Heading 3
BCCI/IPL Meet All 10 IPL 2025 Captains
Let's take a look at all 10 franchise captains in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season.
BCCI/IPL
KKR - Ajinkya Rahane
In a change in leadership for the defending champions, veteran Rahane, 36, will captain, with Venkatesh Iyer his deputy.
BCCI/IPL
SRH - Pat Cummins
SRH continue with a tried-and-tested formula, as World Cup-winning captain Cummins takes charge again.
BCCI/IPL RR - Sanju Samson
Samson will continue to lead Rajasthan for the fifth straight season, under head coach Rahul Dravid.
BCCI/IPL RCB - Rajat Patidar
After the departure of Faf du Plessis, RCB have handed the reigns to Patidar with an eye to the future.
BCCI/IPL CSK - Ruturaj Gaikwad
Gaikwad will lead CSK for a second season, having narrowly missed out on IPL 2024 playoffs in his first.
BCCI/IPL DC - Axar Patel
After significant delay, DC announced first retention Axar Patel as it's new captain, despite KL Rahul's arrival.
BCCI/IPL LSG - Rishabh Pant
LSG splashed an IPL record Rs 27 crore at Pant in the mega auction, and unsurprisingly made him captain.
BCCI/IPL GT - Shubman Gill
India's vice-captain for the Champions Trophy, Gill will be captaining GT once again in IPL 2025.
BCCI/IPL PBKS - Shreyas Iyer
Shreyas won the title with KKR last season, but will now lead Punjab after being bought for Rs 26.75 crore.
BCCI/IPL MI - Hardik Pandya
In what seems to be a more settled atmosphere now, Pandya will lead a star-studded MI team.
BCCI/IPL For more sports news
sports.ndtv.com BCCI/IPL