IPL 2025 is going to resume on May 17 and end on June 3, the BCCI confirmed by issuing a release on Monday night.
The remainder of the tournament, which was suspended on May 9 for a week due to cross-border tensions between India and Pakistan, will be played at six venues: Bengaluru, Jaipur, Delhi, Lucknow, Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
A total of 17 matches will be played, with two double-headers, which will be played on two Sundays. The venues for the playoffs will be announced later, but they will be on the following dates: Qualifier 1 on May 29, the Eliminator on May 30, Qualifier 2 on June 1 and the final on June 3.
A total of 17 matches will be played in the revised schedule – 13 league games and the four playoffs. That means the Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Delhi Capitals (DC) game that was called off midway in the first innings on May 8, will be played again, on May 24 in Jaipur.
The match that will resume the tournament will be played between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on May 17 in Bengaluru.
The first of the two double-headers in the revised schedule is Rajasthan Royals (RR) vs PBKS as the day game (3.30pm IST) on May 18 and DC vs Gujarat Titans (GT) later that evening.
The next Sunday – May 25 – will see GT take on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the day game in Ahmedabad followed by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) vs KKR in Delhi from 7.30pm IST.
The last league game will be between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and RCB on May 27 in Lucknow.
The official release said the BCCI held “extensive consultations with government and security agencies, and with all the key stakeholders,” before finalising the resumption of the tournament.
The delay of the IPL, which was originally scheduled to end on May 25 in Kolkata, means it will now coincide with the entire ODI series between England and West Indies starting on May 29 in Birmingham and ending on June 3 at The Oval.
It will lead to a clash for the West Indies players Romario Shepherd (RCB), Shamar Joseph (LSG) and Sherfane Rutherford (GT), all picked in the ODI squad.
England have not named their squad yet but the players likely to be affected are Jos Buttler (GT), Phil Salt (RCB), Jacob Bethell (RCB), Liam Livingstone (RCB), Will Jacks (MI) and Reece Topley (MI), depending on which teams make the playoffs.
The revised IPL schedule also squeezes the gap between the IPL final and the WTC final to just seven days, with Australia and South Africa set to clash for the ICC title from June 11 at Lord’s. (ESPNcricinfo)
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