Not Kohli's RCB! Shikhar Dhawan Reveals Which Team He's Supporting In IPL 2025

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Last Updated:May 31, 2025, 19:27 IST

Former India opener Shikhar Dhawan has revealed which squad is helium supporting successful IPL 2025.

Shikhar Dhawan with woman Sophie Shine. (PC: shikhardofficial/Instagram)

Shikhar Dhawan has revealed that he’s backing the Mumbai Indians (MI) to triumph IPL 2025, saying the five-time champions person been ‘playing precise well’ and are a well-balanced squad who person momentum connected their side. The erstwhile India opener picked Hardik Pandya’s broadside implicit his erstwhile club, Punjab Kings (PBKS), and the high-flying Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), who are the lone squad to person solidified their spot successful the last truthful far.

Dhawan was PBKS’ skipper past twelvemonth erstwhile they finished ninth successful the points table, conscionable supra MI. This year, nether Shreyas Iyer and Ricky Ponting, the Punjab-based franchise has been 1 of the best, qualifying astatine the apical of the table. But they mislaid to RCB successful the archetypal Qualifier and volition play against MI successful the 2nd Qualifier aft the second bushed Shubman Gill’s Gujarat Titans by 20 runs successful the Eliminator connected Friday.

“This time, the IPL has been precise excitingmFor the finals, my enactment volition beryllium with Mumbai Indians. The Mumbai Indians squad is playing truly good — they are precise balanced. The mode they’ve gained momentum is outstanding, and they are a precise beardown and well-balanced team. So, I’m with Mumbai Indians," Dhawan was quoted arsenic saying by India Today.

The left-handed batter besides commented connected his ODI replacement, Gill’s assignment arsenic India’s Test captain. Gill, 25, has been trusted with the occupation up of the five-Test bid against England successful June, up of respective elder players similar Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant.

“I consciousness it’s a large choice," Dhawan added. “Shubman has performed truly good successful the IPL recently. He is simply a large endowment and has matured — he’s been playing for the Indian squad for respective years now. I consciousness he’s the cleanable campaigner to instrumentality connected the Test captaincy, and I’m definite helium volition grip it good and pb the squad together. This is the caller procreation present — Gen Z — and I’m assured he’ll bash a large job. All my champion wishes to him."

The Test bid volition statesman connected June 20 successful Headingley, marking the commencement of the caller World Test Championship cycle.

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