IPL 2025 will start again from May 17. The remaining 13 matches of the league stage will be played at 6 venues. The playoff stage will be played from May 29, the final will be on June 3. BCCI gave this information on its social media handle. IPL had to be suspended on May 9 due to tension with Pakistan. BCCI had stopped the tournament and said that the country is currently in a state of war. In such a situation, organizing a cricket tournament is not right. The first match will be played between RCB and KKR in Bengaluru on May 17. The remaining matches will be played in Jaipur, Delhi, Lucknow, Mumbai and Ahmedabad. The league stage will end on May 27. 2 double headers will be played on Sundays on May 18 and 25. That is, there will be 13 matches of the league stage in 11 days. The match between Punjab and Delhi to be held in Dharamsala on May 8 had to be stopped amid attacks from Pakistan. This match will now be played in Jaipur on May 24. The venue of the playoff matches is not decided yet. Earlier, 2-2 playoff matches were to be played in Hyderabad and Kolkata. Let us understand every important thing related to IPL through 5 questions ahead… 1. How many matches are left?
74 matches were to be played under IPL 2025. 57 matches had been played till May 7, the 58th match had to be stopped midway on May 8. That is, now 17 matches are left. Of these, 13 matches are from the league stage and 4 matches are from the playoff stage. 2. Which teams have matches left?
Mumbai, Kolkata, Rajasthan and Chennai have two league matches left. The remaining teams have three league matches each to play. The status of the teams can be understood from the points table given below. A team has to play 14 league matches. 3. How many teams are still in the playoff race?
Three out of 10 IPL teams have been eliminated from the playoff race. Hyderabad, Rajasthan and Chennai, these three teams have been eliminated. The remaining teams are still in the playoff race. 4. Are all the foreign players still present in India?
No. When the BCCI decided to suspend the league, the foreign players and support staff were asked to return to their country. Many of these players have returned home. They will be called again. However, some Australian players may refuse to come to India keeping in mind the final of the World Test Championship. 5. Why the remaining matches should be organized in May itself
Every year the April-May window is available for IPL. That is, no major series is being held anywhere else in the world during this time period. If the remaining matches of IPL were not held in May, then the board would have to wait till September. The final of the World Test Championship is to be played between Australia and South Africa from June 11. After this, the Indian team has to tour England, where a series of 5 Test matches will start from June 20. The rest of the teams will also be busy in different series by August. That is why the BCCI planned to end the IPL in May itself. _________________ Read this sports news too… Will the young Indian team go on England tour? Rohit Sharma retired from Test cricket on 7 May. On 10 May, news came that Virat Kohli too has expressed his desire to retire from Test cricket to BCCI. However, the board is busy convincing him. If Virat too retires, then except Ravindra Jadeja, there will be no senior player left in the Test team who has played more than 60 Tests. In such a situation, the big question is who will replace Rohit and Virat in the playing-11? Read the full news
