New rules and new captains will be in Concentration but the razzmatazz will be pretty much the same when the 18th Indian Premier Division kicks off in Kolkata on Saturday (March 22, 2025) with defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders Securing on perennial underachievers Royal Challengers Bengaluru amid a looming threat of rain.
There is plenty to look forward in the Division. Among the most prominent rule changes is the lifting of saliva ban. For the Primary time since the COVID-19 pandemic, bowlers will be allowed to use it to shine the ball.
We give below the Packed Turning Mark of the participating squads
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Luvnity Sisodia, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Mooen Ali, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markhande, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Chetan Sakariya.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara, Liam Livingstone, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Lungisani Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee, Yash Dayal.
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, M.S. Dhoni, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Shaik Rasheed, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddarth, Rachin Ravindra, Ravichandran Ashwin, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Anshul Kamboj, Deepak Hooda, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmad, Mukesh Choudhary, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Matheesha Pathirana.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Robin Minz, Ryan Rickleton, Shrijith Krishnan, Bevon Jacobs, Tilak varma, Hardik Pandya, Naman Dhir, Will Jacks, Mitchell Santner, Raj Angad Bawa, Vignesh Puthur, Corbin Bosch, Trent Boult, Karn Sharma, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Reece Topley, Satyanarayana Penmetsa, Arjun Tendulkar, Mubeeb-ur-Rahman, Jasprit Bumrah.
Delhi Capitals: K.L. Rahul, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Karun Nair, Faf du Plessis, Donovan Ferreira, Abishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijhay, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, T. Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav.
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill, Jos Buttler, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Sherfane Rutherford, Glenn Phillips, Nishant Sindhu, Mahipal Lomror, Washington Sundar, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav, Karim Janat, Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Manav Suthar, Gerald Coetzee, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Ishant Sharma, Kulwant Khejroliya, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan.
Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Aryan Juyal, Himmat Singh, Matthew Breetzke, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahamad, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Ayudh Badoni, Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, M. Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi.
Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod, Josh Inglis, Harnoor Pannu, Pyla Avinash, Prabhsimran Singh, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Harpreet Brar, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Kuldeep Sen, Xavier Bartlett, Pravin Dubey.
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson, Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kunal Rathore, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Nitish Rana, Yudhvir Singh, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma, Sandeep Sharma.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Ishan Kishan, Atharva Taide, Abhinav Manohar, Aniket Verma, Sachin Baby, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head, Harshal Patel, Kamindu Mendis, Wiaan Mulder, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins, Mohammad Shami, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Simarjeet Singh, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkar, Eshan Malinga.
Here’s the complete schedule:
March 22, 2025 (Saturday), 7:30 PM – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Kolkata)
March 23, 2025 (Sunday), 3:30 PM – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals (Hyderabad)
March 23, 2025 (Sunday), 7:30 PM – Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians (Chennai)
March 24, 2025 (Monday), 7:30 PM – Delhi Capitals vs Lucknow Super Giants (Visakhapatnam)
March 25, 2025 (Tuesday), 7:30 PM – Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings (Ahmedabad)
March 26, 2025 (Wednesday), 7:30 PM – Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Guwahati)
March 27, 2025 (Thursday), 7:30 PM – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants (Hyderabad)
March 28, 2025 (Friday), 7:30 PM – Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Chennai)
March 29, 2025 (Saturday), 7:30 PM – Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians (Ahmedabad)
March 30, 2025 (Sunday), 3:30 PM – Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Visakhapatnam)
March 30, 2025 (Sunday), 7:30 PM – Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings (Guwahati)
March 31, 2025 (Monday), 7:30 PM – Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Mumbai)
April 1, 2025 (Tuesday), 7:30 PM – Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings (Lucknow)
April 2, 2025 (Wednesday), 7:30 PM – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans (Bengaluru)
April 3, 2025 (Thursday), 7:30 PM – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Kolkata)
April 4, 2025 (Friday), 7:30 PM – Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians (Lucknow)
