The Indian Premier League (IPL) is hardly a month away, and the fans are just waiting for this tournament. For the uninitiated, the IPL is one of the most popular domestic T20 cricket leagues in the world. It is played in India, but when we talk about its popularity, the same goes worldwide, as people from around the world come to stadiums to watch IPL matches. The unique thing about IPL is that international players participate in this league.
The Indian Premier League 2025 tournament is going to be the biggest IPL tournament as this is the first tournament after the major players’ auction held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in November 2024.
Why the Indian Premier 2025 League is going to be the Biggest IPL Tournament?
We are saying the IPL 2025 will be the biggest IPL tournament so far because this year, many players will be seen playing for different teams than they were seen playing for in the IPL 2024. Why do we say IPL 2025 will be the biggest? It is because this year you will see players like Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer, two of the most expensive players to date, playing from different teams than the ones they were seen playing for in the IPL 2024. There will be many more like them.
History of the Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League is a T20-style club cricket tournament that was started back in 2008 after the Indian Men’s team won the Inaugural T20 Cricket World Cup in 2007. From there, T20 cricket started flourishing and in IPL 2008, 8 teams took part and Rajasthan Royals won the inaugural IPL trophy. Many teams like Pune Super Giants and Kochi Taskers Kerala were part of IPL in the past and later were terminated due to one or other reasons.
When we talk about the IPL 2024 season, there were 10 cricket teams that took part and this number will remain the same in the IPL 2025. Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings are two of the most successful teams in the Indian Premier, each winning the coveted trophy five times.
The IPL Format, Number of Matches, and Duration
The IPL is played in the T20 format and there will be a total of 74 matches that have to be played during the entire tournament. The tournament will start in late March and end in late May. Each team is going to play a total of 14 matches and the teams are divided in two groups consisting of five teams in each group. When it comes to playing, each team in a group will compete against the teams of their group once while they will compete with teams of the opposite group twice in the league matches.
Once the league matches are finished, the top four teams based on points and run rate will proceed to the next stage, where the four teams will compete for the final two spots. The top two teams will play a match in this stage, which we call Qualifier and the winner will reach finals. The next match will be between the teams that will be ranked at the third and fourth position after the league stages and this match is called an Eliminator. The winner of the Eliminator will play the loser of the Qualifier and the winner of this match will play the final along with the winner of the Qualifier.
This way is different from the format where there will be two Semifinals. In this format, the teams that finish in the top two positions will have an advantage as they are provided with an extra chance to reach the final.
Which Team is going to win IPL 2025?
There is no clear favorite for the IPL 2025 as every team has a chance of winning and has the best cricketers as players in their team. Predicting the winner of IPL matches can be an excellent way to become rich. You may ask how one can become rich by predicting IPL matches. The answer is by placing cricket bets based on their prediction on cricket betting portals. If your prediction goes true, you will end up winning huge sums.
If you think predicting a team to win the IPL 2025 trophy is a piece of cake, then it is not true, especially when you don’t know much about cricket. It is why knowing cricket is more than essential and this is not enough as you need to have the latest information about what’s happening on the cricket field. When we say latest information, it means information about players’ current form, weather information, pitch conditions, and anything that can affect the result of a cricket match.
This is all about the Indian Premier League tournament, which is going to happen in less than a month. In this post, we have discussed why IPL 2025 will be the biggest IPL tournament. Moreover, we have discussed its history, number of matches, and duration. We hope you liked reading the post, share your thoughts and feedback in the comments.
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