Indian Premier League 2025

[Del125763]

It kicks off this week. Starts on the 22nd March through to the 25th of May.

Squads and schedule. Bolded are Australians:

the squads:​

Sunrisers Hyderabad

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

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

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

Rajasthan Royals

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

Punjab Kings

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

Lucknow Super Giants

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

Mumbai Indians

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

Kolkata Knight Riders

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

Gujarat Titans

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

Delhi Capitals

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

Chennai Super Kings

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


Schedule:

Here’s the complete schedule:

March 22, 2025 (Saturday), 7:30 PM - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Kolkata)

March 23, 2025 (Sunday), 3:30 PM - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals (Hyderabad)

March 23, 2025 (Sunday), 7:30 PM - Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians (Chennai)

March 24, 2025 (Monday), 7:30 PM - Delhi Capitals vs Lucknow Super Giants (Visakhapatnam)

March 25, 2025 (Tuesday), 7:30 PM - Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings (Ahmedabad)

March 26, 2025 (Wednesday), 7:30 PM - Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Guwahati)

March 27, 2025 (Thursday), 7:30 PM - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants (Hyderabad)


March 28, 2025 (Friday), 7:30 PM - Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Chennai)

March 29, 2025 (Saturday), 7:30 PM - Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians (Ahmedabad)

March 30, 2025 (Sunday), 3:30 PM - Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Visakhapatnam)

March 30, 2025 (Sunday), 7:30 PM - Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings (Guwahati)

March 31, 2025 (Monday), 7:30 PM - Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Mumbai)

April 1, 2025 (Tuesday), 7:30 PM - Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings (Lucknow)

April 2, 2025 (Wednesday), 7:30 PM - Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans (Bengaluru)

April 3, 2025 (Thursday), 7:30 PM - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Kolkata)

April 4, 2025 (Friday), 7:30 PM - Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians (Lucknow)

April 5, 2025 (Saturday), 3:30 PM - Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals (Chennai)

April 5, 2025 (Saturday), 7:30 PM - Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals (New Chandigarh)

April 6, 2025 (Sunday), 3:30 PM - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants (Kolkata)

April 6, 2025 (Sunday), 7:30 PM - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Gujarat Titans (Hyderabad)

April 7, 2025 (Monday), 7:30 PM - Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Mumbai)

April 8, 2025 (Tuesday), 7:30 PM - Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings (New Chandigarh)

April 9, 2025 (Wednesday), 7:30 PM - Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals (Ahmedabad)

April 10, 2025 (Thursday), 7:30 PM - Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals (Bengaluru)

April 11, 2025 (Friday), 7:30 PM - Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Chennai)

April 12, 2025 (Saturday), 3:30 PM - Lucknow Super Giants vs Gujarat Titans (Lucknow)

April 12, 2025 (Saturday), 7:30 PM - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings (Hyderabad)

April 13, 2025 (Sunday), 3:30 PM - Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Jaipur)

April 13, 2025 (Sunday), 7:30 PM - Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians (Delhi)

April 14, 2025 (Monday), 7:30 PM - Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings (Lucknow)

April 15, 2025 (Tuesday), 7:30 PM - Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders (New Chandigarh)

April 16, 2025 (Wednesday), 7:30 PM - Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals (Delhi)

April 17, 2025 (Thursday), 7:30 PM - Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Mumbai)

April 18, 2025 (Friday), 7:30 PM - Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings (Bengaluru)

April 19, 2025 (Saturday), 3:30 PM - Gujarat Titans vs Delhi Capitals (Ahmedabad)

April 19, 2025 (Saturday), 7:30 PM - Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants (Jaipur)

April 20, 2025 (Sunday), 3:30 PM - Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (New Chandigarh)

April 20, 2025 (Sunday), 7:30 PM - Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings (Mumbai)

April 21, 2025 (Monday), 7:30 PM - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans (Kolkata)

April 22, 2025 (Tuesday), 7:30 PM - Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals (Lucknow)

April 23, 2025 (Wednesday), 7:30 PM - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians (Hyderabad)

April 24, 2025 (Thursday), 7:30 PM - Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Rajasthan Royals (Bengaluru)

April 25, 2025 (Friday), 7:30 PM - Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Chennai)

April 26, 2025 (Saturday), 7:30 PM - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings (Kolkata)

April 27, 2025 (Sunday), 3:30 PM - Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants (Mumbai)

April 27, 2025 (Sunday), 7:30 PM - Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Delhi)

April 28, 2025 (Monday), 7:30 PM - Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans (Jaipur)

April 29, 2025 (Tuesday), 7:30 PM - Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Delhi)

April 30, 2025 (Wednesday), 7:30 PM - Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings (Chennai)

May 1, 2025 (Thursday), 7:30 PM - Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians (Jaipur)

May 2, 2025 (Friday), 7:30 PM - Gujarat Titans vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Ahmedabad)

May 3, 2025 (Saturday), 7:30 PM - Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Chennai Super Kings (Bengaluru)

May 4, 2025 (Sunday), 3:30 PM - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals (Kolkata)

May 4, 2025 (Sunday), 7:30 PM - Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants (Dharamsala)

May 5, 2025 (Monday), 7:30 PM - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals (Hyderabad)

May 6, 2025 (Tuesday), 7:30 PM - Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Titans (Mumbai)

May 7, 2025 (Wednesday), 7:30 PM - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings (Kolkata)

May 8, 2025 (Thursday), 7:30 PM - Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals (Dharamsala)

May 9, 2025 (Friday), 7:30 PM - Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Lucknow)

May 10, 2025 (Saturday), 7:30 PM - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Hyderabad)

May 11, 2025 (Sunday), 3:30 PM - Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians (Dharamsala)

