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IPL 2025 Full Schedule Announcement Highlights: Defending Champions KKR To Host RCB In Opener On March 22, Final To Take Place On...
IPL 2025 Full Schedule Announcement Highlights: The schedule of Indian Premier League 2025 was announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday.
IPL Schedule 2025 Announcement Highlights© BCCI/IPL
IPL 2025 Full Schedule Announcement Highlights: The schedule of Indian Premier League 2025 was announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday. The opening match of the tournament will take place on March 22 between defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The final match of the mega event will take place on May 25 on the same ground. A total of 13 venues will host 74 matches over 65 days in the 18th edition of IPL. The league stage will take place from March 22 to May 18. The playoffs will take place from May 20 to May 25. Notably, Mumbai Indians will face Royal Challengers Bengaluru just once on April 7 at Wankhede Stadium. On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings are set to take on RCB twice in Chennai (March 28) and Bengaluru (May 3). CSK will face old-rivals MI twice; on March 23 in Chennai and on April 20 in Mumbai. (IPL 2025 Full Schedule)
Here are the Highlights of IPL 2025 Full Schedule announcement:
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- 18:36 (IST)IPL 2025 Schedule Announcement Live: More info on fixtures -"Three of the ten IPL teams will play at 2 venues each. DC will play their home games in Visakhapatnam and at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. RR will play their two home games at Guwahati - where they host KKR and CSK – and play the remainder of the home games at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. PBKS, meanwhile, will play their four home matches at the New PCA Stadium, New Chandigarh while the picturesque Dharamsala will host three home games of PBKS – against LSG, DC and MI – at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium," informed BCCI in its release.
- 18:27 (IST)IPL 2025 Schedule Announcement Live -Delhi Capitals (DC) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will play their first match of the season when they face each other in Visakhapatnam on March 24, 2025. Meanwhile, Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad will host its first game of the season when home team Gujarat Titans (GT) play against Punjab Kings (PBKS) on March 25, 2025.
- 18:16 (IST)IPL 2025 Schedule Announcement Live: 12 double-headers!The matches of the season that will be played across 13 venues will include 12 double-headers. While the afternoon games will begin at 03.30 PM IST, the evening games will begin from 07.30 PM IST, informed BCCI in a release.
- 17:56 (IST)IPL 2025 Schedule Announcement Live: Some more details -A total of 13 venues are set to host 74 matches over 65 days in IPL 2025. The league stage will take place from March 22 to May 18. Notably, Mumbai Indians will face Royal Challengers Bengaluru just once on April 7 at Wankhede Stadium. On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings are set to take on RCB twice on Chennai (March 28) and Bengaluru (May 3).
- 17:35 (IST)IPL 2025 Schedule Announcement Live: Fixtures are OUT!The schedule of IPL 2025 has been announced by the official broadcaster. The opening match of the tournament will take place on March 22 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The final of the tournament will take place on May 25.
- 17:31 (IST)In case you missed it!IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Thursday named Rajat Patidar as its captain for the upcoming season starting March 21, replacing South African Faf du Plessis who was released from the squad last year. Patidar was among RCB's retained players before the mega auction in November, 2024 and has the experience of leading Madhya Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (T20) and the Vijay Hazare Trophy (ODI). The 31-year-old, who signed up with the franchise in 2022, guided Madhya Pradesh to the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy final where his side lost to Mumbai by five wickets last year.
- 17:17 (IST)IPL 2025 Schedule Announcement Live: IPL's El Clasico to take place on...Five-time champions Super Kings, set to be led by Ruturaj Gaikwad, will open their IPL 2025 campaign on March 23 at their home ground — MA Chidambaram Stadium — against Hardik Pandya-led Mumbai Indians, who also owns five titles in the league, claimed a PTI report. While both CSK and MI have zeroed in on their captaincy choices, Kolkata is yet to name their leader after IPL-winning skipper Shreyas Iyer joined PBKS after the mega auction.
- 17:00 (IST)IPL 2025 Schedule Announcement Live: Dharamsala and Guwahati also among hosts!As per PTI, Dharamsala and Guwahati will host a couple of IPL matches. Dharamsala will be the second home venue of Punjab Kings after Mullanpur, while Rajasthan Royals will set up their base in the North Eastern City apart from regular venue Jaipur.
- 16:26 (IST)News from IPL 2025 -Five-time champions Mumbai Indians on Sunday announced the signing of Afghanistan off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman as a replacement for Allah Ghazanfar who has been ruled out of the IPL 2025 due to an injury. The 18-year-old Afghan spinner had suffered a fracture in the L4 vertebra, specifically in the left pars interarticularis, and he will miss the upcoming Champions Trophy as well. Ghazanfar had sustained the injury during Afghanistan's recent tour to Zimbabwe.
- 16:11 (IST)IPL 2025 Schedule Announcement Live: Around a month to go!The start of Indian Premier League 2025 is around one month away. We have got several reported dates of the beginning of the tournament. The most latest reported date is March 22 with a match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Eden Gardens.
- 15:51 (IST)When will the IPL 2025 schedule be announcement?The official time for the start of the announcement of IPL 2025 schedule is 5:30 PM IST. It live streaming and live telecast of the event will also be available.
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Topics mentioned in this article
Chennai Super Kings
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Mumbai Indians
Kolkata Knight Riders
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Delhi Capitals
Gujarat Titans
Lucknow Super Giants
Punjab Kings
Rajasthan Royals
Virat Kohli
Rohit Sharma
MS Dhoni
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