New Delhi: The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season is reportedly said to start in the middle of March. The IPL governing council has revealed tentative dates to all the IPL franchises for the next three seasons till IPL 2027.
According to a report by ESPNcricinfo, all 10 IPL franchises received an Email where the dates for next three seasons were disclosed by the IPL organisers as the window passage. The IPL 2025 is scheduled to start on March 14, 2025, and the final will be held on May 25.
The dates for IPL 2026 will be from March 15 to May 31 (in that year) and between March 14 and May 30 in IPL 2027, as per the report.
The IPL 2025 will go ahead with 74 matches instead of 84 matches as mentioned in the tender of media rights for the broadcasting rights from 2023-2027. The IPL governing council had promised the broadcasters to increase the matches to 84 for IPL 2025 and IPL 2026 seasons with the final season of this cycle (IPL 2027) to have 94 matches.
However, the BCCI was reportedly against increasing the matches in the next season with the Indian men’s team in contention to qualify for the World Test Championship (WTC) final.
IPL mega auction to start on Sunday in Jeddah
The IPL mega auction will take place on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The two-day event will change the course of all IPL teams with the complete squads to be reshaped for the first time since 2022. All 10 teams were allowed to retain at least six players, including five capped players in their squads. A total of 46 players were retained during the IPL retention window on October 31.
The BCCI announced that 574 players have been shortlisted for the mega auction with 366 Indians and 208 overseas players in the list. There were 1574 players registered for the auction. The likes of Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Mitchell Starc, Jos Buttler and Ishan Kishan are likely to fetch big bids during the main event.
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