Schedule & Fixtures

The 18th edition of the Indian Premier is set to kickstart on 22nd March with a match between the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. In the previous edition, KKR defeated SRH in a nail-biting final at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata to clinch their 3rd IPL title. Now, Shreyas Iyer and his men will begin their title defense campaign with an opening match of the season at their home ground against RCB, who are in search of their first IPL title for the last 17 years.

Currently, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced a schedule for only 21 matches on the first 17 days of the tournament. The remaining schedule is likely to be announced after the confirmation of 2024 General Election dates in India. A total of 10 teams will be playing a total of 74 matches for about two months across 11 cities in India.

Let’s have a look at the IPL 2025 Schedule for the first 17 Days

Orange Cap
1
Sai Sudharsan
417 Runs
392 Runs
3
Nicholas Pooran
377 Runs
1
Prasidh Krishna
16 Wickets
2
Josh Hazlewood
16 Wickets
3
Kuldeep Yadav
12 Wickets
IPL 2025 Schedule

The 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) is scheduled to take place from March 22 to May 25, 2025, featuring 10 teams competing across 13 venues in India. The tournament will commence with an opening match between the defending champions, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Tournament Format:

    • Group Stage: The 10 teams are divided into two groups of five. Each team plays 14 matches—facing the other four teams in their group twice (home and away), four teams from the opposite group once, and the remaining team from the opposite group twice.

    • Playoffs: The top four teams from the combined points table will advance to the playoffs, which include Qualifier 1, Eliminator, Qualifier 2, and the Final.

DateDayStartHomeAwayVenue
22-MarSat7:30 PMKolkataBangaloreEden Gardens, Kolkata
23-MarSun3:30 PMHyderabadRajasthanRajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
23-MarSun7:30 PMChennaiMumbaiMA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
24-MarMon7:30 PMDelhiLucknowDr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
25-MarTue7:30 PMGujaratPunjabNarendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
26-MarWed7:30 PMRajasthanKolkataBarsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
27-MarThu7:30 PMHyderabadLucknowRajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
28-MarFri7:30 PMChennaiBangaloreMA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
29-MarSat7:30 PMGujaratMumbaiNarendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
30-MarSun3:30 PMDelhiHyderabadDr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
30-MarSun7:30 PMRajasthanChennaiBarsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
31-MarMon7:30 PMMumbaiKolkataWankhede Stadium, Mumbai
1-AprTue7:30 PMLucknowPunjabBharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
2-AprWed7:30 PMBangaloreGujaratM.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
3-AprThu7:30 PMKolkataHyderabadEden Gardens, Kolkata
4-AprFri7:30 PMLucknowMumbaiBharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
5-AprSat3:30 PMChennaiDelhiMA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
5-AprSat7:30 PMPunjabRajasthanMaharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Chandigarh
6-AprSun3:30 PMKolkataLucknowEden Gardens, Kolkata
6-AprSun7:30 PMHyderabadGujaratRajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
7-AprMon7:30 PMMumbaiBangaloreWankhede Stadium, Mumbai
8-AprTue7:30 PMPunjabChennaiMaharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Chandigarh
9-AprWed7:30 PMGujaratRajasthanNarendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
10-AprThu7:30 PMBangaloreDelhiM.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
11-AprFri7:30 PMChennaiKolkataMA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
12-AprSat3:30 PMLucknowGujaratBharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
12-AprSat7:30 PMHyderabadPunjabRajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
13-AprSun3:30 PMRajasthanBangaloreSawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
13-AprSun7:30 PMDelhiMumbaiArun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
14-AprMon7:30 PMLucknowChennaiBharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
15-AprTue7:30 PMPunjabKolkataMaharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Chandigarh
16-AprWed7:30 PMDelhiRajasthanArun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
17-AprThu7:30 PMMumbaiHyderabadWankhede Stadium, Mumbai
18-AprFri7:30 PMBangalorePunjabM.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
19-AprSat3:30 PMGujaratDelhiNarendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
19-AprSat7:30 PMRajasthanLucknowSawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
20-AprSun3:30 PMPunjabBangaloreMaharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Chandigarh
20-AprSun7:30 PMMumbaiChennaiWankhede Stadium, Mumbai
21-AprMon7:30 PMKolkataGujaratEden Gardens, Kolkata
22-AprTue7:30 PMLucknowDelhiBharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
23-AprWed7:30 PMHyderabadMumbaiRajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
24-AprThu7:30 PMBangaloreRajasthanM.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
25-AprFri7:30 PMChennaiHyderabadMA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
26-AprSat7:30 PMKolkataPunjabEden Gardens, Kolkata
27-AprSun3:30 PMMumbaiLucknowWankhede Stadium, Mumbai
27-AprSun7:30 PMDelhiBangaloreArun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
28-AprMon7:30 PMRajasthanGujaratSawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
29-AprTue7:30 PMDelhiKolkataArun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
30-AprWed7:30 PMChennaiPunjabMA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
1-MayThu7:30 PMRajasthanMumbaiSawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
2-MayFri7:30 PMGujaratHyderabadNarendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
3-MaySat7:30 PMBangaloreChennaiM.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
4-MaySun3:30 PMKolkataRajasthanEden Gardens, Kolkata
4-MaySun7:30 PMPunjabLucknowHimachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
5-MayMon7:30 PMHyderabadDelhiRajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
6-MayTue7:30 PMMumbaiGujaratWankhede Stadium, Mumbai
7-MayWed7:30 PMKolkataChennaiEden Gardens, Kolkata
8-MayThu7:30 PMPunjabDelhiHimachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
9-MayFri7:30 PMLucknowBangaloreBharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
10-MaySat7:30 PMHyderabadKolkataRajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
11-MaySun3:30 PMPunjabMumbaiHimachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
11-MaySun7:30 PMDelhiGujaratArun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
12-MayMon7:30 PMChennaiRajasthanMA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
13-MayTue7:30 PMBangaloreHyderabadM.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
14-MayWed7:30 PMGujaratLucknowNarendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
15-MayThu7:30 PMMumbaiDelhiWankhede Stadium, Mumbai
16-MayFri7:30 PMRajasthanPunjabSawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
17-MaySat7:30 PMBangaloreKolkataM.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
18-MaySun3:30 PMGujaratChennaiNarendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
18-MaySun7:30 PMLucknowHyderabadBharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
20-MayTue7:30 PM Qualifier 1Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
21-MayWed7:30 PM EliminatorRajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
23-MayFri7:30 PM Qualifier 2Eden Gardens, Kolkata
25-MaySun7:30 PM FinalEden Gardens, Kolkata

