IPL 2025 Schedule: KKR to face RCB in opener on March 22, closing at Eden Gardens on Might 25 | Cricket Information

NEW DELHI: The 18th version of the Indian Premier League season will kick-off with a high-octane conflict between defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Eden Gardens on March 22.
Eden Gardens, the house floor of IPL 2024 title winners KKR, will even be the venue for the grand finale on Might 25.
Moreover, the venue will even host Qualifier 2 on Might 23.
The opposite two play-off matches — Qualifier 1 on Might 20 and the Eliminator on Might 21 — will happen in Hyderabad, the house floor of 2024 runners-up Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The season will function a complete of 74 matches that shall be performed throughout 65 days.
There shall be 12 double-headers and the matches shall be performed throughout 13 cities — 10 host cities plus Guwahati, Visakhapatnam and Dharamsala.
Group 1
Kolkata Knight Riders
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Rajasthan Royals
Chennai Tremendous Kings
Punjab Kings
Group 2
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Delhi Capitals
Gujarat Titans
Mumbai Indians
Lucknow Tremendous Giants
SRH, runners-up final season, will host 2008 champions Rajasthan Royals on the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Stadium on March 23.
Later that night, Chennai Tremendous Kings and Mumbai Indians, the 2 most profitable groups in IPL’s historical past with 5 titles every, will face off on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in what can be the primary double-header of IPL 2025.
CSK and MI will later meet for the reverse conflict on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 20.
Delhi Capitals will start their IPL 2025 marketing campaign towards Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) in Visakhapatnam on March 24, whereas 2022 champions Gujarat Titans (GT) are slated to open their marketing campaign towards Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Ahmedabad on March 25.
Visakhapatnam and Guwahati will host two dwelling matches every of DC and RR respectively, whereas Punjab Kings will play its three dwelling video games in Dharamsala.
KKR and DC are but to announce their new captains for the IPL 2025 season.
RCB, in the meantime, lately appointed Rajat Patidar as their new captain whereas Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant have been beforehand introduced as new skippers of PBKS and LSG respectively.