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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will begin high-level negotiations with the centre government and principal stakeholders to identify the optimal time frame for the resumption of IPL 2025. A total of 16 games, four of them playoffs, are yet to be played this season. As the Indian Premier League is a tournament of national interest, the BCCI is hoping to bring its decision-making into line with that of the Government of India.
The IPL was formally suspended on Friday, May 9, after the Punjab Kings vs. Delhi Capitals match in Dharamsala after sudden blackout. Cricbuzz reports indicate the board is eager to conclude the league by the end of May and is looking for a 12–14-day window to fit in the remaining matches. The schedule might include a couple of extra doubleheaders to achieve this deadline.
The India-Pakistan tensions started after the Pahalgam Attack on April 22 which claimed lives of 26 innocent tourists following this horrific attack, India retaliated with Operation Sindoor on May 7. The operation marked series of military attack that targeted terrorists infrastructure in Pakistan. Since then the conflict has aggravated and on May 10, a ceasefire was swiftly brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump, bringing a temporary pause to hostilities. However, the truce was short-lived, as both India and Pakistan soon reported fresh violations and blamed each other for reigniting the conflict.
Now that Pakistan has already violated the ceasefire, the future of IPL remains a question unanswered hence BCCI is closely monitoring the situation and will try to reschedule the league as soon as possible.
Stay tuned for all the live updates on the rescheduling of IPL 2025.
The new schedule of league starts with RCB match and also ends with RCB match, this means that RCB will be playing the first match of new schedule against KKR on May 17 and the last match of league phase will also feature RCB playing against LSG on May 27.
The top four teams currently are Gujarat Titans at first position, Royal Challengers Bengaluru at second, Punjab Kings at third and Mumbai Indians at fourth position in the IPL 2025 points table.
The three IPL matches that will be held in Delhi are:
18 May- DC vs GT
20 May- CSK vs RR
25 May- SRH vs KKR
There is a high possibility that star Australian players Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc might opt out of the remaining part of IPL 2025.
"After extensive consultations with government and security agencies, and with all the key stakeholders, the Board has decided to proceed with the remainder of the season," the IPL said in a statement.
Since the IPL final and WTC final are extremely close, overseas players from Australia and South Africa are likely to opt out from the remaining part of the Indian Premier League.
There are some overseas players which have returned back home and their confirmation is still awaited whether they'll be participating again or not. It is also important to note that the World Test Championship Final is nearing and players from Australia and South Africa will also have to look after the national duty.
The PBKS vs DC match which was suspended in Dharamsala due to blackout and war tensions will be played again. The match will be played on May 24 in Jaipur.
The venues for playoffs are still not decided and the revised schedule will only have two double headers and both will be on Sundays.
Qualifier 1 - May 29
Eliminator - May 30
Qualifier 2 - June 1
Final - June 3
CSK Vs RR: Delhi folks, its a great news for you and MS Dhoni will be seen playing in the capital against Rajasthan Royals on May 20 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium at 7:30 pm.
Six venues have been picked for the remaining matches - Bengaluru, Jaipur, Delhi, Lucknow, Ahmedabad and Mumbai.
2 matches will be held in Bengaluru
3 matches will be held in Jaipur
3 matches will be held in Delhi
1 match will be held in Mumbai
2 matches in Ahmedabad
and 2 matches in Lucknow
The updated schedule for the remainder of the TATA IPL 2025. A total of 17 matches will be played across 6 venues, starting May 17, and culminating in the final on June 3. (Pic: BCCI) pic.twitter.com/dYhb5BeBV0
— ANI (@ANI) May 12, 2025
The question for the BCCI and the IPL will be how to best fit 17 games into a condensed fixture schedule, with doubleheaders reportedly being planned. However, entering the hottest part of the year, those will be something that the IPL want to avoid as much as possible, from a player welfare perspective as well as their TV deal with JioStar.
Gujarat Titans on Sunday became the first IPL team to resume training after India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire. Reports suggested that GT players took part in a three-hour training session.
The BCCI has reportedly come up with three possible plans to restart the suspended IPL 2025, and a final decision is expected later today. As per Cricbuzz, one of the plans follows the usual home-and-away format. The other two plans suggest holding matches at fewer venues, mostly in the southern part of India.
