The first match is set to start on March 22 at the Eden Garden, Kolkata. It will be played between the arch rivals and KKR and the RCB. The Indian Premier League is set to start on with a grand celebration. King kohli is still looking to win a single title for RCB while the KKR team is the defending champion of the IPL. Though after 17yrs of IPl there is still the feather of being the champion of IPL has not been added to the King kohli’s wings. RCB is still looking to have the tag of being champion
Virat Kohli of Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2024SCHEDULE OF IPL 2025
- Round robin phase- March 22 to 18.
- First qualifier- May-20 7:30p.m at Rajiv Gandhi International stadium , Hyderabad.
- Eliminator: may-21, 7:30p.m at the same venue.
- Second qualifier: May 23-7:30p.m at the city of joy, kolkata.
- Final:- May-25 7:30p.m again at the city of joy, kolkata.
DEFENDING CHAMPION OF IPL:
KKR is the defending champion of the IPL which was led by Shreyas Iyer. In the final they have defeated the Sunriser hyderabad by 8 wicket to claim the trophy. Shreys Iyer is not going to lead the KKR this 2025, but he will lead a team which is still hungry to claim a trophy. He is going to lead Punjab Super king this year.
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Format of IPL
This season the team will play twice each other in a league format. The team with the highest point will be the topper and will play with the second one in the first qualifier, the looser of the first qualifier will get an opportunity to play with the winner of the eliminator round, but the looser of the eliminator round will not get a second opportunity Final will be played between the winner of both the qualifier.
LEADER OF IPL
Chennai Super Kings- Rituraj Gaikwad
Gujrat titans: Axar patel
Kolkata Night Riders- Ajinkya Rahane
Lucknow super Giants- Rishab Pant.
Mumbai Indians- Hardik Pandya
Punjab Kings- Shreyas Iyer
Rajasthan Royals- Sanju samson
RCB- Rajat Patidar
Sunriser Hyderabad- Pat cummins.
Pat Cummins: Pat is the only overseas captain in the IPL 2025. Its very strange to see that the leading captain of India Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav is not the leader of any of the side. It is a yeat a good or bad decision will be seen on the coming days.
Rishab Pant the highest sighning player: Rishab pant became the highest sighning player after breaking the record of Shreyas Iyer who was sold for 3.17mn$. Rishab Pant being signed by the Lucknow super Giants at 3.2mn$.
Who were the champions of IPL
Chennai Super kings being the top performer has won the champions trophy for 5 times-2010,2011,2018,2021,2023.
Mumbai India also challenged the Chennai Super kings and won for 5 times- 2013,2015,2017,2019,2020.
KKR is also competing in this trophy race and won thrice-2012,2014 &2024
Rajasthan Royals only in 2008.
Sunriser Hyderabad in 2016.
Gujrat titans-2022.
Deccan Charger in 2009.
But unfortunately RCB, Punjab Super Kings and Delhi capital are still hungry to be the champion of the IPL.
Ipl is the biggest league of cricket around the world being played in a country where it is a festival for the huge fans. All the players around the world participate in this league.
What to watch
All the Indians will be extremely happy to see how the superstar of World cup T20 will perform in this tournament. They are none other than Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma & Ravindar Jadeja.
It will also be great to watch Dhoni playing again after such a long retirement from the international cricket, with every passing year he is turning back to the field much stronger.