KKR Vs RCB To Kickstart IPL 2025 On March 22, Eden Gardens To Host Final
Kolkata's iconic Eden Gardens will host the final match of IPL 2025 on Sunday, May 25.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday (February 16) announced the schedule for the upcoming 2025 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). A total of 74 matches will be played between 10 teams across 13 venues in India. Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders will face Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the first match of IPL 2025 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on March 22, and the final is also scheduled to take place at the same venue on Sunday, May 25.
Like the last two editions, the IPL final is once again going to take place at the home of the defending champions. It’s the third time in IPL history that Eden Gardens will host the summit clash. In the last two IPL finals played at the iconic stadium in Kolkata, the Mumbai Indians defeated the Chennai Super Kings by 23 runs on May 26, 2013, and 41 runs on May 24, 2015, to win the IPL 2013 and IPL 2025 titles, respectively.
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In addition to the final match, Eden Gardens will also host the second qualifier match between the loser of qualifier 1 and winner of the eliminator match on Friday, May 24. The first qualifier and eliminator match of IPL 2025 is scheduled to take place on May 21 and May 22, respectively, at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, which is also the home ground of Sunrisers Hyderabad.
SRH, under the leadership of Pat Cummins, played in the final of IPL 2024 but suffered a heartbreaking defeat by 8 wickets against KKR at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on May 26, 2024.
KKR, which won its third IPL title last year, would like to successfully defend its title in 2025 and become the third team after CSK and MI to win back-to-back IPL trophies.
Only two teams—Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans—have managed to win an IPL final in front of home fans. In the 2011 IPL final played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, the MS Dhoni-led side defeated RCB by 58 runs, and in the 2022 final, GT hammered Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets to win the cash-rich league title at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
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