The 10 teams in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025¡ªChennai Super Kings (CSK), Mumbai Indians (MI), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Delhi Capitals (DC), Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Gujarat Titans (GT), and Punjab Kings (PBKS)¡ªwill compete in 74 matches during the upcoming season, starting on March 22, 2025!
Check out the full squads and their potential playing XI for the season!
CSK, led by Ruturaj Gaikwad, will aim for a record sixth title as they kick off their IPL 2025 campaign. MS Dhoni is part of the squad and fans believe this could be his last apperance.
Last season: 5th spot
Home Venue:?M. A. Chidambaram Stadium
Playing XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, MS Dhoni, Ravichandran Ashwin, Matheesha Pathirana, Noor Ahmad
CSK squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Matheesha Pathirana, Noor Ahmad, Ravichandran Ashwin, Devon Conway, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Shaik Rashid, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Deepak Hooda, Gurjanpreet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishnan Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddarth
DC enter IPL 2025 under the new leadership of Axar Patel. With Rishabh Pant's departure, the team aims to fill the gap by securing experienced wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul in the auction.?
Last season:?6th spot
Home Venue: Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Playing XI: Jake Fraser-McGurk, KL Rahul, Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel (wk), Axar Patel (C), Tristan Stubbs, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Mohit Sharma, T Natarajan.?
DC squad: KL Rahul, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Karun Nair, Abhishek Porel, Tristian Stubbs, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natrajan, Mitchell Starc, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Dushmanta Chameera, Donovan Ferreira, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari?
Injury/replacement: Harry Brook pulled out of the competition.
Before the 2024 edition, they lost their captain and all-rounder, Hardik Pandya. With little time to adjust, they struggled and finished eighth. But this year, they revamped, getting in key players to fill in major sports.
Last season:?8th spot
Home Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Playing XI:?Shubman Gill (C), Jos Buttler, B Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, Glenn Philips, Rahul Tewatia, Washington Sundar, Rashid Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj, Kagiso Rabada
GT squad: Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler, B. Sai Sudharshan, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Mahipal Lomror, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar, Washington Sundar, Gerald Coetzee, Mohmmad Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Sherfane Rutherford, R. Sai Kishore, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Glenn Phillips, Kareem Janat, Kulwant Khejroliya?
Defending champions KKR will kick off IPL 2025 at their own home ground. After parting ways with their title-winning captain Shreyas Iyer, they have appointed Ajinkya Rahane as their new leader for the season.?
Last season: 1st spot?
Home Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata?
Playing XI: Quinton de Kock (wk), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Anrich Nortje, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy?
KKR squad: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Luvnith Sisodia, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali?
Injury/replacement: Umran Malik was replaced by Chetan Sakariya.?
MI, one of the most successful franchise in IPL history, enters the 2025 season eager to reclaim its dominance. Led by Hardik Pandya, they aim to move past the disappointment of IPL 2024.?
Last season: 10th spot?
Home Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai?
Playing XI: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (C), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah?
MI squad: Hardik Pandya (c), Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Verma, Trent Boult, Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Karn Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks, Ashwani Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Reece Topley, Shrijith Krishnan, Raj Angad Bawa, Venkat Satyanarayana Raju, Bevon Jacobs, Arjun Tendulkar, Vignesh Puthhur, Suryakumar Yadav?
Injury/replacement: Allah Ghazanfar and Lizaad Williams were replaced by Mujeeb-ur-Rahman and Corbin Bosch.?
After parting ways with KL Rahul, LSG made history with a record-breaking bid, securing Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant for a staggering ?27 crore at the auction.?
Last season: 7th spot?
Home Venue: Ekana Cricket Stadium, UP?
Playing XI: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (C), Nicholas Pooran, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Moshin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi?
LSG squad: Rishabh Pant (C), David Miller, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bisnoi, Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal, Akash Deep, Himmat Singh, M Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Matthew Breetzke?
With only two playoff appearances in their history, the team will depend on Shreyas Iyer, the captain behind KKR's third IPL title in 2024, who was signed for ?26.75 crore, to take them home this year.?
Last season: 9th spot?
Home Venue: Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Cricket Stadium, Punjab?
Playing XI: Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis, Shreyas Iyer (C), Nehal Wadhera, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal?
PBKS squad: Shreyas Iyer (C), Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Brar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur, Marco Jansen, Josh Inglis, Lockie Ferguson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Kuldeep Sen, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlett, Pyla Avinash, Pravin Dubey, Nehal Wadhera??
RR, the inaugural IPL champions, have yet to reclaim the trophy. With a revamped squad, they enter the new season determined to secure their long-awaited second title.
Last season: 3rd spot?
Home Venue: ?Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur / Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
Playing XI: Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis, Shreyas Iyer (C), Nehal Wadhera, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal?
RR squad: Sanju Samson (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma, Jofra Archer, Wainindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Nitish Rana, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Charak, Fazal Farooqi, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kwena Maphaka, Kunal Rathore, Ashok Sharma?
RCB continues their quest for a maiden IPL title. Last season, they made a stunning comeback, winning six straight games to secure a playoff spot, narrowly surpassing CSK on net run rate.?
Last season: 4th spot?
Home Venue: M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru?
Playing XI: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar (C), Liam Livingstone, Krunal Pandya, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood?
RCB squad: Rajat Patidar (C), Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethel, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee?
This season will be crucial for SRH after falling short in last year's final. Their explosive batting played a key role in their success, and with their top-order intact, they have now bolstered their bowling attack for a stronger title challenge.?
Last season: 2nd spot?
Home Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad?
Playing XI: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klassen, Nitish Reddy, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins (C), Rahul Chahar, Harshal Patel, Sandeep Sharma, Mohammed Shami?
SRH squad: Pat Cummins (C), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klassen, Nitish Reddy, Ishan Kishan, Mohammad Shami, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Atharva Taide, Abhinav Manohar, Simarjeet Singh, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis, Aniket Verma, Eshan Malinga, Sachin Baby?
Injury/replacement: Brydon Carse was replaced by Wiaan Mulder.?
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