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2025 Indian Premier League
Dates21 March – 25 May 2025
Administrator(s)Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Group stage and playoffs
Host(s)India
Participants10
Matches74
Official websiteiplt20.com
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Teams

The 2025 Indian Premier League (also known as IPL 18 and branded as TATA IPL 2025) will be the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League. The tournament will feature ten teams competing in 74 matches from 21 March to 25 May 2025. Kolkata will host the opening ceremony and the final at the Eden Gardens as the defending champions.

Background

The Indian Premier League is a franchise Twenty20 cricket league held in India, organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). It is held annually since the first edition in 2008.[1] Kolkata Knight Riders are the defending champions, having won their third title in the previous season after beating Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final.[2][3]

Governing council

Further information: Indian Premier League § Organization

This will be the first edition following the unanimous appointment of Jay Shah, the former secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, as the chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC).[4] He began his term in December 2024.[5] Arun Singh Dhumal and Avishek Dalmiya will continue serving as the chairman and treasurer of the league till this edition.[6] Devajit Saikia and Prabhtej Singh Bhatia replaced Shah and Ashish Shelar as the new Secretary and Treasurer of BCCI respectively.[7]

Format

Each team will play twice against the teams in their group and the team in the same row in the other group, and once against the remaining four teams in the other group. After the group stage, the top four teams based on aggregate points will qualify for the playoffs.[8] In this stage, the top two teams compete with each other (in a match titled "Qualifier 1"), as do the remaining two teams (in a match titled "Eliminator"). While the winner of Qualifier 1 directly qualifies for the final match, the losing team will compete against the winning team of the Eliminator match (in a match titled "Qualifier 2"). The winner of this subsequent Qualifier 2 match will move on to the final match.[9] The IPL Governing Council decided to keep the number of matches to 74 for this edition as it was in the previous three seasons to help the cricketers balance their workload, however it will be increased to 84 for the next two seasons.[10] Seedings for the group stage are yet to be announced.

Schedule

According to ESPNcricinfo, the dates of the tournament window for the next three seasons (2025–27) have been sent to the respective franchises ahead of the 2025 auction.[11] In November 2024, the tentative dates for the next three seasons were announced with the 2025 edition set to take place from 14 March to 25 May.[12][13] In January 2025, it was announced that the 2025 season will commence on 21 March to keep a two-week gap from the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy final scheduled to take place on 9 March.[14] This year's edition will coincide with the 2025 Pakistan Super League,[15] which has been postponed from the typical February-March window due to the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy taking place in the February-March window this year.[16]

Broadcasting

Further information: Indian Premier League § Broadcasting, and Disney Star § Merger with Viacom18

This will be the first IPL edition to be broadcast after the completion of the merger between Viacom18 and Star India,[17] forming JioStar.[18] Star India's Star Sports and Viacom18's JioCinema had acquired the satellite and digital broadcasting rights for 2023–27 IPL cycle respectively.[19] Following the merger, both assets are now owned by JioStar and JioCinema is to be shut down in favour of Disney+ Hotstar,[20] which previously held the digital broadcasting rights for 2018–22 IPL cycle.[21]

Teams

The same 10 teams from the previous season will compete, with few changes to the team personnel.

Group Team 2024 performance[22] Head coach[23] Captain[23]
TBA Chennai Super Kings
5th
 Stephen Fleming Ruturaj Gaikwad
Delhi Capitals
6th
 Hemang Badani TBA
Gujarat Titans
8th
 Ashish Nehra Shubman Gill
Kolkata Knight Riders
Champions
 Chandrakant Pandit TBA
Lucknow Super Giants
7th
 Justin Langer Rishabh Pant[24]
Mumbai Indians
10th
 Mahela Jayawardene Hardik Pandya
Punjab Kings
9th
 Ricky Ponting Shreyas Iyer[25]
Rajasthan Royals
3rd
 Rahul Dravid Sanju Samson
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
4th
 Andy Flower TBA
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Runner-up
 Daniel Vettori Pat Cummins

Squads

The following players were retained or signed by their respective teams for the tournament.[26][23]

