The Indian Premier League begins in Kolkata on Saturday, with defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders making a fresh start under new captaincy and management.
Title winning captain Shreyas Iyer has moved over to Punjab Kings while talismanic mentor Gautam Gambhir now handles the national team. There will be pressure on Kolkata not to let the significant changes disrupt their team makeup.
The mood will be upbeat among the Indian senior contingent as they enter the tournament as double white-ball champions after clinching the T20 World Cup and Champions Trophy inside 12 months.
This IPL will see a number of new captains take charge, while the older brigade will also be eager to make a mark - none more so than Virat Kohli, who has won pretty much every single major accolade apart from the IPL trophy.
This tournament will witness the brilliance of MS Dhoni at the age of 43, while also gearing up for the possibility of a 13-year-old debutant in young batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi.
With so many storylines in play, here is everything you need to know about IPL 2025.
Schedule
Teams
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Quinton de Kock, Andre Russell, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Anrich Nortje, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Spencer Johnson, Luvnith Sisodia, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Chetan Sakariya (for injured Umran Malik)
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins (captain), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klassen, Nitish Reddy, Ishan Kishan, Kamindu Mendis, Abhinav Manohar, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Atharva Taide, Simarjeet Singh, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Aniket Verma, Eshan Malinga, Sachin Baby, Mohammad Shami, Wiaan Mulder (for Brydon Carse)
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), MS Dhoni, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Deepak Hooda, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Andre Siddarth, Ravichandran Ashwin, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Sam Curran, Shaik Rashid, Matheesha Pathirana, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Gurjapneet Singh, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishnan Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi
Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya (captain), Rohit Sharma, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ryan Rickelton, Will Jacks, Naman Dhir, Bevon Jacobs, Robin Minz, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Reece Topley, Shrijith Krishnan, Raj Angad Bawa, VS Raju, Arjun Tendulkar, Vignesh Puthhur, Karn Sharma, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman (for Allah Ghazanfar), Corbin Bosch (for Lizaad Williams)
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Nitish Rana, Wainindu Hasaranga, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yudhvir Charak, Sandeep Sharma, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Fazal Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Kunal Rathore, Ashok Sharma
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajat Patidar (captain), Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Jacob Bethel, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bhandage, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swapnil Singh, Nuwan Thushara, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee
Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Shashank Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Prabhsimran Singh, Musheer Khan, Nehal Wadhera, Yash Thakur, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Harnoor Pannu, Kuldeep Sen, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardie, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlett, Pyla Avinash, Pravin Dubey, Harpreet Brar, Vijaykumar Vyshak
Delhi Capitals: Axar Patel (captain), KL Rahul, Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Karun Nair, Abhishek Porel, Tristian Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natrajan, Mitchell Starc, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Dushmanta Chameera, Donovan Ferreira, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (captain), Jos Buttler, Sai Sudharshan, Glenn Phillips, Shahrukh Khan, Mahipal Lomror, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tewatia, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Rashid Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Kumar Kushagra, Gerald Coetzee, Mohmmad Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Sherfane Rutherford, Sai Kishore, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Kareem Janat, Kulwant Khejroliya
Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant (captain), David Miller, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shamar Joseph, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bisnoi, Akash Singh, Prince Yadav, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Matthew Breetzke, Aryan Juyal, Akash Deep, Himmat Singh, M Siddharth, Digvesh Singh
Prize money
According to reports, the prize money for this year's IPL will be the same as previous years. That means the winners will take $2.3 million home, while the runners-up will receive around $1.4m. Teams finishing third ($840,000) and fourth ($780,000) will also be suitably rewarded.
How to watch IPL 2025 in the UAE
The IPL will be shown live on CricLife Max in the UAE, and the Starz On (Starzplay) app.
Mumbai Indians 213/6 (20 ov)
Royal Challengers Bangalore 167/8 (20 ov)
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Power: 464hp at 5,200rpm
Torque: 790Nm from 2,000-3,600rpm
Transmission: 10-speed auto
Fuel consumption: 11.7L/100km
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Price: From Dh590,000
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How to watch Ireland v Pakistan in UAE
When: The one-off Test starts on Friday, May 11
What time: Each day’s play is scheduled to start at 2pm UAE time.
TV: The match will be broadcast on OSN Sports Cricket HD. Subscribers to the channel can also stream the action live on OSN Play.
Who was Alfred Nobel?
The Nobel Prize was created by wealthy Swedish chemist and entrepreneur Alfred Nobel.
