By Rohit
March 15, 2025
Let's take a look at all 10 franchise captains.
- Ajinkya Rahane In a change in leadership for the defending champions, veteran Rahane, 36, will captain, with Venkatesh Iyer his deputy.
- Pat Cummins SRH continue with a tried-and-tested formula, as World Cup-winning captain Cummins takes charge again.
- Sanju Samson will continue to lead Rajasthan for the fifth straight season, under head coach Rahul Dravid.
- Rajat Patidar After the departure of Faf du Plessis, RCB have handed the reigns to Patidar with an eye to the future.
- Ruturaj Gaikwad will lead CSK for a second season, having narrowly missed out on IPL 2024 playoffs in his first.
- Axar Patel After significant delay, DC announced first retention Axar Patel as it's new captain, despite KL Rahul's arrival.
- Rishabh Pant LSG splashed an IPL record Rs 27 crore at Pant in the mega auction, and unsurprisingly made him captain.
- Shubman Gill India's vice-captain for the Champions Trophy, Gill will be captaining GT once again in IPL 2025.
- Shreyas Iyer won the title with KKR last season, but will now lead Punjab after being bought for Rs 26.75 crore.
- Hardik Pandya In what seems to be a more settled atmosphere now, Pandya will lead a star-studded MI team.