The Indian Premier League (IPL) never fails to surprise in every season, and IPL 2025 has thus far been no different. While avid sports fans are stalking the pulse of some matches, here, 10Sports presents to you some of the lesser-known factoids of the IPL players that could have perhaps otherwise found a way of changing your outlook towards this game.

Young Heads Turning

Among the youngest to ever be auctioned at IPL 2025, there surely would have never been a second thought about Vaibhav Suryavanshi. At merely 13 years, he was selected for the whopping sum of 1.10 Crore by Rajasthan Royals. This player's energy, packed with yet another prodigious advantage of having experience in the U19 Asia Cup, was back-to-back fifties—definitely money well spent for what he just had to be picked for by his franchise.

Another young cricketer, a surprise joy for everyone, would be right-arm medium-pacer Rasikh Salam from Jammu & Kashmir, who has been acquired for INR 6 crore by Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Last year, he had not been in anybody's good books due to not-so-great economy rates, but the scouts took notice of his deadly yorkers during the ACC Men's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024.

Surprise Moves

They are all training, and all are in the limelight—Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, and Rohit Sharma. But some teams, like Sunrisers Hyderabad, are creating their own headlines for IPL 2025. If SRH already holds the record for the highest score in IPL, in this season’s very first match, they almost broke the record for the highest-ever score again in IPL 2025. Do they intend to hold on to that strategy for the rest of the season?

10Sports has one more IPL prediction: more uncapped players and emerging talents will fill the rosters of the franchises. If so, the outcome may well surprise everyone during IPL 2025. Are we witnessing the birth of new cricketing icons?

The Guwahati Factor

After long years of IPL matches being played in other cities and states, the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati is now getting some action. This most-awaited encounter is set to be held between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders, with local lad Riyan Parag leading RR before the home crowd. 10Sports's live cricket prediction algorithm foretells that this may well be a high-scoring thriller based on the pitch report.

Right from live cricket scores and matches to expert IPL match predictions, 10Sports has been on point with its coverage as IPL 2025 is on its way. Join the latest cricket live news and in-depth analysis of all IPL cricket predictions, only on 10Sports.

Remember, IPL is terribly unpredictable. Tomorrow's champion may well be today's dark horse. Who is going to be the dark horse in IPL 2025? Time will tell, but with 10Sports, you will always be kept in the loop.

IPL 2025: Hidden Gems and Surprising Facts—10Sports

May 10, 20252 min read