IPL 2025: World's Most Expensive Cricket League Starts; Complete Schedule, Marquee Games, Venues & More

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The eighteenth edition of the Indian Premier League - IPL 2025 is all set to kick off on Saturday (March 22) with the reigning champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) starting their title defence at home against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).

Starting with the KKR vs RCB season-opening clash at the Eden Gardens, the two months long cricketing action is expected to provide sports fanatics pure entertainment with high-voltage contest, featuring big-hitting and nail-biting ties.

After Kolkata, the IPL carnival heads to Hyderabad and Chennai for a double header as a total of 13 venues in as many different cities across the country will play hosts to 74 matches, including the IPL 2025 playoffs.

In the IPL every match and result is crucial as it's been deemed the toughest franchise tournament to compete in especially with the huge sums of money bringing in the top talent from the country and across the world to go head to head.

The calibre of the lucrative league is showcased in the kind of fixtures lined up in the opening weekend as some of the top rivals take on each other as early as the first few matches this season with RCB taking on KKR in a repeat of the inaugural IPL opener.

Meanwhile, two of the most successful clubs will renew their rivalry as five-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) host fellow five-time winners Mumbai Indians (MI) in the first IPL El Clasico on day 2,

The fun does not just stop there as every day there is equal level of cricket to be delivered, promising pure entertainment for fans whether at the comforts of their homes or on the go or at the venue, where they experience the thrills in flesh.

Make yourselves free for the next few weeks as the most expensive cricket league brings some high octane action. Here is a look at the venues hosting the matches followed by the complete schedule of IPL season 18:

IPL 2025 venues - List of stadiums hosting Indian Premier League Season 18 matches

• MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
• Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
• Eden Gardens, Kolkata
• Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
• M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
• Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi
• Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
• BRSABV Ekana Stadium, Lucknow
• Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, New Chandigarh
• Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
• Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
• HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh
• Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
• New PCA Stadium, New Chandigarh

IPL 2025 Schedule - Indian Premier League Season 18 Matches List

IPL 2025 Playoffs Schedule

• May 20, Tuesday: Qualifier 1 - 1st vs 2nd (Hyderabad) - 7:30 PM
• May 21, Wednesday: Eliminator - 2nd vs 3rd (Hyderabad) - 7:30 PM
• May 23, Friday: Qualifier 2 - Qualifier 1 Loser vs Eliminator Winner (Kolkata) - 7:30 PM
• May 25, Sunday: Final - Qualifier 1 Winner vs Qualifier 2 Winner (Kolkata) - 7:30 PM