Before the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, star off-spinner R Ashwin was spotted selling himself in a mock auction. The IPL 2025 auctions are to be held in Saudi Arabia on November 24 and 25.
Ashwin held a simulated auction on his YouTube channel before the actual event, where a number of fans placed bids for players for the 10 teams.
At this auction, it was spotted that popular players like Jos Buttler, David Warner, Trent Boult, Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul, and Ashwin himself got auctioned. In the event trailer, Ashwin introduced the participants and declared that he was the first guy in the history of Indian television to auction himself.
“First time in Indian Television history, the first person to auction himself. Generally, I get very excited about IPL auctions. For the first time, in our channel, we have conducted mock auctions inviting a lot of people. Many cricket fans, analysts, people who’ve been following IPL for many years, we’ve finished conducting a very competitive auctions with these people. Extremely entertaining! people who came to participate in our channel picked really good teams,” said Ashwin on his Youtube Channel.
