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IPL 2025 Stats
The Indian Premier League is the biggest franchise-based cricket league in the world, which has been running since 2008. This means the 2025 season of the Indian Premier League will be the 18th edition of the IPL.
IPL 2025 starts off on March 22 (Saturday) with a clash between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Eden Gardens. The IPL 2025 final will be held on May 25.
In IPL 2025, 10 teams will be in the fray. Two teams — Mumbai Indians and the Chennai Super Kings — have won the title five times each. MI’s last title came in 2020, CSK won its final title in the 2023 edition. Chennai also won the 2010, 2011, 2018 and 2021 titles while Mumbai were victors in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019 besides 2020.
Kolkata Knight Riders have won the title thrice so far, including last season, while Gujarat Titans have won the title once in their two seasons. Rajasthan Royals and SunRisers Hyderabad have also won the title one time each.
December 9, 2025 12:33 IST
IPL 2026 Auction: Full Players List, Base Price, Auction Date, Time & Venue Details
IPL 2026 Auction Players List with Price: Check complete players list, base price categories, auction date, time and venue. A total of 40 players have registered themselves in the highest bracket at Rs 2 crore.
December 8, 2025 15:32 IST
‘Really pleased with how it’s developing’: Phil Salt opens up about batting with Virat Kohli for RCB in IPL
Phil Salt gave two examples of matches in Jaipur and Delhi, where both he and Virat Kohli took the aggressive route at the top of the order without having to talk at great length about who would have to take the initiative in the middle.
December 8, 2025 13:24 IST
‘Question of Bengaluru and Karnataka’s pride’: D K Shivakumar says Chinnaswamy Stadium will host IPL 2026 matches despite stampede report
Karnataka Deputy CM D K Shivakumar assured that authorities will prevent incidents like stampedes and proposed building a new stadium as an alternative to Chinnaswamy Stadium.
December 7, 2025 22:16 IST
‘If you don’t respect IPL, you shouldn’t be in auction’: Sunil Gavaskar on players with limited availability in Indian Premier League
Australian wicketkeeper-batter Josh Inglis reportedly confirmed that his availability for the IPL will be limited due to his wedding.
November 24, 2025 13:27 IST
Rajasthan Royals interested to shift home venue to Pune for multiple IPL seasons, RCB deal less likely: Maharashtra Cricket Association
The Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune will be allotted to Rajasthan Royals if its confirmation comes through first, said MCA honorary secretary Kamlesh Pisal.
November 18, 2025 17:39 IST
‘Delhi Capitals has best spin attack but will be in trouble without solid opener’: Aakash Chopra
Aside from du Plessis and Fraser-McGurk, Donovan Ferreira was traded out to Rajasthan Royals, while Sediqullah Atal, Manvanth Kumar, Mohit Sharma, and Darshan Nalkande were released.
November 17, 2025 13:10 IST
‘Abhishek Nayar is the straight answer for Andre Russell’s release:’ Former India batter criticises KKR’s IPL 2026 decision
Andre Russell, 37, retired from international T20Is earlier this year and has served the Knights for over 11 years, scoring 2600 runs while also picking 122 wickets for the franchise.
November 15, 2025 22:48 IST
‘Time to move on’: Sanju Samson ends Rajasthan Royals era, chasing dream to be ‘around MS Dhoni’ at Chennai Super Kings
The move follows what appeared to be growing differences between Samson and the Royals' management, leading the player to seek a new franchise.
November 15, 2025 21:36 IST
Why did Ravindra Jadeja take a pay-cut to leave Dhoni’s CSK and join Rajasthan Royals?
This sort of a trade is unprecedented and other franchises reckon it could pave the way for more such in the future. The four crore that they saved from Jadeja meant, they got Curran (Rs 2.4 crore) and also Donovan Ferreira (Rs 1 crore)
November 15, 2025 19:27 IST
IPL 2026 auction: Full list of purse left for all 10 teams after retention deadline
Every single IPL team released a number of players ahead of the mini auction in December. Here’s the remaining purse for each team as they head into the mini auction
November 15, 2025 21:57 IST
Jadeja’s first reaction on emotional return to Rajasthan Royals after 17 years: ‘Not just a team, it’s home’
In his first reaction since returning to the franchise where he began his IPL journey in 2008, Jadeja expressed his delight.
November 15, 2025 18:09 IST
LSG Retained and Released Players IPL 2026: Full list of Lucknow Super Giants as Ravi Bishnoi, David Miller released; Mohammed Shami traded in
Lucknow Super Giants Retained Complete Player List with Price for IPL 2026: LSG have been active ahead of the retention deadline and have conducted three separate all-cash deals.
