Not Eden Gardens, IPL 2025 final shifted to this venue as persistent Kolkata rains force BCCI to make late change: Check full updated schedule

Not Eden Gardens, IPL 2025 final shifted to this venue as persistent Kolkata rains force BCCI to make late change: Check full updated schedule
PL trophy during the 2025 IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru on March 22, 2025, in Kolkata, India.

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IPL 2025 final will take place on June 3.

IPL 2025 final will take place at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 final will take place at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad due to rain predictions in Kolkata. Earlier, the IPL governing body, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced their updated schedule for the marquee event, where they have not finalised the squad for the playoffs and the finals. 

As per BCCI sources close to Sports Tak, the final of the 16th edition of IPL will take place in Ahmedabad on June 3. The report further added that the decision came after a series of meetings by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday. It is also understood that the city will play host to Qualifier 2 on June 1. Apart from that IPL 2025 clash between RCB and SRH which was supposed to take place in Bengaluru has been shifted to Lucknow amid rain scare at Chinnaswamy. 

The first two matches of the playoffs - Qualifier 1 and the Eliminator will likely to be played in Mullanpur and New Chandigarh on May 29 and May 30, respectively. BCCI changed the venue for the knockouts and the title deciders because of he weather conditions, as the rainy season is slowly beginning to take effect in the country.

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Earlier, the IPL 2025 final was supposed to take place on May 25, but the play was suspended on May 9 due to rising border tensions between India and Pakistan, and the title decider was rescheduled to June 3rd after play resumed on May 17th. 

Date Day Time (IST) Match Venue
17-May-2025 Saturday 7:30 PM Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Kolkata Knight Riders Bengaluru
18-May-2025 Sunday 3:30 PM Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings Jaipur
18-May-2025 Sunday 7:30 PM Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans Delhi
19-May-2025 Monday 7:30 PM Lucknow Super Giants vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Lucknow
20-May-2025 Tuesday 7:30 PM Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals Delhi
21-May-2025 Wednesday 7:30 PM Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals Mumbai
22-May-2025 Thursday 7:30 PM Gujarat Titans vs Lucknow Super Giants Ahmedabad
23-May-2025 Friday 7:30 PM Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Lucknow
24-May-2025 Saturday 7:30 PM Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals Jaipur
25-May-2025 Sunday 3:30 PM Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings Ahmedabad
25-May-2025 Sunday 7:30 PM Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders Delhi
26-May-2025 Monday 7:30 PM Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians Jaipur
27-May-2025 Tuesday 7:30 PM Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Lucknow
29-May-2025 Thursday 7:30 PM Qualifier 1 Mullanpur
30-May-2025 Friday 7:30 PM Eliminator New Chandigarh
01-June-2025 Sunday 7:30 PM Qualifier 2 Ahmedabad
03-Jun-2025 Tuesday 7:30 PM Final Ahmedabad

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Coming back to the IPL 2025, RCB, GT and PBKS have already qualified for the playoffs with their dominating performance in the mega event. On the other hand, defending champions KKR, runners up SRH and five time champions CSK have already ruled out of the tournament.