The 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is set to kick off on March 23, as confirmed by Rajeev Shukla, Vice President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). This announcement came during a press briefing following a Special General Meeting (SGM) in Mumbai, where Shukla stated, “IPL is going to start from March 23.”
The excitement surrounding the tournament has been building since the mega auction held in Jeddah on November 24 and 25, where all ten franchises selected their squads. Speculation about the league’s start date has been rife since the conclusion of the auction.
Last season, IPL 2024 began on March 22, featuring a gripping match between the Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Chennai Super Kings, with the finale taking place on May 26 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The Kolkata Knight Riders, having claimed victory in the 2024 season, enter this year as the defending champions.
In addition to the IPL announcement, Shukla mentioned that the venues for the Women’s Premier League (WPL) have also been finalized and will be announced soon.
IPL 2025 Teams:
Mumbai Indians:
- Batters: Suryakumar Yadav (retained), Rohit Sharma (retained), Tilak Varma (retained), Bevan-John Jacobs
- Wicketkeepers: Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Krishnan Shrijith
- All-rounders: Hardik Pandya (pace; retained), Naman Dhir (spin; RTM), Will Jacks (spin), Raj Angad Bawa (pace), Vignesh Puthur (spin)
- Spinners: Allah Ghazanfar, Karn Sharma, Mitchell Santner
- Fast bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah (retained), Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar, Reece Topley, Satyanarayana Raju, Arjun Tendulkar, Lizaad Williams
Chennai Super Kings:
- Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad (retained), Rahul Tripathi, Shaik Rasheed, Deepak Hooda, Andre Siddarth
- Wicketkeepers: Devon Conway, MS Dhoni (retained), Vansh Bedi
- All-rounders: Ravindra Jadeja (spin; retained), Shivam Dube (pace; retained), R Ashwin (spin), Sam Curran (pace), Rachin Ravindra (spin; RTM)
- Spinners: Noor Ahmad, Shreyas Gopal
- Fast bowlers: Matheesha Pathirana (retained), Khaleel Ahmed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Mukesh Choudhary, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis
Royal Challengers Bengaluru:
- Batters: Virat Kohli (retained), Rajat Patidar (retained), Tim David, Manoj Bhandage, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chikara
- Wicketkeepers: Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma
- All-rounders: Liam Livingstone (spin), Krunal Pandya (spin), Swapnil Singh (spin), Romario Shepherd (pace), Jacob Bethell (spin)
- Spinners: Suyash Sharma, Abhinandan Singh
- Fast bowlers: Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal (retained), Rasikh Salam, Nuwan Thushara, Lungi Ngidi
Kolkata Knight Riders:
- Batters: Rinku Singh (retained), Rovman Powell, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Luvnith Sisodia, Ajinkya Rahane
- Wicketkeepers: Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz
- All-rounders: Venkatesh Iyer (pace), Andre Russell (pace; retained), Sunil Narine (spin; retained), Ramandeep Singh (pace; retained), Anukul Roy (spin), Moeen Ali (spin)
- Spinners: Varun Chakravarthy (retained), Mayank Markande
- Fast bowlers: Harshit Rana (retained), Vaibhav Arora, Anrich Nortje, Spencer Johnson, Umran Malik
Punjab Kings:
- Batters: Shreyas Iyer, Shashank Singh (retained), Nehal Wadhera, Harnoor Singh Pannu, Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash
- Wicketkeepers: Josh Inglis, Vishnu Vinod, Prabhsimran Singh (retained)
- All-rounders: Glenn Maxwell (spin), Marcus Stoinis (pace), Marco Jansen (pace), Harpreet Brar (spin)
- Spinners: Yuzvendra Chahal, Pravin Dubey
- Fast bowlers: Arshdeep Singh (RTM), Lockie Ferguson, Yash Thakur, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Kuldeep Sen, Xavier Bartlett
Lucknow Super Giants:
- Batters: Aiden Markram, David Miller, Ayush Badoni (retained), Himmat Singh, Matthew Breetzke
- Wicketkeepers: Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran (retained), Aryan Juyal
- All-rounders: Abdul Samad (spin), Mitchell Marsh (pace), Shahbaz Ahmed (spin), Yuvraj Chaudhary (spin)
- Spinners: Ravi Bishnoi (retained), M Siddharth, Digvesh Singh
- Fast bowlers: Mayank Yadav (retained), Mohsin Khan (retained), Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav
Delhi Capitals:
- Batters: Jake Fraser-McGurk (RTM), Harry Brook, Tristan Stubbs (retained), Faf du Plessis, Karun Nair
- Wicketkeepers: KL Rahul, Abishek Porel (retained), Donovan Ferreria
- All-rounders: Axar Patel (spin; retained), Ashutosh Sharma (spin), Sameer Rizvi (spin), Darshan Nalkande (pace)
- Spinners: Kuldeep Yadav (retained)
- Fast bowlers: Mitchell Starc, Mukesh Kumar, T Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Dushmantha Chameera
Gujarat Titans:
- Batters: Shubman Gill (retained), Sai Sudharsan (retained), Rahul Tewatia (retained), Sherfane Rutherford
- Wicketkeepers: Jos Buttler, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat
- All-rounders: Rashid Khan (spin; retained), Washington Sundar (spin), M Shahrukh Khan (spin; retained), Mahipal Lomror (spin)
- Spinners: Manav Suthar, Sai Kishore
- Fast bowlers: Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Gerald Coetzee, Gurnoor Brar, Ishant Sharma, Kulwant Khejroliya
Sunrisers Hyderabad:
- Batters: Travis Head (retained), Abhinav Manohar, Aniket Verma, Sachin Baby
- Wicketkeepers: Heinrich Klaasen (retained), Ishan Kishan, Atharva Taide
- All-rounders: Abhishek Sharma (spin; retained), Nitish Kumar Reddy (pace; retained), Kamindu Mendis (spin)
- Spinners: Adam Zampa, Rahul Chahar, Zeeshan Ansari
- Fast bowlers: Mohammed Shami, Pat Cummins (retained), Harshal Patel, Simarjeet Singh, Jaydev Unadkat, Brydon Carse, Eshan Malinga
Rajasthan Royals:
- Batters: Yashasvi Jaiswal (retained), Shimron Hetmyer (retained), Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi
- Wicketkeepers: Sanju Samson (retained), Dhruv Jurel (retained), Kunal Singh Rathore
- All-rounders: Riyan Parag (spin; retained), Nitish Rana (spin), Yudhvir Singh (pace)
- Spinners: Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Kumar Kartikeya
- Fast bowlers: Jofra Archer, Sandeep Sharma (retained), Tushar Deshpande, Akash Madhwal, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma.
