IPL 2025 is going to start in March. If reports are to be believed, the first match of the league will be played on March 21, although BCCI has not yet announced the schedule for it. The winning team of IPL 2024, KKR, had shown its captain Shreyas Iyer the way out of the team even before IPL 2025. Now Punjab Kings have made Shreyas Iyer their captain in IPL 2025.

In IPL 2025, Punjab Kings will hope from Shreyas Iyer to end the franchise's title drought. KKR team would like to retain the title once again, but KKR has not yet announced the name of the captain.

There are a total of 6 teams in IPL 2025 which have captains. Among these, Mumbai Indians have Hardik Pandya, under whose captaincy the team's performance in IPL 2024 was not anything special. Whereas Chennai Super Kings has a captain in the form of Ruturaj Gaikwad under the tutelage of Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni).

Whereas Rajasthan Royals has decided to keep Sanju Samson as the captain for IPL 2025. Gujarat Titans can also enter the field under the leadership of Shubman Gill, although under his captaincy, 2-time finalist Gujarat Titans could not even reach the playoffs. Kavya Maran, the owner of Sunrisers Hyderabad, who played the final with KKR last time, has decided to keep Pat Cummins as the captain for IPL 2025.

The 6th team is Punjab Kings, which had appointed Shreyas Iyer as its captain during Bigg Boss 2 days ago. In IPL 2025, he will try to win the first IPL title for Punjab Kings owner Preity Zinta.

These 4 teams need captain in IPL 2025

There are 4 teams in IPL 2025, which need a new captain, but the name of their captain is almost finalized, he is yet to be announced. These teams include the name of IPL 2024 winner KKR, which had released its captain Shreyas Iyer, now the franchise can make Rinku Singh or Ajinkya Rahane as its new captain.

The second name in this list is that of Lucknow Super Giants, who need a captain. Lucknow Super Giants have bought Rishabh Pant and Nicholas Puran for captaincy, but it is almost certain that Rishabh Pant will become the captain. At the third position, Rishabh Pant's old team Delhi Capitals also needs captaincy and in such a situation the franchise can make Axar Patel or KL Rahul as its captain.

The fourth name in this list is Royal Challengers Bangalore, which had decided to release captain Faf du Plessis, the franchise can once again make Virat Kohli the captain, while the franchise also has the option of Rajat Patidar and Krunal Pandya. Is.

See at a glance the captains of all the teams of IPL 2025

Mumbai Indians- Hardik Pandya

Chennai Super Kings- Ruturaj Gaikwad

Rajasthan Royals- Sanju Samson

Sunrisers Hyderabad- Pat Cummins

Punjab Kings- Shreyas Iyer

Gujarat Titans- Shubman Gill

Royal Challengers Bangalore- Virat Kohli/Rajat Patidar

Lucknow Super Giants- Rishabh Pant/Nicholas Pooran

Delhi Capitals- KL Rahul/Akshar Patel

Kolkata Knight Riders- Rinku Singh/Ajinkya Rahane