2025 Indian Premier League

The 2025 Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 18 and branded as TATA IPL 2025, was the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league. The tournament featured 10 teams competing in 74 matches. It began on 22 March and was held across 13 venues before being suspended on 9 May due to the 2025 India–Pakistan crisis. The matches resumed from 17 May across six venues, with the final rescheduled from 25 May to 3 June.

The defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders were eliminated in the league stage. In the final, Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Punjab Kings by 6 runs to win their maiden title after 18 years. Sai Sudharsan and Prasidh Krishna of Gujarat Titans scored the most runs (759) and took the most wickets (25). Suryakumar Yadav of Mumbai Indians was named as the most valuable player of the tournament.

Background The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional Twenty20 (T20) cricket league, organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). It is held annually since the first edition in 2008. Kolkata Knight Riders were the defending champions, having won their third title in the previous season after defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final.

Format Each team played twice against the teams in their group and the team in the same row in the other group, and once against the remaining four teams in the other group. After the group stage, the top four teams, based on aggregate points, would advance to the playoffs. In this stage, the top two teams compete with each other (in a match titled "Qualifier 1"), as does the remaining two teams (in a match titled "Eliminator"). While the winner of Qualifier 1 would directly qualify for the final match, the losing team had another chance to qualify for the final match by competing against the winning team of the Eliminator (in a match titled "Qualifier 2"). The winner of this subsequent Qualifier 2 match advanced to the final match.

The IPL Governing Council decided to keep the number of matches to 74 for this edition as it was in the previous three seasons to help the cricketers balance their workload; however, it will be increased to 84 from 2026 onwards with the return of the double round-robin format.

Group A Group B Chennai Super Kings Mumbai Indians Kolkata Knight Riders Sunrisers Hyderabad Rajasthan Royals Gujarat Titans Royal Challengers Bengaluru Delhi Capitals Punjab Kings Lucknow Super Giants

Rule changes It was announced that the IPL will follow the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Code of Conduct regulations used for Twenty20 International (T20I) matches from 2025 onwards. The IPL had previously used its own Code of Conduct.

Schedule According to ESPNcricinfo, the dates of the tournament window for the three seasons between 2025 and 2027 were sent to franchises ahead of the 2025 auction. In November 2024, the tentative dates for the three seasons were announced, with the 2025 edition set to take place from 14 March to 25 May. In January 2025, it was announced that the 2025 season would commence on 21 March to allow for a two-week gap after the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy final scheduled to take place on 9 March. This led to a clash with the 2025 Pakistan Super League taking place from 11 April to 25 May 2025, which was moved from its typical February–March window for the same reason.

The first two matches were confirmed by the BCCI on 13 February 2025, with the inaugural match being hosted at the Eden Gardens between the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru on 22 March. The complete fixtures were announced on 16 February. It was announced that both Qualifier 1 and Eliminator would be played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium on 20 and 21 May, and that Qualifier 2 and final would be played at the Eden Gardens on 23 and 25 May, with the venue to host its third IPL final after 2013 and 2015.

Suspension and rescheduling On 9 May 2025, the remaining matches were suspended due to the 2025 India–Pakistan crisis. The revised schedule was announced on 12 May, with the remaining matches resumed on 17 May and were held across six venues. On 20 May the playoff fixtures were confirmed with Qualifier 1 and Eliminator played in Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium on 29 and 30 May, and Qualifier 2 and final played at Narendra Modi Stadium on 1 and 3 June, with the venue hosting its third final after 2022 and 2023. The final was played on 3 June, just a week before the 2025 World Test Championship final scheduled for 11 June.

Marketing The Tata Group renewed their contract as the title sponsors of the IPL for a tenure of 5 years (2024–28) for . The advertising campaign for the 2025 IPL consisted of 20 sponsors and 105 advertisers including – Dream11, Tata Motors, AngelOne, RuPay, CEAT and Wonder Cement.

Broadcasting Disney Star's Star Sports and Viacom18's JioCinema had initially acquired the satellite and digital broadcasting rights for the 2023–2027 IPL cycle respectively. In November 2024, the two companies merged to form JioStar. In February 2025, JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar merged to form JioHotstar, which now holds the domestic digital broadcasting rights for the remainder of the 2023–2027 cycle. In the opening weekend of three matches, Star Sports reported 253 million viewership, with a 39% increase in the average television viewership rating compared to last season, while JioHotstar reported 1.37 billion viewership, a 40% increase from last season. The final match reported a record-breaking 169 million viewership.

Teams The same 10 teams from the previous season competed.

