The 18th season of IPL is about to begin. The BCCI had already given information about the venue for the opening match. But nothing was told about the date and teams. But now this has also been revealed. According to the report, the first match of IPL 2025 will be played on Saturday 22 March, which will begin with the team of defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. According to the practice of the league, this opener match will be played at the Defending Champion's house i.e. at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Second match srh vs rr

According to the report of Cricbuzz, the last season finalist Sunrisers Hyderabad will play their first match in the 18th season. On Sunday 23 February, he will face Rajasthan Royals. This match will be played at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium of SRH i.e. Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Uppal from 3.30 pm. There can be two matches on this day. Let us know that the BCCI has not yet officially approves the date of the tournament matches. However, he has unofficially told the date of some major matches to the respective teams.

BCCI changes, schedule will come on this day

On January 12, the Special General Meeting held in Mumbai, the BCCI vice -president hinted that the IPL could start on 23 March. But according to the report of cricbing, now the board has made a little change in it. According to this report, a complete schedule of the tournament can be released in the next 1 to 2 days. Let us know that in the new season of IPL, a total of 74 matches will be played including the final. Apart from the first match at Eden Gardens, the final of IPL 2025 will also be played on 25 May. According to the information, two play -off matches will be held at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad.

There will be matches on 12 venue

The BCCI has also made some changes in the venue. This time 10 not 12 places will be played against IPL. 2 venue has been added to the new season, which includes Guwahati and Dharamshala. Punjab Kings have selected Dharamshala as their second venue in the tournament, where 3 matches can be played. At the same time, Rajasthan Royals have made Guwahati their second venue with Jaipur, where they will take on Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings on 26 and 30 March.