England fast bowler Jofra Archer was sold for INR 12.50 crore during the IPL (Indian Premier League) 2025 auction on Sunday, November 24 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Archer will return to his former team whom he played for three seasons from 2018-2020.

Jofra Archer was sold to the Rajasthan Royals for ₹12.50 crore during the IPL 2025 auction, held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday.

England fast bowler Jofra Archer has been added back to the final auction list days after his name did not feature in shortlist sent by IPL recently to franchises last weekend. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Archer's addition was informally confirmed to franchises on Thursday,

Currently, Rishabh Pant sold to Lucknow Super Giants at INR 27 Crores is the most expensive player. Shreyas Iyer remains the second highest bid of IP so far with 26.75 Crores sold to Punjab Kings who also bag Yuzvendra Chahal at INR 18 Crores.

England fast bowler Jofra Archer will enter the Indian Premier League auction despite being left off the shortlist.

Archer has not played Test cricket since 2021 but the England setup is confident that he will be back in action early next year

Fast bowler Jofra Archer, who has made a dramatic U-turn to put his name on the shortlist of players for the mega IPL auction on November 24 and 25, will be in high demand.

Archer, who represented RR between 2018 and 2021 in a successful stint, returns to the Royals as the Jaipur-based franchise picked up the Englishman with a bid of Rs 12.5 Crore.

In a fierce bidding war at the IPL auction, Rajasthan Royals secured Jofra Archer for a whopping Rs 12.50 crore. Archer, returning after an injury, previously played for the Royals in 2020 and was named the Most Valuable Player that season.