According to a report, the 2025 edition of IPL will be played from March 14 to May 25 and the following two seasons from March 15-May 31 and March 14-May 30.
The 2025 edition of the cash-rich Indian Premier League is all set to start on March 14. According to a report in ESPNCricinfo on Friday (November 22), the final of the 18th edition of the world’s richest franchise cricket league will be played on May 25. Even though the venue is yet to be announced, in all likelihood the summit clash will take place at Eden Gardens in Kolkata after the city-based franchise won the 2024 edition of IPL.
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As per the available information, the 2026 season will be played between March 15 and May 31, and the 2027 season will be between March 14 and May 30.
The 2025 season will have 74 matches, 10 less than the 84 matches listed by IPL in 2022 when the media rights for the 2023–27 cycle were sold.
In a major boost to all 10 IPL franchises, all full member countries have reportedly assured BCCI about the availability of their players for all three seasons.
According to ESPNCricinfo, “Cricket Australia has given clearance to all its players—both international and domestic—to feature in the 2025 season. In 2026, Australia will feature in a three-match ODI series in Pakistan, which CA revealed will be “concluding no later than March 18.” Australian players participating in that series as well as those resting after the T20 World Cup (scheduled in India and Sri Lanka in February-March 2026) will join the IPL after the Pakistan tour. In 2027, Australian players featuring in the one-off Test between Australia and England in March to commemorate 150 years of Test cricket will join after the match.”
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“The ECB has submitted a list of 18 centrally contracted players who will be fully available for the next three IPL seasons. One big name missing from this list includes England Test captain Ben Stokes, who did not enter the 2025 IPL mega auction. The list of players who will be fully available between 2025 and 2027 includes: Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler, Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Olly Stone, and Reece Topley. The ECB has pointed out a few of these players will be “out of contract” at some point during the 2025–27 period, but while they are contracted, they will be available to play in the IPL. England’s non-centrally contracted players will be fully available for the next three seasons.”
