IPL 2025 - 1st Week Update - Highlights and Summary

Updated At: 2025/03/29

The first week of IPL 2025 has come to an end, and we witnessed some of the best action among the top teams. Some unexpected performances and last-ball wins were the main attraction of the league, and the same is expected to continue for the rest of the season.

In this article, we bring you the 1st week update of the tournament with some highlights and a summary from the league action.

IPL 2025 - Current Point Table

Rank	Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Pts	NRR
1	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	2	2	0	4	2.266
2	Lucknow Super Giants	2	1	1	2	0.963
3	Punjab Kings	1	1	0	2	0.55
4	Delhi Capitals	1	1	0	2	0.371
5	Sunrisers Hyderabad	2	1	1	2	-0.128
6	Kolkata Knight Riders	2	1	1	2	-0.308
7	Chennai Super Kings	2	1	1	2	-1.013
8	Mumbai Indians	1	0	1	0	-0.493
9	Gujarat Titans	1	0	1	0	-0.55
10	Rajasthan Royals	2	0	2	0	-1.882

In an unexpected turn of events, Royal Challengers Bengaluru have come out as the league leaders in the first week. They have scored two consecutive wins in the league against Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings respectively.

Lucknow Super Giants started their league campaign with a loss against Delhi Capitals, but the squad immediately bounced back and scored a win in their second game against the ferocious Sunrisers Hyderabad. They currently stand at the 2nd spot in the point table.

Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals have just played a single fixture, and hence, they both are in close competition. They both have managed to score wins in their first game, but the Punjab kings carry the momentum with a better net run rate.

Rajasthan Royals have come out as the weakest link in the tournament as of now. They have lost both of their fixtures, and the Royals currently stand at the bottom of the point table with a net run rate of -1.882.

IPL 2025 - Top Performers from 1st Week

Top Batsmen

Rank	Player	Team	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike Rate
1	Nicholas Pooran	Lucknow Super Giants	2	145	72.5	258.92
2	Mitchell Marsh	Lucknow Super Giants	2	124	62	185.07
3	Travis Head	Sunrisers Hyderabad	2	114	57	193.22
4	Ishan Kishan	Sunrisers Hyderabad	2	106	106	220.83
5	Rachin Ravindra	Chennai Super Kings	2	106	106	139.47
6	Dhruv Jurel	Rajasthan Royals	2	103	51.5	163.49
7	Quinton de Kock	Kolkata Knight Riders	2	101	101	153.03
8	Shreyas Iyer	Punjab Kings	1	97	-	230.95
9	Virat Kohli	Royal Challengers Bangalore	2	90	90	136.36
10	Phil Salt	Royal Challengers Bangalore	2	88	44	187.23

Top Bolwers

Rank	Player	Team	Matches	Wickets	Average	Economy
1	Noor Ahmad	Chennai Super Kings	2	7	7.71	6.75
2	Shardul Thakur	Lucknow Super Giants	2	6	8.83	8.83
3	Josh Hazlewood	Royal Challengers Bangalore	2	5	8.6	5.37
4	Khaleel Ahmed	Chennai Super Kings	2	4	14.25	7.12
5	R Sai Kishore	Gujarat Titans	1	3	10	7.5
6	Vignesh Puthur	Mumbai Indians	1	3	10.66	8
7	Mitchell Starc	Delhi Capitals	1	3	14	10.5
8	Yash Dayal	Royal Challengers Bangalore	2	3	14.33	7.16
9	Tushar Deshpande	Rajasthan Royals	2	3	17	10.2
10	Krunal Pandya	Royal Challengers Bangalore	2	3	18.33	9.16

IPL 2025 - Uncapped Players in the Spotlight

1) Vignesh Purthur - Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians have nurtured yet another young talent from India. The left-arm wrist-spinner Vignesh Purthur turned out to be the trump card for the team against Chennai Super Kings and scalped 3 wickets at an economy of 7.5 in his first ever IPL fixture. He successfully dismissed Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube and Deepak Hooda. Vignesh was scouted by Mumbai Indians during a local T20 tournament in Kerela.

2) Priyansh Arya - Gujarat Titans

Priyansh Arya made headlines during the Delhi T20 league when he smacked 6 sixes in an over. He was signed by the Gujarat Titans during the IPL 2025 mega auctions, and the result was his performance against Punjab Kings in the first IPL match. Priyansh scored 47 off 23 balls, and his innings included seven boundaries and 2 maximums. It is because of his performance, IPL betting websites in India are showing positive odds for the player.

3) Ashutosh Sharma - Delhi Capitals

Delhi Capitals won their first IPL fixture and the credit completely goes to the debutant Ashutosh Sharma from the lower order. Since their top order was a complete failure, Ashutosh handled the situation and hit 66 off 31 balls to help his team complete the chase against Lucknow Super Giants. His innings included 5 boundaries and the same number of maximums.

IPL 2025 - Schedule for 2nd Week

Match	Date	Venue
DC vs SRH	30th March 2025	ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium
RR vs CSK	30th March 2025	Barsapara Stadium
MI vs KKR	31st March	Wankhede Stadium
LSG vs PBKS	1st April	Ekana Crcket Stadium
RCB vs GT	2nd April	M. Chinnaswammy Stadium
KKR vs SRH	3rd April	Eden Gardens
LSG vs MI	4th April	Ekana Crcket Stadium