2025 Indian Premier League

2025 Indian Premier League
Dates	TBD – 2025
Administrator(s)	Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Group stage and Playoffs
Host(s)	India
Participants	10
Matches	84
Official website	iplt20.com
	← 2024 2026 →

The 2025 Indian Premier League (also known as IPL 18 and branded as TATA IPL 2025) will be the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League. The tournament will feature ten teams.

Background

The Indian Premier League is a franchise Twenty20 cricket league held in India, organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. It is held annually since 2008. Kolkata Knight Riders are the defending champions, having won their third title in the previous season after beating Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final.^[1]

Format

Each team will be playing twice against the teams in their group, against the team in the same row in the other group, and once against the remaining four teams in the other group.^[2]^[3] After the group stage, the top four teams based on aggregate points qualified for the playoffs. In this stage, the top two teams compete with each other (in a match titled "Qualifier 1"), as do the remaining two teams (in a match titled "Eliminator"). While the winner of Qualifier 1 directly qualified for the final match, the losing team has another chance to qualify for the final match by competing against the winning team of the Eliminator match (in a match titled "Qualifier 2"). The winner of this subsequent Qualifier 2 match will move on to the final match. The team that wins the final match will be crowned the Indian Premier League winners.^[4]

Broadcasting

Star Sports is the official TV broadcaster of the season, while JioCinema is the official digital broadcaster.^{[citation needed]}

Teams

The same 10 teams from the previous season returned.

Franchise	Head coach	Captain
Chennai Super Kings	Stephen Fleming	Ruturaj Gaikwad
Delhi Capitals	TBD	Rishabh Pant
Gujarat Titans	TBD	Shubman Gill
Kolkata Knight Riders	Chandrakant Pandit	Shreyas Iyer
Lucknow Super Giants	Justin Langer	KL Rahul
Mumbai Indians	Mark Boucher	Hardik Pandya
Punjab Kings	Ricky Ponting	Shikhar Dhawan
Rajasthan Royals	Rahul Dravid	Sanju Samson
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Andy Flower	Faf du Plessis
Sunrisers Hyderabad	Daniel Vettori	Pat Cummins

References

^ "KKR's bowlers rip through SRH to win third IPL title". ESPNcricinfo. 26 May 2024. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
^ "IPL unveils new format for 2022, with two groups and seedings". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ "IPL 2024 Groups List: All Teams Matchup | Group A, Group B - ICC Cricket World Cup". 7 October 2023. Archived from the original on 30 March 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
^ "IPL 2024: What's the playoff format? Know all about IPL 17 qualifiers, eliminators and grand finale". Financial Express. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2024.

External links

Official website

[1] "KKR's bowlers rip through SRH to win third IPL title". ESPNcricinfo. 26 May 2024. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.

[2] "IPL unveils new format for 2022, with two groups and seedings". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

[groups-3] "IPL 2024 Groups List: All Teams Matchup | Group A, Group B - ICC Cricket World Cup". 7 October 2023. Archived from the original on 30 March 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

[4] "IPL 2024: What's the playoff format? Know all about IPL 17 qualifiers, eliminators and grand finale". Financial Express. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2024.

[1]