IPL 2025 team squads: Updated players, captains and injury replacements

Here's a simpler version of the IPL 2025 squad updates:

The 2025 IPL is the 18th season of the tournament, with 74 matches over eight weeks. The defending champions, Kolkata Knight Riders, will start their title defense on March 22 against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Eden Gardens.

CSK IPL 2025 squad:

• Captain: Ruturaj Gaikwad
• Key players: MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Matheesha Pathirana, Devon Conway
• New additions: Andre Siddarth, Vansh Bedi
• Notable injury replacement: None reported

DC IPL 2025 squad:

• Captain: Axar Patel
• Key players: KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natrajan, Mitchell Starc
• New additions: Faf du Plessis, Sameer Rizvi
• Notable injury replacement: None, but Harry Brook pulled out of the competition.

GT IPL 2025 squad:

• Captain: Shubman Gill
• Key players: Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Rashid Khan
• New additions: Glenn Phillips, Kareem Janat
• Notable injury replacement: None reported

KKR IPL 2025 squad:

• Captain: Ajinkya Rahane
• Key players: Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy
• New additions: Moeen Ali
• Notable injury replacement: Chetan Sakariya replaced Umran Malik

MI IPL 2025 squad:

• Captain: Hardik Pandya
• Key players: Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Verma, Trent Boult
• New additions: Raj Angad Bawa, Bevon Jacobs
• Notable injury replacements: Mujeeb-ur-Rahman and Corbin Bosch replaced Allah Ghazanfar and Lizaad Williams

LSG IPL 2025 squad:

• Captain: Rishabh Pant
• Key players: David Miller, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh
• New additions: Matthew Breetzke
• Notable injury replacement: None reported

PBKS IPL 2025 squad:

• Captain: Shreyas Iyer
• Key players: Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh
• New additions: Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu
• Notable injury replacement: None reported

RR IPL 2025 squad:

• Captain: Sanju Samson
• Key players: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Wainindu Hasaranga
• New additions: Kwena Maphaka, Kunal Rathore
• Notable injury replacement: None reported

RCB IPL 2025 squad:

• Captain: Rajat Patidar
• Key players: Virat Kohli, Josh Hazlewood, Liam Livingstone, Tim David
• New additions: Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee
• Notable injury replacement: None reported

SRH IPL 2025 squad:

• Captain: Pat Cummins
• Key players: Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen, Mohammad Shami, Harshal Patel
• New additions: Wiaan Mulder (replacing Brydon Carse)
• Notable injury replacement: Brydon Carse replaced by Wiaan Mulder

These squads will compete in the 2025 IPL season, and fans are excited to see how the new and returning players perform.