Updated March 18th 2025, 16:47 IST
IPL 2025: The eighteenth season of the Indian Premier League is just around the corner and it promises to be bigger and better than the previous year. Kolkata Knight Riders are the defending champions of the IPL crown and they will give it their all to win the IPL title for the fourth time. Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians too are locked in a race of domination and they'll be eyeing to win their sixth IPL title. Franchises like the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Delhi Capitals , Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants will hope that they end their title drought.
The Indian Premier League starts on March 22, 2025. The first match of the eighteenth edition of this cash-rich league will be played between the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The match will be played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Ajinkya Rahane will lead the Knight Riders, whereas Rajat Patidar will lead the Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
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With all the biggest stars under one roof, and divided in 10 high-profile teams, the Indian Premier League is a highly competitive event. It gets pretty tricky to predict the winner of the Indian Premier League, before the season starts. AI Chatbox 'Grok' was asked to predict its choice of winner for IPL 2025 and it came up with a very interesting answer.
'Predicting the winner of IPL 2025 is a tough call, especially since the tournament is just kicking off and so many factors like team form, player injuries, and match conditions can shift the outcome. Mumbai Indians (MI) look like a strong contender. They’ve got a history of five titles, a solid core with players like Rohit Sharma , Suryakumar Yadav, and Jasprit Bumrah. If I had to pick one, I’d lean toward Mumbai Indians for their consistency and squad quality, but IPL’s unpredictability means it could easily be CSK, KKR, or even an underdog like Punjab Kings if they gel under Ricky Ponting., Grok responded.
Mumbai Indians, under Hardik Pandya will look like a far more settled side this time around. The MI outfit was surrounded with all sorts of controversies last year and they finished at the bottom of the table. The core of Mumbai remains the same, and they are now bolstered with a few matchwinners in their side such as Trent Boult. Hardik Pandya's Mumbai Indians start their IPL 2025 campaign with a match against Chennai Super Kings on March 18, 2025.
Published March 18th 2025, 16:30 IST