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

The 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to begin on March 21, with the final scheduled for May 25, 2025. This season will feature ten teams competing in 74 matches over two months. 

The schedule for the IPL 2025 was announced on February 16, 2025 evening. The IPL 2025 season will begin on Saturday, March 22, with Kolkata Knight Riders, the defending champions, facing Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Furthermore, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has introduced new regulations for the 2025-2027 seasons. In this article, we’ll take a look at the opening venue, start date and the new Players' Code of Conduct set by the ICC.

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IPL 2025 Schedule Released: Key Dates And Updates

The IPL 2025 is going to begin on March 21, 2025, running until May 25, 2025, with a total of 74 matches scheduled to be played during those two months. 

• Start Date: March 21, 2025
• End Date: May 25, 2025
• Total Teams: 10
• Total Matches: 74 

According to recent reports, the Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals will play all their IPL matches away from their home grounds. 

The Delhi Capitals will play two of their home games in Vizag, while the schedule for the Rajasthan Royals is yet to be disclosed. It is speculated that RR may play their home games in Guwahati, where they have played before.

IPL 2025 Schedule: Matches

According to reports, Royal Challengers Bengaluru will take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening match of IPL 2025 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The second match of the tournament is expected to feature Sunrisers Hyderabad facing Rajasthan Royals.

As per the latest updates, Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad will host Qualifier 1 and the Eliminator, while the grand finale of IPL 2025 is set to take place on March 25 at Eden Gardens.

Meanwhile, five-time champions Mumbai Indians and 2022 winners Gujarat Titans are likely to play their first home matches on March 31 and March 25, respectively. The much-anticipated clash between arch-rivals Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings is expected to take place on March 23 at Chepauk.

Here is the IPL 2025 match list in tabular format:

IPL 2025 Schedule: Venue

Venues Include:

• Ahmedabad (Narendra Modi Stadium)
• Bengaluru (M Chinnaswamy Stadium)
• Chennai (MA Chidambaram Stadium)
• Delhi (Arun Jaitley Stadium)
• Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium)
• Jaipur (Sawai Mansingh Stadium)
• Kolkata (Eden Gardens)
• Lucknow (BRSABV Ekana Stadium)
• Mumbai (Wankhede Stadium)
• Mullanpur (Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium)
• Guwahati (Barsapara Stadium)
• Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium)

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New Rules in IPL 2025: Retention Policy, Auction Purse, and RTM Updates

After a productive discussion with the owners of all 10 franchises in July at the BCCI Headquarters, the Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council (GC) convened in Bengaluru today to finalise the TATA IPL Player Regulations for 2025-2027.

The following decisions were taken in the IPL Governing Council meeting:

• The IPL franchises can retain a total of 6 players from their existing squad. This can be either via retention or by using the Right to Match (RTM) option.
• It is at the discretion of the IPL franchise to choose their combination for Retentions and RTMs. The 6 retentions / RTM’s can have a maximum of 5 capped players (Indian & Overseas) and a maximum of 2 uncapped players.
• The auction purse for the franchises has been set at INR 120 Crore for IPL 2025. The total salary cap will now consist of auction purse, incremental performance pay and match fees. Previously in 2024, the total salary cap (auction purse + incremental performance pay) was Rs. 110 Crs which will now be Rs. 146 Crs (2025), Rs. 151 Crs (2026) and Rs. 157 Crs (2027).
• A match fee has been introduced for the first time in the history of IPL. Each Playing member (Including the Impact Player) will get a match fee of INR 7.5 Lakhs per match. This will be in addition to his contracted amount.
• Any Overseas Player will have to register for the Big Auction. In case the overseas player doesn't register, then he will be ineligible to register in the following year’s player auction.
• Any player who registers in the player auction and after getting picked at the auction, makes himself unavailable before the start of the season, will get banned from participating in the tournament and player auction for 2 Seasons.
• A capped Indian player will become uncapped, if the player has in the last five calendar years preceding the year in which the relevant Season is held, not played in the starting XI in International Cricket (Test match, ODI, Twenty20 International) or does not have a Central Contract with BCCI. This will be applicable for Indian Players only.
• The Impact Player Regulation will continue for the 2025 to 2027 cycle.

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