The much-awaited Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is officially set to begin on March 23, 2025, as announced by Rajeev Shukla, Vice President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Shukla revealed the tournament’s start date while addressing the media during the BCCI Special General Meeting in Mumbai on Sunday, January 12.
This year promises another thrilling edition of high-octane cricket action. With excitement building across the country, fans are eager to witness the fierce competition as their favorite teams battle for supremacy. As the countdown begins, the announcement has sparked anticipation for what could be one of the most memorable seasons in IPL history, with top players from around the world set to light up the stadiums.
The 2025 season will consist of 74 matches, maintaining the same format as the previous three seasons. However, this year will feature 10 fewer matches than the 84 initially outlined in the IPL’s 2022 media rights tender for the 2023-27 cycle. According to the tender, the number of matches will vary across the seasons between 2023 and 2027: 74 games for the first two years, 84 games for 2025 and 2026, and up to 94 matches in 2027.
As is tradition, the home venue of the defending champions will host both the opener and the final match. Eden Gardens, the home ground of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), who won IPL 2024, will serve as the venue.
Reports indicate that the full schedule for IPL 2025 will be announced later this month.
Teams in IPL 2025.
In November 2024, the IPL Season 18 auction took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Rishabh Pant secured a record Rs 27 crore deal with Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), emerging as the most expensive player of the season.
Mumbai Indians (MI): Deepak Chahar, Allah Ghazanfar, Will Jacks, Ashwani Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Reece Topley, Shrijith Krishnan, Raj Angad Bawa, Venkat Satyanarayana Raju, Bevon Jacobs, Arjun Tendulkar, Lizaad Williams, Vignesh Puthhur, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (captain), Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Verma, Trent Boult, Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Karn Sharma, Ryan Rickelton
Punjab Kings (PBKS): Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Kuldeep Sen, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlett, Pyla Avinash, Pravin Dubey, Nehal Wadhera.
Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Brar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur, Marco Jansen, Josh Inglis, Lockie Ferguson.
Rajasthan Royals (RR): Sanju Samson (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma, Jofra Archer, Wainindu Hasaranga, Mahesh Theekshana, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Nitish Rana, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Charak, Fazal Farooqi, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kwena Maphaka, Kunal Rathore, Ashok Sharma.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB): Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethel, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Atharva Taide, Abhinav Manohar, Simarjeet Singh, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Brydon Carse, Kamindu Mendis, Aniket Verma, Eshan Malinga, Sachin Baby, Pat Cummins (c), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klassen, Nitish Reddy, Ishan Kishan, Mohammad Shami.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK): Sam Curran, Shaik Rashid, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Deepak Hooda, Gurjanpreet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishnan Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddarth, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Matheesha Pathirana, Noor Ahmad, Ravichandran Ashwin, Devon Conway, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar.
Delhi Capitals (DC): KL Rahul, Harry Brook, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Karun Nair, Abhishek Porel, Tristian Stubbs, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natrajan, Mitchell Starc, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Dushmanta Chameera, Donovan Ferreira, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari.
Gujrat Titans (GT): Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar, Washington Sundar, Gerald Coetzee, Mohmmad Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Sherfane Rutherford, R. Sai Kishore, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Glenn Phillips, Kareem Janat, Kulwant Khejroliya, Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler, B. Sai Sudharshan, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Mahipal Lomror, Kumar Kushagra.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG): Ravi Bisnoi, 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, Rishabh Pant, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell. Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Harshit Rana, Andre Russell, Ravi Bishnoi, Markande, Arora, Nortje, Rinku Singh, Quinton de Kock (Wicketkeeper-Batter), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Wicketkeeper-Batter), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Luvnith Sisodia (Wicketkeeper-Batter), Ajinkya Rahane.
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