IPL 2025 Experienced vs Quality Young Players Best Playing 11

Shreyas Iyer and Tilak Varma to Captain in our experience vs quality young players playing 11 for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. 

The memories of RCB ‘s maiden IPL victory are still fresh in our minds, but so is the tragic loss of a few fans who died a tragic death in a stampede caused during RCB’s Celebration at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. It’s absolutely tragic to hear that people lost lives while RCB fans celebrated the victory. We offer condolences to the family members of the deceased, and hope sense prevails going forward during such celebrations.

While RCB laid their first-ever IPL Trophy victory, the tournament witnessed many superlative performances from the players. Right from the uncapped U20 young guys to Minor and majorly experienced Indian players to star-powered Overseas players, the IPL 2025 has seen some amazing performances from these players. For the first time in history we saw six players scoring 600+ runs, and a young 23-year-old Sai Sudharsan winning the Orange Cap.

With so many stunning performances in the Indian Premier League 2025, it brings us to an important topic of discussion, the strongest experienced vs young best playing 11. Yes, let’s do a detailed comparison of 22 players who will form the Experienced vs Young Players playing 11. For the experienced team, we shall look at players aged 30 or more. Whereas for young team, we shall look at the players who are aged 30 or less. Also, we will keep a team combination that contains at least 7 batters, 5 bowlers, and 1 wicket-keeper.

IPL 2025 Experienced vs Young Players Best Playing 11

Now, starting with the top order, we have the trio of Virat Kohli, Mitchell Marsh, and Nicholas Pooran for the Team Experienced. Whereas for Team Young, we have the trio of Sai Sudharsan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Prabsimran Singh. It’s a fantastic trio on both sides with a solid mix of stability and aggression. While Kohli and Sai provide stability, Pooran, Marsh, Jaiswal, and Prab are more attacking batters.

In terms of performance, Sai Sudharsan won the Orange Cap Winner, and alongside Sai Sudharsan, Mitchell Marsh and Virat Kohli scored more than 600 runs. Similarly, wicket-keepers Nicholas Pooran and Prabsimran Singh also had 500 runs in the series, albeit with a better strike rate. So, choosing which team has a better top order is a very difficult question. So, we believe that the answer is for the fans to decide.

Now talking about the middle order, we have Suryakumar Yadav and Shreyas Iyer for Team Experienced vs Riyan Parag and Tilak Varma for Team Young. Comparing the middle order both Share and Suryakumar Yadav scored more than 600 runs in IPL 2025 Whereas Riyan Parag and Tilak Varma scored around 350 runs. So, clearly one can see that the middle order for team experienced looks pretty strong.

Finishers

Talking about the finishers we have Hardik Pandya and Shashank Singh for Team experienced. Whereas for Team Young, we have Vipraj Nigam and Nehal Wadhera. Hardik Pandya and Vipraj were the best all-rounders of this season without a doubt, and Shashank Singh and Nehal Wadhera played the role of a finisher for PBKS, and they did well scoring in excess of 350 runs at a solid strike rate. Overall, side-by-side Hardik and Shashank may be better, but Vipraj Nigam and Nehal Wadhera have solid potential as finishers.

Now, coming to the bowling lineup, it’s another fantastic comparison with four solid bowlers on each side. While Team Experienced has three pacers and 1 spinner in the form of Jasprit Bumrah, Josh Hazlewood, Trent Boult, and Varun Chakravarthy, Team Young has two pacers and two spinners in the form of Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Noor Ahmad, and R Sai Kishore. While Team Experienced is pace-dominant, Team Young is spin-dominant.

In terms of performance, Team Young has two leading wicket-takers in their side with Prasidh and Noor carrying the honours with 25 and 24 wickets respectively. Josh Hazlewood and Trent Boult follow these two with 22 wickets each. All 8 bowlers have done exceptionally well in this season, and are among the wickets. Coincidently, these 8 bowlers are also the leading 8 wicket takers of IPL 2025.

IPL 2025 Experienced Players Best Playing 11

1. Virat Kohli
2. Mitchell Marsh
3. Nicholas Pooran (wk)
4. Suryakumar Yadav
5. Shreyas Iyer (c)
6. Hardik Pandya
7. Shashank Singh
8. Josh Hazlewood
9. Jasprit Bumrah
10. Trent Boult
11. Varun Chakravarthy

IPL 2025 Young Bold Players Best Playing 11

1. Sai Sudharsan 
2. Yashasvi Jaiswal 
3. Prabsimran Singh (wk)
4. Riyan Parag
5. Tilak Varma (c)
6. Nehal Wadhera
7. Vipraj Nigam
8. R Sai Kishore
9. Noor Ahmad
10. Prasidh Krishna
11. Arshdeep Singh

So, that’s about the best playing 11 comparison for Team Experienced vs Team Young players of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. Overall, Team Experienced does have solid experience under their belt, and a proven mix of quality players, Team Young isn’t far behind in terms of performance as well as potential. If these two teams pit side by side, it will be difficult to choose a winner, but it will make up for a thrilling contest. 

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