IPL-2025 starts from March 14, final will be played on May 25: Teams got a schedule of three seasons; All countries gave their consent

IPL-2024 was played from 22 March to 26 May.

The next season of IPL will start from March 14 and its final will be played on May 25. IPL has given this information in an email sent to the teams on Thursday. According to Cricinfo, IPL has sent the draft schedule for the next three seasons to all the teams, but it is likely that these will be the final dates.

The 2026 season will be played between March 15 and May 31, while the 2027 season will be played between March 14 and May 30. There will be 74 matches in the 2025 season, which is the same as the previous three seasons. However, no official statement has come yet from IPL or BCCI regarding this.

IPL claims presence of foreign players in all three season windows In the email sent by IPL, it has been claimed that the foreign players have agreed to their achievement for the next three seasons. Foreign players have received permission from their board to play during this period. Pakistan is not included in this.

Kolkata Knight Riders is the defending champion. The team won the title by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets in the final.

Australia Cricket Board gave consent for all three seasons The Australia Cricket Board has approved both its domestic and international cricketers to play in the IPL 2025 season. After the T20 World Cup to be held in February-March in 2026, the Australian team will play a three-match ODI series with Pakistan. This series will end before March 18. To commemorate the completion of 150 years of Test cricket during the 2027 season, a one-off Test will be played between Australia and England in March. After that Australian players will be available for IPL.

England and Wales Cricket Board has also given the list of players included in the central contract, who will be available in the next three seasons of IPL. However, the name of England Test captain Ben Stokes is missing from this list. Stokes is not included in the mega auction of IPL 2025. The list of players who are fully available between 2025 and 2027 includes Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Jacob Bethel, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler, Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone. The names of Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ollie Stone and Reece Topley. Is included.

Sri Lanka Cricket also agreed Sri Lanka Cricket has said that its players will be fully available for the 2025 season. Players retained before 2026 and 2027 will be available again.

Bangladesh has sent the list of 13 players The Bangladesh Cricket Board has sent 13 names with varying availability for each player over a three-year period. The list includes Taskin Ahmed, Liton Das, Mahedi Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan, Rishad Hussain, Tauheed Hridoy, Shoriful Islam, Shohidul Islam, Hasan Mahmood, Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Mustafizur Rahman, Naheed Rana, Tanzin Hasan Shakib.

Apart from this, players from South Africa, New Zealand, West Indies, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe will be fully available.