New Delhi: The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League season will be kicked off in a high-octane clash between defending champions Kolkata Knight Rider and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, held at Eden Gardens on March 22nd.
Eden Garden, the home ground of IPL 2024 title winner KKR, will also be the venue for the grand finale on May 25th.
In addition, qualifying 2 will also be held at the venue on May 23rd.
Two other playoff matches – Qualifying 1 on May 20th and Eliminator on May 21st – will take place in Hyderabad, the home ground of 2024 runner-up Sunrise Hyderabad.
The season features a total of 74 games played over 65 days.
There are 12 double headers and the match will take place in 13 cities – 10 host cities and Guwahati, Visakhapatnam, Dharamsala.
The afternoon game starts at 3:30pm, while the evening game starts at IST from 7:30pm.
Group 1
Kolkata Night Rider
Royal Challenger Bengaluru
Rajasthan Royals
Chennai Super Kings
King of Punjab
Group 2
Sunrise Hyderabad
Delhi Capitals
Gujarat Titan
Mumbai Indians
Lucknow Super Giants
Last season’s runner-up, SRH will be holding 2008 champion Rajasthan Royals at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on March 23rd.
Later that night, the Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians are the two most successful teams in IPL history, each with five titles, and face off in Ma Chidambaram Stadium, the first doubleheader of IPL 2025. Masu.
CSK and MI will later meet in a reverse conflict at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 20th.
Delhi Capitals launched an IPL 2025 campaign against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Vishapatnam on March 24th, while 2022 Champions Gujarat Titans (GT) will be taking place on March 25th in Ahmedabad. ) is planning to open a campaign for ).
Visakhapatnam and Guwahati will hold two home matches, DC and RR respectively, while the Punjab Kings will play three home games at Dharamsala.
KKR and DC have yet to announce new captains for the IPL 2025 season.
Meanwhile, RCB has recently appointed Rajat Patidar as new captain, with Shrayas Iyer and Rishabh Pant as new skippers for PBK and LSG respectively.
