Complete List of IPL 2025 Squads and Match Schedule

IPL 2025 Full Squads and Fixtures – Team Lineups Revealed

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a franchise-based Twenty20 (T20) cricket tournament organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Since its inception in 2008, it has grown into the most lucrative cricket competition in the world. According to a December 2024 report by Brand Finance, the IPL holds an impressive brand value of $12 billion.

As the 18th edition of the IPL approaches, here’s a complete guide to the tournament, its format, teams, venues, and key players.

When is IPL 2025 Taking Place?

The 18th edition of IPL is scheduled to be held from March 22 to May 25, 2025.

IPL 2025 Format and Group Structure

Tournament Structure

The IPL follows a league-cum-knockout format featuring 10 teams, divided into two groups:

• Each team plays 14 matches in the league stage, including:

  • Two matches (home and away) against teams in their own group.

  • Two matches against one designated team from the opposite group.

  • One match each against the remaining four teams from the opposite group.

• The top four teams in the unified points table qualify for the playoffs:

  • Qualifier 1: The top two teams play, with the winner advancing to the final.

  • Eliminator: The third and fourth-placed teams face off, with the loser eliminated.

  • Qualifier 2: The loser of Qualifier 1 plays the winner of the Eliminator for a spot in the final.

Group Division for IPL 2025

• Group 1: Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings, Punjab Kings.

• Group 2: Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Titans, Mumbai Indians, Lucknow Super Giants.

Where Will IPL 2025 Be Held?

The IPL is hosted in the home cities of the franchises across India. Some teams may split their home games between multiple venues.

• Total Venues: The 2025 edition will be played across 13 stadiums.

• Key Matches and Venues:

  • Eden Gardens (Kolkata): Opening match, Qualifier 2, and the final.

  • Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (Hyderabad): Qualifier 1 and the Eliminator.

IPL 2025 Star Players and Auction Highlights

The IPL features top cricketers from around the world. Some of the most notable signings from the 2025 player auction include:

• Jos Buttler (England) – Bought by Gujarat Titans for ₹157.5 million ($1.81 million), the highest bid for an overseas player.

• Rishabh Pant (India) – Acquired by Lucknow Super Giants for ₹270 million ($3.11 million), making him the highest-paid player in the auction.

• MS Dhoni (India) – The World Cup-winning former captain will play for Chennai Super Kings, despite retiring from international cricket.

• Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli – Both retired from international T20 cricket after winning the 2024 T20 World Cup, but will continue to play for Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, respectively.

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Legendary Coaches in IPL 2025

Several former cricket legends have taken up coaching roles:

• Ricky Ponting – Punjab Kings

• Rahul Dravid – Rajasthan Royals

• Stephen Fleming – Chennai Super Kings

Why Are Pakistani Players Absent from the IPL?

Pakistani players have not participated in the IPL since its inaugural season in 2008 due to political tensions.

• In 2009, Pakistan’s government barred its players from the IPL over security concerns following the Mumbai attacks in November 2008.

• Although Pakistani players were cleared to participate in IPL 2010, they were not selected by franchises.

• Since then, no Pakistani players have featured in the IPL.

IPL 2025 Full Squad Lists

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season will feature 10 teams competing across 74 matches, including a league stage and a four-team playoff round. Below are the full squads of all teams along with their coaches and best past performances.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

Squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Captain), Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Ravichandran Ashwin, Vansh Bedi, Mukesh Choudhary, Devon Conway, Sam Curran, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Shivam Dube, Nathan Ellis, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Deepak Hooda, Ravindra Jadeja, Anshul Kamboj, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Jamie Overton, Matheesha Pathirana, Shaik Rasheed, Rachin Ravindra, Vijay Shankar, Andre Siddarth, Gurjapneet Singh, Rahul Tripathi.
Coach: Stephen Fleming
Best Performance: Champions (2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023)

Delhi Capitals (DC)

Squad: Harry Brook, Dushmantha Chameera, Faf du Plessis, Donovan Ferreira, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mukesh Kumar, Manvanth Kumar, Ajay Mandal, Karun Nair, Darshan Nalkande, Thangarasu Natarajan, Vipraj Nigam, Axar Patel, Abhishek Porel, KL Rahul, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Madhav Tiwari, Tristan Stubbs, Tripurana Vijay, Kuldeep Yadav.
Coach: Hemang Badani
Best Performance: Runners-up (2020)

