Guwahati To Host Two IPL Matches This Year, Barsapara Stadium Named Rajasthan Royals' Second Home Venue
GUWAHATI: Guwahati is set to host two IPL matches in 2025. Rajasthan Royals have made it their second home ground and will play two evening matches—one against Kolkata Knight Riders on March 26 and another against Chennai Super Kings on March 30.
Last year’s runners-up, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), will begin their campaign at home, taking on Rajasthan Royals on March 23 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. The match, scheduled as an afternoon fixture, will mark SRH’s first home game of the season.
BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla earlier said that IPL 2025 would start on March 23. But the board later changed it to March 21, reportedly at the request of broadcasters. The full schedule will be announced soon.
The IPL 2025 is scheduled to begin on March 21, with Eden Gardens hosting both the tournament opener and the final on May 25.
As usual, the defending champions' home venue will host both the opener and the final, which this year will be Eden Gardens, the home ground of Kolkata Knight Riders, who won the IPL 2024. The 2025 season will feature 74 matches, the same as the previous three seasons.
However, this is 10 fewer than the 84 matches originally planned in the IPL's 2022 media rights tender for 2023-27. According to the tender, the number of matches would change each season: 74 in 2023 and 2024, 84 in 2025 and 2026, and up to 94 in 2027.