IPL 2025: Schedule, Format, Fixtures & Complete Squads

The 2025 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to commence next month, with defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders facing Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the opening match. Since its inception in 2008, the IPL has evolved into one of the most prominent T20 leagues globally, boasting a brand value estimated at $12 billion.

When Will IPL 2025 Take Place?

The 18th season of the IPL is scheduled to run from March 22 to May 25, 2025.

IPL 2025 Format

The tournament features 10 teams, divided into two groups. Each team will play 14 matches in the group stage—two matches (home and away) against teams in their own group and one match against teams from the opposite group.

The playoffs will follow this structure:

• The top four teams from the points table advance to the playoffs.

• The top two teams face off in Qualifier 1, with the winner heading directly to the final.

• The third and fourth-placed teams compete in the Eliminator, with the winner moving to Qualifier 2 to face the loser of Qualifier 1.

• The winner of Qualifier 2 secures the remaining spot in the final.

IPL 2025 Group Division

• Group 1: Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings, Punjab Kings

• Group 2: Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Titans, Lucknow Super Giants

IPL 2025 Venues

The league will be held across 13 venues in India. While most teams will play their home matches in their designated cities, some have opted for multiple home venues.

• Eden Gardens (Kolkata) will host the opening match, Qualifier 2, and the final.

• Sunrisers Hyderabad’s home ground will host Qualifier 1 and the Eliminator.

Key Players in IPL 2025

IPL 2025 will see top international and Indian cricketers in action.

• Jos Buttler secured the highest bid among overseas players, joining Gujarat Titans for ₹15.7 crore.

• Rishabh Pant fetched the highest price overall, signing with Lucknow Super Giants for ₹27 crore.

• MS Dhoni, at 43, will continue to represent Chennai Super Kings.

• Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who retired from T20 internationals after India’s T20 World Cup victory, will play for Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, respectively.

• Coaching Legends such as Ricky Ponting, Rahul Dravid, and Stephen Fleming will be guiding their respective teams.

IPL 2025 Full Squad Lists

The tournament will feature 74 matches, with teams battling through the league stage before advancing to the playoffs.

Chennai Super Kings

Squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Ravichandran Ashwin, Vansh Bedi, Mukesh Choudhary, Devon Conway, Sam Curran, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Shivam Dube, Nathan Ellis, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Deepak Hooda, Ravindra Jadeja, Anshul Kamboj, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Jamie Overton, Matheesha Pathirana, Shaik Rasheed, Rachin Ravindra, Vijay Shankar, Andre Siddarth, Gurjapneet Singh, Rahul Tripathi

Coach: Stephen Fleming

Best performance: Champions (2010, 2011, 20 ..

Delhi Capitals

Squad: Harry Brook, Dushmantha Chameera, Faf du Plessis, Donovan Ferreira, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mukesh Kumar, Manvanth Kumar, Ajay Mandal, Karun Nair, Darshan Nalkande, Thangarasu Natarajan, Vipraj Nigam, Axar Patel, Abhishek Porel, KL Rahul, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Madhav Tiwari, Tristan Stubbs, Tripurana Vijay, Kuldeep Yadav

Coach: Hemang Badani

Best Performance: Runners-up (2020)

Gujarat Titans

Squad: Shubman Gill (captain), Gurnoor Brar, Jos Buttler, Gerald Coetzee, Karim Janat, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Kulwant Khejroliya, Sai Kishore, Prasidh Krishna, Kumar Kushagra, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Phillips, Kagiso Rabada, Anuj Rawat, Sherfane Rutherford, Ishant Sharma, Nishant Sindhu, Mohammed Siraj, Sai Sudharsan, Washington Sundar, Manav Suthar, Rahul Tewatia, Jayant Yadav

Coach: Ashish Nehra

Best performance: Champions ..

Kolkata Knight Riders

Squad: Moeen Ali, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Spencer Johnson, Umran Malik, Mayank Markande, Sunil Narine, Anrich Nortje, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ajinkya Rahane, Harshit Rana, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Luvnith Sisodia

Coach: Chandrakant Pandit

Best performance: Champions (2012, 2014, 2024)

Lucknow Super Giants

Squad: Rishabh Pant (captain), Shahbaz Ahmed, Ayush Badoni, Ravi Bishnoi, Matthew Breetzke, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Akash Deep, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Arshin Kulkarni, Shamar Joseph, Aryan Juyal, Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, David Miller, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Manimaran Siddharth, Akash Singh, Digvesh Singh, Himmat Singh, Mayank Yadav, Prince Yadav

Coach: Justin Langer

Best performance: Playoffs (2022, 2023)

Mumbai Indians

Squad: Hardik Pandya (captain), Raj Angad Bawa, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Naman Dhir, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Will Jacks, Bevon Jacobs, Ashwani Kumar, Robin Minz, Vignesh Puthur, Satyanarayana Raju, Ryan Rickelton, Mitchell Santner, Karn Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Krishnan Shrijith, Arjun Tendulkar, Reece Topley, Tilak Varma, Lizaad Williams, Suryakumar Yadav

Coach: Mahela Jayawardene

Best performance: Champions (2013, 2015, 2017)

Punjab Kings

Squad: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash, Xavier Bartlett, Harpreet Brar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Praveen Dubey, Lockie Ferguson, Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis, Marco Jansen, Musheer Khan, Glenn Maxwell, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kuldeep Sen, Suryansh Shedge, Arshdeep Singh, Harnoor Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod, Nehal Wadhera, Vijaykumar Vyshak