Gujarat Titans (GT)

Squad: Shubman Gill (Captain), Gurnoor Brar, Jos Buttler, Gerald Coetzee, Karim Janat, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Kulwant Khejroliya, Sai Kishore, Prasidh Krishna, Kumar Kushagra, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Phillips, Kagiso Rabada, Anuj Rawat, Sherfane Rutherford, Ishant Sharma, Nishant Sindhu, Mohammed Siraj, Sai Sudharsan, Washington Sundar, Manav Suthar, Rahul Tewatia, Jayant Yadav.
Coach: Ashish Nehra
Best Performance: Champions (2022)

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

Squad: Moeen Ali, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Spencer Johnson, Umran Malik, Mayank Markande, Sunil Narine, Anrich Nortje, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ajinkya Rahane, Harshit Rana, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Luvnith Sisodia.
Coach: Chandrakant Pandit
Best Performance: Champions (2012, 2014, 2024)

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

Squad: Rishabh Pant (Captain), Shahbaz Ahmed, Ayush Badoni, Ravi Bishnoi, Matthew Breetzke, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Akash Deep, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Arshin Kulkarni, Shamar Joseph, Aryan Juyal, Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, David Miller, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Manimaran Siddharth, Akash Singh, Digvesh Singh, Himmat Singh, Mayank Yadav, Prince Yadav.
Coach: Justin Langer
Best Performance: Playoffs (2022, 2023)

Mumbai Indians (MI)

Squad: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Raj Angad Bawa, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Naman Dhir, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Will Jacks, Bevon Jacobs, Ashwani Kumar, Robin Minz, Vignesh Puthur, Satyanarayana Raju, Ryan Rickelton, Mitchell Santner, Karn Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Krishnan Shrijith, Arjun Tendulkar, Reece Topley, Tilak Varma, Lizaad Williams, Suryakumar Yadav.
Coach: Mahela Jayawardene
Best Performance: Champions (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020)

Punjab Kings (PBKS)

Squad: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash, Xavier Bartlett, Harpreet Brar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Praveen Dubey, Lockie Ferguson, Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis, Marco Jansen, Musheer Khan, Glenn Maxwell, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kuldeep Sen, Suryansh Shedge, Arshdeep Singh, Harnoor Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod, Nehal Wadhera, Vijaykumar Vyshak.
Coach: Ricky Ponting
Best Performance: Runners-up (2014)

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

Squad: Sanju Samson (Captain), Jofra Archer, Yudhvir Charak, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Kwena Maphaka, Riyan Parag, Nitish Rana, Kunal Rathore, Ashok Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Maheesh Theekshana.
Coach: Rahul Dravid
Best Performance: Champions (2008)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)

Squad: Virat Kohli, Jacob Bethell, Manoj Bhandage, Swastik Chikara, Rasikh Salam Dar, Tim David, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Liam Livingstone, Lungi Ngidi, Devdutt Padikkal, Krunal Pandya, Rajat Patidar, Mohit Rathee, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Suyash Sharma, Romario Shepherd, Abhinandan Singh, Swapnil Singh, Nuwan Thushara.
Coach: Andy Flower
Best Performance: Runners-up (2009, 2011, 2016)

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

Squad: Pat Cummins (Captain), Zeeshan Ansari, Sachin Baby, Brydon Carse, Rahul Chahar, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Eshan Malinga, Abhinav Manohar, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammad Shami, Abhishek Sharma, Simarjeet Singh, Atharva Taide, Jaydev Unadkat, Aniket Verma, Adam Zampa.
Coach: Daniel Vettori
Best Performance: Champions (2016)

IPL 2025 Fixtures: Complete Match Schedule

The highly anticipated Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is set to begin on March 22, 2025, with matches starting at 7:30 PM IST (2:00 PM GMT), unless stated otherwise. Afternoon matches will begin at 3:30 PM IST. Below is the full schedule of IPL 2025, categorized by match dates.

