IPL 2025 All 10 Teams Complete List of Openers Categorized
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, and Virat Kohli, the big names as BCCI shares an update on the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 full openers list for all 10 teams.
In one of the most exciting events of last year, the IPL 2025 kick-started with the Mega Auction which took place in November, last year. 10 teams battled it out on the Auction table as they bid aggressively for the players they wanted in their side. A total of 228 players will be participating in IPL 2025, and of which 40 will play the role of a primary opener of backup opener.
Of the 40 openers playing in the tournament, more or less, each team has a similar number of openers in the side ranging from 3 to 5. While Lucknow Super Giants has the most 6 openers in the side, GT, MI, RR, RCB, and SRH have three openers in the side. The tournament will witness some stunning openers in different teams. Yashasvi Jaiswal from RR, Shubman Gill from GT, Virat Kohli from RCB, Rohit Sharma from MI, etc., are some of the big names in the opening department.
Openers are the first players to kick-start the battle. Not only do they face the toughest battle in the form of powerplay, but they also play the most number of balls by a player, With 40 roughly openers participating in the tournament, it is always interesting to see the openers of different teams in the competition. So, here’s the complete official openers list for all 10 teams for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.
#1: IPL 2025 Openers List for Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
- Ruturaj Gaikwad
- Devon Conway (o)
- Rachin Ravindra (o)
- Rahul Tripathi
#2: IPL 2025 Openers List for Delhi Capitals
- KL Rahul
- Jake Fraser-McGurk (o)
- Abhishek Porel
- Faf du Plessis (o)
#3: IPL 2025 Opener List for Gujarat Titans (GT)
- Shubman Gill
- Jos Buttler (o)
- Sai Sudharsan
#4: IPL 2025 Openers List for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
- Venkatesh Iyer
- Sunil Narine (o)
- Quinton de Kock (o)
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz (o)
#5: IPL 2025 Opener List for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
- Mitchell Marsh (o)
- Aiden Markram (o)
- Matthew Breetzke (o)
- Arshin Kulkarni
- Aryan Juyal
- Yuvraj Coudhary
#6: IPL 2025 Openers List for Mumbai Indians (MI)
- Rohit Sharma
- Will Jacks (o)
- Ryan Rickelton (o)
#7: IPL 2025 Opener List for Punjab Kings (PBKS)
- Prabsimran Singh
- Priyansh Arya
- Harnoor Singh
- Marcus Stoinis (o)
#8: IPL 2025 Openers List for Rajasthan Royals (RR)
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Sanju Samson
- Vaibhav Suryavanshi
#9: IPL 2025 Openers List for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
- Virat Kohli
- Phil Salt (o)
- Devdutt Padikkal
#10: IPL 2025 Openers List for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
- Travis Head (o)
- Abhishek Sharma
- Ishan Kishan
If we observe the openers for each team for IPL 2025, we see there are 16 Overseas openers, and 24 Indian openers in the tournament. Of the 40 openers, there are 8 uncapped openers and 32 capped openers. The presence of uncapped openers like Abhishek Porel, Prabsimran Singh will be exciting for the tournament. IPL is a platform fo emerging cricketers, and what better than opening position to play that role?
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