Coach: Ricky Ponting

Best performance: Runners-up (2014)

Rajasthan Royals

Squad: Sanju Samson (captain), Jofra Archer, Yudhvir Charak, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Kwena Maphaka, Riyan Parag, Nitish Rana, Kunal Rathore, Ashok Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Maheesh Theekshana

Coach: Rahul Dravid

Best performance: Champions (2008)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Squad: Virat Kohli, Jacob Bethell, Manoj Bhandage, Swastik Chikara, Rasikh Salam Dar, Tim David, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Liam Livingstone, Lungi Ngidi, Devdutt Padikkal, Krunal Pandya, Rajat Patidar, Mohit Rathee, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Suyash Sharma, Romario Shepherd, Abhinandan Singh, Swapnil Singh, Nuwan Thushara

Coach: Andy Flower

Best performance: Runners-up (2009, 2011, 2016)

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Squad: Pat Cummins (captain), Zeeshan Ansari, Sachin Baby, Brydon Carse, Rahul Chahar, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Eshan Malinga, Abhinav Manohar, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammad Shami, Abhishek Sharma, Simarjeet Singh, Atharva Taide, Jaydev Unadkat, Aniket Verma, Adam Zampa

Coach: Daniel Vettori

Best performance: Champions (2016)

IPL 2025 Complete Match Schedule

(All matches start at 7:30 PM IST (2:00 PM GMT) unless specified otherwise.)

March 2025

• March 22: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Kolkata)

• March 23: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals (Hyderabad, 3:30 PM IST)

• March 23: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians (Chennai)

• March 24: Delhi Capitals vs Lucknow Super Giants (Visakhapatnam)

• March 25: Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings (Ahmedabad)

• March 26: Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Guwahati)

• March 27: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants (Hyderabad)

• March 28: Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Chennai)

• March 29: Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians (Ahmedabad)

• March 30: Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Visakhapatnam, 3:30 PM IST)

• March 30: Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings (Guwahati)

• March 31: Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Mumbai)

April 2025

• April 1: Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings (Lucknow)

• April 2: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans (Bengaluru)

• April 3: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Kolkata)

• April 4: Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians (Lucknow)

• April 5: Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals (Chennai, 3:30 PM IST)

• April 5: Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals (New Chandigarh)

• April 6: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants (Kolkata, 3:30 PM IST)

• April 6: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Gujarat Titans (Hyderabad)

• April 7: Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Mumbai)

• April 8: Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings (New Chandigarh)

• April 9: Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals (Ahmedabad)

• April 10: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals (Bengaluru)

• April 11: Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Chennai)

• April 12: Lucknow Super Giants vs Gujarat Titans (Lucknow, 3:30 PM IST)

• April 12: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings (Hyderabad)

• April 13: Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Jaipur, 3:30 PM IST)

• April 13: Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians (Delhi)

• April 14: Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings (Lucknow)

• April 15: Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders (New Chandigarh)

• April 16: Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals (Delhi)

• April 17: Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Mumbai)

• April 18: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings (Bengaluru)

• April 19: Gujarat Titans vs Delhi Capitals (Ahmedabad, 3:30 PM IST)

• April 19: Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants (Jaipur)

• April 20: Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (New Chandigarh, 3:30 PM IST)

• April 20: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings (Mumbai)

• April 21: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans (Kolkata)

• April 22: Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals (Lucknow)

• April 23: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians (Hyderabad)

• April 24: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Rajasthan Royals (Bengaluru)

• April 25: Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Chennai)

• April 26: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings (Kolkata)

• April 27: Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants (Mumbai, 3:30 PM IST)

• April 27: Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Delhi)

• April 28: Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans (Jaipur)

• April 29: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Delhi)

• April 30: Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings (Chennai)

May 2025

• May 1: Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians (Jaipur)

• May 2: Gujarat Titans vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Ahmedabad)

• May 3: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Chennai Super Kings (Bengaluru)

• May 4: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals (Kolkata, 3:30 PM IST)

• May 4: Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants (Dharamsala)

• May 5: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals (Hyderabad)

• May 6: Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Titans (Mumbai)

• May 7: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings (Kolkata)

• May 8: Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals (Dharamsala)

• May 9: Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Lucknow)

• May 10: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Hyderabad)

• May 11: Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians (Dharamsala, 3:30 PM IST)

• May 11: Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans (Delhi)

• May 12: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals (Chennai)

• May 13: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Bengaluru)

• May 14: Gujarat Titans vs Lucknow Super Giants (Ahmedabad)

• May 15: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals (Mumbai)

• May 16: Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings (Jaipur)

• May 17: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Bengaluru)

• May 18: Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings (Ahmedabad, 3:30 PM IST)

• May 18: Lucknow Super Giants vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Lucknow)

IPL 2025 Playoffs Schedule

• May 20: Qualifier 1 – Hyderabad

• May 21: Eliminator – Hyderabad

• May 23: Qualifier 2 – Kolkata

• May 25: Final – Kolkata

Conclusion

The IPL 2025 season promises to be an exciting and action-packed tournament, featuring top international and Indian cricketing talents. With a well-structured format, competitive teams, and iconic venues across India, fans can expect thrilling encounters throughout the league. As Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru set the stage in the opening match, all eyes will be on the road to the final at Eden Gardens on May 25. With legendary players, strategic team lineups, and high-stakes clashes, IPL 2025 is set to captivate cricket enthusiasts worldwide.