Group Team 2024 performance Head coach Captain A Chennai Super Kings Stephen Fleming MS Dhoni Kolkata Knight Riders Chandrakant Pandit Ajinkya Rahane Punjab Kings Ricky Ponting Shreyas Iyer Rajasthan Royals Rahul Dravid Sanju Samson Royal Challengers Bengaluru Andy Flower Rajat Patidar B Delhi Capitals Hemang Badani Axar Patel Gujarat Titans Ashish Nehra Shubman Gill Lucknow Super Giants Justin Langer Rishabh Pant Mumbai Indians Mahela Jayawardene Hardik Pandya Sunrisers Hyderabad Daniel Vettori Pat Cummins

Personnel changes

The franchises were required to submit their retention lists before 31 October 2024 and a total of 46 players were retained ahead of the auction. The auction was scheduled on 24 and 25 November 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia with the auction purse for each franchise set at , highest in the history of IPL. A total of 1,574 players registered for the auction, of which 574 players were shortlisted to feature in the auction and 182 were sold in the auction. Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player in the history of IPL when he was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for , surpassing paid by Punjab Kings for Shreyas Iyer earlier in the same auction, and paid by Kolkata Knight Riders for Mitchell Starc in the 2024 auction. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest player sold in the IPL history at the age of 13 years, being bought by Rajasthan Royals for .

Following the suspension and rescheduling, it was announced that the franchises would be allowed to sign temporary replacement players in place of unavailable players as the rescheduled fixtures clashed with the international cricket calendar, notably West Indies tour of Ireland, West Indies tour of England and the World Test Championship final. These temporary replacement players would not be available for retention in the 2026 auction.

Venues The league stage was played at 13 stadiums across India. The opening match was played at the Eden Gardens. The HPCA Cricket Stadium hosted one Punjab Kings home match, the ACA Cricket Stadium hosted two Rajasthan Royals matches, and the ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium hosted two Delhi Capitals matches. The first two matches of the playoffs were originally scheduled to be played in the Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium, with the Eden Gardens scheduled to host the final two matches. However, following the suspension and rescheduling, the remaining league stage matches were played across six venues, with the playoffs in Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium and Narendra Modi Stadium. denotes venues for the rescheduled matches. Ahmedabad Bengaluru Chennai Delhi Dharamshala Gujarat Titans Royal Challengers Bengaluru Chennai Super Kings Delhi Capitals Punjab Kings Narendra Modi Stadium M. Chinnaswamy Stadium M. A. Chidambaram Stadium Arun Jaitley Stadium HPCA Cricket Stadium Capacity: 132,000 Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 39,000 Capacity: 35,200 Capacity: 21,200 Guwahati Hyderabad Rajasthan Royals Sunrisers Hyderabad ACA Cricket Stadium Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Capacity: 46,000 Capacity: 55,000 Jaipur Kolkata Rajasthan Royals Kolkata Knight Riders Sawai Mansingh Stadium Eden Gardens Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 68,000 Lucknow Mullanpur Mumbai Visakhapatnam Lucknow Super Giants Punjab Kings Mumbai Indians Delhi Capitals Ekana Cricket Stadium Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium Wankhede Stadium ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium Capacity: 50,000 Capacity: 38,000 Capacity: 33,108 Capacity: 27,500

League stage Points table

Match summary

Fixtures

Playoffs

Bracket

Sources:

Qualifier 1

Eliminator

Qualifier 2

Final

Statistics and awards

+ Most runs Runs Player Team 759 Sai Sudharsan Gujarat Titans 717 Suryakumar Yadav Mumbai Indians 657 Virat Kohli Royal Challengers Bengaluru 650 Shubman Gill Gujarat Titans 627 Mitchell Marsh Lucknow Super Giants + Most wickets Wickets Player Team 25 Prasidh Krishna Gujarat Titans 24 Noor Ahmad Chennai Super Kings 22 Josh Hazlewood Royal Challengers Bengaluru 22 Trent Boult Mumbai Indians 21 Arshdeep Singh Punjab Kings + Most valuable player Points Player Team 320.5 Suryakumar Yadav Mumbai Indians 311.0 Sai Sudharsan Gujarat Titans 273.0 Yashasvi Jaiswal Rajasthan Royals 272.5 Nicholas Pooran Lucknow Super Giants 272.0 Mitchell Marsh

End of season awards + End of season awards Award Prize Player Team Fantasy player of the season and trophy Sai Sudharsan Gujarat Titans Most Valuable Player and trophy Suryakumar Yadav Mumbai Indians Orange Cap (most runs) Sai Sudharsan Gujarat Titans Purple Cap (most wickets) Prasidh Krishna Gujarat Titans Emerging player of the season Sai Sudharsan Gujarat Titans Most fours and trophy Sai Sudharsan Gujarat Titans Most sixes and trophy Nicholas Pooran Lucknow Super Giants Most dot balls and trophy Mohammed Siraj Gujarat Titans Highest batting strike rate , trophy and a car Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Rajasthan Royals Catch of the season and trophy Kamindu Mendis Sunrisers Hyderabad Best pitch Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, Delhi Team fairplay award Chennai Super Kings Runners-up and runners-up shield Punjab Kings Champions and IPL trophy Royal Challengers Bengaluru

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