The 2025 Indian Premier League gets going on Saturday the 22nd of March and we take a look at some of the betting options available to punters as we embark on this 74 match journey.
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The Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Chennai Super Kings are joint favourites at 5.50 to win the tournament and the balance can be backed at 11.00 and better which is where the defending champions the Kolkata Knight Riders are placed.
I fancy last seasons runners up the Sunrisers chances under the leadership of Pat Cummins and with the likes of Head and Klaasens in the squad as well as Zampa who should be amongst the wickets.
MY PICK: Sunrisers Hyderabad win at 5.50
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Cricket punters are spoilt for choice with a wide range of long term markets on offer.
Gill and Kohli (last years top run scorer) are market leaders in the top batsman market at a price of 11.00 but it is the man I mentioned above Travis Head who I fancy at odds of 13.00.
Head is a prolific run scorer and proven in this format and I am looking for him to play some big knocks and improve on his 4th spot in 2024.
MY TOP BAT PICK: Travis Head at 13.00
Rashid Khan and Chakravarthy are 12.00 to be top bowler with Boult priced at 13.00 and Bumrah at 15.00. Under normal circumstances Bumrah would be the call (20 wickets in 2024, 4 behind winner Harshal Patel) but he has had injury issues and I am looking further down the list for a fancy.
Sunil Narine is 21.00 and the KKR star always goes well in the IPL.
MY TOP BOWLER PICK: Sunil Narine at 21.00
The Most Value Player (MVP) award is a coveted one and Narine heads the betting at 6.50 having won this 3 times including in 2024 where he was well clear of Kohli in 2nd.
Marco Jansen is a player who has really come of age and I can see his team the Punjab Kings leaning on him a lot this season. Jansen is capable of turning a match with both bat and ball and I am going to back him to have a monster tournament.
MY MVP PICK: Marco Jansen at 29.00
There were 1260 sixes hit last season which was comfortably a record beating the previous 1124 the year before. The trend is for record to be broken and the line for the 2025 IPL is set at 1240.5 both sides priced at 17/20.
You can get 7/20 there will be a hatrick at some stage and 22/10 we won’t see one.
If you fancy someone to hit 6 sixes in an over you can grab 25/1.
There are also team markets with top bowler and top batsman priced up and you can back for example David Millar to be top Lucknow Super Giants batsman at 7.50.
These long term markets will be updated throughout the tournament.
74 MATCHES TO BET ON in IPL 18
The matches will be coming thick and fast and you can bet on hundreds of markets in each game and also in-running.
In the opener the Kolkata Knight Riders are 15/20 to see off the Royal Challengers Bengaluru who are priced at 21/20 – click here to bet on the opening game