April 5, 2025 (Saturday), 3:30 PM – Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals (Chennai)
April 5, 2025 (Saturday), 7:30 PM – Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals (New Chandigarh)
April 6, 2025 (Sunday), 3:30 PM – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants (Kolkata)
April 6, 2025 (Sunday), 7:30 PM – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Gujarat Titans (Hyderabad)
April 7, 2025 (Monday), 7:30 PM – Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Mumbai)
April 8, 2025 (Tuesday), 7:30 PM – Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings (New Chandigarh)
April 9, 2025 (Wednesday), 7:30 PM – Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals (Ahmedabad)
April 10, 2025 (Thursday), 7:30 PM – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals (Bengaluru)
April 11, 2025 (Friday), 7:30 PM – Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Chennai)
April 12, 2025 (Saturday), 3:30 PM – Lucknow Super Giants vs Gujarat Titans (Lucknow)
April 12, 2025 (Saturday), 7:30 PM – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings (Hyderabad)
April 13, 2025 (Sunday), 3:30 PM – Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Jaipur)
April 13, 2025 (Sunday), 7:30 PM – Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians (Delhi)
April 14, 2025 (Monday), 7:30 PM – Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings (Lucknow)
April 15, 2025 (Tuesday), 7:30 PM – Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders (New Chandigarh)
April 16, 2025 (Wednesday), 7:30 PM – Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals (Delhi)
April 17, 2025 (Thursday), 7:30 PM – Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Mumbai)
April 18, 2025 (Friday), 7:30 PM – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings (Bengaluru)
April 19, 2025 (Saturday), 3:30 PM – Gujarat Titans vs Delhi Capitals (Ahmedabad)
April 19, 2025 (Saturday), 7:30 PM – Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants (Jaipur)
April 20, 2025 (Sunday), 3:30 PM – Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (New Chandigarh)
April 20, 2025 (Sunday), 7:30 PM – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings (Mumbai)
April 21, 2025 (Monday), 7:30 PM – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans (Kolkata)
April 22, 2025 (Tuesday), 7:30 PM – Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals (Lucknow)
April 23, 2025 (Wednesday), 7:30 PM – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians (Hyderabad)
April 24, 2025 (Thursday), 7:30 PM – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Rajasthan Royals (Bengaluru)
April 25, 2025 (Friday), 7:30 PM – Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Chennai)
April 26, 2025 (Saturday), 7:30 PM – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings (Kolkata)
April 27, 2025 (Sunday), 3:30 PM – Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants (Mumbai)
April 27, 2025 (Sunday), 7:30 PM – Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Delhi)
April 28, 2025 (Monday), 7:30 PM – Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans (Jaipur)
April 29, 2025 (Tuesday), 7:30 PM – Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Delhi)
April 30, 2025 (Wednesday), 7:30 PM – Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings (Chennai)
May 1, 2025 (Thursday), 7:30 PM – Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians (Jaipur)
May 2, 2025 (Friday), 7:30 PM – Gujarat Titans vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Ahmedabad)
May 3, 2025 (Saturday), 7:30 PM – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Chennai Super Kings (Bengaluru)
May 4, 2025 (Sunday), 3:30 PM – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals (Kolkata)
May 4, 2025 (Sunday), 7:30 PM – Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants (Dharamsala)
May 5, 2025 (Monday), 7:30 PM – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals (Hyderabad)
May 6, 2025 (Tuesday), 7:30 PM – Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Titans (Mumbai)
May 7, 2025 (Wednesday), 7:30 PM – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings (Kolkata)
May 8, 2025 (Thursday), 7:30 PM – Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals (Dharamsala)
May 9, 2025 (Friday), 7:30 PM – Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Lucknow)
May 10, 2025 (Saturday), 7:30 PM – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Hyderabad)
May 11, 2025 (Sunday), 3:30 PM – Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians (Dharamsala)
May 11, 2025 (Sunday), 7:30 PM – Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans (Delhi)
May 12, 2025 (Monday), 7:30 PM – Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals (Chennai)
May 13, 2025 (Tuesday), 7:30 PM – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Bengaluru)
May 14, 2025 (Wednesday), 7:30 PM – Gujarat Titans vs Lucknow Super Giants (Ahmedabad)
May 15, 2025 (Thursday), 7:30 PM – Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals (Mumbai)
May 16, 2025 (Friday), 7:30 PM – Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings (Jaipur)
May 17, 2025 (Saturday), 7:30 PM – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Bengaluru)
May 18, 2025 (Sunday), 3:30 PM – Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings (Ahmedabad)
May 18, 2025 (Sunday), 7:30 PM – Lucknow Super Giants vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Lucknow)
May 20, 2025 (Tuesday), 7:30 PM – Qualifier 1 (Hyderabad)
May 21, 2025 (Wednesday), 7:30 PM – Eliminator (Hyderabad)
May 23, 2025 (Friday), 7:30 PM – Qualifier 2 (Kolkata)
May 25, 2025 (Sunday), 7:30 PM – Last (Kolkata)
Published – March 21, 2025 05:51 pm IST
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