Lakh)
New Delhi Tigers
Prince Yadav (₹33 Lakh), Hiten Dalal (₹6.25 Lakh), Deepak Punia (₹5 Lakh), Dhruv Kaushik (₹14 Lakh), Vaibhav Rawal (₹5.50 Lakh), Keshav Dalal (₹10.50 Lakh), Aatrey Tripathi (₹3 Lakh), Aayush Kumar (₹3 Lakh), Rahul Dagar (₹3 Lakh), Ruveer Kheterpal (₹3 Lakh), Piyash Chhikara (₹2.60 Lakh), Nitesh Sharma (₹1 Lakh), Pratap Basista (₹1 Lakh), Ajay Rana (₹1 Lakh), Parikshit Singh Bhati (₹1 Lakh), Pankaj Jaiswal (₹24 Lakh), Aryan Dalal (₹3 Lakh), Shivam Gupta (₹1 Lakh), Pradyuman Sanan (₹1 Lakh), Rahul Chaudhary (₹3 Lakh), Varun Vanjani (₹1 Lakh)
North Delhi Strikers
Kuldip Yadav (₹10 Lakh), Sarthak Ranjan (₹12.50 Lakh), Vaibhav Kandpal (₹13 Lakh), Pranav Rajvanshi (₹5 Lakh), Gagan Vats (₹5 Lakh), Yash Bhatia (₹6.75 Lakh), Yash Dabas (₹8.50 Lakh), Arnav Bugga (₹7.75 Lakh), Yajas Sharma (₹12.50 Lakh), Deepanshu Gulia (₹1 Lakh), Deepak Khatri (₹6.50 Lakh), Vikas Dixit (₹2 Lakh), Samyak Jain (₹1 Lakh), Siddhartha Solanki (₹9 Lakh), Noor Ilahi (₹1 Lakh), Arjun Rapria (₹11.50 Lakh), Dhanya Nakra (₹3 Lakh), Prabhjot Singh (₹1 Lakh), Siddhant Bansal (₹3 Lakh), Aryan Sejwal (₹1 Lakh)
Central Delhi Kings
Simarjeet Singh (₹39 Lakh), Yash Dhull (₹15 Lakh), Pranshu Vijayran (₹10.50 Lakh), Money Grewal (₹18 Lakh), Aryan Rana (₹5 Lakh), Aarnav Koul (₹3 Lakh), Vivek Kumar Tiwari (₹3 Lakh), Aditya Bhandari (₹3 Lakh), Aaryavir Sehwag (₹8 Lakh), Yugal Saini (₹3.80 Lakh), Siddharth Joon (₹3 Lakh), Gavnish Khurana (₹1 Lakh), Jasvir Sehrawat (₹1 Lakh), Sampooran Tripathi (₹1 Lakh), Sumit Chhikara (₹1 Lakh), Nikhil Malik (₹1 Lakh), Harshit Sethi (₹1 Lakh), Arun Pundir (₹1 Lakh), Yamit Sehrawat (₹1 Lakh), Tejas Baroka (₹19 Lakh), Rishi Sharma (₹1 Lakh)
Outer Delhi Warriors
Suyash Sharma (₹15 Lakh), Shivam Sharma (₹5 Lakh), Sanat Snagwan (₹5 Lakh), Harsh Tyagi (₹18 Lakh), Siddhant Sharma (₹12.50 Lakh), Dev Kashyap (₹3 Lakh), Shaurya Malik (₹6.25 Lakh), Keshav Dabas (₹5.25 Lakh), Aman Choudhary (₹4 Lakh), Karan Garg (₹3 Lakh), Atulya Pandey (₹3 Lakh), Mohit Panwar (₹3 Lakh), Shreshth Yadav (₹3 Lakh), Aarav Gautam (₹1 Lakh), Kamal Bhairwa (₹1 Lakh), Aadi Agarwal (₹1 Lakh), Vivaan Jindal (₹1 Lakh), Jitesh Singh (₹1 Lakh), Ashwin Hooda (₹1 Lakh), Anshuman Hooda (₹12.50 Lakh), Aryan Dhupar (₹1 Lakh), Varun Yadav (₹1 Lakh), Anant S Sareen (₹3 Lakh), Dhruv Singh (₹13.50 Lakh)
