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IPL 2025 News, Schedule, Match Dates, Points Table, Results and Live Scores

IPL 2025 DatesMar — June 2025 (Tentative)
IPL Full ScheduleFull Schedule (Mar-June) ⬇️
IPL TeamsTeams Schedule & Final Squads
IPL CaptainsAll Captains List
StandingsIPL Points Table 2024
GroupsIPL Groups
Live ScoresIPL Live Score⚡ (LIVE)
Total Matches74 (including playoffs and finals)
Match Format20 Overs (T20)
Tournament FormatDouble round robin and playoffs
IPL TeamsChennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Titans, Kolkata Knight Riders, Lucknow Super Giants, Mumbai Indians, Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunrisers Hyderabad.

2025 IPL Schedule with Match List [Tentative Dates]

IPL 2025 tentative schedule is now posted, final and confirmed fixtures dates will be available as soon as BCCI announces.

Date / DayMatch DetailsTime
Mar 29, SatChennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Chennai Super Kings’s Home Stadium
Mar 30, SunChennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Chennai Super Kings’s Home Stadium
Mar 31, MonChennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Chennai Super Kings’s Home Stadium
Apr 01, TueChennai Super Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Chennai Super Kings’s Home Stadium
Apr 02, WedChennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Chennai Super Kings’s Home Stadium
Apr 03, ThuDelhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Delhi Capitals’s Home Stadium
Apr 04, FriDelhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Delhi Capitals’s Home Stadium
Apr 05, SatDelhi Capitals vs Lucknow Super Giants7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Delhi Capitals’s Home Stadium
Apr 06, SunDelhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Delhi Capitals’s Home Stadium
Apr 07, MonGujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Gujarat Titans’s Home Stadium
Apr 08, TueGujarat Titans vs Lucknow Super Giants7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Gujarat Titans’s Home Stadium
Apr 09, WedGujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Gujarat Titans’s Home Stadium
Apr 10, ThuKolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Kolkata Knight Riders’s Home Stadium
Apr 11, FriKolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Kolkata Knight Riders’s Home Stadium
Apr 12, SatLucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Lucknow Super Giants’s Home Stadium
Apr 13, SunLucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals3:30 PM IST / 10:00 AM GMT / 3:30 PM LOCAL
Lucknow Super Giants’s Home Stadium
Apr 13, SunPunjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Punjab Kings’s Home Stadium
Apr 14, MonRoyal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Home Stadium
Apr 15, TueRajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Rajasthan Royals’s Home Stadium
Apr 16, WedDelhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Delhi Capitals’s Home Stadium
Apr 17, ThuGujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Gujarat Titans’s Home Stadium
Apr 18, FriMumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Mumbai Indians’s Home Stadium
Apr 19, SatKolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad3:30 PM IST / 10:00 AM GMT / 3:30 PM LOCAL
Kolkata Knight Riders’s Home Stadium
Apr 19, SatLucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Lucknow Super Giants’s Home Stadium
Apr 20, SunRajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans3:30 PM IST / 10:00 AM GMT / 3:30 PM LOCAL
Rajasthan Royals’s Home Stadium
Apr 20, SunPunjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Punjab Kings’s Home Stadium
Apr 21, MonSunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Home Stadium
Apr 22, TueMumbai Indians vs Gujarat Titans7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Mumbai Indians’s Home Stadium
Apr 23, WedRoyal Challengers Bangalore vs Punjab Kings7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Home Stadium
Apr 24, ThuRajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Rajasthan Royals’s Home Stadium
Apr 25, FriSunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Home Stadium
Apr 26, SatGujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings3:30 PM IST / 10:00 AM GMT / 3:30 PM LOCAL
Gujarat Titans’s Home Stadium
Apr 26, SatKolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Kolkata Knight Riders’s Home Stadium
Apr 27, SunLucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals3:30 PM IST / 10:00 AM GMT / 3:30 PM LOCAL
Lucknow Super Giants’s Home Stadium
Apr 27, SunDelhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Delhi Capitals’s Home Stadium
Apr 28, MonMumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Mumbai Indians’s Home Stadium
Apr 29, TueRoyal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Home Stadium
Apr 30, WedChennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Chennai Super Kings’s Home Stadium
May 01, ThuRajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Rajasthan Royals’s Home Stadium
May 02, FriDelhi Capitals vs Lucknow Super Giants7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Delhi Capitals’s Home Stadium
May 03, SatKolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings3:30 PM IST / 10:00 AM GMT / 3:30 PM LOCAL
Kolkata Knight Riders’s Home Stadium
May 03, SatMumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Mumbai Indians’s Home Stadium
May 04, SunGujarat Titans vs Sunrisers Hyderabad3:30 PM IST / 10:00 AM GMT / 3:30 PM LOCAL
Gujarat Titans’s Home Stadium
May 04, SunRoyal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Home Stadium
May 05, MonLucknow Super Giants vs Kolkata Knight Riders7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Lucknow Super Giants’s Home Stadium
May 06, TuePunjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Punjab Kings’s Home Stadium
May 07, WedSunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Home Stadium
May 08, ThuRajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Rajasthan Royals’s Home Stadium
May 09, FriGujarat Titans vs Royal Challengers Bangalore7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Gujarat Titans’s Home Stadium
May 10, SatKolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad3:30 PM IST / 10:00 AM GMT / 3:30 PM LOCAL
Kolkata Knight Riders’s Home Stadium
May 10, SatMumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Mumbai Indians’s Home Stadium
May 11, SunDelhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals3:30 PM IST / 10:00 AM GMT / 3:30 PM LOCAL
Delhi Capitals’s Home Stadium
May 11, SunPunjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Punjab Kings’s Home Stadium
May 12, MonRoyal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Home Stadium
May 13, TueSunrisers Hyderabad vs Gujarat Titans7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Home Stadium
May 14, WedLucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Lucknow Super Giants’s Home Stadium
May 15, ThuChennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Chennai Super Kings’s Home Stadium
May 16, FriKolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Kolkata Knight Riders’s Home Stadium
May 17, SatRajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings3:30 PM IST / 10:00 AM GMT / 3:30 PM LOCAL
Rajasthan Royals’s Home Stadium
May 17, SatMumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Mumbai Indians’s Home Stadium
May 18, SunRoyal Challengers Bangalore vs Lucknow Super Giants3:30 PM IST / 10:00 AM GMT / 3:30 PM LOCAL
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Home Stadium
May 18, SunDelhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Delhi Capitals’s Home Stadium
May 19, MonSunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Home Stadium
May 20, TueChennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Chennai Super Kings’s Home Stadium
May 21, WedGujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Gujarat Titans’s Home Stadium
May 22, ThuPunjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Punjab Kings’s Home Stadium
May 23, FriRajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Rajasthan Royals’s Home Stadium
May 24, SatDelhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians3:30 PM IST / 10:00 AM GMT / 3:30 PM LOCAL
Delhi Capitals’s Home Stadium
May 24, SatLucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Lucknow Super Giants’s Home Stadium
May 25, SunRoyal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Home Stadium
May 27, Tue1st Place vs 2nd Place7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
May 28, Wed3rd Place vs 4th Place7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
May 30, FriWinner of Eliminator vs Loser of Qualifier 17:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Jun 01, SunWinner of Qualifier 1 vs Winner of Qualifier 27:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

