The Indian Premier League (IPL), world’s most popular and highly anticipated cricket tournaments, is something to look forward to. Fans eagerly await the release of the IPL 2025 schedule each year, and the this is no different. It has been officially released. It promises to be an amazing season with some exciting changes.
The 2025 IPL schedule features 74 total matches to be played across nine venues in India.
On February 17, 2024, the Indian Premier League 2024 Schedule was unofficially released by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). According to the IPL schedule for 2025, each club will play seven home games and seven away games during the league stage of the tournament. There will be 84 league-stage matches contested at 12 locations .
The first game of the IPL 2025 schedule, featuring the Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore, will be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on March 22nd.
IPL 2025 Schedule
It has been carefully crafted to ensure that each team of both groups play an equal number of matches and gets a fair chance to qualify for the playoffs. It will feature a total of ten teams. The top four teams from both groups will qualify for the playoffs at the end of the league stage.
IPL is designed to provide maximum entertainment for cricket fans worldwide. It will take place in various cities across India, and fans can look forward to watching some of the biggest cricketing stars in action.
The IPL 2025 is expected and set to be a highly anticipated event in the cricketing calendar. It has become a global phenomenon and has a massive following among cricket fans worldwide. It is expected to attract millions of viewers and fans from across the globe.
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Start Date & Tata IPL 2025 Time Table
Details of each game in the Indian Premier League 2025 are shown below.
March & April Month Tata IPL 2025 Schedule:
May Month IPL 2025 Schedule:
| 01 May | CSK vs PBKS | Chennai | 3:30 PM |
| 02 May | SRH vs RR | Hyderabad | 7:30 PM |
| 03 May | MI vs KKR | Mumbai | 3:30 PM |
| 04 May | RCB vs GT | Bengaluru | 7:30 PM |
| 05 May | PBKS vs CSK | Dharamshala | 3:30 PM |
| 05 May | LSG vs KKR | Lucknow | 7:30 PM |
| 06 May | MI vs SRH | Mumbai | 7:30 PM |
| 07 May | DC vs RR | Delhi | 7:30 PM |
| 08 May | SRH vs LSG | Hyderabad | 7:30 PM |
| 09 May | PBKS vs RCB | Dharamshala | 7:30 PM |
| 10 May | GT vs CSK | Ahmedabad | 3:30 PM |
| 11 May | KKR vs MI | Kolkata | 7:30 PM |
| 12 May | CSK vs RR | Chennai | 3:30 PM |
| 12 May | RCB vs DC | Bengaluru | 7:30 PM |
| 13 May | GT vs KKR | Ahmedabad | 7:30:PM |
| 14 May | DC vs LSG | Delhi | 7:30 PM |
| 15 May | RR vs PBKS | Guwahati | 7:30 PM |
| 16 May | SRH vs GT | Hyderabad | 7:30 PM |
| 17 May | MI vs LSG | Mumbai | 7:30 PM |
| 18 May | RCB vs CSK | Bengaluru | 7:30 PM |
| 19 May | SRH vs PBKS | Hyderabad | 3:30 PM |
| 19 May | RR vs KKR | Guwahati | 7:30 PM |
| 21 May | QUALIFIER 1 | Ahmedabad | 7:30 PM |
| 22 May | ELIMINATOR | Ahmedabad | 7:30 PM |
| 24 May | QUALIFIER 2 | Chennai | 7:30 PM |
| 26 May | FINAL | Chennai | 7:30 PM |
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Team List
As per the new format of the IPL that is being followed from the last three years, IPL 2025 is also set to be competed among 10 teams.
Teams like these may be found in this season :
| SR No | IPL Team | IPL Team Captain |
| 1 | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | Ruturaj Gaikwad |
| 2 | Mumbai Indians | Hardik Pandya |
| 3 | Rajasthan Royals | Sanju Samson |
| 4 | Kolkata Knights Riders | Shreyas Iyer |
| 5 | Punjab Kings | Mayank Agrawal |
| 6 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Kane Williamson |
| 7 | Delhi Capitals | Rishabh Pant/ David Warner |
| 8 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Faf Du Plessis |
| 9 | Lucknow Super Joints | KL Rahul |
| 10 | Gujrat Titans | Shubman Gill |
Team Squads
| Team Name | Squads |
| Chennai Super Kings | MS Dhoni , Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Avanish Rao Aravelly. |
| Gujarat Titans | David Miller, Shubman Gill (c), Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Azmatullah Omarzai, Umesh Yadav, Shahrukh Khan, Sushant Mishra, Kartik Tyagi, Manav Suthar, Spencer Johnson, Robin Minz. |
| Mumbai Indians | Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Romario Shepherd, Hardik Pandya (c), Gerald Coetzee, Dilshan Madushanka, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma. |
| Lucknow Super Giants | KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, K. Gowtham, Shivam Mavi, Arshin Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, Ashton Turner, David Willey, Mohd. Arshad Khan. |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan. |
| Rajasthan Royals | Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger. |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer (c), Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Gus Atkinson, Sakib Hussain. |
| Punjab Kings | Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Short, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thyagarajann, Prince Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw. |
| Delhi Capitals | Rishabh Pant (c), Pravin Dubey, David Warner, Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Abishek Porel, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Lungi Ngidi, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Mitchell Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar, Harry Brook, Tristan Stubbs, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Rasikh Dar, Jhye Richardson, Sumit Kumar, Shai Hope, Swastik Chhikara. |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram (c), Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Travis Head, Wanindu Hasaranga, Pat Cummins, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan. |
Final Words
The annual mega tournament kicks off in the final week of March and concludes with the final in the last week of May each year. The extended duration of IPL schedule 2025 by nearly 65 days is attributed to the participation of 10 teams in the IPL.
This year, the Lok Sabha Elections are scheduled to take place. In the past, IPL matches were held outside the country during election periods. However, for IPL 2025, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) intends to host the event within the nation.
The auction for IPL 2024 occurred on December 19 in Dubai. Following the mini-auction, all 10 teams have assembled their squads for the upcoming 2024 season.
In conclusion, the cricketing world is poised for an exhilarating journey with IPL 2024, and the much-anticipated IPL 2025 will soon become the focal point of discussions among fans and experts alike.
FAQs
Q1. When will the IPL Start?
The 2025 season’s first match is expected to be on March 30th and the first match will be held at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
Q2. How many matches will be there in IPL 2025?
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has not yet announced any such detail about the match list. However, the board has suggested that 84 games should be conducted instead of the 78 that were held in IPL 2024 schedule.
