Players Withdraw from IPL 2025: None of the players will dare to skip and lose the whopping amount they receive from the cash-rich Indian Premier League. But owing to some unavoidable reason some players will skip the tournament in the middle or even before the start of the tournament.
According to the new IPL 2025 rules released by BCCI, overseas players will be slapped with a two-year ban if the players skip the tournament after being picked up in the mega auction.
As per IPL 2025 schedule the first match will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru on 22 March 2025 in Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
The IPL 2025 will follow Group stage and Playoffs format with the top four teams in the IPL 2025 points table advancing to the playoffs round.
As a part of the season, BCCI will release the IPL 2025 squad, IPL 2025 live streaming, IPL 2025 ticket booking links, and IPL 2025 team jersey details right before the start of the tournament.
In this section, we will have a look at the complete list of players withdraw from IPL 2025 along with the reasons and their replacement players.
Players Withdraw from IPL 2025
Players Withdraw from IPL 2025: A total of 70 league matches includes 18 double headers where all teams will play 7 Home and 7 Away matches.
But ahead of the IPL 2025 tournament, some players may opt out of the tournament owing to various reasons. Such players’ names and reasons for their decisions will be updated here, stay tuned for regular updates!!!
| Player | Team | Reason | Replacement Player |
| Brydon Carse | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Toe Injury | Wiaan Mulder |
| AM Ghazanfar | Mumbai Indians | Back Injury | Mujeeb Ur Rahim |
| Lizaad Williams | Mumbai Indians | Knee Injury | Corbin Bosch |
| Harry Brook | Delhi Capitals | Personal Reasons | Sediqullah Atal |
| Umran Malik | Kolkata Knight Riders | Injury | Chetan Sakariya |
| Mohsin Khan | Lucknow Super Giants | ACL tear | Shardul Thakur |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | Chennai Super Kings | Elbow Injury | Ayush Mhatre |
| Adam Zampa | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Shoulder Injury | Smaran Ravichandran |
| Glenn Phillips | Gujarat Titans | Groin Injury | Dasun Shanaka |
| Gurjapneet Singh | Chennai Super Kings | Injury | Dewald Brevis |
| Vignesh Puthur | Mumbai Indians | Shin Bone Injury | Raghu Sharma |
| Glenn Maxwell | Punjab Kings | Finger Injury | Mitchell Owen |
| Vansh Bedi | Chennai Super Kings | Ankle Injury | Urvil Patel |
| Smaran Ravichandran | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Injury | Harsh Dubey |
| Devdutt Padikkal | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Right hamstring injury | Mayank Agarwal |
| Nitish Rana | Rajasthan Royals | calf injury | Lhuan-dre Pretorius |
| Sandeep Sharma | Rajasthan Royals | Finger Injury | Nandra Burger |
| Jake Fraser-McGurk | Delhi Capitals | personal reasons | Mustafizur Rahman |
| Jos Buttler | Gujarat Titans | personal reasons | Kusal Mendis |
| Lockie Ferguson | Punjab Kings | Hamstring Injury | Kyle Jamieson |
| Mayank Yadav | Lucknow Super Giants | Back Injury | William O’Rourke |
IPL 2025 Format
The IPL 2025 format is not something unfamiliar to the IPL cricket community. The format has been used in the last IPL season where the tournament is played with a total of 10 teams.
- The ten teams are divided into two groups of five.
- A random draw was used to determine the groups and who plays whom across the groups once and twice.
- In the group stage, each team plays 14 games facing the other four teams in their group two times each (one home and one away game), four teams in the other group once, and the remaining team two times.
- IPL Points Table system: The team winning a match will be awarded 2 points. The losing team will not receive any points. In case of a draw or no result, both teams will be awarded 1 point.
- A four-game playoff stage following the Page playoff system is held after the group stage. Four games will be played in the playoffs:
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- Qualifier 1: between the teams ranked first and second in the group stage.
- Eliminator: between the teams ranked third and fourth in the group stage.
- Qualifier 2: between the loser of Qualifier 1 and the winner of the Eliminator.
- Final: between the winners of Qualifiers 1 and 2.
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IPL 2025 Rules and Regulations
Here are the complete details of updated IPL 2025 Rules and Regulations, which are said to be followed similarly to the last season of the Indian Premier League.