IPL 2025 Points Table

Team M W L Pts RR N/R Tie
kkr
KKR (Q)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
srh
SRH (Q)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
rr
RR (Q)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
rcb
RCB (Q)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
csk
CSK
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
dc
DC
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
lsg
LSG
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
gt
GT
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
pbks
PBKS
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
mi
MI
0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IPL 2025 captains:

List for the previous year, upcoming captains list for IPL schedule with final entries will be updated ahead of tournament commencement.

  • Chennai Super Kings (CSK) – MS Dhoni
  • Delhi Capitals (DC) – David Warner
  • Gujarat Titans (GT) – Hardik Pandya
  • Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) – Nitish Rana / Shreyas Iyer
  • Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) – KL Rahul
  • Mumbai Indians (MI) – Rohit Sharma
  • Punjab Kings (PBKS) – Shikhar Dhawan (Captain)
  • Rajasthan Royals (RR) – Sanju Samson
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) – Aiden Markram
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore – Faf Du Plessis

10 Teams participating in IPL 2025

Chennai Super KingsCSK Team, Schedule, Match Dates & Squad
Delhi CapitalsDC Team, Schedule, Match Dates & Squad
Gujarat TitansGT Team, Schedule, Match Dates & Squad
Kolkata Knight RidersKKR Team, Schedule, Match Dates & Squad
Lucknow Super GiantsLSG Team, Schedule, Match Dates & Squad
Mumbai IndiansMI Team, Schedule, Match Dates & Squad
Punjab KingsPBKS Team, Schedule, Match Dates & Squad
Rajasthan RoyalsRR Team, Schedule, Match Dates & Squad
Royal Challengers BangaloreRCB Team, Schedule, Match Dates & Squad
Sunrisers HyderabadSRH Team, Schedule, Match Dates & Squad

Top 20 Buys from IPL 2025 Auction

Below is the list of the top 20 players bought during the IPL 2025 auction, along with their base prices and winning bids:

