The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League kicked off on March 22nd, with the defending champions, Kolkata Knight Riders, taking on Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the iconic Eden Gardens. The much-anticipated El-Clásico of IPL between five-time champions Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians took place on March 23rd at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. As the tournament unfolds, let's look at the full squads of all 10 teams, key players, and key betting insights.
IPL 2025 Full Squads
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) - Ruturaj Gaikwad ©, Rahul Tripathi, Shaik Rasheed, Deepak Hooda, Devon Conway, MS Dhoni (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, R Ashwin, Sam Curran, Rachin Ravindra, Vijay Shankar, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Shreyas Gopal, Matheesha Pathirana, Khaleel Ahmed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis.
Delhi Capitals (DC) - Axar Patel ©, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Harry Brook, Tristan Stubbs, Faf du Plessis (Vc), Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wk), Abishek Porel (wk), Donovan Ferreria, Ashutosh Sharma, Sameer Rizvi, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, Mukesh Kumar, T Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Dushmantha Chameera.
Gujarat Titans (GT) - Shubman Gill ©, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Sherfane Rutherford, Jos Buttler (wk), Kumar Kushagra (wk), Anuj Rawat, Rashid Khan, Washington Sundar, M Shahrukh Khan, Mahipal Lomror, Nishant Sindhu, Arshad Khan, Jayant Yadav, Glenn Phillips, Karim Janat, Manav Suthar. Sai Kishore, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Gerald Coetzee, Gurnoor Brar, Ishant Sharma, Kulwant Khejroliya.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) - Ajinkya Rahane ©, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Quinton de Kock (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Venkatesh Iyer (wk), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Varun Chakravarthy, Mayank Markande, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Anrich Nortje, Spencer Johnson, Umran Malik
Lucknow SuperGiants (LSG) - Rishabh Pant ©, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Ayush Badoni, Himmat Singh, Matthew Breetzke (wk), Nicholas Pooran (wk), Aryan Juyal, Abdul Samad, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Ravi Bishnoi, M Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Shardul Thakur
Mumbai Indians (MI) - Hardik Pandya ©, Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Bevan-John Jacobs, Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Krishnan Shrijith (wk), Naman Dhir,
Will Jacks, Raj Angad Bawa, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Karn Sharma, Mitchell Santner, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Ashwan Kumar, Reece Topley, Satyanarayana Raju, Arjun Tendulkar, Lizaad Williams, Vignesh Putthur
Punjab Kings (PBKS) - Shreyas Iyer ©, Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Josh Inglis (wk), Vishnu Vinod, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Azmatullah Omarzai, Yuzvendra Chahal, Pravin Dubey, Arshdeep Singh, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Thakur, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Kuldeep Sen
Rajasthan Royals (RR) - Sanju Samson (wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag, Nitish Rana, Yudhvir Singh, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Jofra Archer, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Madhwal, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) - Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar ©, Tim David, Manoj Bhandage, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chikara, Phil Salt (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Liam Livingstone, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Mohit Rathee, Suyash Sharma, Abhinandan Singh, Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Rasikh Salam, Nuwan Thushara, Lungi Ngidi
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) - Pat Cummins ©, Travis Head, Abhinav Manohar, Aniket Verma, Sachin Baby, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Atharva Taide, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Kamindu Mendis, Adam Zampa, Rahul Chahar, Zeeshan Ansari, Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Simarjeet Singh, Jaydev Unadkat. Brydon Carse, Eshan Malinga.
IPL 2025 Key Players
Chennai Super Kings - Noor Ahmad, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube & Rachin Ravindra
Chennai Super Kings have crafted a squad tailored to the spin-friendly conditions at Chepauk. Noor Ahmad, known for his deceptive variations, had a stellar outing in the 2024 CPL with an economy of 6.25 in middle overs.
Rachin Ravindra enters IPL 2025 after an explosive Champions Trophy, where he amassed 378 runs at an average of 63.0. His left-handed strokeplay will be pivotal in Chennai’s top order alongside Ruturaj Gaikwad, who scored 552 runs in IPL 2024.
Meanwhile, Shivam Dube, with a strike rate of 162.5 against spin in 2024, is expected to dominate the middle overs.