- In his will he dictated that the bulk of his estate should be used to fund "prizes to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind".
- Nobel is best known as the inventor of dynamite, but also wrote poetry and drama and could speak Russian, French, English and German by the age of 17. The five original prize categories reflect the interests closest to his heart.
- Nobel died in 1896 but it took until 1901, following a legal battle over his will, before the first prizes were awarded.
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Dubai Bling season three
Cast: Loujain Adada, Zeina Khoury, Farhana Bodi, Ebraheem Al Samadi, Mona Kattan, and couples Safa & Fahad Siddiqui and DJ Bliss & Danya Mohammed
Rating: 1/5
Green ambitions
- Trees: 1,500 to be planted, replacing 300 felled ones, with veteran oaks protected
- Lake: Brown's centrepiece to be cleaned of silt that makes it as shallow as 2.5cm
- Biodiversity: Bat cave to be added and habitats designed for kingfishers and little grebes
- Flood risk: Longer grass, deeper lake, restored ponds and absorbent paths all meant to siphon off water
Results
6.30pm: Maiden (TB) Dh82,500 (Dirt) 1,200m; Winner: Major Cinnamon, Fernando Jara, Mujeeb Rahman
7.05pm: Maiden (TB) Dh82,500 (D) 1,900m; Winner: Al Mureib, Fernando Jara, Ahmad bin Harmash
7.40pm: Handicap (TB) Dh102,500 (D) 2,000m; Winner: Remorse, Tadhg O’Shea, Satish Seemar
8.15pm: Conditions (TB) Dh120,000 (D) 1,600m; Winner: Meshakel, Xavier Ziani, Salem bin Ghadayer
8.50pm: Handicap (TB) Dh95,000 (D) 1,600m; Winner: Desert Peace, William Buick, Charlie Appleby
9.25pm: Handicap (TB) Dh87,500 (D) 1,400m; Winner: Sharamm, Ryan Curatlo, Satish Seemar
Living in...
This article is part of a guide on where to live in the UAE. Our reporters will profile some of the country’s most desirable districts, provide an estimate of rental prices and introduce you to some of the residents who call each area home.
Gulf Under 19s final
Dubai College A 50-12 Dubai College B
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Mercer, the investment consulting arm of US services company Marsh & McLennan, expects its wealth division to at least double its assets under management (AUM) in the Middle East as wealth in the region continues to grow despite economic headwinds, a company official said.
Mercer Wealth, which globally has $160 billion in AUM, plans to boost its AUM in the region to $2-$3bn in the next 2-3 years from the present $1bn, said Yasir AbuShaban, a Dubai-based principal with Mercer Wealth.
“Within the next two to three years, we are looking at reaching $2 to $3 billion as a conservative estimate and we do see an opportunity to do so,” said Mr AbuShaban.
Mercer does not directly make investments, but allocates clients’ money they have discretion to, to professional asset managers. They also provide advice to clients.
“We have buying power. We can negotiate on their (client’s) behalf with asset managers to provide them lower fees than they otherwise would have to get on their own,” he added.
Mercer Wealth’s clients include sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and insurance companies among others.
From its office in Dubai, Mercer also looks after Africa, India and Turkey, where they also see opportunity for growth.
Wealth creation in Middle East and Africa (MEA) grew 8.5 per cent to $8.1 trillion last year from $7.5tn in 2015, higher than last year’s global average of 6 per cent and the second-highest growth in a region after Asia-Pacific which grew 9.9 per cent, according to consultancy Boston Consulting Group (BCG). In the region, where wealth grew just 1.9 per cent in 2015 compared with 2014, a pickup in oil prices has helped in wealth generation.
BCG is forecasting MEA wealth will rise to $12tn by 2021, growing at an annual average of 8 per cent.
Drivers of wealth generation in the region will be split evenly between new wealth creation and growth of performance of existing assets, according to BCG.
Another general trend in the region is clients’ looking for a comprehensive approach to investing, according to Mr AbuShaban.
“Institutional investors or some of the families are seeing a slowdown in the available capital they have to invest and in that sense they are looking at optimizing the way they manage their portfolios and making sure they are not investing haphazardly and different parts of their investment are working together,” said Mr AbuShaban.
Some clients also have a higher appetite for risk, given the low interest-rate environment that does not provide enough yield for some institutional investors. These clients are keen to invest in illiquid assets, such as private equity and infrastructure.
“What we have seen is a desire for higher returns in what has been a low-return environment specifically in various fixed income or bonds,” he said.