November 15, 2025 17:42 IST
DC Retained and Released Players IPL 2026: Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk released; Full list Delhi Capitals players; Purse & slot remaining
Delhi Capitals Retained Complete Player List with Price for IPL 2026: The 2025 season promised much initially but delivered less as Delhi's campaign progressed.
November 15, 2025 17:41 IST
RCB Retained and Released Players IPL 2026: Livingstone, Ngidi, Seifert released; Full list of Royal Challengers Bengaluru players; Purse & slot remaining
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Retained Complete Player List with Price for IPL 2026: With the RCB winning the last edition, this year might be a rare occurence where they don't go for a complete squad overhaul.
November 15, 2025 17:47 IST
SRH Retained and Released Players IPL 2026: Full list for Sunrisers Hyderabad as they retain Heinrich Klaasen, release Adam Zampa, trade Mohammed Shami out
Sunrisers Hyderabad Retained Complete Player List with Price for IPL 2026: 2016 champions Sunrisers Hyderabad will look to get back on the pedestal once again after their fairly ordinary performance last year.
November 15, 2025 10:37 IST
IPL 2026: Sanju Samson moves to Chennai in CSK’s biggest-ever trade deal, Jadeja returns to Rajasthan Royals at Rs 14 crore
IPL 2026 Retention: In one of the biggest-ever IPL trade-transfer deals, Sanju Samson was confirmed to switch to the Chennai Super Kings with Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran moving to the Rajasthan Royals.
November 16, 2025 10:29 IST
IPL 2026 Retained and Released Players HIGHLIGHTS: CSK release Pathirana; KKR let go of Russell, Iyer; PBKS offload Maxwell
IPL 2026 Retained and Released Players List for RCB, CSK, MI, KKR, SRH, DC, GT, PBKS, RR, LSG Live Updates: Catch the latest updates as Sanju Samson moves to Chennai Super Kings, Ravindra Jadeja returns to Rajasthan Royals and Mohammed Shami changes base to Lucknow Super Giants.
November 15, 2025 18:20 IST
MI Retained and Released Players IPL 2026: Full list of retained and released players of Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians Retained Complete Player List with Price for IPL 2026: Even before the retention deadline day, MI have been active with trades, getting Shardul Thakur and Sherfane Rutherford.
November 15, 2025 18:01 IST
GT Retained and Released Players IPL 2026: Full list of Gujarat Titans players after Coetzee, Shanaka released, Rutherford traded out
Gujarat Titans Retained Complete Player List with Price for IPL 2026: Gujarat Titans have allowed Sherfane Rutherford to join the Mumbai Indians ahead of the IPL 2026 retention deadline day.
November 15, 2025 18:38 IST
PBKS Retained and Released Players IPL 2026: Full list of Punjab Kings as finalists let go Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis but retain core
Punjab Kings Retained Complete Player List with Price for IPL 2026: With the Punjab Kings reaching the IPL final in the last edition, this is a rare year that they don't go for a complete squad overhaul.
November 15, 2025 17:44 IST
KKR Retained and Released Players IPL 2026: Russell, Venkatesh Iyer released; Full list of Kolkata Knight Riders players; Purse & slot remaining
Kolkata Knight Riders Retained Complete Player List with Price for IPL 2026: 2024 champions Kolkata Knight Riders will look to get back on the pedestal once again after their fairly ordinary performance last year.
November 15, 2025 17:44 IST
CSK Retained and Released Players IPL 2026: Full list of Chennai Super Kings as Dhoni retained, Patheerana and Rachin among those released
Chennai Super Kings Retained Complete Players List with Price for IPL 2026: Check out the full list of CSK's trades, retentions and releases ahead of the Indian Premier League 2026 season.
November 14, 2025 05:25 IST
IPL retention deadline: Can CSK afford to lose Jadeja? Would KKR, LSG go for a rebuild? And other key talking points
Though it will be a mini auction this time, quite a few teams are eyeing a rebuild. The Indian Express finds out what each franchise is up to ahead of the retention deadline on Saturday.
November 13, 2025 18:54 IST
Sherfane Rutherford traded to Mumbai Indians from Gujarat Titans
Rutherford has played 23 IPL matches so far, having earlier represented Delhi Capitals in 2019 and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2022. He was part of the MI squad in 2020 and the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2024, but did not feature in the playing XI during those seasons.
November 13, 2025 18:22 IST
Shardul Thakur joins Mumbai Indians from Lucknow Super Giants ahead of IPL 2026
After the last auction, Thakur found himself with no takers in the league, where he had previously turned out for five different teams – CSK in two stints, either side of playing for Punjab Kings, Rising Pune Supergiants, Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders.