IPL 2025 Official Schedule: Check Groups, Venue, Timings, Start Date, And Other Key Details

The 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) will attract cricket enthusiasts with its 18th season, from March 22 to May 25, 2025. This season, 10 teams have participated in 74 games in 13 games across India.

The tournament will begin with an exciting opening match between the defending champion, Kolkata Cavaliers and the Royal Challenger of Kolkata’s iconic Eden.

It is worth noting that Eden will also hold its final on May 25, which is its third time as an IPL final venue. Fans can look forward to 13 double-headed matches, scheduled for 3:30 pm and IST at 7:30 pm.

In this article, we will take a closer look at the detailed schedule, group composition, venue, game time and other key aspects of IPL 2025.

IPL 2025 Timetable: Key Date and Match Fixture

The IPL 2025 season will begin on Saturday, March 22, with the Kolkata Cavaliers riders, the defending champion, facing the Royal Challenger Bangalore in Eden in Kolkata. Here is a list of upcoming IPL 2025 matches:

match

date

Fixing device

time

site

1

Saturday, March 22

KKR vs RCB

7:30 pm

Kolkata

2

March 23, the sun

SRH vs RR

3:30 pm

Hyderabad

3

March 23, the sun

CSK vs MI

7:30 pm

Chennai

4

Monday, March 24

DC and LSG

7:30 pm

Visakhapatnam

5

Tuesday, March 25

GT and PBK

7:30 pm

Ahmedabad

6

Wednesday, March 26

RR and KKR

7:30 pm

Guwahati

7

Thursday, March 27

SRH VS LSG

7:30 pm

Hyderabad

8

Friday, March 28

CSK and RCB

7:30 pm

Chennai

9

Saturday, March 29

GT vs mi

7:30 pm

Ahmedabad

10

March 30, the sun

DC and SRH

3:30 pm

Visakhapatnam

11

March 30, the sun

RR and CSK

7:30 pm

Guwahati

12

Monday, March 31

Mi vs KKR

7:30 pm

Mumbai

13

Tuesday, April 1

LSG and PBK

7:30 pm

Lucknow

14

Wednesday, April 2

RCB and GT

7:30 pm

Bengaluru

15

Thursday, April 3

KKR vs SRH

7:30 pm

Kolkata

16

Friday, April 4

LSG vs MI

7:30 pm

Lucknow

17

Saturday, April 5

CSK and DC

3:30 pm

Chennai

18

Saturday, April 5

PBKS vs RR

7:30 pm

New Chandigarh

19

April 6, the sun

KKR vs LSG

3:30 pm

Kolkata

20

April 6, the sun

SRH vs GT

7:30 pm

Hyderabad

twenty one

Monday, April 7

Mi vs RCB

7:30 pm

Mumbai

twenty two

Tuesday, April 8

PBK vs CSK

7:30 pm

New Chandigarh

twenty three

Wednesday, April 9

GT vs RR

7:30 pm

Ahmedabad

twenty four

Thursday, April 10

RCB and DC

7:30 pm

Bengaluru

25

Friday, April 11

CSK vs KKR

7:30 pm

Chennai

26

Saturday, April 12

LSG and GT

3:30 pm

Lucknow

27

Saturday, April 12

SRH and PBK

7:30 pm

Hyderabad

28

April 13, the sun

RR and RCB

3:30 pm

Jaipur

29

April 13, the sun

DC and MI

7:30 pm

Delhi

30

Monday, April 14

LSG and CSK

7:30 pm

Lucknow

31

Tuesday, April 15

PBK vs KKR

7:30 pm

New Chandigarh

32

Wednesday, April 16

DC and RR

7:30 pm

Delhi

33

Thursday, April 17

mi vs srh

7:30 pm

Mumbai

34

Friday, April 18

RCB and PBK

7:30 pm

Bengaluru

35

Saturday, April 19

GT and DC

3:30 pm

Ahmedabad

36

Saturday, April 19

RR VS LSG

7:30 pm

Jaipur

37

April 20, the sun

PBK vs RCB

3:30 pm

New Chandigarh

38

April 20, the sun

Mi vs CSK

7:30 pm

Mumbai

39

Monday, April 21

KKR vs GT

7:30 pm

Kolkata

40

Tuesday, April 22

LSG and DC

7:30 pm

Lucknow

41

Wednesday, April 23

SRH vs MI

7:30 pm

Hyderabad

42

Thursday, April 24

RCB vs RR

7:30 pm

Bengaluru

43

Friday, April 25

CSK vs SRH

7:30 pm

Chennai

44

Saturday, April 26

KKR vs PBK

7:30 pm

Kolkata

45

April 27, the sun

Mi vs LSG

3:30 pm

Mumbai

46

April 27, the sun

DC and RCB

7:30 pm

Delhi

47

Monday, April 28

RR and GT

7:30 pm

Jaipur

48

Tuesday, April 29

DC and KKR

7:30 pm

Delhi

49

Wednesday, April 30

CSK vs PBK

7:30 pm

Chennai

50

Thursday, May 1

RR VS MI

7:30 pm

Jaipur

51

Friday, May 2

GT vs SRH

7:30 pm

Ahmedabad

52

Saturday, May 3

RCB and CSK

7:30 pm

Bengaluru

53

May 4th, the sun

KKR vs RR

3:30 pm

Kolkata

54

May 4th, the sun

PBKS vs LSG

7:30 pm

Daram Sara

55

Monday, May 5

SRH vs DC

7:30 pm

Hyderabad

56

Tuesday, May 6

