{"id":21792,"date":"2024-11-24T16:01:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T10:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=506451"},"modified":"2024-11-24T16:01:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T10:31:41","slug":"ipl-2025-mega-auction-gujarat-titans-secure-kagiso-rabada-for-rs-10-75-crore-after-intense-bidding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2025-mega-auction-gujarat-titans-secure-kagiso-rabada-for-rs-10-75-crore-after-intense-bidding\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2025 mega auction: Gujarat Titans secure Kagiso Rabada for \u20b910.75 crore after intense bidding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kagiso Rabada, one of the most sought-after fast bowlers in the IPL 2025 mega auction, sparked a fierce bidding war after entering the auction with a base price of \u20b92 crore. The battle for the South African pacer began with Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans vying for his services. As the bids escalated, Royal Challengers Bangalore entered the fray, intensifying the competition with Gujarat.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, Gujarat Titans emerged as the highest bidder at \u20b910.75 crore. Punjab Kings, Rabada\u2019s former team, chose not to exercise their Right to Match (RTM) option, leaving the Titans to finalize the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Rabada\u2019s addition bolsters Gujarat\u2019s bowling arsenal significantly, as he brings world-class pace and experience to their lineup for IPL 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kagiso Rabada, one of the most sought-after fast bowlers in the IPL 2025 mega auction, sparked a fierce bidding war\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":26584,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}