Opening Match (March 22, 2025)

• Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Kolkata)

Matchweek 1: March 23 – March 29

• March 23

  • Sunrisers Hyderabad vs. Rajasthan Royals (Hyderabad, 3:30 PM IST)

  • Chennai Super Kings vs. Mumbai Indians (Chennai)

• March 24 – Delhi Capitals vs. Lucknow Super Giants (Visakhapatnam)

• March 25 – Gujarat Titans vs. Punjab Kings (Ahmedabad)

• March 26 – Rajasthan Royals vs. Kolkata Knight Riders (Guwahati)

• March 27 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs. Lucknow Super Giants (Hyderabad)

• March 28 – Chennai Super Kings vs. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Chennai)

• March 29 – Gujarat Titans vs. Mumbai Indians (Ahmedabad)

Matchweek 2: March 30 – April 5

• March 30

  • Delhi Capitals vs. Sunrisers Hyderabad (Visakhapatnam, 3:30 PM IST)

  • Rajasthan Royals vs. Chennai Super Kings (Guwahati)

• March 31 – Mumbai Indians vs. Kolkata Knight Riders (Mumbai)

• April 1 – Lucknow Super Giants vs. Punjab Kings (Lucknow)

• April 2 – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs. Gujarat Titans (Bengaluru)

• April 3 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Sunrisers Hyderabad (Kolkata)

• April 4 – Lucknow Super Giants vs. Mumbai Indians (Lucknow)

• April 5

  • Chennai Super Kings vs. Delhi Capitals (Chennai, 3:30 PM IST)

  • Punjab Kings vs. Rajasthan Royals (New Chandigarh)

Matchweek 3: April 6 – April 12

• April 6

  • Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Lucknow Super Giants (Kolkata, 3:30 PM IST)

  • Sunrisers Hyderabad vs. Gujarat Titans (Hyderabad)

• April 7 – Mumbai Indians vs. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Mumbai)

• April 8 – Punjab Kings vs. Chennai Super Kings (New Chandigarh)

• April 9 – Gujarat Titans vs. Rajasthan Royals (Ahmedabad)

• April 10 – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs. Delhi Capitals (Bengaluru)

• April 11 – Chennai Super Kings vs. Kolkata Knight Riders (Chennai)

• April 12

  • Lucknow Super Giants vs. Gujarat Titans (Lucknow, 3:30 PM IST)

  • Sunrisers Hyderabad vs. Punjab Kings (Hyderabad)

Key Weekend Clashes: April 13 – May 19

• April 13

  • Rajasthan Royals vs. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Jaipur, 3:30 PM IST)

  • Delhi Capitals vs. Mumbai Indians (Delhi)

• April 20

  • Punjab Kings vs. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (New Chandigarh, 3:30 PM IST)

  • Mumbai Indians vs. Chennai Super Kings (Mumbai)

• April 27

  • Mumbai Indians vs. Lucknow Super Giants (Mumbai, 3:30 PM IST)

  • Delhi Capitals vs. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Delhi)

• May 4

  • Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Rajasthan Royals (Kolkata, 3:30 PM IST)

  • Punjab Kings vs. Lucknow Super Giants (Dharamsala)

• May 11

  • Punjab Kings vs. Mumbai Indians (Dharamsala, 3:30 PM IST)

  • Delhi Capitals vs. Gujarat Titans (Delhi)

• May 18

  • Gujarat Titans vs. Chennai Super Kings (Ahmedabad, 3:30 PM IST)

  • Lucknow Super Giants vs. Sunrisers Hyderabad (Lucknow)

Playoffs & Final Matches

• May 20 – Qualifier 1 (Hyderabad)

• May 21 – Eliminator (Hyderabad)

• May 23 – Qualifier 2 (Kolkata)

• May 25 – Final (Kolkata)

Conclusion for IPL 2025 Full Squads & Team Analysis

As IPL 2025 gears up for another electrifying season, each team has strategically built its squad to maximize performance. With star-studded lineups, emerging talents, and some surprising picks in the auction, fans can expect a thrilling tournament ahead. From power-packed batting lineups to lethal bowling attacks, every franchise is set to bring its A-game to the field.

With the stage set and anticipation soaring, IPL 2025 promises to be a spectacle of high-octane cricketing action. Stay tuned for live updates, match schedules, and in-depth analysis as the tournament unfolds. Let the countdown to another unforgettable IPL season begin!