IPL 2025 Schedule Highlights: KKR vs RCB to kickstart 18th edition on March 22, final on May 25 in Kolkata

IPL 2025 Schedule Highlights: The schedule of the IPL 2025 season has been announced, with KKR vs RCB and CSK vs MI headline games on the first two days.

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IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: BCCI has announced the fixtures for the 18th edition of the tournament, with KKR taking on RCB in the opening match on March 22.

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IPL 2025 Schedule Highlights: The IPL schedule was announced today after a long wait from the auction, with all of the ten franchises and their die-hard fans learning what the schedule will look like for them in 2025 in the first year of the new cycle. Kolkata Knight Riders will open the 18th edition against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Eden Gardens, as BCCI continues to stick with the tradition of defending champions opening the tournament. ...Read More

 

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• Feb 16, 2025 06:48 pm IST

  IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: That's all from us — see you on March 22!

  IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: Plenty of cricket left internationally and domestically before the IPL begins in just about 5 weeks, but you can already feel the buzz in the air with the match-ups announced.

  Thank you for following along with our blog of the IPL 2025 fixtures — back with the IPL live coverage when it all kicks off at the Eden Gardens on March 22!
• Feb 16, 2025 06:44 pm IST

  IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: Any early predictions based on the fixtures?

  IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: Always risky to try and make predictions about IPL seasons right after a mega-auction that shakes things up this much. Every team starts largely on an even keel, and as such it's difficult to call any sort of fixture list ‘difficult’ or ‘easy’.

  In any case, we hope you have marked down the dates for when your favourite teams and favourite players are in town. Entertainment and good cricket are the only promises in any IPL season.

Feb 16, 2025 06:33 pm IST

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: Defending champions KKR's fixture list

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: Fixture list for the defending champions:

March 22 – vs RCB – Kolkata

March 26 – vs RR – Guwahati

March 31 – vs MI – Mumbai

April 3 – vs SRH – Kolkata

April 6 – vs LSG – Kolkata

April 11 – vs CSK – Chennai

April 15 – vs PBKS – New Chandigarh

April 21 – vs GT – Kolkata

April 26 – vs PBKS – Kolkata

April 29 – vs DC – Delhi

May 6 – vs RR – Kolkata

May 7 – vs CSK – Kolkata

May 10 – vs SRH – Hyderabad

Feb 16, 2025 06:21 pm IST

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: RCB fixture list in IPL 2025

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: RCB's fixture list

March 22 – vs KKR – Kolkata

March 28 – vs CSK – Chennai

April 2 – vs Gujarat Titans – Bengaluru

April 7 – vs MI – Mumbai

April 10 – vs Delhi Capitals – Bengaluru

April 13 – vs Rajasthan Royals – Jaipur

April 18 – vs Punjab Kings – Bengaluru

April 20 – vs Punjab Kings – Mullanpur

April 24 – vs Rajasthan Royals – Bengaluru

April 27 – vs Delhi Capitals – Delhi

May 3 – vs CSK – Bengaluru

May 9 – vs Lucknow Super Giants – Lucknow

May 13 – vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Bengaluru

May 17 – vs KKR – Bengaluru

Feb 16, 2025 06:18 pm IST

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: MI's fixtures in IPL 2025

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: MI's fictures:

March 23 – vs Chennai Super Kings – Chennai

March 29 – vs Gujarat Titans – Ahmedabad

March 31 – vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Mumbai

April 4 – vs Lucknow Super Giants – Lucknow

April 7 – vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – Mumbai

April 13 – vs Delhi Capitals – Delhi

April 17 – vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Mumbai

April 20 – vs Chennai Super Kings – Mumbai

April 23 – vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Hyderabad

April 27 – vs Lucknow Super Giants – Mumbai

May 1 – vs Rajasthan Royals – Jaipur

May 6 – vs Gujarat Titans – Mumbai

May 11 – vs Punjab Kings – Dharamsala

May 15 – vs Delhi Capitals – Mumbai

Feb 16, 2025 06:06 pm IST

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: CSK fixture list

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: CSK fixture list

March 23 (Sunday) – vs Mumbai Indians (MI) in Chennai

March 28 (Friday) – vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in Chennai

March 30 (Sunday) – vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Guwahati

April 5 (Saturday) – vs Delhi Capitals (DC) in Chennai

April 8 (Tuesday) – vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Mullanpur

April 11 (Friday) – vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Chennai

April 14 (Monday) – vs Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Lucknow

April 20 (Sunday) – vs Mumbai Indians (MI) in Mumbai

April 25 (Friday) – vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Chennai

April 30 (Wednesday) – vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Chennai

May 3 (Saturday) – vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in Bengaluru

May 7 (Wednesday) – vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Kolkata

May 12 (Monday) – vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Chennai

May 18 (Sunday) – vs Gujarat Titans (GT) in Ahmedabad

Feb 16, 2025 05:50 pm IST

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: RCB to play CSK twice, end season at home to KKR

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: A quick look at RCB's schedule as well. They start against KKR, but their next match will be a big rivalry match on 28 March in Chennai against CSK. RCB will host CSK this season as well, on 3 May.

