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Complete List Of Teams and Players Participating in IPL 2018

NewsGram Desk

By Ruchika Verma

  • IPL is one of the most entertaining and awaited cricket events of the year
  • IPL 2018 will have 8 teams with more than 150 players
  • IPL 2018 auction took place recently and there are some big changes in our favourite teams

Indian Premier League or IPL is one of the most awaited Cricket events of the country. Cricketers from around the world come together to take part in this event which is full of cricket, celebrities, music and entertainment. The IPL 2018 is going to start soon and it is no doubt that we are already very eagerly waiting for it.

Indian Premier League is one of the biggest cricket events in the country. Wikimedia Commons

IPL 2018 would be the 11th instalment of the much-hyped series. Like always, more than the matches itself, people were excited about the IPL 2018 auctions, which are a 2-day long event where the fans decide which team to support on the basis of its players.

This year, in 2018, 8 teams will be participating in the IPL with players from around the globe. The IPL 2018 auction was done just a few days ago and, here is the final list of IPL 2018 teams and players:

Delhi Daredevils
Delhi Daredevils is another one of the most beloved teams, despite its poor performances in most of the IPL matches. This time the team will be playing with 25 players who are:

Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Chris Morris, Glenn Maxwell, Kagiso Rabada, Amit Mishra, Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammad Shami, Gautam Gambhir, Trent Boult, Colin Munro, Daniel Christian, Jason Roy, Naman Ojha, Prithvi Shaw, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Avesh Khan, Abhishek Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Harshal Patel, Manjot Kalra, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sayan Ghosh.

Delhi Daredevils will be playing with 25 players in IPL 2018. Facebook

Kings XI Punjab
The team often known more for Preity Zinta's dimples than the team itself, this time has some amazing players for the IPL 2018. The IPL 2018 team of the Kings has 21 players which are:

Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Ravichandran Ashwin, Andrew Tye, Aaron Finch, Marcus Stoinis, Karun Nair, Mujeeb Zadran, Ankit Singh Rajpoot, David Miller, Mohit Sharma, Barinder Singh Sran, Yuvraj Singh, Christopher Gayle, Ben Dwarshuis, Akshdeep Nath, Manoj Tiwary, Mayank Agarwal, Manzoor Dar, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar
Kolkata Knight Rider[19 players]
Only 19 players will be there in SRK's brilliant team for the IPL 2018. These include:

Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Chris Lynn, Mitchell Starc, Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Kuldeep Singh Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Nitish Rana, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Mitchell Johnson, Shubman Gill, Ranganath Vinay Kumar, Rinku Singh, Cameron Delport, Javon Searless, Apoorv Vijay Wankhade, Ishank Jaggi.

Mumbai Indians
There is not even any need to reiterate how amazingly this team has performed in past 10 instalments of IPL. The IPL 2018 players for this team are total 25 in number and are:

Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Pat Cummins, Evin Lewis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ben Cutting, Mustafizur Rahman, Rahul Chahar, Pradeep Sangwan, Jason Behrendorff, Jean-Paul Duminy, Saurabh Tiwary, Tajinder Dhillon, Akila Dhananjaya, Nidheesh M D Dinesan, Aditya Tare, Siddhesh Dinesh Lad, Mayank Markande, Sharad Lumba, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan.

Chennai Super Kings
Undoubtedly, the golden team of IPL with several wins in their pocket. The team is undoubtedly one of the best. This year the team has a total of 25 players who are:

MS Dhoni (C), Ravindra Jadeja, Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo. Karn Sharma, Shane Watson, Shardul Thakur, Ambati Rayudu, Murali Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Faf Du Plessis, Mark Wood, Sam Billings, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Mitchell Santner, Lungisani Ngidi, Asif KM, N Jagadeesan, Kanishk Seth, Monu Singh, Dhruv Shorey, Kshitiz Sharma, Chaitanya Bishnoi.

CSK has an impressive history of wins in IPL. Facebook

Rajasthan Royals
The Royal team of IPL 2018 this time has 23 players in its squad. The team has been doing great for itself for past 10 years and this time the responsibility is on the following:

Steve Smith, Benjamin Stokes, Jaydev Unadkat, Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jos Buttler, Ajinkya Rahane, Darcy Short, Rahul Tripathi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Zahir Khan Pakteen, Ben Laughlin, Stuart Binny, Dushmantha Chameera, Anureet Singh, Aryaman Vikram Birla, Midhun S, Shreyas Gopal, Prashant Chopra, Jatin Saxena, Ankit Sharma, Mahipal Lomror.

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Royal Challengers Bangalore
This team is known for its extravagant wins and then even more extravagant celebrations. The IPL 2018 players for RCB this year are:
Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Chris Woakes, Yuzvendra Singh Chahal, Umesh Yadav, Brendon McCullum, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Quinton De Kock, Mohammed Siraj, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Colin De Grandhomme, M. Ashwin, Parthiv Patel, Moeen Ali, Mandeep Singh, Manan Vohra, Pawan Negi, Tim Southee, Kulwant Khejroliya, Aniket Choudhary, Pavan Deshpande, Anirudha Ashok Joshi.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
The youngest team of the lot in terms of playing years. The IPL 2018 will see 25 players playing for this team which are:
David Warner, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, Rashid Khan Arman, Shikhar Dhawan, Wriddhiman Saha, Siddarth Kaul, Deepak Hooda, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Kane Williamson, Carlos Brathwaite, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Shreevats Goswami, Mohammad Nabi, Chris Jordan, Basil Thampi, T Natarajan, Sachin Baby, Bipul Sharma, Syed Mehdi Hasan, Ricky Bhui, Tanmay Agarwal.

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