Squads for the 2025 Indian Premier League
Chennai Super Kings Delhi Capitals Gujarat Titans Kolkata Knight Riders Lucknow Super Giants
Mumbai Indians Punjab Kings Rajasthan Royals Royal Challengers Bengaluru Sunrisers Hyderabad

Personnel changes

Main article: List of 2025 Indian Premier League personnel changes

The Indian Premier League retention took place on 31 October 2024.[27] Heinrich Klaasen became the most expensive retained player in IPL history for a whooping ₹23 crore (US$2.7 million), while Virat Kohli became the most expensive retained Indian player for ₹21 crore (US$2.4 million) respectively.[28]

The BCCI announced the player auction list on 5 November 2024,[29] with the detailed player list being announced on 15 November 2024.[30] The Mega Auction was held on 24 and 25 November respectively in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[31][32] A record-breaking 1,574 players registered for the Mega Auction, marking the highest number ever recorded.[33] Mallika Sagar served as the auctioneer for the second consecutive time at the auction.[34]

Punjab Kings entered the Mega Auction with ₹110.5 crore (US$13 million), the highest-ever purse in IPL history for any team.[35] During the Mega Auction, the record for the most expensive player in the Indian Premier League, which was previously held by Mitchell Starc ₹24.75 crore (US$2.9 million), was broken twice. Initially, Shreyas Iyer was sold to the Punjab Kings at ₹26.75 crore (US$3.1 million), setting a new record.[36][37] This record was then surpassed by Rishabh Pant, who was sold to the Lucknow Super Giants at ₹27 crore (US$3.1 million).[38][39] Venkatesh Iyer has been sold to the Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹23.75 crore (US$2.7 million), making him the third-most expensive player in this year's auction and the costliest all-rounder of IPL history.[40][41] Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the youngest player of the IPL history at the age of 13 years and has been bought by Rajasthan Royals for ₹1.1 crore (US$130,000) in his auction debut.[42][43]

Venues

The opening match will be played between the defending champions and hosts, Kolkata Knight Riders and TBA at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Eden Gardens will also host the Qualifier 2 and the final as they are the base of the defending champions. Hyderabad will host the Qualifier 1 and Eliminator matches as they ended up as runner-up in previous season.[14]

League stage

Points table

Pos Grp Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1 A/B Chennai Super Kings 0 0 0 0 0 — Advance to Qualifier 1
2 A/B Delhi Capitals 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 A/B Gujarat Titans 0 0 0 0 0 — Advance to Eliminator
4 A/B Kolkata Knight Riders 0 0 0 0 0 —
5 A/B Lucknow Super Giants 0 0 0 0 0 —
6 A/B Mumbai Indians 0 0 0 0 0 —
7 A/B Punjab Kings 0 0 0 0 0 —
8 A/B Rajasthan Royals 0 0 0 0 0 —
9 A/B Royal Challengers Bengaluru 0 0 0 0 0 —
10 A/B Sunrisers Hyderabad 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played: 21 March 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo[44]


Fixtures

Match 1
21 March 2024
v
TBA

Playoffs

Qualifier 1 and Eliminator will be played in Hyderabad. Qualifier 2 and the final will be played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.[14]

Bracket

Qualifier 1
Qualifier 2Final
May 2025 – Hyderabad25 May 2025 – Kolkata
11st placed teamQ1WWinner of Qualifier 1
22nd placed teamMay 2025 – KolkataQ2WWinner of Qualifier 2
Q1LLoser of Qualifier 1
EliminatorEWWinner of Eliminator
May 2025 – Hyderabad
33rd placed team
44th placed team

Qualifier 1

Qualifier 1
May 2025 (2025-05)
[ Scorecard]
1st placed team
v
2nd placed team

Eliminator

Eliminator
May 2025 (2025-05)
[ Scorecard]
3rd placed team
v
4th placed team

Qualifier 2

Qualifier 2
May 2025 (2025-05)
[ Scorecard]
Loser of Qualifier 1
v
Winner of Eliminator

Final

Final
25 May 2025 (2025-05-25)
[ Scorecard]
Winner of Qualifier 1
v
Winner of Qualifier 2

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