England's Sam Curran, who earned ₹18.5 crore with PBKS in IPL 2024, received the highest pay cut of ₹16.1 crore at IPL 2025 mega auction after being bought by CSK for ₹2.4 crore. He's followed by Mitchell Starc, who earned ₹24.75 crore in IPL 2024 and was bought by DC for ₹11.75 crore. Sameer Rizvi's salary reduced by ₹7.45 crore.