May 11, 2025 (Sunday), 7:30 PM - Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans (Delhi)

May 12, 2025 (Monday), 7:30 PM - Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals (Chennai)

May 13, 2025 (Tuesday), 7:30 PM - Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Bengaluru)

May 14, 2025 (Wednesday), 7:30 PM - Gujarat Titans vs Lucknow Super Giants (Ahmedabad)

May 15, 2025 (Thursday), 7:30 PM - Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals (Mumbai)

May 16, 2025 (Friday), 7:30 PM - Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings (Jaipur)

May 17, 2025 (Saturday), 7:30 PM - Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Bengaluru)

May 18, 2025 (Sunday), 3:30 PM - Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings (Ahmedabad)

May 18, 2025 (Sunday), 7:30 PM - Lucknow Super Giants vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Lucknow)

May 20, 2025 (Tuesday), 7:30 PM - Qualifier 1 (Hyderabad)

May 21, 2025 (Wednesday), 7:30 PM - Eliminator (Hyderabad)

May 23, 2025 (Friday), 7:30 PM - Qualifier 2 (Kolkata)

May 25, 2025 (Sunday), 7:30 PM - Final (Kolkata)

 

[010203]

I hope we see cricket instead of something resembling home run derbies all season.

 

[Zevon]

Squads and schedule. Bolded are Australians:

the squads:​

Sunrisers Hyderabad

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

You’ve disowned poor old Adam Zampa!

Love your work otherwise Always an exciting couple of months for the cricket night owls when this tournament comes around each year.

 

[Del125763]

You’ve disowned poor old Adam Zampa!

Love your work otherwise Always an exciting couple of months for the cricket night owls when this tournament comes around each year.

Thanks just fixed.

 

[Del125763]

if your a WA cricket fan, all your eggs are in the Kings XI Punjab cap with 3 Western Australians in that squad.

The team has a real Aussie flavour to it with 5 Australians and Ponting the coach.

 

[Del125763]

I hope we see cricket instead of something resembling home run derbies all season.

McGurk played 9 games last season. 141 balls faced. Of that 141 balls, 28 were sixes, 32 were fours. Compare to that what he has done for Australia for the last 12-18 months in white ball.....and its a bit of a giveaway the IPL was a batting paradise I say last season.

 

[Cleavy]

they're still doing the Impact Player, right?

any rule changes?

 

[Del125763]

they're still doing the Impact Player, right?

any rule changes?

Introduction of a '2nd new ball' for night matches involving dew. Ball to be inspected at the end of the 11th over of a chase.

IPL 2025 rules: What has changed and what has remained the same | Cricket News - Times of India

Cricket News: IPL 2025 will see the reintroduction of saliva on the ball and a new 'Second Ball' rule to mitigate dew effects. The Impact Player rule remains, and D

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Id imagine that would potentially even out the contest between bat and ball. Often teams fielding in the 2nd innings at night were disadvantaged majorly with the ball getting wet fairly quickly.

 

[Westend]

NYRB covering it again

good work

 

[Del125763]

Game 1 of the IPL:

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Philip Salt(w), Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Dar Salam, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy



Royal Challengers Bengaluru have won the toss and have opted to field

 

[Del125763]

Hazlewood with a wicket in the first over of the IPL 2025.

 

[Del125763]

Hazlewood is still one of the best seamers in this format of the game.

You take figures of 8/1 inside the first 2 overs of a powerplay any day.

 

[Del125763]

Why wouldnt you bowl Hazlewood for a 3rd over in a Powerplay? these other bowlers are getting absolutely hammered.

 

[Del125763]

Rahane gets the first 50 of IPL 2025 off just the 25 balls.

 

[Del125763]

The defending champs can't pick Hazlewood.

 

[Del125763]

KKR were looking at least 195+ , RCB have pulled this back mega time.

 

[Del125763]

KKR post 174 from their 20. Hazlewood the pick of the bowlers with 2 wickets and a very good economy.

Its advantage RCB at the change of innings.

 

[Del125763]

RCB do that easily with 8 wickets in hand in game 1.

 

[Del125763]

Observation about last nights game. RCB look like they will go hammer and tong every ball in the Powerplay. Kind of think thats where your Jake Fraser-McGurk mentality came from. I dont mind it. RCB were unrelenting last night. The game was pretty much over for KKR after that 6 over onslaught. Phil Salt and Kohli went on a peppering spree.

RCB from overs 7 to 10 played a bit more conservatively before deciding to hit out to boost NRR.

 

[Del125763]

Looking at the Sunrisers Hyderabad lineup Id imagine the 4 imports that will play today are: Cummins, Klaasen, Travis Head and Adam Zampa. Although there has been a reluctance throughout the IPL to play foreign spinners.

 

[Del125763]

And reflecting more about last night, Phil Salt and Virat seemed very angry with themselves for any singles or dots last night in that Powerplay, there was genuine 'why the fcuk didnt I hit that better' for every shot that didnt clear or go to the fence . So make no mistake about this, RCB its pretty much , a boundary/six= Win, and anything Less= Loss inside that Powerplay. You wouldn't be able to have this mentality on Australian wickets though.

 

[Del125763]

Game 2 of the IPL:

Rajasthan Royals Impact Subs: Sanju Samson, Kunal Singh Rathore, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Kwena Maphaka

Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact Subs: Sachin Baby, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari, Adam Zampa, Wiaan Mulder

Teams:

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins(c), Simarjeet Singh, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami


Rajasthan Royals have won the toss and have opted to field

 

[Del125763]

Travis Head doing Trav Head things, 37 off 14 balls in his first outing.............

 

[Del125763]

The question on peoples mind , is 'can they crack the 300+' barrier ?

 

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