Player NameTeamWinning Bid (₹)
Rishabh PantLucknow Super Giants₹27,00,00,000
Shreyas IyerPunjab Kings₹26,75,00,000
Venkatesh IyerKolkata Knight Riders₹23,75,00,000
Arshdeep SinghPunjab Kings₹18,00,00,000 (RTM)
Yuzvendra ChahalPunjab Kings₹18,00,00,000
Jos ButtlerGujarat Titans₹15,75,00,000
KL RahulDelhi Capitals₹14,00,00,000
Trent BoultRajasthan Royals₹12,50,00,000
Jofra ArcherDelhi Capitals₹12,50,00,000
Josh HazlewoodChennai Super Kings₹12,50,00,000
Mohammad SirajGujarat Titans₹12,25,00,000
Mitchell StarcDelhi Capitals₹11,75,00,000
Phil SaltRajasthan Royals₹11,50,00,000
Ishan KishanSunrisers Hyderabad₹11,25,00,000
Marcus StoinisPunjab Kings₹11.00 Crore
Jitesh SharmaRoyal Challengers Bengaluru₹11.00 Crore
T. NatarajanDelhi Capitals₹10.75 Crore
Kagiso RabadaGujarat Titans₹10.75 Crore
Bhuvneshwar KumarRoyal Challengers Bengaluru₹10.75 Crore
Noor AhmadChennai Super Kings₹10.0 Crore

Top Unsold Players List at IPL 2025 Mega Auction

The following players went unsold during the auction:

  • Devdutt Padikkal
  • David Warner
  • Jonny Bairstow
  • Kartik Tyagi
  • Piyush Chawla
  • Shreyas Gopal
  • Waqar Salamkheil
  • Anmolpreet Singh
  • Yash Dhull
  • Utkarsh Singh
  • Upendra Singh Yadav

Complete Squads of Teams after IPL 2025 Auction

Chennai Super Kings (CSK Squad):

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Matheesha Pathirana, MS Dhoni, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Rachin Ravindra, R Ashwin, Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmed, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Shaik Rasheed, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Deepak Hooda, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddharth.

Mumbai Indians (MI Squad):

Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Karan Sharma, Deepak Chahar, Ryan Rickelton, Allah Ghazanfar, Will Jacks, Ashwani Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Reece Topley, KL Shrijith, Raj Angad Bawa, Bevon Jacobs, Venkata Penmetsa, Arjun Tendulkar, Lizaad Williams, Vignesh Puthur.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB Squad):

Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal, Liam Livingstone, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Jacob Bethell, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Devdutt Padikal, Swastik Chikara, Manoj Bhandage, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR Squad):

Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Anrich Nortje, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Luvnith Sisodia, Ajinkya Rahane, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Umran Malik.

Rajasthan Royals (RR Squad):

Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Tushar Deshpande, Nitish Rana, Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Singh, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kwena Maphaka, Kunal Rathore, Ashok Sharma.

Punjab Kings (PBKS Squad):

Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Nehal Wadhera, Harpreet Brar, Vishnu Vinod, Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Yash Thakur, Josh Inglis, Lockie Ferguson, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Sai Kishore, Harnoor Pannu, Kuldeep Sen, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Pyla Avinash, Pravin Dubey.

Delhi Capitals (DC Squad):

Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abhishek Porel, Mitchell Starc, KL Rahul, Harry Brook, Jake Fraser-Mcgurk, T Natrajan, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Faf Du Plessis, Darshan Markande, Vipraj Nigam, Dushmantha Chameera, Donovan Ferreira, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH Squad):

Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins, Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Atharva Taide, Abhinav Manohar, Simarjeet Singh, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Brydon Carse, Kamindu Mendis, Aniket Verma, Eshan Malinga, Sachin Baby.

Gujarat Titans (GT Squad):

Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Jos Buttler, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Nishant Sidhu, Mahipal Lomror, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar, Washington Sundar, Gerald Coetzee, Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Brar, Sherfane Rutherford, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Glenn Phillips, Matthew Breetzke, Karim Jannat.

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG Squad):

Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Ayush Badoni, Mohsin Khan, Rishabh Pant, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal, Akash Deep, Himmat Singh, M Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni.

18th Edition of Indian Premier League IPL 2025

The 2025 season of the Indian Premier League, abbreviated as IPL 18 or TATA IPL 2025, will be the 18th season of the IPL schedule. This year league will also be played in India with all 74+ matches across various venues. This year IPL edition will once again see 10 teams participating including Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Titans, Kolkata Knight Riders, Lucknow Super Giants, Mumbai Indians, Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunrisers Hyderabad.

The IPL 2025 mega auction list has a total of 590 players (with 370 Indian players and 220 overseas players) from which franchises will get their picks from. Amongst 590 players who have registered for the auction, 228 are capped players, 355 are uncapped players and 7 belong to Associate Nations.   

