“Ab Dilli ki baari hai” is the official anthem of the Delhi Premier League (DPL). And it is that time of the year again, with the second season of DPL about to kickstart. The opening match, between last year’s finalists South Delhi Superstarz and East Delhi Riders, will commence DPL 2025 in a superb way on August 2.
But before that, a glamorous opening ceremony awaits that will make all the music listeners go gaga! Indian hip hop legends including Raftaar, KR$NA, Seedhe Maut, and Sunanda Sharma will all dazzle the Arun Jaitley Stadium. What is fascinating is that we have two new franchises, Outer Delhi Warriors and New Delhi Tigers, this season, adding more excitement and competition in the tournament.
Before the new season begins, let us look at all the details about the Delhi Premier League (DPL) 2025 below:
DPL 2025: Tournament Details
- Start Date: August 2 (men’s)
- Tournament Duration: The men’s tournament will run until August 31, with a reserve day for the final scheduled on September 1.
- Number of Teams: There are 8 teams participating in the league, divided into two groups.
- Matches: Each team will play 10 matches, with 40 league-stage men’s matches in total, an increase from 30 matches last season.
- Format: The top four teams will progress to the playoffs, following the IPL-style format: Qualifier 1, Eliminator, Qualifier 2, and Final.
- Venue: All matches will be played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
- Women’s tournament duration: August 17-August 24.
- Notable Absentees: Rishabh Pant (injury), Mayank Yadav (injury)
Delhi Premier League Squads
Central Delhi Kings
Aditya Bhandari, Simarjeet Singh, Jonty Sidhu, Yash Dhull, Pranshu Vijayran, Money Grewal, Gavinsh Khurana, Aryan Rana, Aarnav Koul, Vivek Kumar Tiwary, Aaryavir Sehwag, Siddharth Joon, Javir Sehrawat, Arun Pundir, Sampooran Tripathi, Sumit Chhikara, Nikhil Malik, Harshit Sethi, Yamit Sehrawat, Tejas Baroka, Rishi Sharma
New Delhi Tigers
Prince Yadav, Himmat Singh, Hiten Dalal, Deepak Punia, Dhruv Kaushik, Vaibhav Rawal, Piyansh Chhikara, Keshav Dalal, Aatrey Tripathi, Aayush Kumar, Rahul Dagar, Varun Vanjani, Ruveer Kheterpal, Nitesh Sharma, Pratap Basista, Ajay Rana, Parikshit Singh Bhati, Pankaj Jaiswal, Aryan Dalal, Shivam Gupta, Pradyuman Sanan, Rahul Chaudhary
South Delhi Superstarz
Ayush Badoni, Tejasvi, Kunwar Bidhuri, Sumit Mathur, Himanshu Chauhan, Anmol Sharma, Saksham Gahlot, Digvesh Rathi, Aman Bharti, Yatish Singh, Divansh Rawat, Sarthak Ray, Prikshit Sehrawat, Aryaveer Kohli, Gulzar Sandhu, Adviteya Sinha, Rohan Rana, Sagar Tanwar, Sumit Kumar, Manish Sehrawat, Ankur Kaushik, Vision Panchal, Abhishek Khandelwal
East Delhi Riders
Anuj Rawat, Navdeep Saini, Akhil Chaudhary, Mayank Rawat, Arpit Rana, Salil Malhotra, Rounak Waghela, Vansh Jetly, Yashwardhan Oberai, Sujal Singh, Hardik Sharma, Mrinal Gulati, Kavya Gupta, Rohan Rathi, Ashish Meena, Ajay Ahlawat, Kunal Sharma, Rohit Yadav, Yuvraaj Rathi, Shivam Kumar Tripathi, Vaibhav Baisla
North Delhi Strikers
Harshit Rana, Gagan Vats, Kuldip Yadav, Sarthak Ranjan, Vaibhav Kandpal, Paranav Rajvanshi, Arnav Bugga, Yash Bhatia, Yash Dabas, Yajas Sharma, Deepanshu Gulia, Deepak Khatri, Vikas Dixit, Siddhartha Solanki, Noor Ilahi, Arjun Rapria, Dhyan Nakra, Prabhjot Singh, Siddhant Bansal, Aryan Sejwal, Samyak Jain
