The BCCI published a new schedule on Monday night, announcing that IPL 2025 will start on May 17 and finish on June 3.
Bengaluru, Jaipur, Delhi, Lucknow, Mumbai, and Ahmedabad will host the remaining matches of the tournament. Which was temporarily halted on May 9 owing to cross-border tensions between India and Pakistan. The playoff locations will be revealed later. But the dates of the matches are as follows: May 29 for the first qualifier, May 30 for the eliminator, June 1 for the second qualifier, and June 3 for the final. Two doubleheaders, both on Sundays. Will be among the 17 games that will be played following the restart.
13 league games and the four playoff games are included in the updated schedule. This means that on May 24, in Jaipur. Which will serve as PBKS’s temporary home base. The Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs. Delhi Capitals (DC) match that was called off midway through the first innings on May 8 in Dharamsala would be played again.
Originally scheduled to take place on May 11 at their second home base of Dharamsala. PBKS will play the Mumbai Indians (MI) two days later. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will meet in Bengaluru in the match that will kick off the tournament on May 17.
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Rajasthan Royals (RR) will play PBKS in the day match at 3.30 p.m. IST on May 18, and DC will play Gujarat Titans (GT) in the evening at 7.30 p.m. IST on the first of the two doubleheader days. The next Sunday, May 25, will see Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) play KKR in Delhi at 7:30 p.m. IST. While GT play Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Ahmedabad during the day. On May 27, the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and RCB will play their final league match in Lucknow.
Three teams PBKS, CSK, and SRH will no longer be able to play on their original home grounds as a result of the venue change. PBKS will consider themselves unlucky to have two of their home games at a neutral location. As CSK and SRH are eliminated from the playoff race. Prior to the tournament’s suspension, PBKS was in third place with 15 points from 11 games.
The BCCI completed “extensive consultations with government and security agencies, and with all the key stakeholders” prior to deciding to resume the competition, according to the official release.
The entire ODI series between England and the West Indies. Which began on May 29 in Birmingham and ended on June 3 at The Oval, will now take place during the postponed IPL 2025. Which was originally set to finish on May 25 in Kolkata. It will result in a matchup between Sherfane Rutherford (GT), Shamar Joseph (LSG), and Romario Shepherd (RCB). All of whom were selected for the West Indies ODI team. Although England has not yet announced their roster, based on which teams advance to the playoffs, Jos Buttler (GT), Phil Salt (RCB), Jacob Bethell (RCB), Liam Livingstone (RCB), Will Jacks (MI), and Reece Topley (MI) are the players that are most likely to be impacted.
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According to the updated IPL schedule, Australia and South Africa will compete for the Test world title starting on June 11 at Lord’s, cutting the time between the IPL final and the WTC final to only seven days. On Tuesday, the teams for South Africa and Australia will be revealed. Australia captain Pat Cummins and Travis Head (both SRH), Mitchell Starc and Tristan Stubbs (both DC), Josh Hazlewood (RCB), Marco Jansen and Josh Inglis (both PBKS), Aiden Markram (LSG), Kagiso Rabada (GT), Ryan Rickelton (MI), and Kwena Mphaka (RR) are the players who are currently playing in the IPL and are most likely to be selected for the WTC final.
The updated timetable may potentially affect India as well. A visit of England is planned to start on May 30 in order to play two unofficial Test matches in Northampton and Canterbury. When the A matches start in the IPL, a number of periphery players from India will be playing. Some of whom are probably going to be in the team for the Five-Test series that starts in England on June 20.
Replacing their teams and bringing back international players and support personnel who started going home over the weekend will be the 10 IPL teams’ largest task for the time being. Only two of GT’s abroad players, Buttler and Gerald Coetzee, have flown back, making them the squad that might have the simplest time getting back together. GT is now atop the table. In Ahmedabad, the remainder of their team was still training. Given that MI’s first game comes on May 21, four days after the tournament resumes. They could also gain from the changed schedule.
