IPL 2025 season date announced, BCCI gives big update

IPL 2025 was earlier scheduled to start on March 14. But now the tournament will start late. Vice President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Rajeev Shukla said that the date of the next season of IPL has been changed. Now IPL 2025 will start from March 23. But the date of playoff and final match has not been announced yet. Work on the new schedule of IPL will start soon.
Rajeev Shukla said that the IPL 2025 season will start from March 23. That means, the inaugural match of the tournament will be played on this day. BCCI's AGM was held on Sunday. This decision has been taken during this period.
BCCI recently held a meeting at its Mumbai headquarters. Many important issues were discussed in it. Now the next meeting can be held on 18 or 19 January. With this, Team India's team will be finalized for the Champions Trophy. Along with this, IPL can also be discussed. According to media reports, currently the date of IPL 2025 has been changed to March 23. The tournament will now start a little late.
Devjit Saikia becomes the new secretary of BCCI
Rajiv Shukla has said that there was only one main issue in the meeting, that was the selection of treasurer and secretary. He said that the venues for the WPL (Women's Premier League) are also clear, which will be announced soon. IPL Commissioner has also been appointed for one year.
Let us tell you that Devjit Saikia has become the new Secretary of BCCI. While Prabhatej Singh Bhatia was elected treasurer. Both were elected unopposed. Saikia was serving as the BCCI's interim secretary after Jay Shah became the president of the International Cricket Council (ICC) on December 1. Now he has got full time responsibility.
IPL was to start immediately after the Champions Trophy
The final of the Champions Trophy will be played on 9 March. Whereas the first semi-final of the tournament will be played on March 4 and the second semi-final on March 5. Soon after this, IPL was to start on 14th March. Due to this, players do not get much break. Many foreign players will also participate in the IPL to be held in Pakistan and UAE in March for the Champions Trophy. That's why they can't rest.
Why was the date of IPL 2025 changed?
There is no official information as to why the start date of IPL has been changed. The schedule of IPL 2025 has also not been announced yet. But an update on this may be available soon. Let us tell you that this season's mega auction was organized in Jeddah. Rishabh Pant was the most expensive player sold in this. Pant was bought by Lucknow Supergiants for Rs 27 crore.