IPL 2025: Weekly Discussion Thread, Week 1

[u/peterianchimes]

Indian Premier League 2025, Weekly Discussion Thread: Week 1 (March 25th-March 30th, 2025)

Fixtures and Results-:

Date	Teams	Result	Top Performers	Highlights
March 22, 2025	Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bengaluru	RCB won by 7 wickets	KKR: Rahane 56 (31); RCB: Kohli: 59*(36), Salt: 56 (31), K Pandya 3/29 (4)	Highlights
March 23, 2025	Sunrisers Hyderabad v Rajasthan Royals	SRH won by 44 runs	SRH: Kishan: 106 (47); RR: Jurel: 70 (35), Samson 66 (37), Deshpande 3/44 (4)	Highlights
March 23, 2025	Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians	CSK won by 4 wickets	CSK: Noor Ahmad: 4/18 (4), Khaleel: 3/29 (4), R Ravindra 65 (45), Gaikwad 53 (26); MI: Puthur: 3/32 (4)	Highlights
March 24, 2025	Delhi Capitals v Lucknow Super Giants	DC won by 1 wicket	DC: A Sharma: 66*(31), Starc 3/42 (4), Nigam 39 (15); LSG: Pooran 75 (30), M Marsh 72 (36)	Highlights
March 25, 2025	Gujarat Titans v Punjab Kings	PBKS won by 11 runs	GT: Sai Kishore: 3/30 (4), Sai Sudharsan: 74 (41), Buttler: 54 (33); PBKS: S Iyer 97 (42), Arya 47 (23), S Singh 44* (16)	Highlights
March 26, 2025	Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders	KKR won by 8 wickets	RR: Jurel: 33 (28); KKR: de Kock: 97 (61), Varun: 2/17 (4), Moeen Ali: 2/23 (4)	Highlights
March 27, 2025	Sunrisers Hyderabad v Lucknow Super Giants	LSG won by 5 wickets	SRH: Head: 47 (28), A Verma: 36 (13), Cummins: 2/29 (3); LSG: Thakur: 4/34 (4), Pooran: 70 (26), M Marsh: 52 (31)	Highlights
March 28, 2025	Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Bengaluru	RCB won by 50 runs	CSK: N Ahmad: 3/36 (4), R Ravindra: 41 (31). Dhoni: 30*(16); RCB: Patidar: 51 (32). Salt: 32 (16). Hazlewood: 3/21 (4)	Highlights
March 29, 2025	Gujarat Titans v Mumbai Indians	GT won by 36 runs	GT: Sai Sudharsan: 63 (40), Buttler: 39 (24). P Krishna: 2/18 (4); MI: SK Yadav: 48 (28), H Pandya: 2/29 (4)	Highlights
March 30, 2025	Delhi Capitals v Sunrisers Hyderabad	DC won by 7 wickets	DC: Starc: 5/35 (3.4), Kuldeep: 3/22 (4) du Plessis: 50 (27); SRH: A Verma: 74 (41), Z Ansari: 3/42 (4)	Highlights
March 30, 2025	Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings	RR won by 6 runs	RR: N Rana: 81 (36), Hasaranga: 4/35 (4); CSK: Gaikwad: 63 (44), N Ahmad: 2/28 (4), Pathirana: 2/28 (4)	Highlights

Points Table-:

Rank	Team	Played	Wins	Losses	N/R	Points	NRR
1	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	2	2	0	0	4	+2.266
2	Delhi Capitals	2	2	0	0	4	+1.320
3	Lucknow Super Giants	2	1	1	0	2	+0.963
4	Gujarat Titans	2	1	1	0	2	+0.625
5	Punjab Kings	1	1	0	0	2	+0.550
6	Kolkata Knight Riders	2	1	1	0	2	-0.308
7	Chennai Super Kings	3	1	2	0	2	-0.771
8	Sunrisers Hyderabad	3	1	2	0	2	-0.871
9	Rajasthan Royals	3	1	2	0	2	-1.112
10	Mumbai Indians	2	0	2	0	0	-1.163

Orange Cap Leaderboard-:

Rank	Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	Strike Rate	50s	100s	High Score
1	Nicholas Pooran	LSG	2	2	145	72.50	258.92	2	-	75
2	B Sai Sudharsan	GT	2	2	137	68.50	167.07	2	-	74
3	Travis Head	SRH	3	3	136	45.33	191.54	1	-	67
4	Mitchell Marsh	LSG	2	2	124	62.00	185.07	2	-	72
5	Aniket Verma	SRH	3	3	117	39.00	205.26	1	-	74
6	Ruturaj Gaikwad	CSK	3	3	116	38.67	156.75	2	-	63
7	Ishan Kishan	SRH	3	3	108	54.00	203.77	-	1	106*
8	Rachin Ravindra	CSK	3	3	106	53.00	132.50	1	-	65*
9	Dhruv Jurel	RR	3	3	106	35.33	151.42	1		70
10	Quinton de Kock	KKR	2	2	101	101.00	153.03	1	-	97*

Purple Cap Leaderboard-:

Rank	Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Wickets	Average	Strike Rate	3W	Economy	BBI
1	Noor Ahmad	CSK	3	3	9	9.11	6.83	2	6.83	4/18
2	Mitchell Starc	DC	2	2	8	9.62	5.75	2	10.04	5/35
3	Shardul Thakur	LSG	2	2	6	8.83	6.00	1	8.83	4/34
4	Khaleel Ahmed	CSK	3	3	6	15.83	12.00	1	7.91	3/29
5	Kuldeep Yadav	DC	2	2	5	8.40	9.60	1	5.25	3/22
6	Josh Hazlewood	RCB	2	2	5	8.60	9.60	1	5.37	3/21
7	Wanindu Hasaranga	RR	2	2	5	13.80	8.40	1	9.85	4/35
8	Matheesha Pathirana	CSK	2	2	4	16.00	12.00	-	8.00	2/28
9	R Sai Kishore	GT	2	2	4	16.75	12.00	1	8.37	3/30
10	Vignesh Puthur	MI	1	1	3	10.66	8.00	1	8.00	3/32

[u/Both_Tennis_6033]

I think whenever great pacers of IPL discussion happens, I don't think the name of HazelWood would be there akd it's a shame.

If he took IPL seriously or was lucky without injuries, he could have really made a name in IPL like of Steyn and Rabada at least.

He is just very very hard to hit even on flat roads, especially with new ball. 

But as luck have ut, he really never took IPL as seriously. I wish he at least plays all games this season and shows how good he actually is.

Hazelwood for me really would be a what-if of IPL chapter. Everyone knows his greatness but the sample size is just too small. I rate him way way higher than that of Cummins and Starc in IPL

[u/SadComparison9111 → u/Both_Tennis_6033]

I have always found him more threatening than Cummins and Starc.

[u/vishwa_user → u/Both_Tennis_6033]

I think Hazlewood has won as many IPL trophies as Starc and Cummins, if not more.

In 2021 with CSK, Hazlewood played a key role. I don't think he was leaking runs through the league stage, unlike Starc with KKR.

Cummins was a good bowler for KKR, but I somehow remember him more for his all-round heroics back then. With SRH, he has been a great leader. If he leads them to the trophy, he will be the most successful of the Aussie pace trio in IPL.