The Indian Premier League (IPL) is around the corner, and each day, we hear about the latest news from different IPL teams. This year will see a lot of changes. In the IPL 2025 season, you will see many players playing for different teams than the ones they were playing in the IPL 2024. This is because, for IPL 2025, we had a mega auction of players as most players’ previous contracts ended with the conclusion of 2024.
The owners of IPL teams could retain a fixed number of players while other players went in the auction. The auction saw many players going from one team to another. One great example of the shift was of Rishabh Pant, the southpaw who became the most expensive player in the history of IPL bought by Lucknow Super Giants at a whopping amount of INR 27 crores. Now we will discuss the Captains of the 10 IPL teams.
Captains of the 10 IPL Teams
Ten teams will participate in the Indian Premier League 2025 tournament, and we will now discuss the captains of those teams.
- Lucknow Super Giants
With the buying of Rishabh Pant, they have made him the captain of their team for the Indian Premier League 2025 season. Let’s see whether it will help them win the IPL Trophy this year.
- Punjab Kings
Punjab Kings is another IPL team that has changed their captain for the IPL 2025 by replacing Shikhar Dhawan with Shreyas Iyer, their new pick bought at the whopping price of INR 26.75 crores. He may help them bring home the IPL trophy in the IPL 2025 season.
- Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sunrisers Hyderabad was the runner-up of the IPL 2024, meaning their captain has done a lot to make the team win. For the unversed, their captain is Pat Cummins, who will also captain the team for the IPL 2025 season.
- Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings, who have won the IPL trophy for the most number of times, has changed their captain in the IPL 2024 from MS Dhoni to Ruturaj Gaikwad. Ruturaj will also be leading the Chennai Super Kings for the IPL 2025.
- Rajasthan Royals
Rajasthan Royals is one of the dominating IPL teams in the last few IPL seasons. They have Sanju Samson as captain for the last many seasons. Sanju Samson will also be leading them in the IPL 2025 season.
- Gujarat Titans
Gujarat Titans is a new team when you compare it to other IPL teams. They roped in Hardik Pandya as their captain who moved to Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2024 making the Gujarat team owners make a new captain in the form of Shubman Gill. He, too, will be captaining the team in the IPL 2025.
- Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians have appointed Hardik Pandya as their team’s captain in the IPL 2024 and they will continue with him for the IPL 2025 season.
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) was captained by Faf Du Plessis who captained RCB in the IPL 2024 and has been released by the franchise. And this year they announced a new captain Rajat Patidar. Rajat Patidar has been with RCB for so many years and who knows this year could be RCB’s year.
The remaining two IPL teams, i.e., Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders have not announced their captain as of now but they will announce it any time soon. Hope you have got the information you need, share your feedback and thoughts in the comments.