West Delhi Lions
Ishant Sharma, Nitish Rana, Hritik Shokeen, Ayush Doseja, Mayank Gusain, Shivank Vashisth, Ankit Rajesh Kumar, Laxman, Shubham Dubey, Manan Bhardwaj, Shantanu Yadav, Tishant Dabla, Vishal Abhua, Vikas Rana, Krish Yadav, Anirudh Chowdhary, Vedant Sehwag, Akshay Kapoor, Ravneet Tanwan, Naman Tiwari, Bhangwan Singh, Rishabh Rana, Kabir Sachdeva
Purani Dilli 6
Rishabh Pant, Vansh Bedi, Aayush Singh, Samrth Seth, Aarush Malhotra, Sarthak Pal, Vivek Yadav, Lalit Yadav, Yug Gupta, Agrim Sharma, Udhav Mohan, Prince Mishra, Aryan Kapoor, Pardeep Parahar, Manjeet, Ekansh Dobai, Rushal Saini, Aditya Malhotra, Rajneeh Dadar, Ashish Chaurasiya, Gaurav Saroha, Pranav Pant, Kush Nagpal, Dhruv Chauhan
Outer Delhi Warriors
Priyansh Arya, Varun Yadav, Suyash Sharma, Shivam Sharma, Sanat Sangwan, Harsh Tyagi, Siddhant Sharma, Shaurya Malik, Keshav Dabas, Aman Choudhary, Karan Garg, Atulya Pandey, Mohit Panwar, Shreshth Yadav, Aarav Gautam, Kamal Bhairwa, Aadi Agarwal, Dev Kashyap, Vivaan Jundal, Jitesh Singh, Ashwin Hooda, Anshuman Hooda, Aryan Dhupar, Anant S Sareen, Dhruv Singh
List of DPL 2025 captains
South Delhi Superstarz – Ayush Badoni (Retained)
North Delhi Strikers – Harshit Rana (Retained)
West Delhi Lions – Nitish Rana (Auction pick)
East Delhi Riders – Anuj Rawat (Retained)
Outer Delhi Warriors – Siddhant Sharma (Auction pick)
New Delhi Tigers – Himmat Singh (Retained)
Purani Dilli 6 – Vanshi Bedi (Auction pick -RTM)
Central Delhi Kings – Jonty Sidhu (Retained)
DPL 2025 full schedule
| Date | Match No. | Day | Time | Men’s/Women’s | Team A | Team B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02-Aug-25 | 1 | Saturday | 8:00 PM | Men’s | South Delhi Superstarz | East Delhi Riders |
| 03-Aug-25 | 2 | Sunday | 2:00 PM | Men’s | North Delhi Strikers | Central Delhi Kings |
| 03-Aug-25 | 3 | Sunday | 7:00 PM | Men’s | Outer Delhi Warriors | New Delhi Tigers |
| 04-Aug-25 | 4 | Monday | 2:00 PM | Men’s | East Delhi Riders | West Delhi Lions |
| 04-Aug-25 | 5 | Monday | 7:00 PM | Men’s | Central Delhi Kings | New Delhi Tigers |
| 05-Aug-25 | 6 | Tuesday | 2:00 PM | Men’s | Outer Delhi Warriors | Purani Dilli 6 |
| 05-Aug-25 | 7 | Tuesday | 7:00 PM | Men’s | West Delhi Lions | South Delhi Superstarz |
| 06-Aug-25 | 8 | Wednesday | 2:00 PM | Men’s | New Delhi Tigers | Purani Dilli 6 |
| 06-Aug-25 | 9 | Wednesday | 7:00 PM | Men’s | North Delhi Strikers | Outer Delhi Warriors |
| 07-Aug-25 | 10 | Thursday | 2:00 PM | Men’s | Purani Dilli 6 | West Delhi Lions |
| 07-Aug-25 | 11 | Thursday | 7:00 PM | Men’s | Central Delhi Kings | South Delhi Superstarz |
| 08-Aug-25 | 12 | Friday | 2:00 PM | Men’s | East Delhi Riders | Outer Delhi Warriors |
| 08-Aug-25 | 13 | Friday | 7:00 PM | Men’s | New Delhi Tigers | Purani Dilli 6 |
| 09-Aug-25 | 14 | Saturday | 2:00 PM | Men’s | Central Delhi Kings | Outer Delhi Warriors |
| 09-Aug-25 | 15 | Saturday | 7:00 PM | Men’s | East Delhi Riders | South Delhi Superstarz |
| 10-Aug-25 | 16 | Sunday | 2:00 PM | Men’s | Purani Dilli 6 | North Delhi Strikers |
| 10-Aug-25 | 17 | Sunday | 7:00 PM | Men’s | West Delhi Lions | East Delhi Riders |
