With the upcoming 2025 IPL Mega auction around the corner, the IPL teams are already mapping their strategies to build a core ahead of the 2025 IPL. The T20 format has often been seen as batting dominated & with an abundance of batters who will go under the hammer, the competition within 10 teams in the auction table is expected to be fierce.In this article, we will go through the top five batters likely to dominate the auction and be potential assets for the respective franchises. Here are the top five batters to be potential targets by the franchise in the 2025 IPL mega auction.
David Miller
Base Price: INR 2 Crores
Released by: Gujarat Titans
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Very Few Overseas batters have played spin as attractive as David Miller in the Indian conditions. The Left-handed batter has not only enjoyed batting in Indian conditions over the last couple of seasons, but his finishing ability with the bat makes him a tempting option for so many franchises at the auction table. With over 130 matches, the South African batter has scored over 2900 runs in the IPL. But it has been his last couple of seasons that have seen his gameplay taking off.
Gujarat Titans had bought David Miller in the 2022 mega auction for INR 3 Crores & it didn’t take too long for Miller who score over 481 runs in 16 matches averaging 68 in the 2022 IPL season where Gujarat Titans emerged as champions. Though Miller didn’t have an ideal season in 2024 for Gujarat in which he scored 210 runs in nine matches his impressive gameplay against spin & as an experienced middle-order batter could see teams considering his name in their core.