No Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Tilak Varma To Captain; Strongest Under-22 XI For IPL 2025

Tilak Varma and Vaibhav Suryavanshi [Source: @BiharInfra, @CricCrazyJohns/x.com]

The Indian Premier League has been one of the best stages for younger talents to showcase their cricketing skills. The 10 franchises have shown plenty of faith on the youngsters and has put special effort to retain or buy them. 

With plenty of youngsters being recruited by the teams for IPL 2025, we will take a look at the strongest XI of youngsters. For this, we have considered players below the age of 22 from the 10 franchises. 

Openers For Youngest XI of IPL 2025

Yashasvi Jaiswal for RR [Source: @VIPINBANA88/x.com]

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jake Fraser-McGurk

The talented Indian opener has been a great asset for the Rajasthan Royals. Even in the international stage, Yashasvi Jaiswal was proven himself as an effective and impactful batter. In his IPL career, Jaiswal has scored 1,607 runs in 52 matches at an average of 32.14 and a strike rate of 150.61.

Jake Fraser-McGurk promised much as an young opener in the BBL. The young batter has not been able to translate the potential into the international arena. However, he impressed much in his maiden IPL season. Fraser-McGurk has scored 330 runs in his 9 matches at a strike rate of 234.04 and an average of 36.67.

Jaiswal and Fraser-McGurk will be a dynamic pair for this and can give them some blazing starts. 

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Middle Order Batters For Youngest XI of IPL 2025

Rahmanuula Gurbaz and Angkirsh Raghuvanshi [Source: @KkrKaravan, @RGurbaz_21/x.com]

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Tilak Varma

The Afghan opener has been a stable and consistent run scorer, especially in the international arena. Rahmanullah Gurbaz can score runs consistently while maintaining a good scoring rate. The presence of Gurbaz will provide this team with solidity and experience at the top order and will also sort out their wicket-keeper problem.

Angkrish Raghuvanshi has been bought back by KKR in the IPL 2025 mega auction. The young Indian batter showed great temperament and technique during his first IPL season. Even though he is stills to mature, Raghuvanshi will be a dynamic yet stable presence in the top four of this team.

The young Indian middle-order batter, Tilak Varma has evolved as a rising superstar in the T20 format. In his IPL career, Varma has played 38 matches for the Mumbai Indians and has scored 1,156 runs in them at a strike rate of 146.33 and an average of 39.86. His brilliance in the IPL has recently earned him a place in the national side and he has proven himself at that level too by registering two blazing Hundreds against South Africa. This left handed batter has also got the experience of leading a side. He was captaining India A in the Men's Emerging Asia Cup and as a result would be a good choice to lead the team.

All-rounders For Youngest XI Of IPL 2025

Nitish Reddy playing for SRH [Source: @cricbuzz/x.com]

Nitish Reddy and Rajvardhan Hangargekar

The SRH all-rounder, Nitish Reddy impressed everyone with his temperament in IPL 2024. The all-rounder impressed so much during the season that he earned a place in the national side. Even at the highest level of the game, he has already left his footprints with his temperament and attitude.  Reddy's presence in this team will add depth in the batting and also provide flexibility to the bowling.

The young pace-bowling all-rounder, Rajvardhan Hangargekar could be a dynamic presence in the lower order of the team. This young player can hit big shots lower down the order and also contribute effective with the ball in hand.

Bowlers For Youngest XI Of IPL 2025

Noor Ahmad and Matheesha Pathirana [Source: @internetumpire, @HustlerCSK/x.com]

Harshit Rana, Matheesha Pathirana, Noor Ahmad

Harshit Rana has been one of the most impressive young bowlers in the IPL in the last couple of seasons. The young bowler with his brilliant shows has earned a call up in the national side too. In his 21 IPL matches, Rana has picked up 25 wickets while having an average of 23.24 and an economy rate of 9.05. He would be the perfect new ball bowler in this team.

Matheesha Pathirana has established himself as an integral part of the CSK team in a couple of seasons. The Sri Lankan youngster has been a great asset for the team in the death overs. Pathirana will bring balance to the bowling attack and take up the responsibility of the death phase. 

Noor Ahmad has done brilliantly with the Gujarat Titans in the last couple of IPL seasons. The left-arm wrist spinner has proven himself in the middle phases whenever he has got the chance. He will be a lead spinner for this team.

Impact Player For Youngest XI Of IPL 2025

Sameer Rizvi and Mayank Yadav [Source: @CricCrazyJohns, @cricbuzz/x.com

Sameer Rizvi/Mayank Yadav

The young batter looked very dynamic for the CSK in the middle-order during the IPL 2024. Sameer Rizvi has also shown his power hitting prowess in the domestic arena. This team can use him as an impact player, if they are fielding first.

The young pacer, Mayank Yadav impressed with his accuracy at high pace in the last IPL season. Although he was sidelined due to injury there is a lot of expectations pinned on him and he can be a vital presence in the youngest XI of IPL 2025.

Strongest 12 Of Under 22 Players In IPL 2025

Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rajasthan Royals)
Jake Fraser-McGurk ✈️ (Delhi Capitals)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz ✈️ (WK) (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Tilak Varma (C) (Mumbai Indians)
Nitish Reddy (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
Rajvardhan Hangargekar (Lucknow Super Giants)
Harshit Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Matheesha Pathirana ✈️ (Chennai Super Kings)
Noor Ahmad ✈️ (Chennai Super Kings
Impact Player - Sameer Rizvi (CSK)/Mayank Yadav (LSG)

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