Delhi Capitals - Faf du Plessis, KL Rahul, Mitchell Starc, Axar Patel
The experience of Faf, KL Rahul and Mitchell Starc counts big time for the Delhi Capitals this season. All these players can single-handedly win games on their day. If they fire collectively, then Delhi can possibly win their first IPL title under their new leader, Axar Patel. Though the left arm will be captaining for the first time, he can be effective in the powerplay overs, control the run-flow in the middle overs and the crisis man in the middle order.
Gujarat Titans - Shubman Gill, Jos Butler, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Siraj
The Titans have a solid top order at a high-scoring home ground in Ahmedabad. Shubman Gill and Jos Butler are a rare, deadly combo that we are about to witness this season, and a lot will depend on them to provide good starts and expect Gill to hold the innings from one end while Butler goes bang-bang from the other end. Rashid Khan and Mohammad Siraj are two of the most experienced bowlers and genuine wicket-takers. These two bowlers are vital for the Titans in the middle and death overs.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) - Ajinkya Rahane, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer
The new KKR captain, Ajinkya Rahane, has had a good run in the domestic season. His leadership and tactics will be vital for the defending champions. Sunil Narine, as usual, is mighty effective with both bat and ball. Varun Chakravarthy is in fine form and a wicket-taker for KKR. Venkatesh Iyer was bought for huge bucks. A lot is expected of him. He is a high-value player in the middle order and can play big knocks with consistency.
Lucknow SuperGiants - Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, David Miller, Ravi Bishnoi
The biggest signing in the history of IPL, Rishabh Pant, alongside Pooran and David Miller, is a rare deadly left-hander trio. Three of the best T20 cricketers who can win take the game away from their opponents with big hitting. Ravi Bishnoi, in the absence of Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, and Mohsin Khan, relies heavily on his shoulders to lead the bowling attack.
Mumbai Indians - Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav
Tilak Varma is in fine form, he will be key to Mumbai’s batting alongside Suryakumar Yadav, while Hardik Pandya is the designated finisher and the leader of the side. Boom Boom Bumrah mighty effective at all phases of the game.
Punjab Kings - Shreyas Iyer, Glenn Maxwell, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
Shreyas Iyer's key season is as captain and as a batter, and he is coming off some really good performances in international cricket. Glenn Maxwell owes Punjab Kings for backing him in all the seasons; he is expected to fire on all cylinders this season. Arshdeep and Chahal are key to Punjab’s bowling, which has always been a weak link over the past 17 seasons.
Rajasthan Royals - Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag, Wanindu Hasaranga, Yashasvi Jaiswal
The Royals' strength this season is their batting, where their top five can make a big impact, especially the opening pair of Jaiswal and Samson. Riyan Parag was the leading run-scorer for the Royals with 500+ runs; he is expected to come good this season. Hasaranga might not be effective early in the season, but he will be lethal in the later stages of the tournament, and his wicket-taking ability makes him a key player in the Royals lineup.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru - Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar, Josh Hazlewood
Kohli and Salt at the top of the order is a deadly combination, and their partnerships will be key to RCB’s success alongside Patidar’s explosive batting in the middle overs, where he averages over 50 against spinners and strikes at over 150. Hazlewood looks fit, his experience and accuracy are what RCB’s bowling lineup needs to keep the opponent batters in check.
Sunrisers Hyderabad - Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Harshal Patel
The trio of Head, Abhishek and Kishan can take the game away from their opponents in the first 10 overs, which is key to laying down a perfect platform for the likes of Nitish Kumar and Klaassen to explode at the backend of an innings. From the bowling point of view SRH have been tad shaky in the death overs, but this season they have the likes of Harshal Patel the leading wicket taker last season (21 wickets). IPL 2025 Insights Choosing the right betting site is always an important step that you need to take. Before betting on any IPL game, make sure you choose a platform that’s recommended for Indian bettors as it can make a big difference for your experience. Then, always set a particular budget bet on games that you are sure of winning. Analyse the game trends, like both teams' records at the venue, head-to-head records, and pitch reports, before placing bets.
