Irfan Pathan names his best XII of IPL 2025; Appoints Shreyas Iyer as captain and includes 3 RCB players

By Vikas Singh Derek

Vikas Singh Derek has a Master's in Journalism and has written more than 50,000 articles. He currently works as a cricket content writer at Khel Now.

Published at :June 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM

Modified at :June 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM

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Irfan Pathan picked Virat Kohli and Sai Sudharsan as openers of his best XI of IPL 2025.

Cricketer-turned-commentator Irfan Pathan has revealed his best team of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. The IPL 2025 concluded on Tuesday, June 3 with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) lifting the trophy by defeating Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the final by six runs.

Pathan has picked a total of 12 players in his team of the tournament. Out of his best 12 players, he picked three players each from RCB, Mumbai Indians (MI), and Gujarat Titans (GT). He inducted one player each from PBKS, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), and Chennai Super Kings (CSK).

The former left-arm seamer has chosen Shreyas Iyer as captain of his team. Iyer-led PBKS reached the playoffs and final of the tournament after a gap of 10 seasons. They last reached the playoffs in the 2014 edition, where they also made it to the finals and finished as runners-up.

Irfan Pathan names his best XII of IPL 2025 on X

Pathan shared a post on his official account on X (formerly Twitter) to reveal his best XII of the tournament. He picked Virat Kohli and Sai Sudharsan as openers of the team. Other than Kohli, Krunal Pandya and Josh Hazlewood were the other two RCB players in his team.

Irfan then went on to add GT opener Sudharsan, who won the Orange Cap, to his team of the tournament. Jos Buttler and Prasidh Krishna were the other GT players who found a place in Pathan’s best XII of the tournament. Pathan also added MI stalwarts Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah in his team.

My playing 12 this season. What’s yours? pic.twitter.com/aeTf4p20TL
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) June 4, 2025

Notably, Kohli finished as the leading run-scorer of the eventual champions RCB with 657 runs. Overall, he ended as the third highest run-getter in the season. Hazlewood ended as the leading wicket-taker for the champions with 22 scalps.

Overall, he finished in the third spot among the top wicket-takers in the tournament. GT pacer Krishna won the Purple Cap in IPL 2025 with 25 wickets.

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Vikas Singh Derek

Vikas Singh Derek is a core cricket-lover since childhood and has always followed the sport both in his personal and professional life. He started his school life by watching cricket at home with family. Later, he played cricket on the field at local clubs during college. After his Master's in Journalism from Mumbai, he followed his passion by covering cricket news across various digital media. Since 2015, he has been an aspiring sports journalist and cricket content writer with over 50K+ articles.