New DelhiNew Delhi: IPL 2025 will start from March 21, with the first match of the tournament being played at Eden Gardens and the final match on May 25. According to the report of ESPNcricinfo, WPL 2025 will be held from February 7 to March 2. In an unprecedented move ahead of the mega auction in November, the IPL has shared the window with the franchises for the next three seasons (2025-27). For 2025, the window was fixed between March 15 and May 25. However, to accommodate the Champions Trophy final scheduled for March 9, the IPL decided to take a hiatus of about two weeks and fixed the start date for March 21. The full IPL schedule is expected to be released later this month. As usual, the defending champions' home ground will host both the opener and the final, which this year will be Eden Gardens, the home ground of Kolkata Knight Riders, who won IPL 2024.
The 2025 season will have 74 matches, just like the previous three seasons. However, this is ten less than the 84 matches originally listed in the IPL's 2022 media rights tender for the 2023-27 cycle. The tender mentions the number of matches differently for each season: 74 games for 2023 and 2024, 84 games for 2025 and 2026 and up to 94 games for 2027. For the 2025 WPL, BCCI has decided to introduce two new venues along with Mumbai and Bengaluru. This year the league will also be organized in Baroda and Lucknow. The specific number of matches at each venue is yet to be confirmed, as the WPL schedule has yet to be announced.
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