IPL Teams Playing XIs on debut

Fifteen teams have featured in IPL history and here are their first ever playing XIs on their team debut. The list is arranged in chronological order of a team making their debut.

Kolkata Knight Riders:

Sourav Ganguly (captain)

Brendon McCullum (wicket-keeper)

Ricky Ponting

David Hussey

Mohammad Hafeez

Laxmi Ratan Shukla

Wriddhiman Saha

Ajit Agarkar

Ashok Dinda

Murali Kartik

Ishant Sharma

Team Debut Date: April 18, 2008

Result: KKR (222-3) beat RCB (82) by 140 runs

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

Rahul Dravid (captain)

Wasim Jaffer

Virat Kohli

Jacques Kallis

Cameron White

Mark Boucher (wicket-keeper)

Balachandra Akhil

Ashley Noffke

Praveen Kumar

Zaheer Khan

Sunil Joshi

Team Debut Date: April 18, 2008

Result: RCB (82) lost to KKR (222-3) by 140 runs

Chennai Super Kings:

Parthiv Patel

Matthew Hayden

Michael Hussey

MS Dhoni (captain/wicket-keeper)

Suresh Raina

Jacob Oram

Subramanium Badrinath

Joginder Sharma

Palani Amarnath

Manpreet Gony

Muttiah Muralitharan

Team Debut Date: April 19, 2008

Result: CSK (240-5) beat KXIP(207/4) by 33 runs

Punjab Kings (previously known as Kings XI Punjab):

Karan Goel

James Hopes

Kumar Sangakkara (wicket-keeper

Yuvraj Singh (captain)

Simon Katich

Irfan Pathan

Pankaj Dharmani

Brett Lee

Piyush Chawla

Wilkin Mota

Santhakumaran Sreesanth

Team Debut Date: April 19, 2008

Result: KXIP (207/4) lost to CSK (240-5) by 33 runs

Rajasthan Royals:

Taruwar Kohli

Yusuf Pathan

Shane Watson

Mohammad Kaif

Darren Lehmann

Ravindra Jadeja

Mahesh Rawat (wicket keeper)

Dinesh Salunkhe

Shane Warne (captain)

Siddharth Trivedi

Munaf Patel

Team Debut Date: April 19, 2008

Result: RR (129-8) lost to DD (132-1) by 9 wickets

Delhi Capitals (previously known as Delhi Daredevils)

Gautam Gambhir

Virender Sehwag (captain)

Shikhar Dhawan

Manoj Tiwary

Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper)

Rajat Bhatia

Mithun Manhas

Daniel Vettori

Farveez Maharoof

Brett Geeves

Glenn McGrath

Team Debut Date: April 19, 2008

Result: DD (132-1) beat RR (129-8) by 9 wickets

Deccan Chargers:

Adam Gilchrist (wicket-keeper)

Venugopal Rao

VVS Laxman (captain)

Andrew Symonds

Rohit Sharma

Scott Styris

Arjun Yadav

Sanjay Bangar

Chaminda Vaas

RP Singh

Pragyan Ojha

IPL Team Debut Date: April 20, 2008

Result: DC (110) lost to KKR (112-5) by 5 wickets

Mumbai Indians:

Luke Ronchi (wicket-keeper)

Sanath Jayasuriya

Dominic Thornely

Robin Uthappa

Pinal Shah

Abhishek Nayar

Shaun Pollock

Harbhajan Singh (captain)

Musavir Khote

Ashish Nehra

Dhawal Kulkarni

IPL Team Debut Date: April 20, 2008

Result: MI (165-6) lost to RCB (166-5) by 5 wickets

Kochi Tuskers Kerala:

Brendon McCullum

VVS Laxman

Mahela Jayawardene (captain)

Brad Hodge

Ravindra Jadeja

Raiphi Gomez

Parthiv Patel (wicket-keeper)

Muttiah Muralitharan

Vinay Kumar

RP Singh

Santhakumaran Sreesanth

IPL Team Debut Date: April 9, 2011

Result: KTK (161-5) lost to RCB (162-4) by 6 wickets

Pune Warriors:

Graeme Smith

Jesse Ryder

Mithun Manhas

Robin Uthappa (wicket-keeper)

Yuvraj Singh (captain)

Mohnish Mishra

Rahul Sharma

Murali Kartik

Shrikant Wagh

Wayne Parnell

Alfonso Thomas

IPL Team Debut Date: April 10, 2011

Result: PWI (113-3) beat KXIP (112-8) by 7 wickets

Sunrisers Hyderabad:

Parthiv Patel (wicket-keeper)

Shikhar Dhawan

Hanuma Vihari

Cameron White (captain)

Daren Sammy

Thisara Perera

Biplab Samantray

Karn Sharma

Dale Steyn

Amit Mishra

Ishant Sharma

IPL Debut Date: May 22, 2013

Result: SRH (132-7) lost to RR (135-6) by 4 wickets.

Rising Pune Supergiants:

Ajinkya Rahane

Faf du Plessis

Kevin Pietersen

MS Dhoni (captain)

Steven Smith

Rajat Bhatia

Mitchell Marsh

Ravichandran Ashwin

Ishant Sharma

Murugan Ashwin

RP Singh

IPL debut Date: April 9, 2016

Result: RPSG (126-1) beat MI (121-8) by 9 wickets

Gujarat Lions:

Aaron Finch

Brendon McCullum

Suresh Raina (captain)

Dinesh Karthik

Ravindra Jadeja

Ishan Kishan

Dwayne Bravo

James Faulkner

Praveen Kumar

Pradeep Sangwan

Sarabjit Ladda

IPL debut Date: April 9, 2016

Result: GL (162-5) beat KXIP (161-6) by 5 wickets

Lucknow Super Giants:

KL Rahul (captain)

Quinton de Kock (wicket-keeper)

Evin Lewis

Manish Pandey

Deepak Hooda

Ayush Badoni

Krunal Pandya

Dushmantha Chameera

Mohsin Khan

Ravi Bishnoi

Avesh Khan

IPL Team Debut Date: March 28, 2022

Result: LSG (158-6) lost to Gujarat Titans (161-5) by 5 wickets

Gujarat Titans:

SHubman Gill

Matthew Wade (wicket-keeper)

Vijay Shankar

Hardik Pandya (captain)

David Miller

Rahul Tewatia

Abhinav Manohar

Rashid Khan

Lockie Ferguson

Mohammed Shami

Varun Aaron

IPL Team Debut Date: March 28, 2022

Result: Gujarat Titans (161-5) beat LSG (158-6) by 5 wickets