The highly anticipated Indian Premier League will commence on March 21 and will continue till May 25. Eden Gardens will host the IPL opener as Kolkata Knight Riders won the 2024 IPL title. Apart from that, Kolkata has been assigned the qualifier 2 and the final match. Hyderabad will host the eliminator and the qualifier match. The 2025 season will feature 74 matches, like the previous three seasons, but ten less than that in 2022. However, according to the tender document for the 2023–27 media rights cycle, the matches will gradually increase. There will be 84 matches in 2025 and 2026, and a maximum of 94 games for the final year of the deal in 2027. Before the November mega auction, IPL revealed the 2025–27 windows. The 2025 season starts March 21, two weeks after the Champions Trophy final, with the schedule expected this month. Read also: Punjab Kings Crown Shreyas Iyer as Skipper for IPL 2025 WPL in February-March The 2025 Women's Premier League (WPL) is expected to take place from February 7 to March 2. The BCCI has announced the inclusion of two additional venues this year, with Baroda and Lucknow joining Mumbai and Bangalore as host cities. The exact distribution of matches across these venues remains unclear, as the schedule has not yet been released.