A return to Delhi on the cards for Virat Kohli, with DC not having hosted RCB last year. DC vs RCB on 27 April in Delhi, with a raucous crowd maybe cheering more for their local hero than their local team.

Feb 16, 2025 05:46 pm IST

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: First match for every team

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: Here are the five opening matches, with all 10 teams featuring:

KKR vs RCB in Kolkata, 22/3

SRH vs RR in Hyderabad, 23/3

CSK vs MI in Chennai, 23/3

DC vs LSG in Vizag, 24/3

GT vs PBKS in AHmedabad, 25/3

Feb 16, 2025 05:35 pm IST

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: CSK vs MI on opening weekend, Pant's LSG debut vs Delhi

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: The evening match in the double header on March 23 will be a mouth-watering matchup between Chennai and Mumbai Indians at the Chepauk, with the teams set to face off against each other once again on April 20.

Meanwhile, Rishabh Pant's first game at Lucknow Super Giants will be an away match vs Delhi Capitals — what could have been a return to loyal fans in Delhi, but instead will be played in Vizag.

Feb 16, 2025 05:33 pm IST

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: KKR vs RCB confirmed as opener and final host

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: And the official announcement is here, Eden Gardens will host the opener and the final. Hyderabad to host two matches in the playoffs as well.

Feb 16, 2025 05:20 pm IST

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: 10 minutes from the show

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: Only 10 minutes left before the schedules are announced. Get your pencils ready to mark out the crucial matches in this season and keep an eye out for the Sunday doubleheaders. Non-stop entertainment on those particular days.

Feb 16, 2025 05:05 pm IST

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: Delhi to play 2 matches in Vizag

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: Just like in 2024, Delhi will adopt Vizag as an alternative home for the start of the season, with the ACA-VDCA Stadium hosting their first two home games before returning to Delhi.

Feb 16, 2025 04:48 pm IST

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: Do you remember the last time KKR vs RCB opened the season?

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: The English coach certainly does. The last time these two historic teams faced off to start the season, it was also to start the IPL as a whole — and who can forget the explosion by Brendon McCullum as he announced to the world what they should expect the IPL to be.

Feb 16, 2025 04:32 pm IST

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: 8th time KKR involved in opening

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: KKR are set to host the opening game of an IPL season for an eighth time in history. Meanwhile, it will be the sixth time for RCB. Only CSK have played in an opening game more often in the IPL (9 times).

Feb 16, 2025 04:18 pm IST

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: IPL set to begin one week after WPL final

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: With the WPL's third season having commenced this week, the month-long tournament will have its finale on 15 March at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.

Not a long break before fans of these franchises can re-continue their support, with the IPL beginning soon after.

Feb 16, 2025 04:04 pm IST

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: Hyderabad set to be other playoff host

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: Alongside Kolkata, reports state that Hyderabad will likely receive the other two playoff contests, with the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium set to host playoff matches for the first time since 2017.

Feb 16, 2025 03:46 pm IST

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: Two franchises still await captaincy decisions

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: With the schedule set to be announced, the last few steps for the franchises will be the Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders announcing their captains for the upcoming season.

For KKR, Ajinkya Rahane and Venkatesh Iyer are considered to be the frontrunners, while for DC, it will likely be between Axar Patel and KL Rahul.

Feb 16, 2025 03:33 pm IST

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: Schedule announcement set to be streamed on JioHotstar

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: The newly-launched combined JioHotstar platform will act as the broadcast for the schedule announcement, ahead of tonight's WPL match on the same website. It will also be broadcast on Star Sports and Sports18.

Feb 16, 2025 03:19 pm IST

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: Final also set to be at Eden Gardens

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: As per the same report, Eden Gardens will also host the final on May 25, following the tradition of defending champions getting hosting rights for the final.

Feb 16, 2025 03:05 pm IST

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: March 22 likely opening day for IPL

IPL 2025 Schedule Live Updates: As per a Cricbuzz report, KKR will get the honour of hosting the first match of the tournament, facing RCB at the Eden Gardens on Saturday, March 22.

The Sunday is expected to be a double header, with finalists SRH playing an afternoon game in Hyderabad.

Feb 16, 2025 02:54 pm IST

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Hello and welcome to the Live coverage of the schedule announcement for IPL 2025. Stay tuned for more updates!