IPL 2025 All 10 Teams Full Indian Players List Categorized

Chennai Super Kings with the most names in the squad in our official Indian players list for all 10 teams for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. 

The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League, IPL 2025 will see a total of 157 Indian players in the tournament. Not only will there be quality star Indian players, but we will also see many young Indian talent on show. Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Titans, and Punjab Kings have the most, 18 Indian players in the side. Whereas Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad have the least, 13 Indian players in the side. 

The tournament will see 9 out of 10 Teams being led by an Indian Captain with the only exception being Pat Cummins, who will lead the SRH team. SRH have traditionally been an Overseas-player-led team since the days of David Warner, and it will continue for 2025 as well. However, the rest of the nine teams will mostly see an Indian Captain, which is a great sign for the tournament from the viewership and fans’ perspective. With so many Indian players in the tournament, let’s look at the complete list of Indian players across all 10 teams for IPL 2025. 

IPL 2025 Full Indian Players List for All 10 Teams

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

Total Indian Players: 18 // Best Indian Player: Ruturaj Gaikwad

1. Andre Siddharth
2. Rahul Tripathi
3. Ruturaj Gaikwad (c)
4. Shaik Rasheed
5. MS Dhoni
6. Vansh Bedi
7. Anshul Kamboj
8. Deepak Hooda
9. Ramkrishna Ghosh
10. Ravichandran Ashwin
11. Ravindra Jadeja
12. Shivam Dube
13. Vijay Shankar
14. Gurjapneet Singh
15. Kamlesh Naharkoti
16. Khaleel Ahmed
17. Mukesh Choudhary
18. Shreyas Gopal

Starting with Chennai Super Kings, the team has 18 Indian players in the side for IPL 2025. The team, which was once led by MS Dhoni, will now see Ruturaj Gaikwad as the helm. Aside from MS Dhoni, who is still with the team, and Ruturaj Gaikwad, who is the leader, the team has many star Indian players like Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Shivam Dube, Khaleel Ahmed, and Ravichandran Ashwin.

Delhi Capitals (DC)

Total Indian Players: 16 // Best Indian Player: KL Rahul

1. Karun Nair
2. Abhishek Porel
3. KL Rahul (c)
4. Ajay Mandal
5. Ashutosh Sharma
6. Axar Patel
7. Darshan Nalkande
8. Madhav Tiwari
9. Manvanth Kumar
10. Sameer Rizvi
11. Tripurana Vijay
12. Vipraj Nigam
13. Kuldeep Yadav
14. Mohit Sharma
15. Mukesh Kumar
16. T Natarajan

Delhi Capitals will see a revamped side when it comes to their Indian players. Rishabh Pant, who has been with the team since his debut in 2016, will not be with the team anymore. KL Rahul is expected to lead the Delhi Capitals side, and aside from KL Rahul, the team has quality Indian talent in the form of Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Abhishek Porel, Ashutosh Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Sameer Rizvi, and T Natarajan.

Gujarat Titans (GT)

Total Indian Players: 18 // Best Indian Player: Shubman Gill

1. Sai Sudharsan
2. Shahrukh Khan
3. Shubman Gill (c)
4. Anuj Rawat
5. Kumar Khushagra
6. Arshad Khan
7. Jayant Yadav
8. Mahipal Lomror
9. Manav Suthar
10. Nishant Sindhu
11. Rahul Tewatia
12. Washington Sundar
13. Gurnoor Brar
14. Ishant Sharma
15. Kulwant Kejroliya
16. Mohammed Siraj
17. Prasidh Krishna
18. R Sai shore

Gujarat Titans will once see an Indian player, Shubman Gill at the helm. With Shubman Gill at the helm, the team is filled with quality Indian talent in the form of Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Anuj Rawat, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar, and Prasidh Krishna. The batting department is still in experienced for GT, but the bowling has decent experience with the likes of Siraj and Prasidh.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

Total Indian Players: 13 // Best Indian Player: Rinku Singh

1. Ajinkya Rahane
2. Angkrish Raghuvanshi
3. Luvnith Sisodiya
4. Manish Pandey
5. Rinku Singh
6. Anukul Roy
7. Ramandeep Singh
8. Venkatesh Iyer
9. Harshit Rana
10. Mayank Markande
11. Umran Malik
12. Vaibhav Arora
13. Varun Chakravarthy

Kolkata Knight Riders have the least, 13 Indian players in their side for IPL 2025. The team seems to have the least experience when it comes to their Indian players. Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, and Ajinkya Ranane are the three notable batters in their side. Whereas among bowlers, KKR have the likes of Harshit Rana, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, and Varun Chakravarthy. Overall, expect Ajinkya Rahane to lead the team given his stunning performance in the recently concluded SMAT 2024. 

