IPL 2025 Format, New Rules, and Regulations – All Exclusive

IPL 2025 Format, New Rules and Regulations: The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League will be played in its regular “Home and Away” format. As per the IPL 2025 schedule, the first match will be played on 14 March 2025 with the final game on 25 May 2025 in India.

A total of 74 matches will be played between 10 participating teams. According to the new IPL 2025 retention rules released by BCCI, each team can retain six players from their existing squad, either via retention or by using the Right to Match (RTM) option.

BCCI hosted the IPL 2025 mega auction on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

IPL 2025 Rules and Regulations

Here are the complete details of updated IPL 2025 Rules and Regulations, which are said to be followed similarly to the last season of Indian Premier League.

• As of last season, BCCI included the “Smart Replay System” in the IPL 2025 season for quicker and more accurate reviews.
• Bowlers can bowl two bounces in an over in IPL 2025.
• The IPL 2025 season will also retain the Impact Player Rule which was introduced in IPL 2023.
• Team captains can walk in with 2 different team sheets before handling their final playing 11 after the toss.
  • Depending on the toss result, the teams can pick their best 11 after the toss. But till last season, the captains had to exchange the teams before the toss.
  • For Example: If team A wants to bat first and then defend a total on a slow track in turning conditions and is forced to bowl first they can pick the playing 11 with an extra spinner in the starting 11 and then they can replace a specialist bowler with a batter in the second innings to help with the run-chase.
  • BCCI introduced this rule in the 2023 edition to bring down the motto of “win toss, win match” in certain conditions.
• IPL 2025 will have two DRS for each inning.
• Players can take reviews for wides and no-balls in IPL
• Upon a catch dismissal, irrespective of whether the batsmen have crossed or not the incoming batsman will take the strike, except if it’s the last ball of the over
• In Playoffs/Final: If Super Over or subsequent Super Overs can’t be completed due to some reason then the team that has finished higher in the league will be declared as the winner.
• Over rate penalty of only four fielders outside the 30-yard circle for every over not completed in the allocated time.
• Unfair movement of the wicketkeeper will result in a dead ball and 5 penalty runs.
• Unfair movement by a fielder will result in a dead ball and 5 penalty runs

IPL 2025 Format 

The IPL 2025 format is not something unfamiliar to the IPL cricket community. The format has been used in the last IPL season where the tournament is played with a total of 10 teams.

• The ten teams are divided into two groups of five.
• A random draw was used to determine the groups and who plays whom across the groups once and twice.
• In the group stage, each team plays 14 games facing the other four teams in their group two times each (one home and one away game), four teams in the other group once, and the remaining team two times.
• IPL Points Table system: The team winning a match will be awarded 2 points. The losing team will not receive any points. In case of a draw or no result, both teams will be awarded 1 point.
• A four-game playoff stage following the Page playoff system is held after the group stage. Four games will be played in the playoffs:
  • • Qualifier 1: between the teams ranked first and second in the group stage.
    • Eliminator: between the teams ranked third and fourth in the group stage.
    • Qualifier 2: between the loser of Qualifier 1 and the winner of the Eliminator.
    • Final: between the winners of Qualifiers 1 and 2.

IPL 2025 Playoff Format

The playoffs consist of two Qualifiers and one Eliminator. Qualifier 1 is played first, followed by the Eliminator and then Qualifier 2.

Qualifier 1: The first Qualifier is played between the top two teams in the points table. The Qualifier is like a semi-final. The team winning this game goes straight to the IPL final. The loser of Qualifier 1 takes part in Qualifier 2 – for another shot at the final. Thus, the teams finishing in the top two spots of the points table get two bites of the cherry – they have two chances to qualify for the IPL final.

Eliminator: The Eliminator is played between teams who finish at the third and fourth position in the points table. Like the name suggests, the team losing this match is out of the competition. The winner of this match goes into Qualifier 2.

Qualifier 2: The loser of Qualifier 1 and the winner of the Eliminator play this game. This again is like a semi-final and the team winning this game moves into the final.

IPL Final: The final and the most crucial juncture of this prestigious competition is played between the winner of Qualifier 1 and the winner of Qualifier 2.

