Delhi Capitals (DC) made a formidable squad during the mega auction of IPL 2025 mega auction held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Prior to the mega auction, they had already retained key players including Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, and Abhishek Porel. They had INR 72.80 crore in their purse to make a perfect squad and they successfully assembled it for the upcoming IPL edition. Also Read: Yuzvendra Chahal’s Per Ball Cost For IPL 2025, Breakdown They signed 13 Indian and 6 overseas players during the mega auction and a few of the unpicked surprises as well. The GMR group were quite selective in their decisions, sometimes they made tough decisions by blindly going behind some big names but backed out at the last moment due to budget issues. DC's probably the best signing of the IPL 2025 auction was KL Rahul from the Marquee set. They missed out on getting Rishabh Pant back via RTM but then they decided to move on and then switched to Rahul. They got him for INR 14 crores after beating interest from Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), Kolkata Knight Riders, and Chennai Super Kings. DC made a bold move and signed England’s Harry Brook and Australian power-hitter Jake Fraser-McGurk. Then they went on to sign two of the underrated Indian domestic talents: Sameer Rizvi and Ashutosh Sharma. Furthermore, they secured Karun Nair for INR 50 lakh, adding more depth to their squad. DC wanted to strengthen their bowling attack for the upcoming season, so they splashed out INR 11.75 crore for Mitchell Starc. Starc is expected to spearhead the bowling attack, which now features two new T20 specialists: T Natarajan and Mohit Sharma. The team also used their RTM card on Mukesh Kumar, making him their costliest buy on Monday at INR 8 crore. Additionally, they brought in Sri Lanka’s Dushmantha Chameera. Rounding off the squad were six young and relatively unknown all-rounders, with Manvanth Kumar and Darshan Nalkande emerging as standout picks among them. Also Read | IPL 2025: Full Squad List of All 10 Teams After Mega Auction Delhi Capitals Squad for IPL 2025 No. Players Role Nation Price (in INR) 1 Axar Patel All-Rounder India 16.5 crore 2 Kuldeep Yadav Bowler India 13.25 crore 3 Tristan Stubbs Batter South Africa 10 crore 4 Abhishek Porel Wicketkeeper-batter India 4 crore 5 Mitchell Starc Bowler Australia 11.75 crore 6 KL Rahul Wicketkeeper-Batter India 14 crore 7 Harry Brook Batter England 6.25 crore 8 Jake Fraser-McGurk Batter Australia 9 crore 9 T Natarajan Bowler India 10.75 crore 10 Karun Nair Batter India 50 lakh 11 Sameer Rizvi Batter India 95 lakh 12 Ashutosh Sharma Batter India 3.8 crore 13 Mohit Sharma Bowler India 2.2 crore 14 Faf du Plessis Batter South Africa 2 crore 15 Mukesh Kumar Bowler India 8 crore 16 Darshan Nalkande All-Rounder India 30 lakh 17 Vipraj Nigam All-Rounder India 50 lakh 18 D Chameera Bowler Sri Lanka 75 lakh 19 Donavon Ferreira Wicketkeeper-batter South Africa 75 lakh 20 Ajay Mandal All-Rounder India 30 lakh 21 Manvanth Kumar All-Rounder India 30 lakh 22 Tripurana Vijay All-Rounder India 30 lakh 23 Madhav Tiwari All-Rounder India 40 lakh Delhi Capitals (DC) built their squad for IPL 2025 with a total of 23 players (16 Indian players and 7 overseas players) and they still had INR 20 lakh left in their purse at the end of Day 2. Probable Playing XI of Gujarat Titans for IPL 2025 View this post on Instagram A post shared by CricketGully (@cricketgullyofficial) Strongest XI of DC for IPL 2025: KL Rahul (c), Jake Fraser, Abhishek Porel, Harry Brook, Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, T Natarajan. Impact Subs: Sameer Rizvi, Mohit Sharma