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Hyderabad Cricket Association officials inspected the stadium where Sunrisers Hyderabad will play its first match against Rajasthan Royals on March 23

Dharamsala will be the second home venue of Punjab Kings after Mullanpur, while Rajasthan Royals will set up their base in the North Eastern City apart from regular venue Jaipur

The IPL 2025 is set to kick-start on March 22, with a clash between last year's winners Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).

Patidar was among RCB's retained players before the mega auction in November 2024 and has the experience of leading Madhya Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (T20) and the Vijay Hazare Trophy (ODI)

The 30-year-old expressed gratitude to the Punjab Kings management and vowed to repay the faith

To accommodate the Champions Trophy final, scheduled for March 9, the IPL decided to keep a close to two-week gap and set the start date for March 21

Singapore-born, Australia-raised David was signed by Royal Challengers Bengaluru for Rs 3 crore at the IPL 2025 auction in Jeddah

Says nothing sets off Nattu's loss. Every team goes through it, whether you try and find the players early and...pounce on opportunities or you try and wait for the back end

Shami, formerly with Gujarat Titans, missed the previous season due to knee surgery. He made his comeback to competitive cricket earlier this month, playing for Bengal in the Ranji Trophy. Shami is expected to join the Indian team in Australia for the latter part of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

There will be INR 641.5 crore cumulatively in kitty of 10 teams with 204 possible slots to be filled but one can be rest assured that all eyes will be trained on Pant's name when it comes up

In an email to franchises on Thursday, accessed by ESPN cricinfo, the IPL referred to these as "windows," though they are likely to become the final dates

The 43-year-old, who is at the last stage of his playing career, only features in the IPL since announcing international retirement in 2020. He led CSK to five IPL titles under his leadership

"Officials have gone there to finalise the venue and dates, announcement to be made very soon," the source added.

Indian captain Rohit Sharma on Thursday backed the retention of national team players in the Mumbai Indians squad for IPL 2025 while franchise skipper Hardik Pandya summed it up as "five fingers but one fist".

His decision to quit is down to a rift with red ball coach Jason Gillespie, and the PCB after the board decided to withdraw their selection powers

Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow Super Giants are among other franchises who have submitted bids to acquire teams

The franchise had parted ways with Ricky Ponting in July this year after being at the helm since 2018

However, he will continue with the franchise's other team in the SA20 competition, Sunrisers Eastern Cape

Replaces South African Mark Boucher who led the team to a last-placed finish in this year's tournament

The Sri lankan player, previously, held the position at the franchise from 2017 to 2022, including three championship wins