About the IPL schedule in India

IPL 2025 - All about the IPL League latest news, schedule, points table and venues

The Indian Premier League is a T20 league that takes place every year in our country and players from other countries including India also participate in this league. Teams participating in this league of cricket represent Indian cities or states. Matches are played between these teams and in the end the team that wins the final takes the title.

The BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) announced the start of the Indian Premier League in 2007 and the league was started only a year after that announcement.

A few months after the announcement of this league, the franchises of the teams of this league were sold. In the auction they started to take the franchise of the team, those who had bid more, they got the franchise of the teams. In this way the teams of Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mohali and Mumbai got their owners.

India’s popularity increased due to IPL

  • Due to the success of the IPL schedule, India’s identity has also increased further worldwide. Today, due to the IPL, India’s name is also counted in all the famous leagues happening in the sports world.
  • Cricketers from all over the world want to be a part of this cricket league of India and is a major part of India’s schedule because of 2-months window for this league alone. Due to which India has become the most popular in the business for cricketers.

Why the IPL proved best for India?

Promote new talent

Due to the IPL schedule, the young players of India today are getting a chance to showcase their skills and at this time very capable young players of the country are able to play with the players of their country and other countries and learn a lot from them. These youngsters end up playing for the country too.

Economy of the country benefits

Due to the IPL, the country is getting many benefits as well, due to this the economy of the country is growing and people from other countries are coming to India to watch these sports, so that tourism of the country is also Getting a boost.

Stats that matter

  • Mumbai Indians have the highest number of wins in IPL schedule (107 wins) followed by Chennai Super Kings (100 wins) and Kolkata Knight Riders (92 wins).
  • In 2012, Chris Gayle had scored the highest individual score of 173* runs against Pune Warriors India. He smashed bowlers all over the park and ended the team score to 263 which is also the highest team score in a T20 match.
  • Virat Kohli and AB De Villiers shared the highest partnership of 229 runs against Gujarat Lions with both of them scoring a ton each.
  • KL Rahul made the fastest fifty in IPL of just 14 balls. He scored that half ton against Delhi Capitals playing for Kings XI Punjab.
  • Lasit Malinga is the leading wicket taker in IPL history. He has severed Mumbai Indians a lot and leads the bowling department of MI from front.
  • Experienced bowler Amit Mishra who plays for Delhi Capitals has taken the most number of hat tricks in IPL history.
  • Virat Kohli had scored 4 centuries in a single season and also ended up scoring the most runs (973) in a single IPL schedule season but unfortunately couldn’t take the team to IPL victory. He is also the leading run scorer of all IPL seasons.

Controversy associated with the IPL schedule

  • During the 2013 league, match fixing was done due to which two teams were banned and these teams were Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals. Apart from these teams, many players were also banned from participating in this league. However, the banned teams have returned to the league of 2018.
  • In the year 2013, the owners of IPL schedule franchise team Pune Warriors India (PWI) gave up their franchise. Because the fee for taking the franchise was not paid by the owners of this team.
  • Lalit Modi’s biggest hand was behind starting the IPL schedule and he used to be the President of IPL. But Modi was expelled from the IPL for his involvement in betting and money laundering and is currently living in another country.

Interesting Facts About the IPL Schedule 

  • IPL matches are broadcast in about 18 countries around the world, while Hotstar holds the rights to broadcast IPL schedule over the Internet.
  • The duration of a player’s contract is one year, but the franchisee can extend his player’s contract for two years if he wishes.
  • A team of IPL can have 18 to 25 players, out of which a team can have a maximum of 8 foreign players.
  • Deccan Chargers, Gujarat Lions, Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Pune Warriors India and Rising Pune Supergiant used to be IPL teams at one time but now these teams are not part of IPL schedule.
  • The IPL Governing Council is responsible for all the functions of this tournament and the members of this council are Rajeev Shukla, Ajay Shirki, Sourav Ganguly, Anurag Thakur and Anirudh Chaudhary.
  • No Pakistan players have the right to participate in the IPL. However, at the time when the IPL schedule started, Pakistan had players in many teams at that time. But later players of this country were banned for taking them in the IPL.

When the IPL schedule was started in our country, nobody expected this league to be so successful at that time. But this league has gradually become very famous all over the world including India and the future of this league is very promising.

IPL Schedule Winners [2008 – 2025]

YearWinner
2025TBC
2024Kolkata Knight Riders
2023Chennai Super Kings
2022Gujarat Titans
2021Chennai Super Kings
2020Mumbai Indians
2019Mumbai Indians
2018Chennai Super Kings
2017Mumbai Indians
2016Sunrisers Hyderabad
2015Mumbai Indians
2014Kolkata Knight Riders
2013Mumbai Indians
2012Kolkata Knight Riders
2011Chennai Super Kings
2010Chennai Super Kings
2009Deccan Chargers
2008Rajasthan Royals