IPL 2025: The 18th season of IPL is all set to kick off on March 22, 2025, promising cricket lovers a thrilling season packed with exciting matches. The tournament will begin with a high-voltage clash between defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
This season will feature 12 double-header matches, with afternoon games starting at 3:30 PM and evening matches at 7:30 PM. Fans can look forward to spectacular performances from veteran players as they battle it out for their teams, making IPL 2025 another unforgettable cricketing extravaganza.
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IPL 2025: Tournament Format and Total Matches
There are 10 teams participating in IPL 2025: Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Delhi Capitals (DC), Gujarat Titans (GT), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Mumbai Indians (MI), Punjab Kings (PBKS), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). A total of 74 matches will be played across 13 different venues in India.
IPL 2025: Playoff Schedule and Final Match
After the league stage, the top 4 teams will reach the playoffs.
- Qualifier-1 and Eliminator: 20 May 2025, Hyderabad
- Qualifier-2: 23 May 2025, Kolkata
- Final: 25 May 2025, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
IPL 2025: Full Schedule
| Date | Team 1 vs Team 2 | Place |
| March 22, 2025 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Kolkata |
| 23 March | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals | Hyderabad |
| 23 March | Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians | Chennai |
| 24 March | Delhi Capitals vs Lucknow Super Giants | Visakhapatnam |
| 25 March | Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings | Ahmedabad |
| 26 March | Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Guwahati |
| 27 March | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants | Hyderabad |
| 28 March | Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Chennai |
| 29 March | Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians | Ahmedabad |
| 30 March | Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Visakhapatnam |
| 30 March | Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings | Guwahati |
| 31 March | Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Mumbai |
| 1st April | Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings | Lucknow |
| 2 April | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans | Bangalore |
| 3 April | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Kolkata |
| 4th April | Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians | Lucknow |
| 5th April | Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals | Chennai |
| 5th April | Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals | Chandigarh |
| 6 April | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants | Guwahati |
| 6 April | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Gujarat Titans | Hyderabad |
| 7 April | Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Mumbai |
| 8th April | Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings | Chandigarh |
| 9th April | Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals | Ahmedabad |
| 10th April | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals | Bangalore |
| 11 April | Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Chennai |
| 12 April | Lucknow Super Giants vs Gujarat Titans | Lucknow |
| 12 April | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings | Hyderabad |
| 13 April | Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Jaipur |
| 13 April | Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians | Delhi |
| 14th April | Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings | Lucknow |
| 15th April | Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Chandigarh |
| 16th April | Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals | Delhi |
| 17th April | Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Mumbai |
| 18th April | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Punjab Kings | Bangalore |
| 19th April | Gujarat Titans vs Delhi Capitals | Ahmedabad |
| 19th April | Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants | Jaipur |
| 20th April | Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Chandigarh |
| 20th April | Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings | Mumbai |
| 21st April | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans | Kolkata |
| 22 April | Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals | Lucknow |
| 23 April | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians | Hyderabad |
| 24th April | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals | Bangalore |
| 25th April | Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Chennai |
| 26 April | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings | Kolkata |
| 27 April | Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants | Mumbai |
| 27 April | Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Delhi |
| 28 April | Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans | Jaipur |
| 29 April | Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata |
| 30 April | Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings | Chennai |
| 1 May | Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians | Jaipur |
| 2 May | Gujarat Titans vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Ahmedabad |
| 3 May | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings | Bangalore |
| 4th May | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals | Kolkata |
| 4th May | Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants | Hospice |
| 5th May | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals | Hyderabad |
| 6 May | Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Titans | Mumbai |
| 7 May | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings | Kolkata |
| 8th May | Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals | Hospice |
| 9th May | Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Lucknow |
| 10th May | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Hyderabad |
