IPL 2025 Schedule: IPL Schedule Date, Time, Fixtures, Teams, Venue details announced

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the schedule for IPL 2025 on Sunday, February 16. The tournament will kick off on March 22 with defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders taking on Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

The iconic venue in the City of Joy is also going to host Qualifier 2 on May 23 and the final on May 25. Eden Gardens will be hosting the summit clash for the first time since 2015. The stadium had hosted the IPL final for the first time in 2013. The other two playoffs - Qualifier 1 on May 20 and the Eliminator on May 21 - will be played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, which is the home ground of 2024 runners-up Sunrisers Hyderabad.

74 matches will be played in IPL 2025 across 65 days with 12 double-headers. The second day of the tournament will see a double-header on Sunday (March 23) with Sunrisers hosting Rajasthan Royals in the afternoon fixture. This will be followed by IPL's El-Clasico, as Chennai Super Kings host Mumbai Indians at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in a clash between two five-times champions.

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Royals, Delhi Capitals, Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans will play three afternoon matches each, while the other seven teams will play two day matches each.

There are 13 venues listed in the schedule: the primary home bases of each of the 10 teams along with Guwahati (Royals' second home venue), Visakhapatnam (Capitals' second home venue) and Dharamsala (Punjab's second home venue). Guwahati and Visakhapatnam will host two games each. Meanwhile, three games will be played at the picturesque Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala.

The Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers, Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings are placed in one group. The other group comprises Sunrisers, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Titans, Mumbai and Lucknow. Teams will meet the other teams in their group - and one team in the other group - determined by seeding - twice, and the other four teams in the opposite group once. For example, CSK and Mumbai will face each other twice despite not being part of the same group.

Here's the Full Schedule -