IPL 2025 to Kick Off on March 23: BCCI VP Rajeev Shukla

The 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is set to begin on March 23, as confirmed by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Vice President Rajeev Shukla on Sunday. All 10 franchises have already finalized their squads during the mega auction held in Jeddah on November 24 and 25, with speculations around the start date of the cash-rich league finally clarified.

Speaking to reporters during the Special General Meeting (SGM) in Mumbai, Shukla confirmed, “IPL is going to start from March 23.”

The IPL 2024 season kicked off on March 22, featuring a match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings, with the finale held on May 26 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Kolkata Knight Riders are the defending champions after their emphatic win in the 2024 season.

Additionally, Shukla confirmed that the venues for the Women’s Premier League (WPL) have been finalized and will be announced soon.

Here is a summary of the squads for IPL 2025:

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), Vijay Shankar (pace), Anshul Kamboj (pace), Jamie Overton (pace), Ramakrishna Ghosh (pace)
• Spinners: Noor Ahmad, Shreyas Gopal
• Fast bowlers: Matheesha Pathirana (retained), Khaleel Ahmed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Mukesh Choudhary, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis

Royal Challengers Bangalore

• 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), Mohit Rathee (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), Azmatullah Omarzai (pace), Aaron Hardie (pace), Musheer Khan (spin), Suryansh Shedge (pace)
• 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), Rajvardhan Hangargekar (pace), Arshin Kulkarni (Pace)
• 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), Vipraj Nigam (spin), Ajay Mandal (spin), Manvanth Kumar (pace), Tripurana Vijay (spin), Madhav Tiwari (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), Nishant Sindhu (spin), Arshad Khan (pace), Jayant Yadav (spin), Glenn Phillips (spin), Karim Janat (pace)
• 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