IPL 2025 All Teams Players List

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Rachin Ravindra, R. Ashwin, Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmad, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Shaik Rasheed, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Deepak Hooda, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddarth.

Delhi Capitals

Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abishek Porel, Mitchell Starc, KL Rahul, Harry Brook, Jake Fraser-McGurk, T. Natarajan, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Dushmantha Chameera, Donovan Ferreira, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari.

Gujarat Titans

Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Jos Buttler, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Nishant Sindhu, Mahipal Lomror, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar, Washington Sundar, Gerald Coetzee, Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Brar, Sherfane Rutherford, Sai Kishore, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Glenn Phillips, Karim Janat, Kulwant Khejroliya.

Kolkata Knights Riders

Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Anrich Nortje, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Luvnith Sisodia, Ajinkya Rahane, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Umran Malik.

Lucknow Super Giants

Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal, Akash Deep, Himmat Singh, M. Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Matthew Breetzke.

Mumbai Indians

Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Karn Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Deepak Chahar, Allah Ghazanfar, Will Jacks, Ashwani Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Reece Topley, Krishnan Shrijith, Raj Angad Bawa, Satyanarayana Raju, Bevon Jacobs, Arjun Tendulkar, Lizaad Williams, Vignesh Puthur.

Punjab Kings

Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Nehal Wadhera, Harpreet Brar, Vishnu Vinod, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur, Marco Jansen, Josh Inglis, Lockie Ferguson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Kuldeep Sen, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlett, Pyla Avinash, Pravin Dubey.

Rajasthan Royals

Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Nitish Rana, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Singh, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kwena Maphaka, Kunal Rathore, Ashok Sharma.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal, Liam Livingstone, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee.

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head, Mohammad Shami, Harshal Patel, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Atharva Taide, Abhinav Manohar, Simarjeet Singh, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Brydon Carse, Kamindu Mendis, Aniket Verma, Eshan Malinga, Sachin Baby.

FAQ

The IPL 2025 will kickstart with an opening match between Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Eden Garden Stadium on 22nd March, 2024.

The IPL 2025 will be played between 10 teams. No new team is added for the upcoming season of the IPL

The IPL 2025 will be played between 10 teams. No new team is added for the upcoming season of the IPL

The first match of IPL 2025 will be played between KKR and RCB at Eden Garden Stadium in Kolkata on 22nd March.

In terms of matches, Mumbai Indians is the number team in the IPL with most wins among all teams. The five-time champions have won 138 out of 247 matches with a winning percentage of 55.87

No, the IPL 2025 will be played between 10 teams.

Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians have the joint-most titles in the IPL. Both teams have won the trophy five times each.

CSK skipper MS Dhoni is the most successful in IPL history with 133 wins from 226 matches with a winning percentage of 59.37

In terms of matches, CSK are just behind Mumbai Indians in the list of most wins in the IPL history. The five-time champions have won 131 out of 225 matches with a winning percentage of 58.22.

Currently, the BCCI has only released the schedule of the 21 matches in IPL 2025 due to General Elections in India. The rest of the  schedule will be out after the announcement of  election dates.

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