IPL 2025 Right vs Left-handed Players Best Team of the Season

Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel to lead in right vs left-handed players best team of the season for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. 

One of the most fascinating and differentiating factors between the players is the unique attribute of a player. Either a player is right-handed, left-handed, or ambi-dexterous. Most of the players who bat right-handed, also bowl right-handed, and vice versa. However, there are a few players who bat right-handed or left-handed, but bowl reverse. For example, Sunil Narine is a player who bats left-handed, but bowls right-handed.

Whatever hand they play with, watching these players bat or bowl is always a delight. Left-handed players, in general, fall under the minority category as most of the players who are evolving out of the system are Right-handers. Take the Indian Champions Trophy team for example. The top 6 batters were Right-handers, and there were only three left-handers players in the starting 11, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, and Kuldeep Yadav.

Talking about the performance in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, we have seen some scintillating performances from the right and left-handed players so far this season. This brings us to a fascinating topic of discussion, and that is to identify the strongest right-handed vs left-handed players for IPL 2025. To find out the best players 11 in each category, we shall look at the best top-order, players who have been brilliant in the middle-order, great finishers, and at least 5 solid bowling options to explore.

For players who are ambi-dexterous, we shall consider their primary skill to identify the left or right-hand usage. Also, we shall only look at the performance of the players for IPL 2025. There are many quality players who would ideally fit the bill in this playing 11, but we shall only look at players who have done well in IPL 2025. Alright, then, let’s look at the strongest right vs left-handed players team of the season. 

IPL 2025 Right vs Left-handed Players Best Team of the Season

Starting with the openers, we have the dynamic duo of Virat Kohli and Aiden Markram for Team RH vs the duo of Travis Head and Yashasvi Jaiswal for Team LH. While Team RH duo focuses more on consistency, and playing according to the situation, Team LH believes in playing attacking cricket, hence they have Travis Head and Yashasvi Jaiswal in the ranks. All four openers have been stunning for their respective, and are also among the top leading run-getters this season.  

Talking about the middle-order, we have Jos Buttler, Suryakumar Yadav, and KL Rahul for Team RH. Whereas for Team LH, we have Sai Sudharsan, Nicholas Pooran, and Tilak Varma. It’s a tough choice to identify the strongest of these three cause both teams have the right mix of consistency, situational play, and attaching mindset. While Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma and KL Rahul play according to the situation, Pooran, SKY and Buttler play attacking cricket.  

Talking about the finishers in both teams, we have identical twins Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja from Team LH. Whereas for Team RH, we have Heinrich Klaasen and Hardik Pandya. Unfortunately, there is no second good all-rounder in Team LH, and hence Ravindra Jadeja is the best option available. So, undoubtedly, the duo of Heinrich Klaasen and Hardik Pandya at 6 and 7 is just too good to handle as finishers. 

IPL 2025 Right-handed Players Best Team of the Season

1. Virat Kohli
2. Aiden Markram
3. Jos Buttler
4. Suryakumar Yadav
5. KL Rahul
6. Heinrich Klaasen
7. Hardik Pandya (c)
8. Josh Hazlewood
9. Mohammed Siraj
10. Prasidh Krishna
11. Varun Chakravarthy

Best Impact Player: Digvesh Singh

Coming to the bowling lineup, and looking at the best pacers for both teams, we have Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, and Hardik Pandya from Team RH. Whereas for Team LH, we have Khaleel Ahmed, Mitchell Starc, and Arshdeep Singh. It’s a pretty tough choice to pick the best between the two, so this has to be a tie. All pacers look like-for-like in terms of what skills they bring to the table, and they have also performed in similar fashion. 

In terms of spinners, there is once again extreme quality in both sides, and difficult to pick which one is good. Team LH has Noor Ahmad and Kuldeep as the leading spinners with support from Jadeja and Axar. Whereas in team RH, we have Varun Chakravarthy and emerging spinner Digvesh Singh. It’s a great spin combination in both sides, but Team LH takes this round purely for having two left-arm wrist spinners leading the charge. 

IPL 2025 Left-handed Players Best Team of the Season

1. Travis Head
2. Yashasvi Jaiswal
3. Sai Sudharsan
4. Nicholas Pooran (wk)
5. Tilak Varma
6. Axar Patel (c)
7. Ravindra Jadeja
8. Kuldeep Yadav
9. Khaleel Ahmed
10. Mitchell Starc
11. Arshdeep Singh

Impact Player: Noor Ahmad

So, that’s about the best comparison for Left vs Right-handed players team of the season for IPL 2025. Overall, Team RH is better equipped in the batting department, and Team LH is better equipped in the bowling department. Head-to-Head, Team RH’s firepower might just edge over the firepower of Team LH. However, to compensate for that, Team LH has a great bowling attack. 

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