The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a franchise Twenty20 cricket league held on an annual basis in India, organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The opening match of the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will be played on March 21, 2025.
The final is expected to take place on May 25 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. While the official fixtures are yet to be announced, it is anticipated that the BCCI will unveil the complete IPL 2025 schedule in upcoming weeks and before the commencement of the Champions Trophy.
IPL Schedule 2025
The 2025 Indian Premier League will be the 18th edition. This tournament will feature ten teams that will compete in 74 matches. The tournament will start from 21 March and will come to an end on 25 May 2025. Kolkata is going to host the opening ceremony and the final of IPL at the Eden Gardens as the defending champions.
The full schedule of IPL 2025 was set to come out in the last week, however, the decision to announce the schedule has been delayed and now it is expected that the IPL governing body will announce the full schedule of IPL 2025 in the next week. While the 18th edition of the IPL league will begin on March 21, fans are eagerly waiting for the schedule to be announced.
| Name of the Tournament | Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 |
| IPL 2025 start date | March 21, 2025 |
| IPL 2025 final | May 25, 2025 |
| Administrator | Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) |
| Tournament format | Twenty20 |
| Total teams | 10 |
| Total matches | 74 |
IPL 2025 Venue
The opening match of IPL 2025 is going to be played between the defending champions and hosts, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and TBA at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The Qualifier 2 and the final are also scheduled for Eden Gardens as they are the base of the defending champions.
Whereas it is expected that Hyderabad will host the Qualifier 1 and Eliminator matches of IPL this season as they ended up as runner-up in previous season.
IPL 2025 Teams & Squad
Ten teams are going to compete in IPL 2025. Here are the teams and squad details listed.
- Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Ravichandran Ashwin, Vansh Bedi, Mukesh Choudhary, Devon Conway, Sam Curran, MS Dhoni, Shivam Dube, Nathan Ellis, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Deepak Hooda, Ravindra Jadeja, Anshul Kamboj, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Jamie Overton, Matheesha Pathirana, Shaik Rasheed, Rachin Ravindra, Vijay Shankar, Andre Siddarth, Gurjapneet Singh and Rahul Tripathi
- Delhi Capitals: Harry Brook, Dushmantha Chameera, Faf du Plessis, Donovan, Ferreira, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mukesh Kumar, Manvanth Kumar L, Ajay Mandal, Karun Nair, Darshan Nalkande, T. Natarajan, Vipraj Nigam, Axar Patel, Abhishek Porel, KL Rahul, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Madhav Tiwari, Tristan Stubbs, Tripurana Vijay and Kuldeep Yadav
- Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (c), Gurnoor Brar, Jos Buttler, Gerald Coetzee, Karim Janat, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Kulwant Khejroliya, Sai Kishore, Prasidh Krishna, Kumar Kushagra, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Phillips, Kagiso Rabada, Anuj Rawat, Sherfane, Rutherford, Ishant Sharma, Nishant Sindhu, Mohammed Siraj, Sai Sudharsan, Washington Sundar, Manav Suthar, Rahul Tewatia and Jayant Yadav
- Kolkata Knight Riders: Moeen Ali, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Spencer Johnson, Umran Malik, Mayank, Markande, Sunil Narine, Anrich Nortje, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Angkrish, Raghuvanshi, Ajinkya Rahane, Harshit Rana, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh and Luvnith Sisodia
- Lucknow SuperGiants: Rishabh Pant (c), Shahbaz Ahmed, Ayush Badoni, Ravi Bishnoi, Matthew Breetzke, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Akash Deep, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Arshin Kulkarni, Shamar Joseph, Aryan Juyal, Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, David Miller, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, M Siddharth, Akash Singh, Digvesh Singh, Himmat Singh, Mayank Yadav and Prince Yadav
- Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya (c), Raj Angad Bawa, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Naman Dhir, Allah Ghazanfar, Will Jacks, Bevon Jacobs, Ashwani Kumar, Robin Minz, Vignesh Puthur, Satyanarayana Raju, Ryan Rickelton, Mitchell Santner, Karn Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Krishnan Shrijith, Arjun Tendulkar, Reece Topley, Tilak Varma, Lizaad Williams and Suryakumar Yadav
- Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer (c), Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash, Xavier Bartlett, Harpreet Brar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Praveen Dubey, Lockie Ferguson, Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis, Marco Jansen, Musheer Khan, Glenn Maxwell, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kuldeep Sen, Suryansh Shedge, Arshdeep Singh, Harnoor Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod, Nehal Wadhera and Vijaykumar Vys
- Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c), Jofra Archer, Yudhvir Charak, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Kwena Maphaka, Riyan Parag, Nitish Rana, Kunal Rathore, Ashok Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Maheesh Theekshana
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli (c), Jacob Bethell, Manoj Bhandage, Swastik Chikara, Rasikh Salam Dar, Tim David, Yash Dayal, Josh, Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Liam, Livingstone, Lungi Ngidi, Devdutt Padikkal, Krunal Pandya, Rajat Patidar, Mohit Rathee, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Suyash Sharma, Romario Shepherd, Abhinandan Singh, Swapnil Singh and Nuwan Thushara
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins (c), Zeeshan Ansari, Sachin Baby, Brydon Carse, Rahul Chahar, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Eshan Malinga, Abhinav Manohar, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammad Shami, Abhishek Sharma, Simarjeet Singh, Atharva Taide, Jaydev Unadkat, Aniket Verma and Adam Zampa
What will be the format of IPL 2025?
The IPL 2025 is going to follow the same format of the previous IPL editions. The tournament will be played with a total of 10 teams. These teams will be divided into two groups of five.
In the group stage, every team needs to play 14 matches and face the other four teams of their group two times each (one home and one away game), four teams in the other group once, as well as the remaining team two times.
Every team who will win a match will be awarded 2 points whereas the losing team will not receive any points. It is important to know that in case of a draw or no result, both teams will be awarded only one point.
After the group stage, the four-matches playoffs stage will start. Following is the list of four matches that will be played in the playoffs stage:
- Qualifier 1: will be played between the teams who will be ranked first and second in the group stage.
- Eliminator: will be played between the teams who will be ranked third and fourth in the group stage.
- Qualifier 2: will be played between the loser of Qualifier 1 and the winner of the Eliminator in May 2025.
- Final: will be played between the winners of Qualifiers 1 and 2 on May 25, 2025.
Where to watch IPL 2025?
Cricket fans will be able to enjoy the IPL 2025 live streaming on the Jio Cinema app and website. It is also expected that the IPL 2025 matches will be telecast on the television channel Star Sports.
Whereas the exact timing and schedule of IPL 2025 is yet to be announced. So, it is advised to you please keep in touch with officials to be aware of the match start timing.
This year’s tournament will be the first IPL edition that is going to be broadcast after the completion of the merger between Viacom18 and Star India, forming Jio Star. It is because Star India’s Star Sports and Viacom18’s JioCinema had obtained the satellite and digital broadcasting rights for 2023– 2027 IPL season respectively.
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