The 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will begin on March 23, 2025, BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla announced on Sunday. Speaking to reporters after the BCCI Special General Meeting in Mumbai, Shukla confirmed the much-anticipated start date for the league.

“All 10 franchises have already picked their squads during the mega auction held in Jeddah on November 24 and 25. IPL is going to start from March 23,” Shukla said.

Last season, IPL 2024 began on March 22 with Royal Challengers Bengaluru facing Chennai Super Kings and the final was held on May 26 at Chennai’s iconic MA Chidambaram Stadium. The Kolkata Knight Riders, who won last year, will enter the 2025 season as defending champions.

Shukla also revealed that venues for the Women’s Premier League (WPL) have been finalised and an announcement is expected soon.

With excitement building, here’s the list of team and the squads for IPL 2025:

Mumbai Indians Squad

Batters: Suryakumar Yadav , Rohit Sharma , Tilak Varma , Bevan-John JacobsWicketkeepers: Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Krishnan Shrijith

All-rounders: Hardik Pandya , Naman Dhir , Will Jacks , Raj Angad Bawa , Vignesh Puthur

Spinners: Allah Ghazanfar, Karn Sharma, Mitchell Santner

Fast bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah , Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar, Reece Topley, Satyanarayana Raju, Arjun Tendulkar, Lizaad Williams

Chennai Super Kings Squad

Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad , Rahul Tripathi, Shaik Rasheed, Deepak Hooda, Andre Siddarth

Wicketkeepers: Devon Conway, MS Dhoni , Vansh Bedi

All-rounders: Ravindra Jadeja , Shivam Dube , R Ashwin , Sam Curran , Rachin Ravindra , Vijay Shankar , Anshul Kamboj , Jamie Overton , Ramakrishna Ghosh

Spinners: Noor Ahmad, Shreyas Gopal

Fast bowlers: Matheesha Pathirana , Khaleel Ahmed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Mukesh Choudhary, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squad

Batters: Virat Kohli , Rajat Patidar , Tim David, Manoj Bhandage, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chikara

Wicketkeepers: Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma

All-rounder: Liam Livingstone , Krunal Pandya , Swapnil Singh , Romario Shepherd , Jacob Bethell , Mohit Rathee

Spinners: Suyash Sharma, Abhinandan Singh

Fast bowlers: Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal , Rasikh Salam, Nuwan Thushara, Lungi Ngidi

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad

Batters: Rinku Singh , Rovman Powell, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Luvnith Sisodia, Ajinkya Rahane

Wicketkeepers: Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz

All-rounders: Venkatesh Iyer , Andre Russell , Sunil Narine , Ramandeep Singh , Anukul Roy , Moeen Ali

Spinners: Varun Chakravarthy , Mayank Markande

Fast bowlers: Harshit Rana , Vaibhav Arora, Anrich Nortje, Spencer Johnson, Umran Malik

Punjab Kings Squad

Batters: Shreyas Iyer, Shashank Singh , Nehal Wadhera, Harnoor Singh Pannu, Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash

Wicketkeepers: Josh Inglis, Vishnu Vinod, Prabhsimran Singh

All-rounders: Glenn Maxwell , Marcus Stoinis , Marco Jansen , Harpreet Brar , Azmatullah Omarzai , Aaron Hardie , Musheer Khan , Suryansh Shedge

Spinners: Yuzvendra Chahal, Pravin Dubey

Fast bowlers: Arshdeep Singh , Lockie Ferguson, Yash Thakur, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Kuldeep Sen, Xavier Bartlett

Lucknow Super Giants Squad

Batters: Aiden Markram, David Miller, Ayush Badoni , Himmat Singh, Matthew Breetzke

Wicketkeepers: Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran , Aryan Juyal

All-rounders: Abdul Samad , Mitchell Marsh , Shahbaz Ahmed , Yuvraj Chaudhary , Rajvardhan Hangargekar , Arshin Kulkarni

Spinners: Ravi Bishnoi , M Siddharth, Digvesh Singh

Fast bowlers: Mayank Yadav , Mohsin Khan , Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav

Delhi Capitals Squad

Batters: Jake Fraser-McGurk , Harry Brook, Tristan Stubbs , Faf du Plessis, Karun Nair

Wicketkeepers: KL Rahul, Abishek Porel , Donovan Ferreria

All-rounders: Axar Patel , Ashutosh Sharma , Sameer Rizvi , Darshan Nalkande , Vipraj Nigam , Ajay Mandal , Manvanth Kumar , Tripurana Vijay , Madhav Tiwari

Spinners: Kuldeep Yadav

Fast bowlers: Mitchell Starc, Mukesh Kumar, T Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Dushmantha Chameera

Gujarat Titans Squad

Batters: Shubman Gill , Sai Sudharsan , Rahul Tewatia , Sherfane Rutherford

Wicketkeepers: Jos Buttler, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat

All-rounders: Rashid Khan, Washington Sundar, M Shahrukh Khan, Mahipal Lomror, Nishant Sindhu, Arshad Khan, Jayant Yadav, Glenn Phillips, Karim Janat

Spinners: Manav Suthar, Sai Kishore

Fast bowlers: Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Gerald Coetzee, Gurnoor Brar, Ishant Sharma, Kulwant Khejroliya

Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad

Batters: Travis Head, Abhinav Manohar, Aniket Verma, Sachin Baby

Wicketkeepers: Heinrich Klaasen, Ishan Kishan, Atharva Taide

All-rounders: Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Kamindu Mendis

Spinners: Adam Zampa, Rahul Chahar, Zeeshan Ansari

Fast bowlers: Mohammed Shami, Pat Cummins , Harshal Patel, Simarjeet Singh, Jaydev Unadkat, Brydon Carse, Eshan Malinga

Rajasthan Royals Squad

Batters: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi

Wicketkeepers: Sanju Samson, Dhruv Jurel, Kunal Singh Rathore

All-rounders: Riyan Parag, Nitish Rana, Yudhvir Singh

Spinners: Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Kumar Kartikeya

Fast bowlers: Jofra Archer, Sandeep Sharma , Tushar Deshpande, Akash Madhwal, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma

(With inputs from ANI)