mi vs gt

7:30 pm

Mumbai

57

Wednesday, May 7

KKR vs CSK

7:30 pm

Kolkata

58

Thursday, May 8

PBK vs DC

7:30 pm

Daram Sara

59

Friday, May 9

LSG and RCB

7:30 pm

Lucknow

60

Saturday, May 10

SRH vs KKR

7:30 pm

Hyderabad

61

May 11, the sun

PBK vs MI

3:30 pm

Daram Sara

62

May 11, the sun

DC and GT

7:30 pm

Delhi

63

Monday, May 12

CSK vs RR

7:30 pm

Chennai

64

Tuesday, May 13

RCB vs SRH

7:30 pm

Bengaluru

65

Wednesday, May 14

GT vs LSG

7:30 pm

Ahmedabad

66

Thursday, May 15

Mi vs DC

7:30 pm

Mumbai

67

Friday, May 16

RR and PBK

7:30 pm

Jaipur

68

Saturday, May 17

RCB and KKR

7:30 pm

Bengaluru

69

May 18, the sun

GT and CSK

3:30 pm

Ahmedabad

70

May 18, the sun

LSG and SRH

7:30 pm

Lucknow

71

Tuesday, May 20

Qualifier 1

7:30 pm

Hyderabad

72

Wednesday, May 21

Elimination device

7:30 pm

Hyderabad

73

Friday, May 23

Qualifier 2

7:30 pm

Kolkata

74

May 25, the sun

The final

7:30 pm

Kolkata

IPL 2025 Timetable: Teams and Groups

In IPL 2025, each team will play against the team twice in the group and once against most teams of the other team, except for one designated opponent, they will play twice.

The first four teams at the end of the league phase will be eligible for the playoffs. The first two teams will compete in qualifying match 1 in Hyderabad on May 20, with the winner going directly to the final in Kolkata on May 25.

The third and fourth teams will play the knockout match. The winner of this match will then face the loser of qualifier 1 in qualifier 2, which will determine the second-place final.

  • Group A: Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Punjab Kings (PBKS), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
  • Group B: Mumbai Indians (MI), Gujarat Titans (GT), Delhi Capital (DC), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

IPL 2025 Venue: List of Stadiums to host the competition

IPL 2025 will be held in 13 venues in India. Each of the ten franchises has a family stadium. Additionally, some teams will separate home games between the two venues.

Stadium hosting IPL 2025 competitions:

  1. Ma Chidambaram Stadium (Chennai)
  2. Narendra Modi Stadium (Ahmedabad)
  3. Garden of Eden (Kolkata)
  4. Arun Jaitley Stadium (New Delhi)
  5. brsabv ekana stadium (Lucknow)
  6. Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai)
  7. Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium (New Chandigarh, Mullanpur)
  8. Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Jaipur)
  9. M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bangaluru)
  10. Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (Hedrabah)
  11. Himaal Pang Cricket Association Stadium (Dharamsala)
  12. Barsapara Cricket Stadium (Guwahati)
  13. Visakhapatnam

Three teams will play home games in two different venues:

  • Delhi Capital (DC) will play home games in Visakhapatnam and New Delhi.
  • Rajasthan Royals (RR) will play home games in Guwahati and Jaipur.
  • The Punjab Kings (PBKS) will play home games in New Chandigarh and Dharam Sara.

The final will be held in Kolkata. Qualifiers 1 and Eliminations will be played in Hyderabad, while Kolkata will host qualifiers.

Matching time and double heads: When to watch IPL 2025?

The IPL 2025 season is scheduled to begin on March 22, 2025, with the opening match to play against Bengaluru, the Royal Challenger of Eden in Kolkata.

The match will include 74 matches and is scheduled to end in the final on May 25, 2025.

Match time

  • Afternoon competition: Starting from 3:30 pm
  • Evening match: Starting from 7:30 pm

Double-headed

The match will feature 12 double-headed matches, where two matches will be played on the same day. The first double header will be held on March 23, 2025:

  • Afternoon match: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs. Rajasthan Royals at 3:30 pm IST
  • Evening match: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians at 7:30 pm IST.

Where to watch the IPL 2025 live broadcast? Streaming and broadcast details

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