The IPL Governing Council will reportedly meet today to decide the final schedule for the resumption of IPL 2025. Cricbuzz has reported that the BCCI will announce the roadmap later today.
Thank You, Virat. #269 👑 Test Cricket will never be the same again! 🥺 pic.twitter.com/7eAYipnzp1
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) May 12, 2025
The 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓 bids adieu! #269 💙♾️ pic.twitter.com/NmtMJvY7Gv
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) May 12, 2025
The last time the Indian Premier League (IPL) was stopped midway was during the COVID-19 pandemic. The IPL 2021 season, which kicked off in April, had to be suspended due to a national lockdown. The second half took place in the UAE later that year.
Ricky Ponting was on his way home to Australia when he heard the news of ceasefire between India and Pakistan. He decided to stay back and even tried to convince the overseas players to comeback once the situation in India is sorted to resume the IPL 2025 season.
There is also the issue of a tight cricket calendar and if the IPL continues beyond the originally planned May 24. All the Australian players would require fresh "no objection" certificates from CA in order to return, the report said. Test players such as Travis Head, Mitchell Starc, captain Pat Cummins and fellow fast bowler Josh Hazlewood are to spend a few days at home before flying to the UK ahead of the World Test Championship final at Lord's against South Africa.
To avoid any further delay it is likely that there will be more double-headers in the new schedule of IPL 2025 so that it concludes in the month of May itself.
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It is likely that BCCI will announce the new schedule today.
Virat Kohli retired just 770 runs before reaching 10,000 runs milestone in Test format, his last century came in the first Test of Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.
According to ESPNCricinfo, Rajat Patidar is currently has a finger injury and this is another major setback for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).
🚨 BCCI MEETING WILL HAPPEN TODAY 🚨- BCCI is going to have a meeting later today on resumption of IPL. [RevSportz]Different schedules have been prepared with 1) all venues, 2) Reduced venues.A confirmation might happen today with subject to Indian government permission. pic.twitter.com/pVLX9FsWX2
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) May 12, 2025
The BCCI meeting will happen today and according to Rev Sportz different schedule will be made with reduced venues.
Even with his excellent form, Hazlewood missed RCB's last game before the IPL was suspended after suffering a shoulder injury. This has put his availability for when the tournament resumes in later May in doubt.
All the franchises except Punjab Kings have asked the players to report to their respective venues by May 13, Tuesday.
There are reports that IPL final will be held at Narendra Modi Stadiu, Ahmedabad.
Even before any official revised schedule GT has started their workout sessions on Sunday to get ready for further interactions in the rest of the competition.
It is possible that the two teams will be awarded a point each.
Some Australian players might not return as the WTC final is also approaching and their confirmation is still awaited
Franchises are unlikely to force foreign players to return for IPL 2025 if someone is unwilling to play in the Reminder of the season. [RevSportz]
BCCI is awaiting a formal go-ahead from the government before sharing resumption details with IPL franchises. [RevSportz]
Kolkata is likely to not host the IPL 2025 final due to the weather forecast as it is predicted there will be rain on that day. (PTI)
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According to a report by the Indian Express, the BCCI has asked all the teams except Punjab Kings to report to their respective venues by Tuesday, May 13 so that IPL can be started from Friday.
According to a report by ESPNCricinfo, the franchises have called all their player - India and overseas back so that the tournament can start likely by this weekend (May 15).
The PBKS camp has barely dismantled as most of the players are still in India and their momentum won't be lost.
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The BCCI is supposed to discuss everything with the stake holders and the Indian government hence the schedule will be out soon once all the clearance is given.
The IPL 2025 has been suspended due to increasing India-Pakistan tensions and BCCI will be conducting a high-level meeting to discuss on its rescheduling.
The IPL 2025 was suspended after the increased India-Pakistan tensions on May 9, 2025. In Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals match, there was a blackout in Dharamsala stadium and keeping in mind the safety of players and audience the match was immediately abandoned and everyone was asked to leave the stadium. The next day after the India-Pakistan tensions kept on escalating, the BCCI decided to suspend the IPL for one week.
Originally, the IPL 2025 final was supposed to be held on May 25 but with the suspension there is a possibility of delay and change in IPL 2025 end date.
The question remains unanswered but MS Dhoni did drop a hint about assessing his body post-IPL for 6-8 months and see how his body works, then only a decision will be taken.
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