IPL 2025 is going to start from 22 March. All the teams have announced their captains. 5 new captains were appointed this season, while 5 franchises retained their captains from the previous season. Many star players changed teams in the mega auction. Lucknow Super Giants appointed "Rishabh Pant" as their captain, who has become the most expensive player in IPL history. LSG bought him for 27 crores. Rishabh was the former captain of Delhi Capitals but was released by Delhi Capitals before IPL Auction 2025. Now DC has appointed Axar Patel as their new captain. Axar was considered a favourite for the new captain for a long time and finally became the captain after KL Rahul refused to captain DC. The Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders appointed senior Indian batsman and former Rajasthan Royals captain Ajinkya Rahane as their captain KKR let go of their defending champions' captain Shreyas Iyer and he is now a part of Punjab Kings. PBKS roped him in for 26.75 crores. He has also become the captain of Preity Zinta's franchise. After becoming the captain of PBKS, he said to lead PBKS to the title. Fans' favourite Royal Challengers Bangalore have appointed Rajat Patidar as their new captain. Whether Patidar can lead RCB to their first title will be quite interesting. Apart from this, all the remaining teams have gone with the captains of their previous editions. Before the start of the IPL, All the captains of the Indian Premier League (IPL) teams are set to assemble in Mumbai this Thursday for an important pre-season meeting. The meeting will take place at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) headquarters. The first Match of the tournament will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Meanwhile, the most awaited match of IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings, will be played on 23rd March. In this tournament, A total of 74 matches will be played including 70 league matches, 3 play-off matches and 1 final. It will be very tough to say which team will win the IPL title in the coming days.
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