Indian Premier League

Franchise T20 cricket league annually held in India

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2025 Kolkata Knight Riders, the champions of the 2024 season, will return to defend their title under new head coach Chandrakant Pandit, though their captain is yet to be announced.
2025 Sunrisers Hyderabad, the runners-up of the 2024 season, will compete again with Pat Cummins as captain and Daniel Vettori as head coach.
2025 Notable leadership changes include Ricky Ponting continuing as head coach of Punjab Kings and Rahul Dravid coaching the Rajasthan Royals.
2025 The 2025 Indian Premier League will feature the same 10 teams from the 2024 season, maintaining consistency in team composition.
February 2025 JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar merged to create JioHotstar, which acquired the domestic digital broadcasting rights for the remainder of the 2023–2027 IPL cycle.
February 16 2025 Complete fixtures for the 2025 Indian Premier League were officially announced
February 13 2025 BCCI confirmed the first two matches of the 2025 Indian Premier League season
January 2025 Official announcement that the 2025 IPL season would start on 21 March, adjusted to allow a two-week gap after the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy final.
2024 The 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) season was played across 13 stadiums in various cities in India, including venues in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Dharamshala, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mullanpur, Mumbai, and Visakhapatnam.
2024 Delhi Capitals played their first two home games at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium due to the Arun Jaitley Stadium being unavailable after hosting the 2024 Women's Premier League.
2024 Star Sports reported a record-breaking 16.8 crore viewership on the opening day, which was the highest-ever first-day viewership for any IPL season.
2024 IPL season achieved a total viewership of 546 million on Star Sports and 620 million on JioCinema, marking an 18% increase from the previous edition.
2024 Tata Group renewed their title sponsorship contract for the Indian Premier League for a 5-year period from 2024 to 2028, securing the highest-ever sponsorship amount in the league's history.
2024 Rule change implemented allowing bowlers to bowl two bouncers per over, following a trial in the 2023–24 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy domestic tournament.
2024 Indian Premier League tournament returned to its 2022 format, with a re-shuffled group order and specific playing rules for inter-group and intra-group matches.
November 2024 BCCI announced the player auction list for the 2025 IPL season.
November 2024 Disney Star and Viacom18's JioCinema merged to form JioStar, consolidating broadcasting rights for the IPL.
November 2024 Tentative dates for the 2025-2027 Indian Premier League seasons were announced to franchises.
November 25 2024 Second day of the Mega Auction in Jeddah. During the auction, Shreyas Iyer was sold to Punjab Kings and Rishabh Pant was sold to Lucknow Super Giants, both breaking the previous record for the most expensive player.
November 25 2024 Vaibhav Suryavanshi, at 13 years old, became the youngest player ever sold in IPL history when he was bought by Rajasthan Royals.
November 24 2024 First day of the Mega Auction held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with a record 1,574 players registered. Mallika Sagar served as the auctioneer for the second consecutive year.
October 31 2024 Player retention process began for the 2025 Indian Premier League, with franchises allowed to retain players ahead of the auction. Heinrich Klaasen became the most expensive retained player in IPL history, and Virat Kohli became the most expensive retained Indian player.
May 26 2024 IPL 2024 Playoffs conclude at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai with the final match
May 26 2024 Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets in the final, winning their third IPL title at the tournament's conclusion in Chennai.
May 22 2024 Qualifier 2 and final match scheduled, with Chennai set to host its third IPL final after previous finals in 2011 and 2012.
May 21 2024 Qualifier 1 and Eliminator matches scheduled to be played at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.

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