“In this environment, we have seen a de facto increase in the risk that clients are taking in things like illiquid investments, private equity investments, infrastructure and private debt, those kind of investments were higher illiquidity results in incrementally higher returns.”
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the largest sovereign wealth funds, said in its 2016 report that has gradually increased its exposure in direct private equity and private credit transactions, mainly in Asian markets and especially in China and India. The authority’s private equity department focused on structured equities owing to “their defensive characteristics.”
Five famous companies founded by teens
There are numerous success stories of teen businesses that were created in college dorm rooms and other modest circumstances. Below are some of the most recognisable names in the industry:
- Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg and his friends started Facebook when he was a 19-year-old Harvard undergraduate.
- Dell: When Michael Dell was an undergraduate student at Texas University in 1984, he started upgrading computers for profit. He starting working full-time on his business when he was 19. Eventually, his company became the Dell Computer Corporation and then Dell Inc.
- Subway: Fred DeLuca opened the first Subway restaurant when he was 17. In 1965, Mr DeLuca needed extra money for college, so he decided to open his own business. Peter Buck, a family friend, lent him $1,000 and together, they opened Pete’s Super Submarines. A few years later, the company was rebranded and called Subway.
- Mashable: In 2005, Pete Cashmore created Mashable in Scotland when he was a teenager. The site was then a technology blog. Over the next few decades, Mr Cashmore has turned Mashable into a global media company.
- Oculus VR: Palmer Luckey founded Oculus VR in June 2012, when he was 19. In August that year, Oculus launched its Kickstarter campaign and raised more than $1 million in three days. Facebook bought Oculus for $2 billion two years later.
Essentials
The flights: You can fly from the UAE to Iceland with one stop in Europe with a variety of airlines. Return flights with Emirates from Dubai to Stockholm, then Icelandair to Reykjavik, cost from Dh4,153 return. The whole trip takes 11 hours. British Airways flies from Abu Dhabi and Dubai to Reykjavik, via London, with return flights taking 12 hours and costing from Dh2,490 return, including taxes.
The activities: A half-day Silfra snorkelling trip costs 14,990 Icelandic kronur (Dh544) with Dive.is. Inside the Volcano also takes half a day and costs 42,000 kronur (Dh1,524). The Jokulsarlon small-boat cruise lasts about an hour and costs 9,800 kronur (Dh356). Into the Glacier costs 19,500 kronur (Dh708). It lasts three to four hours.
The tours: It’s often better to book a tailor-made trip through a specialist operator. UK-based Discover the World offers seven nights, self-driving, across the island from £892 (Dh4,505) per person. This includes three nights’ accommodation at Hotel Husafell near Into the Glacier, two nights at Hotel Ranga and two nights at the Icelandair Hotel Klaustur. It includes car rental, plus an iPad with itinerary and tourist information pre-loaded onto it, while activities can be booked as optional extras. More information inspiredbyiceland.com
Traits of Chinese zodiac animals
Tiger:independent, successful, volatile
Rat:witty, creative, charming
Ox:diligent, perseverent, conservative
Rabbit:gracious, considerate, sensitive
Dragon:prosperous, brave, rash
Snake:calm, thoughtful, stubborn
Horse:faithful, energetic, carefree
Sheep:easy-going, peacemaker, curious
Monkey:family-orientated, clever, playful
Rooster:honest, confident, pompous
Dog:loyal, kind, perfectionist
Boar:loving, tolerant, indulgent
Women & Power: A Manifesto
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Who's who in Yemen conflict
Houthis: Iran-backed rebels who occupy Sanaa and run unrecognised government
Yemeni government: Exiled government in Aden led by eight-member Presidential Leadership Council
Southern Transitional Council: Faction in Yemeni government that seeks autonomy for the south
Habrish 'rebels': Tribal-backed forces feuding with STC over control of oil in government territory
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Sole survivors
- Cecelia Crocker was on board Northwest Airlines Flight 255 in 1987 when it crashed in Detroit, killing 154 people, including her parents and brother. The plane had hit a light pole on take off
- George Lamson Jr, from Minnesota, was on a Galaxy Airlines flight that crashed in Reno in 1985, killing 68 people. His entire seat was launched out of the plane
- Bahia Bakari, then 12, survived when a Yemenia Airways flight crashed near the Comoros in 2009, killing 152. She was found clinging to wreckage after floating in the ocean for 13 hours.
- Jim Polehinke was the co-pilot and sole survivor of a 2006 Comair flight that crashed in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49.
