Yuzvendra Chahal became the third player to have been acquired by the Punjab Kings during the ongoing mega auction for the 2025 edition of the Indian Premier League. With a base price of INR 2 crore, it was the Gujarat Titans who initiated the bidding with the Chennai Super Kings wasting no time. The Kings came in at INR 6 crore.
After a couple of further bids, the Titans backed out. It was then an raucous back-and-forth by the Lucknow Super Giants and PBKS up until PBKS raised their bid to INR 14 crore. The Royal Challengers Bengaluru, whom Chahal had represented for seven seasons, came in with their sole bid of INR 14.25 crore.
From that moment onward, it was a combat between the Sunrisers Hyderabad and PBKS. Ultimately, it was PBKS who secured Chahal’s services for INR 18 crore, making him the most expensive spinner in the history of the IPL up until the present moment.
Chahal is set to be one of the key players for PBKS, who surely seem to have one eye to become a title-contender this year. Ahead of the mega auction, they were the franchise which had the most purse remaining, and seem to have a thought-through strategy when it comes to building their squad.
A brave leg-spinner in the mold of Chahal is set to bolster the bowling lineup which PBKS have intended to pursue. The leading wicket-taker in the marquee league will be looking to get going and collaborate with Ricky Ponting & Co.
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Here’s how X reacted to Chahal being bought by PBKS:
18 cr for My champion brother @yuzi_chahal Welcome to PUNJAB. Dekh kangaroo bi teri copy karne lage hai 👇😜♥️♠️ Badshah bowler ♠️♥️ pic.twitter.com/ZmoTMvIZPf
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) November 24, 2024
Yuzi bhai tonight 😎 pic.twitter.com/giWfQCSHLO
— Siddharth’s Echelon (@SiddharthKG7) November 24, 2024
Most expensive Spinner in #IPLAuction history – 18Cr!!!
Congratulations my man @yuzi_chahal & congratulations @PunjabKingsIPL – you’ve got yourselves a team man and a match winner!#IPLAuction #IPLAuctiononJioStar #Yuzi #IPLAuction2025 pic.twitter.com/duGZjSQ06x
— Suhail Chandhok (@suhailchandhok) November 24, 2024
Yuzi Chahal’s quality in T20s has made him the most expensive spinner ever at the IPL auction.
Punjab Kings have splurged Rs. 18cr for him.
So far, Punjab Kings have spent Rs. 58.75cr on just three players. #ipl2025auction #IPLAuction
— Rahul Rawat (@rawatrahul9) November 24, 2024
Shreyas Iyer, Arshdeep Singh & Yuzi Chahal in Punjab Kings..!!! pic.twitter.com/ekxqqOwsih
— Tanuj Singh (@ImTanujSingh) November 24, 2024
Mubarak ho Iyer aur Apko pic.twitter.com/jL2sueBrXq
— Shivani (@meme_ki_diwani) November 24, 2024
Shreyas Iyer and Yuzi Chahal in PBKS together, oh, that’s going to be a blast! 😝#IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/TZ6GiIF6l1
— StarcyKKR (@StarcKKR) November 24, 2024
Yuzi Chahal was bought for 6.50 Crores by RR in the mega-auction 2022 but now he goes to PBKS at a whooping price of 18 Crores. That’s a huge increment.
— Aditya Saha (@Adityakrsaha) November 24, 2024
@yuzi_chahal to @PunjabKingsIPL 👏🏽👏🏽 #ipl2025auction
— Mandeep Singh (@mandeeps12) November 24, 2024
Naaummed kabhi nahi hone wala
Hamesha hasne hasana wala
Well deserved richness via #ipl2025auction for @yuzi_chahal pic.twitter.com/nfO7cQaKif
— Vimal कुमार (@Vimalwa) November 24, 2024