| 11-Aug-25 | 18 | Monday | 2:00 PM | Men’s | South Delhi Superstarz | New Delhi Tigers |
| 11-Aug-25 | 19 | Monday | 7:00 PM | Men’s | North Delhi Strikers | West Delhi Lions |
| 12-Aug-25 | BREAK | BREAK | BREAK | BREAK | BREAK | BREAK |
| 13-Aug-25 | 20 | Wednesday | 2:00 PM | Men’s | Outer Delhi Warriors | Central Delhi Kings |
| 13-Aug-25 | 21 | Wednesday | 7:00 PM | Men’s | Purani Dilli 6 | East Delhi Riders |
| 14-Aug-25 | BREAK | BREAK | BREAK | BREAK | BREAK | BREAK |
| 15-Aug-25 | 22 | Friday | 7:00 PM | Men’s | Outer Delhi Warriors | South Delhi Superstarz |
| 16-Aug-25 | 23 | Saturday | 2:00 PM | Men’s | West Delhi Lions | New Delhi Tigers |
| 16-Aug-25 | 24 | Saturday | 7:00 PM | Men’s | Central Delhi Kings | North Delhi Strikers |
| 17-Aug-25 | 1 | Sunday | 2:00 PM | Women’s | South Delhi Superstarz W | North Delhi Strikers W |
| 17-Aug-25 | 25 | Sunday | 7:00 PM | Men’s | South Delhi Superstarz | Purani Dilli 6 |
| 18-Aug-25 | 2 | Monday | 2:00 PM | Women’s | East Delhi Riders W | Central Delhi Kings W |
| 18-Aug-25 | 26 | Monday | 7:00 PM | Men’s | New Delhi Tigers | North Delhi Strikers |
| 19-Aug-25 | 3 | Tuesday | 2:00 PM | Women’s | South Delhi Superstarz W | East Delhi Riders W |
| 19-Aug-25 | 27 | Tuesday | 7:00 PM | Men’s | East Delhi Riders | Purani Dilli 6 |
| 20-Aug-25 | 4 | Wednesday | 2:00 PM | Women’s | North Delhi Strikers W | Central Delhi Kings W |
| 20-Aug-25 | 28 | Wednesday | 7:00 PM | Men’s | Outer Delhi Warriors | North Delhi Strikers |
| 21-Aug-25 | 5 | Thursday | 2:00 PM | Women’s | Central Delhi Kings W | South Delhi Superstarz W |
| 21-Aug-25 | 29 | Thursday | 7:00 PM | Men’s | Central Delhi Kings | West Delhi Lions |
| 22-Aug-25 | 6 | Friday | 2:00 PM | Women’s | North Delhi Strikers W | East Delhi Riders W |
| 22-Aug-25 | 30 | Friday | 7:00 PM | Men’s | New Delhi Tigers | Outer Delhi Warriors |
| 23-Aug-25 | 31 | Saturday | 2:00 PM | Men’s | North Delhi Strikers | East Delhi Riders |
| 23-Aug-25 | 32 | Saturday | 7:00 PM | Men’s | West Delhi Lions | Purani Dilli 6 |
| 24-Aug-25 | 33 | Sunday | 2:00 PM | Men’s | New Delhi Tigers | Central Delhi Kings |
| 24-Aug-25 | 7 | Sunday | 7:00 PM | Women’s (FINALS) | Q1 | Q2 |
| 25-Aug-25 | 34 | Monday | 2:00 PM | Men’s | South Delhi Superstarz | West Delhi Lions |
| 25-Aug-25 | 35 | Monday | 7:00 PM | Men’s | Purani Dilli 6 | Central Delhi Kings |
| 26-Aug-25 | 36 | Tuesday | 2:00 PM | Men’s | South Delhi Superstarz | North Delhi Strikers |
| 26-Aug-25 | 37 | Tuesday | 7:00 PM | Men’s | West Delhi Lions | Outer Delhi Warriors |
| 27-Aug-25 | 38 | Wednesday | 2:00 PM | Men’s | Purani Dilli 6 | South Delhi Superstarz |
| 27-Aug-25 | 39 | Wednesday | 7:00 PM | Men’s | East Delhi Riders | Central Delhi Kings |
| 28-Aug-25 | 40 | Thursday | 7:00 PM | Men’s | North Delhi Strikers | New Delhi Tigers |
| 29-Aug-25 | 41 | Friday | 2:00 PM | Men’s (Q1) | R1 | R2 |
| 29-Aug-25 | 42 | Friday | 7:00 PM | Men’s (Eliminator) | R3 | R4 |
| 30-Aug-25 | 43 | Saturday | 7:00 PM | Men’s (Q2) | Loser of Q1 | Winner of Eliminator |
| 31-Aug-25 | 44 | Sunday | 7:00 PM | Men’s | Winner of Q1 | Winner of Q2 |
| 01-Sep-25 | Monday | 7:00 PM | Reserve Day | Final (if needed) |