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

Total Indian Players: 18 // Best Indian Player: Rishabh Pant

1. Aryan Juyal
2. Ayush Badoni
3. Himmat Singh
4. Rishabh Pant
5. Abdul Samad
6. Arshin Kulkarni
7. Shahbaz Ahmed
8. Yuvraj Choudhary
9. Akash Deep
10. Akash Singh
11. Avesh Khan
12. Digvesh Singh
13. M Siddharth
14. Mayank Yadav
15. Mohsin Khan
16. Prince Yadav
17. Rajvardhan Hangargekar
18. Ravi Bishnoi

The Lucknow Super Giants team will see a swap when it comes to their expected leader of the squad. While the team let go of their star player and Captain KL Rahul, they brought in another star player Rishabh Pant. Aside from Pant, who will mostly lead the side, the LSG team has Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, and Mohsin Khan among quality Indian players.

Mumbai Indians (MI)

Total Indian Players:15 // Best Indian Player: Jasprit Bumrah

1. Rohit Sharma
2. Suryakumar Yadav
3. Tilak Varma
4. Robin Minz
5. Shrijith Krishnan
6. Arjun Tendulkar
7. Hardik Pandya (c)
8. Naman Dhir
9. Raj Bawa
10. Ashwani Kumar
11. Deepak Chahar
12. Jasprit Bumrah
13. Karn Sharma
14. Satyanayarana Raju
15. Vignesh Puthur

Among all the teams present in the competition, there is no team that can match the Indian core that Mumbai Indians have. Be it the best T20 batter, best T20 All-rounder, best T20 bowler, or the best-emerging prospect, Mumbai Indians have all these Indian players. The focus will once again be on the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, and Tilak Varma.

Punjab Kings (PBKS)

Total Indian Players: 18 // Best Indian Player: Shreyas Iyer

1. Harnoor Singh
2. Priyansh Arya
3. Pyla Avinash
4. Shashank Singh
5. Shreyas Iyer (c)
6. Prabsimran Singh
7. Vishnu Vinod
8. Azmatullah Omerzai
9. Harpreet Brar
10. Musheer Khan
11. Nehal Wadhera
12. Suryansh Shedge
13. Arshdeep Singh
14. Kuldeep Sen
15. Pravin Dubey
16. Vyshak Vijakumar
17. Yash Thakur
18. Yuzvendra Chahal

Punjab Kings will be looking for another revamped season when it comes to their players. The team will be led by an Indian player, Shreyas Iyer, and will see the likes of Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prabsimran Singh, Shashank Singh, Yash Thakur, Harpreet Brar among quality Indian players in the side for Indian Premier League 2025.

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

Total Indian Players: 14 // Best Indian Player: Yashasvi Jaiswal

Batters

1. Shubham Dubey
2. Vaibhav Suryavanshi
3. Yashasvi Jaiswal
4. Dhruv Jurel
5. Kunal Rathore
6. Sanju Samson (c)
7. Nitish Rana
8. Riyan Parag
9. Akash Madhwal
10. Ashok Sharma
11. Kumar Kartikeya
12. Sandeep Sharma
13. Tushar Deshpande
14. Yudhvir Charak

Rajasthan Royals have a strong Indian core, and they trusted these players by retaining them in the Auction. The team will be led by an Indian player, Sanju Samson, and will see support from the likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Akash Madhwal, Tushar Deshpande, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, and Sandeep Sharma.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)

Total Indian Players: 14 // Best Indian Player: Virat Kohli

1. Devdutt Padikkal
2. Rajat Patidar
3. Swastik Chikara
4. Virat Kohli
5. Jitesh Sharma
6. Krunal Pandya
7. Manoj Bhandage
8. Mohit Rathee
9. Swapnil Singh
10. Abhinandan Singh
11. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
12. Rasikh Dar
13. Suyash Sharma
14. Yash Dayal

The Royal Challengers Bengaluru side will have a hard time selecting their captain. Given the lack of options, we can see Virat Kohli returning as the captain of the side. Aside from Kohli, who is their best Indian player, the team has the likes of Jitesh Sharma, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal, Devdutt Padikkal, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar among quality Indian players.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

Total Indian Players: 13 // Best Indian Player: Mohammed Shami

1. Abhinav Manohar
2. Aniket Verma
3. Atharva Taide
4. Sachin Baby
5. Ishan Kishan
6. Abhishek Sharma
7. Nitish Reddy
8. Harshal Patel
9. Jaydev Unadkat
10. Mohammed Shami
11. Rahul Chahar
12. Simarjeet Singh
13. Zeeshan Ansari

Finally, talking about Sunrisers Hyderabad, the team is mostly star Overseas-players centric, and has a decent bunch of Indian core. Among the quality options, SRH have Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Harshal Patel, Nitish Reddy, and Mohammed Shami.

So, that’s about the full Indian players list for all 10 teams for IPL 2025. 

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