IPL 2025 Schedule Announced: KKR vs RCB to Kick Off the Season! Check IPL New Rules Here

The 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) is scheduled to start on March 21, with the final plan starting on May 25, 2025. Ten teams will compete in 74 games in two months this season.

The IPL 2025 timeline was announced on the evening of February 16, 2025. The IPL 2025 season will begin on Saturday, March 22, with the Kolkata Cavaliers riders as the defending champion facing Royal Challenger Bangalore in Eden in Kolkata.

In addition, the BCCI Council of India (BCCI) has introduced new regulations for the 2025-2027 season. In this article, we will review the opening venue, the start date and the code of conduct for new players set by the ICC.

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IPL 2025 timetable release: key date and update

IPL 2025 will begin on March 21, 2025 and until May 25, 2025, with a total of 74 games planned in the two months.

  • Start date: March 21, 2025
  • End date: May 25, 2025
  • Total team: 10
  • Total matches: 74

According to recent reports, Rajasthan Royals and the Delhi Capital will compete in all their IPL matches.

The Delhi capital will play two home games in Vizag, while the timeline for the Rajasthan Royals has not been disclosed. It is speculated that RR may play home games they have played before in Guwahati.

IPL 2025 Timetable: Competition

Royal Challenger Bangalore is reportedly taking over as Kolkata Knights rider in the IPL 2025 opening race in Eden Kolkata. The second match of the match is expected to feature Sunrisers Hyderabad against Rajasthan Royals.

According to the latest update, the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad will host qualifying matches 1 and Eliminator, while the finale of IPL 2025 will be held at Eden Gardens on March 25.

Meanwhile, the five-time champion Mumbai Indians and the 2022 champion Gujarat Titans may play their first home games on March 31 and March 25 respectively. The highly anticipated conflict between the Mumbai Indians and the Chennai Super King is expected to take place on March 23 in Chepauk.

Here is the IPL 2025 matching list in table format:

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: Venue

Venues include:

  • Ahmedabad (Narendra Modi Stadium)
  • Bangalore (M Chinnaswamy Stadium)
  • Chennai (Ma Chidambaram Stadium)
  • Delhi (Aron Jatley Stadium)
  • Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium)
  • Jaipur (Sawai Mansingh Stadium)
  • Kolkata (Eden)
  • Lucknow (brsabv ekana stadium)
  • Wankhede Stadium
  • Mullanpur (Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium)
  • Guwahati (Barsapara Stadium)
  • Dharamsala (Himal Pang Cricket Association Stadium)

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New rules in IPL 2025: Retention policies, auction wallets and RTM updates

After a fruitful discussion with owners of all 10 franchises at the BCCI headquarters in July, the Indian Premier League (IPL) Ruling Committee (GC) convened in Bangalore today to finalize the TATA IPL Player Regulation 2025-2027.

The following decision was made at the IPL Council meeting:

  • The IPL franchise can retain 6 players from existing teams. This can be done by retaining or using the Right to Match (RTM) option.
  • The choice of a combination of retention and RTM is determined by the IPL franchise. 6 reserved/RTM can have up to 5 cap players (India and overseas) and up to 2 uncapped players.
  • The auction bags for the franchise have been set to INR 12 billion for IPL 2025. Now, the total salary will include auction bags, incremental performance salary and competition expenses. Previously, in 2024, the total salary cap (auction wallet + incremental performance salary) was Rs. 110 CRS will now be Rs. 146 CRS (2025), Rs. 151 crs (2026) and Rs. 157 CRS (2027).
  • In the history of IPL, the game fee was introduced for the first time. Each match member (including the impact player) will receive a match fee of INR 750,000 per match. This will be a supplement to his contract amount.
  • Any overseas player must register for a large auction. If an overseas player is not registered, he will not be eligible to register in the second year player auction.
  • Any player who registers in the player auction and is selected in the auction will make themselves unavailable before the start of the season and will be banned from participating in the game and the player auction for 2 seasons.
  • If the player has a starting XI (test match, ODI, Twenty20 International) in the last five calendar years before the relevant season or has no central contract with BCCI. This applies only to Indian players.
  • Impact Player regulations will continue in the 2025-2027 cycle.