IPL 2025: The 18th season of the Indian Premier League is going to be exciting. This time most teams will be in the fray with new captains. So far, the captains of 8 teams have been decided.
IPL 2025: The 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is likely to start from March 22. All 10 franchises have about a month left to finalize their preparations. Meanwhile, on 13 February, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) declared silver Patidar as the new captain for the upcoming season. Together with RCB, 8 teams have announced their captains so far, while only 2 teams have not raised the curtain in the name of the captain.
Captains of 8 teams announced
So far 8 teams have announced the names of their captains for IPL 2025. These include Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Gujarat Titans, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Punjab Kings, Lucknow Super Janents and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
List of captains of 8 teams for IPL 2025
Mumbai Indians- Hardik Pandya Chennai Super Kings- Ruturaj Gaikwad Rajasthan Royals- Sanju Samson Gujarat Titans- Shubman Gill Sunrisers Hyderabad- Pat Cummins Punjab Kings- Shreyas Iyer Lucknow Super Janents- Rishabh Pant Royal Challengers Bangalore- Rajat Patidar
KKR and Delhi search for new captain
Defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) did not retain last season’s winning captain Shreyas Iyer. Ayyar is now part of Punjab Kings. So he is looking for a new captain. This time the names of Venkatesh Iyer and Ajinkya Rahane and Rinku Singh are included in the captaincy race. KKR may soon announce his new captain.
Who will make Delhi Capitals captain? (IPL 2025)
The team of Delhi Capitals has not yet announced their captain. KL Rahul and Akshar Patel are having a war. Rahul has become a part of Delhi in the mega auction, while Patel was retained by the team. Now before the start of IPL 2025, everyone’s eyes are on KKR and Delhi Capitals, the picture of who will be the captains of these two teams will be clear soon.