On Sunday, January 12, after the Special General Meeting (SGM) held at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) headquarters in Mumbai, Vice-President confirmed that the 2025 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will begin on March 23. The millions of fans of the IPL, arguably the biggest franchise cricket tournament in the world, were waiting for the official announcement of the start date for quite some time, and now it has been revealed.

Notably, in November of 2024, the sought-after auction for the 2025 edition of the IPL was held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where all the 10 teams of the tournament got the opportunity to compete their respective squads. The three of the highest paid players for the upcoming season of the IPL are Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, and Ventkatesh Iyer of Lucknow Super Giants, Punjab Kings, and the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders respectively.

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Rajeev Shukla didn't confirm teams for IPL 2025 opening match on March 23

Earlier, for quite some time, the rumoured start date of the IPL 2025 season was March 14, but now, the BCCI have officially announced it to be March 23 via their Vice-President Rajeev Shukla. But, at the same time, there is no confirmation yet on which teams will be playing the highly anticipated opening match of the tournament, apart from the venues for the playoff matches and the grand finale, which is expected to go down in the last week of May if not early June.

Moreover, in the BCCI SGM, the replacement of Jay Shah in the secretary post was announced, and his name is none other than Devajit Saikia, the former Assam cricketer. Jay Shah had vacated his BCCI post after taking over the position of the chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) at the end of last year, and he had visited Brisbane in his official capacity during the third Test of the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) series between Australia and India.