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Out of 10 teams playing in IPL 2025, 9 captains are Indians. In the 18th season of IPL, Delhi Capitals, Lucknow Super Giants, Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders will land with the new captain. Heart…Read more
9 Indian captains in 10 teams in 18th season of IPL
Highlights
- There will be 9 Indian captains in IPL 2025.
- Delhi, Lucknow, Punjab, RCB, KKR will land with new captains.
- The first match of IPL 2025 will be held on 22 March.
New Delhi. APL started since 2008 and since then the captain of most teams has been foreign. The icon player started in 2008, in which Indian players were there, that practice also ended gradually. But for the last few years, the fascination of franchise has been disturbed by the foreign captain and in the 18th season, the situation seems to be completely changed.
The bugle of the 18th season of the Indian Premier League is over. All the teams have geared up for the upcoming season. This season i.e. IPL 2025, a total of five teams will land with the new captain. Now the captains of all 10 teams have been confirmed. Delhi Capitals on Friday appointed spin all -rounder Akshar Patel as the captain of the team. With this, the captains of all 10 teams were confirmed. Out of which 9 captains are Indians.
Indian captain dominated IPL
A new history will be written in IPL 2025 as this will be the first such season in which only one foreign captain will be. Hyderabad has made Australia’s Pat Cummins captain. At the same time, the captain of the remaining 9 teams is Indian. Delhi Capitals, Lucknow Super Giants, Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders will land with the new captain. Delhi has given the command of Akshar Patel, Lucknow to Rishabh Pant, Punjab Kings to Shreyas Iyer, RCB to Rajat Patidar and KKR has given the command of the team to Ajinkya Rahane. The dominance of Indian captains in the 18th season of IPL is a sign that IPL will remain the Indian Premier League in the future. The teams are captain-1- Delhi Capitals- Akshar Patel 2 Sunrisers Hyderabad- Pat Cummins 3- Royal Challengers Bangalore- Rajat Patidar 4- Rajasthan Royals- Sanju Samson 5- Punjab Kings- Shreyas Iyer 6- Lucknow Super Giants- Rishabh Pant 7- Mumbai Indians- Mumbai Indians- Hardik Pandya 8- Hardik Pandya 8- Ajinky Rahane9- Gujarat Titans- Shubman Gill10- Chennai Super Kings- Riturat Gaikwad
18th season starts
IPL 2025 i.e. 18th season will begin from March 22. This time all matches will be played in 13 cities. The first match of IPL 2025 will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The first match of IPL will be played on 22 March from 7:30 pm. The toss of the match will be at 7 pm. RCB has handed over the captaincy to Rajat Patidar this time, while KKR is commanded by senior player Ajinkya Rahane.
What is special in the opening ceremony of IPL 2025
If sources are to be believed, the opening ceremony of IPL 2025 will be held at Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. In the opening ceremony of the IPL, Bollywood’s life will be performed. But which artists will perform at the ceremony, this is yet to be confirmed. The opening ceremony of IPL 2025 will start at 6 pm on March 22. This time the opening ceremony will be bang in many ways because he is on the home ground of Badshah Khan and the emperor himself has started preparing to make this opportunity very special.
New Delhi,Delhi
March 14, 2025, 16:35 IST
10 teams and 9 Indian captains in IPL 2025, how much life in which team