- As of last season, BCCI included the “Smart Replay System” in the IPL 2025 season for quicker and more accurate reviews.
- Bowlers can bowl two bounces in an over in IPL 2025.
- The IPL 2025 season will also retain the Impact Player Rule which was introduced in IPL 2023.
- Team captains can walk in with 2 different team sheets before handling their final playing 11 after the toss.
- Depending on the toss result, the teams can pick their best 11 after the toss. But till last season, the captains had to exchange the teams before the toss.
- For Example: If team A wants to bat first and then defend a total on a slow track in turning conditions and is forced to bowl first they can pick the playing 11 with an extra spinner in the starting 11 and then they can replace a specialist bowler with a batter in the second innings to help with the run-chase.
- BCCI introduced this rule in the 2023 edition to bring down the motto of “win toss, win match” in certain conditions.
- IPL 2025 will have two DRS for each inning.
- Players can take reviews for wides and no-balls in IPL
- Upon a catch dismissal, irrespective of whether the batsmen have crossed or not the incoming batsman will take the strike, except if it’s the last ball of the over
- In Playoffs/Final: If Super Over or subsequent Super Overs can’t be completed due to some reason then the team that has finished higher in the league will be declared as the winner.
- Over rate penalty of only four fielders outside the 30-yard circle for every over not completed in the allocated time.
- Unfair movement of the wicketkeeper will result in a dead ball and 5 penalty runs.
- Unfair movement by a fielder will result in a dead ball and 5 penalty runs
Practice during tournament
- Teams will get 2 nets in the practice area and 1 of the side wickets on the main square to do range hitting. For the Mumbai venue, if both the teams are practicing at the same time, the teams will get 2 wickets each.
- No open nets will be allowed.
- If one of the teams finishes their practice early, the other team is not allowed to use the wickets for their practice.
- No practice will be allowed on Match days.
- No fitness test will take place on the Match Day on the main square.
- On practice days (during pre-tournament & tournament), only accredited staff is allowed in the dressing room and on the field of play.
- Player family members and friends to travel in a different vehicle and can watch the team practice from the hospitality area.
- For extended support staff ( throw down specialist/net bowlers) list needs to be submitted for approval to the BCCI. Once approved, non-match day accreditations will be issued for the same.
- Players to use the team bus while coming for practice. Teams may travel in two batches.
- For any request related to practice, fitness test on Match days, the Venue Manager will be the POC.
Match Day
- It is mandatory for PMOA accredited staff to bring their accreditation on match day. On the first instance failure of not carrying the accreditation, a warning will be issued. On the second instance, a monetary fine will be issued to the team.
- Despite providing hitting nets, players keep hitting on the LED boards thus board requests teams to adhere to it.
- The Board has advised players and support staff not to sit in front of the LED boards. The sponsorship team will mark places across the FOP where substitutes carrying towels and water bottles can be seated.
- Players have to wear Orange and Purple caps during the game. In case where players do not wear caps, the board requests players to wear them for the first two overs till the broadcast captures it.
- In the post-match presentation, floppies and sleeveless jerseys are not allowed. Failure to do so will result in warning on the first instance. On the second instance, there will be a financial penalty.
- On match days, similar to IPL 2024 season, only 12 accredited support staff will be permitted which includes team doctor.
Jersey Number
- In case of a change in jersey numbers, information has to be made 24 hours in advance as mentioned in clothing & equipment guidelines.
IPL 2025 Team Captains
IPL 2025 Format: Following are the details of the IPL 2025 captains of the participating teams. Changes will be updated here(if made) after the official announcements:
| Teams | Captain |
| Chennai Super Kings | MS Dhoni |
| Delhi Capitals | Axar Patel |
| Gujarat Titans | Shubman Gill |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Ajinkya Rahane |
| Lucknow Super Giants | Rishabh Pant |
| Mumbai Indians | Hardik Pandya |
| Punjab Kings |
Shreyas Iyer
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| Rajasthan Royals | Sanju Samson |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Rajat Patidar |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | Pat Cummins |
CHECK: IPL 2025 Teams Head Coach, Support Staff For All 10 Teams
