The new season of the Indian Premier League, franchise cricket’s premier and most lucrative competition, gets underway on Saturday afternoon, starting nine weeks of top class, swashbuckling action.
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The tournament gets underway on Saturday afternoon with defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders taking on Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the opening fixture of the tournament.
A mega auction took place in November with mass changes to squads taking place due to restricted player retentions, including the defending champions opting not to retain their title winning captain, Shreyas Iyer, who was picked up by Punjab Kings.
Rishabh Pant was the man who went for the most money in the auction, becoming the most expensive player in IPL being picked up by the Lucknow Super Giants for just shy of £2.5 million, and was subsequently made the franchise’s new captain.
11 English players were sold in the auction, though only nine will be participating after Harry Brook opted to commit to England duties, much to the disappointment of the Delhi Capitals and BCCI, while Brydon Carse has been ruled out of Sunrisers Hyderabad’s squad through injury.
The Royal Challengers Bengaluru have the most English players, with Phil Salt, Liam Livingstone and Jacob Bethell, while Sam Curran and Jamie Overton while be donning the yellow of Chennai Super Kings, and Will Jacks and Reece Topley will be representing the Mumbai Indians.
Other England players include former white ball captain Jos Buttler, who is now a member of the Gujarat Titans, while fast bowler Jofra Archer will be representing the Rajasthan Royals.
Mumbai Indians have arguably the best squad of those in the league, and will head into this year’s tournament as favourites, as they so often do, just 12 months after the competition’s joint most successful side finished bottom of the table with just four wins from their 14 games.
2025 Indian Premier League winner odds (talkSPORT BET):
- Mumbai Indians – 4/1
- Sunrisers Hyderabad – 9/2
- Chennai Super Kings – 5/1
- Kolkata Knight Riders – 8/1
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru – 8/1
- Gujarat Titans – 9/1
- Delhi Capitals – 10/1
- Punjab Kings – 10/1
- Lucknow Super Giants – 11/1
- Rajasthan Royals – 14/1
Odds correct at the time of writing.
How to watch the Indian Premier League
- Location: India
- Date and time: Saturday 22nd March – Sunday 25th May 2024
- How to watch: Sky Sports
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