With the 2025 IPL ahead, the mega auction is not long away. The date of the tournament was announced before the mega auction. Not only that, the schedule of three IPLs was also leaked at the same time.
According to the schedule released by the Board of Cricket in India (BCCI), the 2025 IPL will start on March 14. It will end on May 25. 2026 IPL will take longer to start and finish than 2025. The 19th IPL will run from March 15 to May 31, 2026. The next year's IPL will start a day earlier.
An email was sent to franchisees yesterday. It has been verified by Cricinfo. It has been said that the IPL will be held according to this schedule. 2025 IPL will have 74 matches. As has happened in the last three IPLs. However, 10 less than what was listed in the 2022 IPL. There were 84 matches in the list then. Seva's media assets were sold for the 2023-27 cycle.
The IPL gave an idea of how the number of matches could be according to the season at the time of tendering for the new cycle. 2023, 2024 IPL 74 matches were discussed. Accordingly, 2025 and 2026 IPL were supposed to have 84 matches each. The last year of the cycle (2027) is supposed to have a maximum of 94 matches.
Cricinfo has published a list of how many foreign cricketers can be kept in the email from 2025 to 2027 IPL. Pakistani cricketers are not kept here. Cricket Australia (CA) has allowed all international and domestic cricketers to play in the 2025 and 2026 IPL. In the case of 2027, the Test which Australia will play on the 150th anniversary of the Test against England in Melbourne, then the cricketers will be able to join the IPL. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has released the list of 18 cricketers under central contract for the 2025 to 2027 IPL.
Cricketers from South Africa, New Zealand, West Indies, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe – these five teams will be available throughout the 2025 to 2027 IPL season. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced that its players will be available for the entire season in the 2025 IPL. BCB has sent names of 13 cricketers for a three-year term (2025 to 2027). Whether or not Bangladeshi cricketers are available throughout the season depends on many things.
From 2008 to 2024, Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings have won the title maximum five times in 17 IPLs. Kolkata Knight Riders won the title 3 times. The last of which came in 2024 IPL. Sunrisers Hyderabad, Deccan Chargers, Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals have won the IPL title once.
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