The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is all set to resume on May 17, Saturday with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) welcoming Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. However, the franchises are facing a dilemma with international stars flying out for national team commitments.
The IPL governing body have allowed the franchises to sign temporary replacements. However, these replacements cannot be retained for next season.
Stars like Mitchell Starc and Jake Fraser-McGurk will miss the remainder of IPL 2025 whereas some English players will not be available for the playoffs stage, if their team qualifies.
Chennai Super Kings confirmed the absence of Jamie Overton and Sam Curran whereas Gujarat Titans stated that Jos Buttler will fly out for England duty.
There are question marks over the availability of Josh Hazlewood for RCB whereas KKR will miss Moeen Ali and Rovman Powell.
IPL 2025: Check the full list of withdrawn players and their replacements
| Player | Replacement | Reason | Franchise |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | Ayush Mhatre | Injury | Chennai Super Kings |
| Lizaad Williams | Corbin Bosch | Injury | Mumbai Indians |
| Umran Malik | Chetan Sakariya | Injury | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Devdutt Padikkal | Mayank Agarwal | Injury | Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
| Jake Fraser-McGurk | Mustafizur Rahman | Personal Reasons | Delhi Capitals |
| Adam Zampa | Ravichandran Smaran | Injury | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| Glenn Maxwell | Mitchell Owen | Injury | Punjab Kings |
| Ravichandran Smaran | Harsh Dubey | Injury | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| Glenn Phillips | Dasun Shanaka | Injury | Gujarat Titans |
| Jos Buttler* | Kusal Mendis | National Commitments | Gujarat Titans |
| Nitish Rana | Lhuan-dre Pretorius | Injury | Rajasthan Royals |
| Mohsin Khan | Shardul Thakur | Injury | Lucknow Super Giants |
| Mayank Yadav | William O�Rourke | Injury | Lucknow Super Giants |
| Brydon Carse | Wiaan Mulder | Injury | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| Lockie Ferguson | Kyle Jamieson | Injury | Punjab Kings |
| AM Ghazanfar | Mujeeb Ur Rahman | Injury | Mumbai Indians |
| Vignesh Puthur | Raghu Sharma | Injury | Mumbai Indians |
| Gurjapneet Singh | Dewald Brevis | Injury | Chennai Super Kings |
| Vansh Bedi | Urvil Patel | Injury | Chennai Super Kings |
| Sandeep Sharma | Nandre Burger | Injury | Rajasthan Royals |
| Harry Brook | Sediqullah Atal | Personal reasons | Delhi Capitals |
| Sam Curran | Not named yet | Not listed | Chennai Super Kings |
| Jamie Overton | Not named yet | National Commitments | Chennai Super Kings |
| Jofra Archer | Not named yet | Injury | Rajasthan Royals |
| Moeen Ali | Not named yet | Viral infection | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Rovman Powell | Not named yet | Undergoing a medical procedure | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Will Jacks* | Yet to be confirmed | National Commitments | Mumbai Indians |
| Ryan Rickelton* | Yet to be confirmed | National Commitments | Mumbai Indians |
IPL 2025 Updated Squads: Full list of players and replacements
Chennai Super Kings
MS Dhoni (c), Ayush Mhatre, Urvil Patel, Dewald Brevis, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Matheesha Pathirana, Noor Ahmad, Ravichandran Ashwin, Devon Conway, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Shaik Rasheed, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Deepak Hooda, Nathan Ellis, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishnan Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Andre Siddarth.
Delhi Capitals
Axar Patel (c), KL Rahul, Mustafizur Rahman, Sediqullah Atal, Karun Nair, Abhishek Porel, Tristian Stubbs, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mitchell Starc, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Dushmanta Chameera, Donovan Ferreira, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari.
Gujarat Titans
Shubman Gill (c), Kusal Mendis, Dasun Shanaka, B. Sai Sudharshan, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Mahipal Lomror, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar, Washington Sundar, Gerald Coetzee, Mohmmad Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Sherfane Rutherford, R. Sai Kishore, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Karim Janat, Kulwant Khejroliya.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Luvnith Sisodia, Anukul Roy, Chetan Sakariya, Moeen Ali.
Lucknow Super Giants
Rishabh Pant (c), David Miller, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bisnoi, Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal, Akash Deep, Himmat Singh, M Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ayush Badoni, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Matthew Breetzke, William O'Rourke, Shardul Thakur.
Mumbai Indians
Hardik Pandya (c), Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Verma, Trent Boult, Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Karn Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks, Ashwani Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Reece Topley, Shrijith Krishnan, Raj Angad Bawa, Venkat Satyanarayana Raju, Bevon Jacobs, Arjun Tendulkar, Raghu Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Corbin Bosch.
Punjab Kings
Shreyas Iyer (c), Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Brar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur, Marco Jansen, Josh Inglis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Kuldeep Sen, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlett, Pyla Avinash, Pravin Dubey, Nehal Wadhera, Mitchell Owen, Kyle Jamieson.
Rajasthan Royals
Sanju Samson (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Wainindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Charak, Fazal Farooqi, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kwena Maphaka, Kunal Rathore, Ashok Sharma, Nandre Burger, Lhuan-dre Pretorius.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Mayank Agarwal, Swastik Chhikara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Pat Cummins (c), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klassen, Nitish Reddy, Ishan Kishan, Mohammad Shami, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar, Harsh Dubey, Atharva Taide, Abhinav Manohar, Simarjeet Singh, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis, Aniket Verma, Eshan Malinga, Sachin Baby, Wiaan Mulder.
