The IPL 2025 playoffs will get underway from Thursday, May 29. Here's the full list of overseas players that will be available for each team.
This season, the four teams to qualify for the playoffs were decided with seven matches to spare – the earliest occurrence in IPL history. However, the race for the top two (and with it, a potential second chance to qualify for the final) went down to the final match, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Lucknow Super Giants.
The India-Pakistan border conflict, which brought the league to a halt for one week, means that there are now schedule clashes between the IPL and international matches – most pertinently the World Test Championship final.
South Africa's players involved in the showpiece event will not be available for their IPL teams during the playoffs, as they travel to London to prepare. England's players involved in their upcoming ODI series against West Indies are also set to miss the playoffs.
Here's the full list of players available for each team in the top four.
Punjab Kings
Marco Jansen is the major miss for PBKS. The rest of their overseas contingent is available, as well as Mitchell Owen and Kyle Jamieson, who were signed as injury replacements for Glenn Maxwell and Lockie Ferguson.
| Name | Country | Playoffs availability | Notes |
| Josh Inglis | Australia | Yes | - |
| Marcus Stoinis | Australia | Yes | - |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | Afghanistan | Yes | - |
| Aaron Hardie | Australia | Yes | - |
| Mitchell Owen | Australia | Yes | - |
| Xavier Bartlett | Australia | Yes | - |
| Kyle Jamieson | New Zealand | Yes | - |
| Marco Jansen | South Africa | No | National duty (WTC final) |
| Lockie Ferguson | New Zealand | No | Injured |
| Glenn Maxwell | Australia | No | Injured |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
RCB will be without two players in Lungi Ngidi (WTC final) and Jacob Bethell (West Indies ODIs). Bethell's compatriots Phil Salt and Liam Livingstone are available for the playoffs though, as they have not been picked for the ODIs.
The franchise has already sorted out replacements in the form of Tim Seifert and Blessing Muzarabani.
| Name | Country | Playoffs availability | Notes |
| Phil Salt | England | Yes | - |
| Tim Seifert | New Zealand | Yes | - |
| Liam Livingstone | England | Yes | - |
| Tim David | Australia | Yes | - |
| Romario Shepherd | West Indies | Yes | - |
| Blessing Muzarabani | Zimbabwe | Yes | - |
| Josh Hazlewood | Australia | Yes | - |
| Nuwan Thushara | Sri Lanka | Yes | - |
| Lungi Ngidi | South Africa | No | National duty (WTC final) |
| Jacob Bethell | England | No | National duty (ODIs vs WI) |
Gujarat Titans
Kagiso Rabada and Jos Buttler are GT's absentees for the playoffs. Rabada had already missed a chunk of the season for personal reasons, but Buttler will be a massive miss after his 538 runs in 14 games. Kusal Mendis has been signed as his replacement.
| Name | Country | Playoffs availability | Notes |
| Sherfane Rutherford | West Indies | Yes | - |
| Kusal Mendis | Sri Lanka | Yes | - |
| Karim Janat | Afghanistan | Yes | - |
| Dasun Shanaka | Sri Lanka | Yes | - |
| Gerald Coetzee | South Africa | Yes | - |
| Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | Yes | - |
| Kagiso Rabada | South Africa | No | National duty (WTC final) |
| Jos Buttler | England | No | National duty (ODIs vs WI) |
| Glenn Phillips | New Zealand | No | Injured |
Mumbai Indians
Allah Ghazanfar and Lizaad Williams were ruled out of IPL 2025 with injury before the season began, and MI will now be without Will Jacks, Corbin Bosch and Ryan Rickelton for the playoffs.
They have signed replacements in the form of Jonny Bairstow, Charith Asalanka and Richard Gleeson.
| Name | Country | Playoffs availability | Notes |
| Bevon Jacobs | New Zealand | Yes | - |
| Jonny Bairstow | England | Yes | - |
| Mitchell Santner | New Zealand | Yes | - |
| Trent Boult | New Zealand | Yes | - |
| Reece Topley | England | Yes | - |
| Mujeeb-ur-Rehman | Afghanistan | Yes | - |
| Charith Asalanka | Sri Lanka | Yes | - |
| Richard Gleeson | England | Yes | - |
| Corbin Bosch | South Africa | No | National duty (WTC final) |
| Ryan Rickelton | South Africa | No | National duty (WTC final) |
| Will Jacks | England | No | National duty (ODIs vs WI) |
| Allah Ghazanfar | Afghanistan | No | Injured |
| Lizaad Williams | South Africa | No | Injured |
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