The 18th season of the Indian Premier League is expected to start from March 22, for which all 10 franchises now have about a month left to strengthen their preparations. In this context, on 13 February, the Royal Challengers Bangalore team announced their new captain for the upcoming season, in which it has entrusted the responsibility to Rajat Patidar. At the same time, some teams have decided to assign responsibility to the players captaining last season. In such a situation, the names of the captains of 8 teams have been finalized for the IPL 2025 season, while 2 teams have not yet announced their new captain's name.

Who will captain the defending champion KKR?
The 8 teams whose names have been decided so far for IPL 2025 include Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Gujarat Titans, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Punjab Kings, Lucknow Super Giants, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Now all the fans are waiting for the announcement of the name of the defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders and the captain of the Delhi Capitals teams. In the mega auction for IPL 2025, KKR's team decided not to retain Shreyas Iyer, under whose captaincy he won the title last season. At the same time, Iyer became part of the Punjab Kings team in the mega auction, so now KKR will have to announce its new captain for IPL 2025. Currently, 2 players are at the forefront of the KKR team's captaincy race, including Venkatesh Iyer and Ajinkya Rahane.

Fans wait for the name of Delhi Capitals
The situation is not completely clear about which captain the Delhi Capitals team will take on the IPL 2025 season. The franchise has not announced the name of the captain for the upcoming season. KL Rahul and Akshar Patel's name is at the forefront in the race for Delhi Capitals, Rahul has become part of the Delhi team in the mega auction for this season, while Akshar has been an important part of the team since the last several seasons.

Captains of teams declared so far for IPL 2025
Mumbai Indians – Hardik Pandya
Chennai Super Kings – Ruturaj Gaikwad
Rajasthan Royals – Sanju Samson
Gujarat Titans – Shubman Gill
Sunrisers Hyderabad – Pat Cummins
Punjab Kings – Shreyas Iyer
Lucknow Super Giants – Rishabh Pant
Royal Challengers Bangalore – Silver Patidar