| 11 May | Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians | Hospice |
| 11 May | Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans | Delhi |
| 12th May | Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals | Chennai |
| 13th May | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Bangalore |
| 14th May | Gujarat Titans vs Lucknow Super Titans | Ahmedabad |
| 15th May | Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals | Mumbai |
| 16th May | Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings | Jaipur |
| 17th May | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Bangalore |
| 18th May | Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings | Ahmedabad |
| 18th May | Lucknow Super Giants vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Lucknow |
| 20th May | Qualifier 1 vs — | Hyderabad |
| 21st May | Eliminator vs — | Hyderabad |
| 23 May | Qualifier 2 vs — | Kolkata |
| 25th May | Final | Kolkata |
IPL 2025: Chennai Super Kings
| Role | Players |
|---|---|
| Captain | Ruturaj Gaikwad |
| Wicketkeepers | MS Dhoni, Devon Conway, Vansh Bedi |
| Batters | Rahul Tripathi, Shaik Rasheed, Andre Siddarth |
| All-rounders | Rachin Ravindra, Ravichandran Ashwin, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Anshul Kamboj, Deepak Hooda, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube |
| Bowlers | Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmad, Mukesh Choudhary, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Matheesha Pathirana |
IPL 2025: Delhi Capitals
| Role | Players |
|---|---|
| Captain | KL Rahul |
| Wicketkeepers | Donovan Ferreira, Abishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs |
| Batters | Harry Brook, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Karun Nair, Faf du Plessis |
| All-rounders | Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar L, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari, Axar Patel |
| Bowlers | Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav |
IPL 2025: Gujarat Titans
| Role | Players |
|---|---|
| Captain | Shubman Gill |
| Wicketkeepers | Jos Buttler, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat |
| Batters | Sherfane Rutherford, Glenn Phillips |
| All-rounders | Nishant Sindhu, Mahipal Lomror, Washington Sundar, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav, Karim Janat, B. Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan |
| Bowlers | Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Manav Suthar, Gerald Coetzee, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Ishant Sharma, Kulwant Khejroliya, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan |
IPL 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders
| Role | Players |
|---|---|
| Captain | Venkatesh Iyer |
| Wicketkeepers | Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Luvnith Sisodia |
| Batters | Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Ajinkya Rahane |
| All-rounders | Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell |
| Bowlers | Anrich Nortje, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Spencer Johnson, Umran Malik, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine |
IPL 2025: Lucknow Super Giants
| Role | Players |
|---|---|
| Captain | Rishabh Pant |
| Wicketkeepers | Nicholas Pooran, Aryan Juyal |
| Batters | David Miller, Aiden Markram, Himmat Singh, Matthew Breetzke |
| All-rounders | Mitchell Marsh, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahamad, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Ayush Badoni |
| Bowlers | Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, M Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi |
IPL 2025: Mumbai Indians
| Role | Players |
|---|---|
| Captain | Hardik Pandya |
| Wicketkeepers | Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Shrijith Krishnan |
| Batters | Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Bevon-John Jacobs, N. Tilak Varma |
| All-rounders | Naman Dhir, Will Jacks, Mitchell Santner, Raj Angad Bawa, Vignesh Puthur, Hardik Pandya |
| Bowlers | Trent Boult, Karn Sharma, Deepak Chahar, Allah Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar, Reece Topley, Venkata Satyanarayana Penmetsa, Arjun Tendulkar, Lizaad Williams, Jasprit Bumrah |
IPL 2025: Punjab Kings
| Role | Players |
|---|---|
| Captain | Shreyas Iyer |
| Wicketkeepers | Josh Inglis, Prabhsimran Singh, Vishnu Vinod |
| Batters | Nehal Wadhera, Harnoor Pannu, Pyla Avinash, Shashank Singh |
| All-rounders | Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Harpreet Brar, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge |
| Bowlers | Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Yash Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Kuldeep Sen, Xavier Bartlett, Pravin Dubey |
IPL 2025: Rajasthan Royals
| Role | Players |
|---|---|
| Captain | Sanju Samson |
| Wicketkeepers | Sanju Samson, Kunal Rathore, Dhruv Jurel |
| Batters | Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag |
| All-rounders | Nitish Rana, Yudhvir Singh |
| Bowlers | Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma, Sandeep Sharma |
IPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bengaluru
| Role | Players |
|---|---|
| Captain | Virat Kohli |
| Wicketkeepers | Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma |
| Batters | Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara |
| All-rounders | Liam Livingstone, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell |
| Bowlers | Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee, Yash Dayal |
IPL 2025: Sunrisers Hyderabad
| Role | Players |
|---|---|
| Captain | Pat Cummins |
| Wicketkeepers | Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen |
| Batters | Atharva Taide, Abhinav Manohar, Aniket Verma, Sachin Baby, Travis Head |
| All-rounders | Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Kamindu Mendis, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy |
| Bowlers | Mohammad Shami, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Simarjeet Singh, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Pat Cummins |
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