South Delhi Superstarz
Digvesh Rathi (₹38 Lakh), Tejasvi (₹13.50 Lakh), Kunwar Bidhuri (₹5 Lakh), Sumit Mathur (₹5 Lakh), Himanshu Chauhan (₹14 Lakh), Anmol Sharma (₹6.50 Lakh), Saksham Gahlot (₹3 Lakh), Aman Bharti (₹5.75 Lakh), Yatish Singh (₹3 Lakh), Divansh Rawat (₹3 Lakh), Sarthak Ray (₹3.20 Lakh), Prikshit Sehrawat (₹3 Lakh), Sumit Kumar (₹5.50 Lakh), Aaryaveer Kohli (₹1 Lakh), Gulzar Sandhu (₹1.30 Lakh), Adviteya Sinha (₹1 Lakh), Rohan Rana (₹1 Lakh), Sagar Tanwar (₹1.20 Lakh), Manish Sehrawat (₹2 Lakh), Ankur Kaushik (₹1 Lakh), Vision Panchal (₹4.20 Lakh), Abhishek Khandelwal (₹1 Lakh)
West Delhi Lions
Nitish Rana (₹34 Lakh), Ishant Sharma (₹13 Lakh), Hritik Shokeen (₹5 Lakh), Mayank Gusain (₹17 Lakh), Shivank Vashisth (₹5 Lakh), Ankit Rajesh Kumar (₹10 Lakh), Laxman (₹5.50 Lakh), Shubham Dubey (₹6 Lakh), Krish Yadav (₹7 Lakh), Manan Bhardwaj (₹6.50 Lakh), Shantanu Yadav (₹3 Lakh), Tishant Dabla (₹1 Lakh), Vishal Abhua (₹1 Lakh), Vikas Rana (₹1 Lakh), Anirudh Chowdhary (₹6.25 Lakh), Akshay Kapoor (₹1 Lakh), Ravneet Tanwan (₹1 Lakh), Naman Tiwari (₹2.60 Lakh), Bhagwan Singh (₹2.10 Lakh), Rishabh Rana (₹1 Lakh), Kabir Sachdeva (₹1 Lakh), Vedant Sehwag (₹4 Lakh)
Purani Dilli 6
Lalit Yadav (₹10 Lakh), Vansh Bedi (₹16 Lakh), Dev Lakra (₹14 Lakh), Aayush Singh (₹9 Lakh), Samarth Seth (₹9 Lakh), Aarush Malhotra (₹3 Lakh), Sarthak Pal (₹3 Lakh), Vivek Yadav (₹3.40 Lakh), Yug Gupta (₹4.20 Lakh), Agrim Sharma (₹3 Lakh), Udhav Mohan (₹6.50 Lakh), Prince Mishra (₹3 Lakh), Aryan Kapoor (₹1 Lakh), Pardeep Parashar (₹1 Lakh), Manjeet (₹1 Lakh), Ekansh Dobal (₹3.80 Lakh), Rushal Saini (₹3 Lakh), Aditya Malhotra (₹1 Lakh), Rajneeh Dadar (₹19 Lakh), Ashish Chaurasiya (₹1 Lakh), Gaurav Saroha (₹1 Lakh), Pranav Pant (₹6 Lakh), Kush Nagpal (₹3 Lakh), Dhruv Chauhan (₹1 Lakh)
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The auction saw some big bids as the fast bowler Simarjeet Singh became the most expensive player in the 2025 edition. He was sold for ₹39 lakh to Central Delhi Kings.
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