IPL 2025 Points Table Rules and Regulations

During the league stage, two points are awarded to a side for a win and one in case of a washout.

• For a Win, the winning team gets 2 points
• In case of match is abandoned or ends abruptly or No Result, each team will be awarded 1 point.
• In case of loss, the defeated team get 0 points

In the case of a tie, the following points will be taken into consideration in the IPL score table.

• Team with a higher number of points.
• If points are equal, the higher number of team wins will be considered
• If still, the points are equal, the net run rate is seen
• If still there is a tie, the team with the lower bowling strike rate will be considered
• If still there is equality, it results in a head-to-head meeting.

IPL 2025 Mega Auction Rules

• Each team can retain six players from their existing squad, either via retention or by using the Right to Match (RTM) option.
• The franchise can decide on a combination of retentions and RTMs.
• A team can retain a maximum of five capped players whether Indian or Overseas and a maximum of 2 uncapped players.
• BCCI has set various retention slabs for the player’s retention. The first retention must be INR 18 crore, the second INR 14 crore, the third INR 11 crore, the fourth INR 18 crore, the fifth INR 14 crore and the uncapped Rs 4 crore but franchises are also allowed to divide the 75cr retention amount among 5 capped players.
  • If a team choose to retain a player for more than INR 18 Cr then the franchise should retain their second or third player for less than the desired amount. Teams can flex the retention amount as they wish but should be within the designated amount of INR 43 Crore(18+14+11) for three retentions.
  • Ex: If CSK wishes to retain Gaikwad, Jadeja and Dube as their first three retentions and decides to retain Gaikwad for INR 20 Cr(which is INR 2 Cr over the first retention amount), then CSK must retain Jadeja for INR 12 Cr or Dube for INR 9 Cr which in turn will meet the INR 43 crore budget for the first three retentions.
• As an overseas player, he has to register for the Mega Auction. In case if he fails to do so, then he will be ineligible to register in the following year’s player auction.
• As per the new rule, an overseas player will have to mandatorily register for the mega auction (2025) if he fails to do so he will miss the subsequent small auction too.
• If any player registers in the player auction and after getting picked by a team and later makes himself unavailable before the start of the season, he will get banned from participating in the tournament and player auction for two seasons.
• A capped player will be considered an uncapped player if the player has not featured in the starting XI in any international games(Test, T20I, ODI) in the last five calendar years or does not have a Central Contract with BCCI. This will only be applicable to the Indian players.
• The auction purse value of each team has been set at INR 120 crores while it was INR 100 crores for the last auction.
• BCCI will finalize the auction players list and group them into three different categories: Capped, Uncapped, and Overseas players.
  • Capped – Indian players who represented the country’s senior team in any format at least once.
  • Uncapped – Indian domestic players who are in the first-class circuit but haven’t represented India in any international matches.
  • Overseas – Players who are not from India. This category will contain all capped, uncapped non-Indian players.
• A team can compromise a minimum of 18 players and a maximum of 25 players in their squad.
• A team can hold a maximum of eight foreign players with only four being allowed to field at one time during the match.

IPL 2025 Teams Homeground

IPL 2025 Format: The team’s home ground will be watched closely after the BCCI confirmed that this year’s tournament will follow the home and away format. Following are details of the Indian Premier League 2025 home grounds. Changes will be updated here(if made) after the official announcements:

IPL 2025 Team Owners

Following are the details of the Indian Premier League 2025 owners for each participating team. Changes will be updated here(if made) after the official announcements:

IPL 2025 Team Captains

IPL 2025 Format: Following are the details of the IPL 2025 captains of the participating teams. Changes will be updated here(if made) after the official announcements:

IPL 2025 Teams Head Coach

IPL 2025 Format: The following are the details of the Indian Premier League 2025 head coach for the participating teams. Changes will be updated here(if made) after the official announcements:

IPL Winners List

The inaugural season was won by Rajasthan Royals. Deccan Chargers Hyderabad – The team that won the 2009 season has changed the franchise owner and its name later as Sunrisers Hyderabad and won in 2016.

The current IPL title-holder franchise is Kolkata Knight Riders, winning the 2024 season. Following is the list of IPL winners so far since the 2008 season.