The Indian Premier League is all set to renew on Could 17 with the ultimate to be performed on June 3, the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) introduced on Monday. The IPL, which was suspended final Friday following hostilities between India and Pakistan, will now happen at six venues with these for the play-offs nonetheless to be determined.
Ever since India and Pakistan introduced a ceasefire, the BCCI has been in a huddle to restart the league. After session with the federal government, the Board launched the revised schedule which sees the event resuming in Bengaluru on Saturday with Royal Challengers Bengaluru taking over Kolkata Knight Riders. It is going to be adopted by a double header on Sunday in Jaipur and Delhi as Rajasthan Royals tackle Punjab Kings within the afternoon, adopted by the night conflict between Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans.
Other than these three venues, Lucknow, Ahmedabad and Mumbai will see the remaining league fixtures being performed. The Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals match, which was called-off mid-way on Could 8, would now happen in Jaipur on Could 24.
One of many choices out there to the BCCI because it finalised the revised schedule was to maintain all of the remaining matches in Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad, removed from the Pakistan border and the Line of Management. Nevertheless, Chennai and Hyderabad gained’t witness any extra motion within the league phases, and it stays to be seen whether or not they get any play-off fixtures. Kolkata additionally misses out with sources within the BCCI saying a forecast of rain within the coming days was the first purpose.
Among the many groups in play-off competition, the one group that may lose out on dwelling benefit within the revised schedule is Punjab Kings. The franchise was imagined to play two of its remaining dwelling matches (together with the called-off one vs Delhi Capitals) at Dharamsala. As a substitute, they’ll now play each these video games on the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur.
Safety personnel guarding on the HPCA Stadium on the eve of the IPL Match between Punjab KIngs and Delhi Capitals at Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday. Specific Photograph by Rohit Jain Paras
Whereas the preliminary plan was to complete the IPL by Could 31, the BCCI has now prolonged it by three days with the ultimate now slated for June 3. It’s understood that with the summer season selecting up, the BCCI wasn’t eager on extra double-headers as it will have elevated the workload of the gamers. There are solely two double-headers (Could 18 and Could 25) on successive Sundays.
There are different minor tweaks as properly, the place Royal Challengers Bengaluru, which have been set to complete their league marketing campaign at dwelling will now play their final sport on the Ekana Stadium towards Lucknow Tremendous Giants. With reference to the play-offs and last which Hyderabad and Kolkata have been initially scheduled to host, sources within the board revealed that they don’t seem to be dominated out, and a last name could be taken within the coming days. In case each are dominated out, Ahmedabad stands a robust probability to host the 4 video games, however sources revealed that one other venue might share the load.
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Final Thursday, regardless of the rising tensions, the IPL went forward with a sport in Dharamsala earlier than the match was referred to as off mid-way. Across the identical time, there was a complete blackout in Pathankot – solely 80km away – due to a drone strike. Following a cellphone name from a prime BCCI official, the match was referred to as on and off Friday, the BCCI formally suspended the league for per week. However after the ceasefire was introduced on Saturday, the Board requested the franchises to assemble again their gamers by Tuesday. Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians have already resumed coaching with the opposite groups anticipated to start by Wednesday.
With a majority of the abroad gamers already again of their respective international locations, franchises have expressed considerations about their availability. Whether or not all of them will rejoin the squads stays the massive query among the many franchises. There are indications that Australia pacers Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc could not rejoin RCB and Delhi Capitals for the remaining matches due to niggles. The duo are in line to play the World Take a look at Championship last towards South Africa starting June 11.
IPL 2025 revised schedule
Could 17, 2025 – 7:30 PM IST – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Bengaluru
Could 18 – 3:30 PM IST – Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings, Jaipur
Could 18 – 7:30 PM IST – Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans, Delhi
Could 19 – 7:30 PM IST – Lucknow Tremendous Giants vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Lucknow
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Could 20 – 7:30 PM IST – Chennai Tremendous Kings vs Rajasthan Royals, Delhi
Could 21 – 7:30 PM IST – Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals, Mumbai
Could 22 – 7:30 PM IST – Gujarat Titans vs Lucknow Tremendous Giants, Ahmedabad
Could 23 – 7:30 PM IST – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs SunRisers Hyderabad – Bengaluru
Could 24 – 7:30 PM IST – Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals, Jaipur
Could 25 – 3:30 PM IST – Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Tremendous Kings, Ahmedabad
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Could 25 – 7:30 PM IST – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi
Could 26 – 7:30 PM IST – Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians
Could 27 – 7:30 PM IST – Lucknow Tremendous Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru
IPL 2025 Playoffs schedule
Could 29 – 7:30 PM IST – Qualifier 1
Could 30 – 7:30 PM IST – Eliminator
June 1 – 7:30 PM IST – Qualifier 2
June 3 – 7:30 PM IST – Ultimate