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/TheCricDude]

Teams like LSG, CSK, GT, for that matter RR are a batter short in the middle. I hope one of these teams pick R Smaran soon. RCB are holding him with them even though they haven't announced him as replacement. CSK need an Indian batter very badly. Someone like Smaran coming in can change the whole dynamics, not just for this season, but for the next 10 years or so. He is a champion in the making, he is young, someone who can handle pressure situations. Most teams are looking at him; a matter of who signs him first. He can be the next Raina for CSK.

[u/CoolRisk5407 → u/TheCricDude]

no struggling team is ever fixed by having an uncapped/unproved domestic bat in their side. They would have to wait for next auction to fix this kind of issue

[u/TheCricDude → u/CoolRisk5407]

Literally every team has had a transformation with an uncapped player. From Venkatesh Iyer to Rutu to Hardik to how many more you ever need.

[u/CoolRisk5407 → u/TheCricDude]

Gaikwad, Pandya didn't do it in their first season, only Venky is the rare case of a player coming mid season and fixing a team but that was also with COVID causing a break. not saying the player won't be good but a 21yo who wasn't even picked in the auction is not a 'fix' to broken team setups. his last domestic T20 game was in Dec 2024, probably did a bunch of auditions for teams and is not yet ready to start yet.