Uttar Pradesh's 20-year-old batter Sameer Rizvi has been bought by DC in the IPL 2025 mega auction for ₹95 lakh. Sameer, who was bought by CSK for ₹8.4 crore in the IPL 2024 auction, has suffered a pay cut of ₹7.45 crore. Rizvi had played eight matches for CSK in IPL 2024, scoring 51 runs in eight matches.