IPL 2025: It’s that time of the year again. The time for the Indian Premier League (IPL) extravaganza. The time when 10 teams engage in high-class cricket action comprising 74 T20s across 13 stadiums of the cricket-mad country.
Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) take on perennial underachievers Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata in the first match to kick off the 18th edition of the cash-rich league on Saturday.
A glitzy opening ceremony is scheduled at 6:00 PM IST just before the opening match between KKR and RCB.
Where to watch IPL 2025 live in India: TV channelsThe Star Sports Network will stream live on a number of channels. English will be among the twelve languages for which commentary will be available. Star Sports 1 HD and SD will carry the English feed.
The IPL 2025 will be shown on the following additional channels:Star Sports 1 SD, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 2 SD, Star Sports 2 HD, Star Sports 1 Hindi SD, Star Sports 1 Hindi HD, Star Sports First, Star Sports 1 Tamil SD, Star Sports 1 Tamil HD, Star Sports 1 Telugu SD, Star Sports 1 Telugu HD, Star Sports 1 Kannada SD, Star Sports 1 Kannada HD.
Also Read - IPL 2025: Delhi Capitals star KL Rahul likely to miss matches against LSG and SRHWhere to watch IPL 2025 live in India: Live streamingThe IPL 2025 matches will be streamed live on the JioHotstar platform. In contrast to last year, live streaming of the matches requires a subscription charge.
captains, mindsets,Each leader brings a unique strategy, but only one will win the #TATAIPL 2025 titlepic.twitter.com/Y7yZOa1DxrIndianPremierLeague (@IPL) March 21, 2025
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturajk Gaikwad (c), MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Matheesha Pathirana, Rahul Tripathi, Rachin Ravindra, R. Ashwin, Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmad, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Shaik Rasheed, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Deepak Hooda, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddarth.
Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya (c), Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma, Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar, Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Will Jacks, Allah Ghazanfar, Mitchell Santner, Ryan Rickelton, Reece Topley, Lizaad Williams, Robin Minz, Karn Sharma, Vignesh Puthur, Bevon Jacobs, Satyanarayana Raju, Raj Bawa, Ashwani Kumar, Arjun Tendulkar, Krishnan Shrijith.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer (vc), Quinton de Kock (wk), Rovman Powell (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Luvnith Sisodia (wk), Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Spencer Johnson, Mayank Markande, Anrich Nortje, Umran Malik, Varun Chakravarthy.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins (c), Ishan Kishan, Atharva Taide, Abhinav Manohar, Aniket Verma, Sachin Baby, Henrich Klassen, Travis Head, Harshal Patel, Kamindu Mendis, Wiaan Mulder, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammad Shami, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Simarjeet Singh, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga.
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Jofra Archer, Shimron Hetmyer, Tushar Deshpande, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Nitish Rana, Sandeep Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Akash Madhwal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Singh, Kunal Singh Rathore, Ashok Sharma, Kumar Kartikeya.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salam, Suyash Sharma, Nuwan Thushara, Lungi Ngidi, Mohit Rathee, Liam Livingstone, Tim David, Swapnil Singh.
Delhi Capitals: Axar Patel (c), Ashutosh Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ajay Mandal, Madhav Tiwari, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Abishek Porel, Donovan Ferreira, KL Rahul, Tristan Stubbs, Darshan Nalkande, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, T Natarajan, Vipraj Nigam.
Also Read - Complete Coverage: IPL 2025 | IPL Schedule 2025 | IPL Points Table 2025Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Anuj Rawat (wk), Kumar Kushagra (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Karim Janat, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Phillips, Nishant Sindhu, Manav Suthar, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tewatia, Kagiso Rabada, Gerald Coetzee, Mohammed Siraj, Ishant Sharma, Prasidh Krishna, Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Brar, Kulwant Khejroliya, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav.
Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant (c), Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, 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.
Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer (c), Aaron Hardie, Arshdeep Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Glenn Maxwell, Harnoor Singh Pannu, Harpreet Brar, Josh Inglis, Kuldeep Sen, Lockie Ferguson, Marco Jansen, Marcus Stoinis, Musheer Khan, Nehal Wadhera, Prabhsimran Singh, Praveen Dubey, Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash, Shashank Singh, Suryansh Shedge, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Vishnu Vinod, Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Venues where IPL 2025 matches will be held:Team home grounds:MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai – Chennai Super Kings
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai – Mumbai Indians
Eden Gardens, Kolkata – Kolkata Knight Riders
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad – Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur – Rajasthan Royals
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru – Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi – Delhi Capitals
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad – Gujarat Titans
BRSABV Ekana Stadium, Lucknow – Lucknow Super Giants
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Chandigarh – Punjab Kings
Neutral venues:Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh
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