2025 Indian Premier League
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| 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 | 74[1] |
| Official website | iplt20 |
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.[2]
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. After the group stage, the top four teams based on aggregate points will qualify 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 qualify 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.[3][4][1] Seedings for the group stage are yet to be announced.
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 are set to return.
| Group | Team | Last year performance | Head coach | Captain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | Chennai Super Kings | 5th |
 Stephen Fleming |
 Ruturaj Gaikwad
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| Delhi Capitals | 6th |
Rishabh Pant
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| Gujarat Titans | 8th |
Ashish Nehra |
Shubman Gill
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| Kolkata Knight Riders | Champions |
Chandrakant Pandit |
Shreyas Iyer
| |
| Lucknow Super Giants | 7th |
 Justin Langer |
KL Rahul
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| Mumbai Indians | 10th |
 Mahela Jayawardene |
Hardik Pandya
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| Punjab Kings | 9th |
Ricky Ponting |
Shikhar Dhawan
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| Rajasthan Royals | 3rd |
Rahul Dravid |
Sanju Samson
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| Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 4th |
 Andy Flower |
 Faf du Plessis
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| Sunrisers Hyderabad | Runner-up |
Daniel Vettori |
Pat Cummins
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Personnel changes
Support Staff Changes
Dwayne Bravo left the role of bowling coach of Chennai Super Kings and joined Kolkata Knight Riders as mentor replacing Gautam Gambhir.[5] Ricky Ponting was removed as the head coach of Delhi Capitals and was appointed as the head coach of Punjab Kings replacing Trevor Bayliss.[6] Mahela Jayawardene replaced Mark Boucher as the head coach of Mumbai Indians.[7] Mumbai Indians also appointed Paras Mhambrey as bowling coach. Rajasthan Royals appointed Rahul Dravid as head coach and Vikram Rathour as batting coach.[8] Zaheer Khan was appointed as mentor by Lucknow Super Giants.[9]
Player Retention
The rules and regulations for the 2025 auction were announced on 29 September 2024.[10][11] Each IPL franchise teams could retain a maximum of six players from their squad, which is the highest in the history of IPL mega-auctions.[12][13] The franchises are required to submit their retention lists before 5 PM IST on 31 October 2024.[14]
Auction
The auction purse for each franchise is set at ₹120 crore (US$14 million), the highest in the history of IPL.[15] The salary cap of a player would consist of auction purse, incremental performance pay and match fees. Each playing member (including the Impact player) will get a match fee of ₹7.5 lakh (US$9,000) in addition to their auctioned price, first such instance in the IPL.[16]
References
- ^ a b "IPL 2025: No increase in number of matches as BCCI wary of India's workload". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "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: What's the playoff format? Know all about IPL 17 qualifiers, eliminators and grand finale". Financial Express. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "DJ Bravo joins Kolkata Knight Riders as mentor". www.kkr.in. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- ^ "Ponting appointed Punjab Kings head coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Jayawardene back as Mumbai Indians head coach, replaces Boucher". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ "Dravid unveiled as Rajasthan Royals head coach". ESPNcricinfo. 6 September 2024.
- ^ "IPL 2025: Zaheer Khan joins LSG as mentor". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "IPL mega auction: Six retentions, RTM back, Impact Player to stay". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ "IPL 2025: The logic behind Rs 18 crore cap on foreign players and why they have to register for this year's auction". The Indian Express. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ "IPL 2025 mega auction salary purse, retention rules, and RTM explained". Business Standard. 29 September 2024.
- ^ "Franchises can now retain record number of players ahead of IPL 2025 auction, purse size gets bigger too; check all details here". thesportstak.com. 28 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Deadline For Submission Of Retention List For IPL 2025 Auction Revealed". ABP News. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Report Says Franchise Purse To Increase From Rs 90 Crore To... | Cricket News". NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "EXPLAINED: Franchise purse for IPL 2025 auction and the new 'match fee' component". The Times of India. 29 September 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
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