Kohli-Sudarshan will open but captain someone else … Irfan Pathan chose his best XII of IPL 2025
As soon as the IPL 2025 was over, former Indian all -rounder Irfan Pathan has chosen a team of best 12 players this season. In this team, he has given a place to three RCB and a player from Punjab Kings. The most interesting thing is that the responsibility of opening has been given to Virat Kohli and Sai Sudarshan, but the captaincy has been entrusted to another player.
Irfan Pathan has selected a team of the best 12 players of IPL 2025 on its YouTube channel, including batsmen, all -rounders and bowlers on the basis of performance. In the team’s opening pair, he has kept Virat Kohli and Sai Sudarshan. Kohli scored 657 runs in 15 matches, while Sudarshan scored 759 runs and won the Orange Cap.
At number 3, he gave a place to Jose Butler of Gujarat Titans, who after leaving Rajasthan, scored 538 runs for GT this season. After this, Irfan included Shreyas Iyer in his team. Shreyas batted brilliantly this season and took Punjab to the IPL final for the first time. His restraint and strategy have been highly praised as a captain. Suryakumar Yadav and Heinrich Klassen have been chosen in the middle order. Surya set a record of scoring 25+ runs throughout the league phase, which took place for the first time in IPL and T20 history.
Klassen scored 487 runs, too at a strike rate of over 172. The most dangerous batsman of the death overs was included as Naman Dheer, who scored runs in the last 4 overs at a strike rate of 195.
In the spin department, Irfan has preferred Krunal Pandya and Noor Ahmed. Krunal gave 2/17 performance in the final and became the first player to become man of the match in two finals in IPL history. At the same time, Noor played a great season with 24 wickets for CSK.
Fast bowling included Jasprit Bumrah, Josh Hazelwood and the famous Krishna. The famous took the highest 25 wickets in 15 matches this season, Bumrah remained economical as usual, while Hazelwood became the highest wicket -taking bowler for RCB.
Irfan Pathan’s IPL 2025 Best 12 Team:
Virat Kohli, Sai Sudarshan, Jose Butler, Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Suryakumar Yadav, Heinrich Klassen (wicketkeeper), Naman Dhir, Krunal Pandya, Noor Ahmed, Jaspreet Bumrah, Josh Hazelwood and famous Krishna.
