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IPL 2025 Schedule: Kolkata Knight Riders to kick off season with match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, complete details revealed

IPL 2025 Schedule schedule announced as the richest T20 cricket competition in the world will kick off with the game between KKR and RCB at the Eden Gardens.

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The 2025 season of Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to begin on 22nd March. The opening game of the tournament will witness defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) take on Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). The blockbuster encounter is set to be played at the iconic Eden Gardens stadium. 

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In the first double header weekend, runners-up Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on Rajasthan Royals in the afternoon match. The second game of the day will be the massive clash between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians. Cricket’s el-classico will be played at Chepauk in Chennai.

Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul will make their IPL debuts for their new sides in the first weekday match on Monday. Delhi and Lucknow will face other at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Punjab Kings will play their opening game of the season against Gujarat Titans as Shreyas Iyer gets set to lead Punjab and hopefully secure their maiden IPL title. 

Mumbai Indians set to play first home match against KKR

Wankhede Stadium will have to wait for a week in order to see the Men in Blue and Gold play their first match at home. As per the schedule Mumbai will face Kolkata on 31st March in what will be an evening game. MI’s last match of the season is on 15th May when they host Delhi Capitals. 

Punjab will play their matches at Mullanpur Stadium and followed by few games at the Dharamshala stadium. Delhi Capitals will also play a few games in Visakhapatnam just like they did in 2024. As per the schedule, first two playoff matches will be held in Hyderabad while the last two games including the finals will be played in Kolkata. 

Earlier today, reports emerged that Mumbai Indians have signed Mujeeb-ur-Rahman as the replacement player for the coming season. The move comes after Allah Ghazanfar was ruled out of Champions Trophy and IPL 2025 due to injury. Mujeeb was part of KKR last season but an injury meant that he was ironically replaced by Ghazanfar. 

Here is the complete schedule:

IPL Royal Challengers Bengaluru Kolkata Knight Riders