IPL 2025 Revised Schedule Highlights: IPL back on May 17 with RCB vs KKR; BCCI announces fresh dates; final on June 3

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: Teams on Sunday were reported to be contacting their overseas players and coaching staff about returning, with website ESPNcricinfo saying the IPL could restart around May 15 if given the go-ahead by the government.

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: IPL is expected to resume next week across four venues, with the specific locations still to be finalised. The venues for the playoffs are expected to remain unchanged.

"IPL will restart next week, in four venues. The venues will be shortlisted soon, and the venues of the qualifier, eliminator and finals are likely to remain the same," a BCCI official told ANI.

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: With Ricky Ponting galvanising the team from a nervous situation, it could push the squad to do something special in this IPL. In the first season of Shreyas Iyer and Ricky Ponting era, Punjab stand on the cusp of its first play-off berth since 2014.

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: A cessation of hostilities between India and Pakistan was announced on Saturday evening, and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Devajit Saikia confirmed on Sunday that the board would "announce the date of IPL's restart" once they consult with all stakeholders and government authorities.

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: Jitesh Sharma was in line to captain RCB against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on Friday, but the BCCI announced a one-week suspension of the IPL on May 8. Sharma expressed his gratitude for the chance to captain RCB, highlighting its significance for him and his family. He mentioned the challenge of deciding the right team combination, especially with Devdutt Padikkal and Rajat unavailable, emphasising the weight of responsibility in filling their roles.

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: A total of 12 League stage matches and four play-off stage matches are yet to be played in the tournament. If only four venues are chosen to host the remaining 16 games then Delhi Capitals, Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians will miss out on their home games. It means the remainder of the tournament will be restricted to Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Lucknow.

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: Meanwhile, Virat Kohli has announced his retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect. He posted a note on Instagram talking about his Test journey. 

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is awaiting the Government's nod before beginning resumption plans for the IPL. Speaking to Hindustan Times, BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia said that the Indian Cricket Board is closely monitoring the "evolving situation" and will consult all the necessary stakeholders before deciding to resume the 18th edition of the T20 tournament.

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: Gujarat Titans remained the only team not to fully disband, with only their overseas players Jos Buttler and Gerald Coetzee returning to England and South Africa, respectively. Most of the squad and support staff stayed in Ahmedabad, the franchise's home city, to continue training at the Narendra Modi Stadium.

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: Suryakumar Yadav currently holds the Orange Cap with 510 runs in 12 matches while the Titans' openers, B Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill, occupy the second and third spots with 509 and 508 runs respectively. Last year's winner Virat Kohli is also in contention with 505 runs so far this season.

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: RCB captain Rajat Patidar, is currently recovering from a finger injury, Patidar suffered the injury while fielding during RCB's home game against CSK on May 3, as per a report from ESPNcricinfo on Sunday.

He was recommended to use a splint to safeguard the finger and avoid training for a minimum of 10 days before evaluating the injury

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: BCCI vice president Rajeev Shukla stated that BCCI officials are actively working on the situation and assured that the tournament would be restarted soon.

"No decision has been taken yet. The BCCI officials are working on the situation. The tournament was suspended for a week, and yesterday there was a ceasefire....The tournament will be restarted soon," Shukla told reporters on Sunday.

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: Cricket Australia is expected to back players who choose not to participate in the remainder of IPL 2025 when it resumes next week. According to The Age, some Australian players have been affected by recent developments and may be reluctant to return to India. The report also notes concerns among players about potential backlash from the BCCI, which could impact their future involvement in the IPL.

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: It will be interesting to see whether Cricket South Africa will allow their players to return for the resumption, as they also have to prepare for the World Test Championship final against Australia. They are also scheduled to play Zimbabwe in a warm-up fixture in the first week of June for their build-up to the WTC final.

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: Mitchell Starc, who touched down in Sydney on Sunday alongside wife Alyssa Healy, declined to speak to the media. However, his manager later told Australia's Nine News that the left-arm quick might not return to the IPL if the tournament resumes.

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: The franchises have already called back their players as they have to reassemble their squad at their home venue, as the revised schedule will be out anytime soon. All players of Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders, Punjab Kings have reached their respective hometowns in India or abroad after IPL 2025 was halted for a week due to military tension between India and Pakistan. 

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: It is possible that the two teams will be awarded a point each. Punjab Kings had raced to 122 for 1 in 10.1 overs when the game in Dharamsala had to be stopped due to heightened tension between India and Pakistan.

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: Josh Hazlewood might not return to play IPL due to a shoulder niggle. He has already travelled back home, and it is highly unlikely for him to return, considering the conditioning camp in the UK in the first week of June ahead of the World Test Championship (WTC) final against South Africa. It is going to be a massive blow for RCB as he has been their leader wicket-taker this season with 18 scalps.

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: Ricky Ponting had the option to fly back to Australia but he chose not to, making a last-minute disembarkation from the Qantas plane packed with anxious passengers. Ponting stayed back in Delhi but he also ensured that the PBKS' foreign players, who were edgy considering the possibility of a full scale war between two nuclear-armed countries, were convinced about returning to India with the event likely to resume later in the week.

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: Gujarat Titans have not waited for the updated schedule and already resumed training on Sunday in preparation for the remainder of the season. They are eager to stay ahead of the competition and are focused on finishing in the top two after the league stage to get an advantage in the playoffs.

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: The BCCI might go ahead with more double headers in the reschedule to cover up the time lost in the forced break. It is going to be an hectic but intense last leg of IPL.

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals, and Sunrisers Hyderabad are already out of the playoffs race and with seven teams still in contention, it is expected to be a fiery final stage when the tournament resumes.

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: According to a report on news agency PTI, here won't be any change in the venue for Qualifier I and Eliminator that Hyderabad was supposed to host but Kolkata may miss out on hosting the final, most likely on June 1, due to rain forecast on that day in the city.

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: Gujarat Titans currently top the table with 16 points and an impressive net run rate (NRR) of 0.793. They're closely followed by Royal Challengers Bengaluru, who also have 16 points but a lower NRR of 0.482. Punjab Kings trail slightly with 15 points, while Mumbai Indians (14), Delhi Capitals (13), Kolkata Knight Riders (11), and Lucknow Super Giants (10) are all still in the mix.

IPL 2025 Revised Schedule LIVE Updates: It is highly likely for the BCCI to choose specific venues for the remainder of IPL, with  Delhi Capitals, Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians expected to miss out on their home games. It means the remainder of the tournament will be restricted to Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Lucknow.