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MUMBAI :Suryakumar Yadav had double reason to celebrate his match-winning knock on Wednesday as it not only helped Mumbai Indians claim the last Indian Premier League (IPL) playoff spot but also earned him a Man of the Match award to show off to his wife.
Retired from T20Is and Tests, India's talismanic batter Virat Kohli has understandably vacated some time from his busy schedule to focus on a few new chapters. Enjoying a fruitful Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 campaign with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), Kohli was spotted trying his hand at pickleball with his wife Anushka Sharma. RCB mentor Dinesh Karthik and his wife Deepika Pallikal, who is a professional squash player, could also be seen playing the sport in RCB camp.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have criticized the Indian Premier League's (IPL) decision to allow 120 minutes of extra time for rain-affected league matches, calling it "ad hoc" and poorly timed. They believe this new rule could have helped them stay in the race for the playoffs if it had been introduced earlier, as per ESPNcricinfo. The IPL Governing Council recently updated the rules to allow an extra two hours for the final nine league games, hoping to ensure full 20-over matches despite expected monsoon rains. Previously, only one hour of extra time was allowed for league games and two hours for playoff matches.
Inclement weather in Mumbai on Wednesday may impact the vital Indian Premier League clash between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals, the two teams left in contention for the fourth playoff spot. The outcome of the contest could decide the fourth team in the knockout with Gujarat Titans, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings being the other three. A win for MI will take them into the knockouts and lock the four playoff teams while a win for the fifth-ranked DC will keep their hopes alive, making their final league round clash against PBKS on May 24 a knockout game.
The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will not play their final home fixture of the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium after all. The IPL has officially relocated Match No. 65—RCB vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), which was originally scheduled for Friday (May 23) in Bengaluru—to the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. The decision comes after an urgent meeting between BCCI and IPL officials on Tuesday, prompted by a yellow alert issued by the Indian Meteorological Department predicting “heavy to very heavy rainfall” in Bengaluru until Thursday.
Mumbai Indians were "always in contention" of making the IPL playoffs after their six-match winning run earlier in the season and the team deserves to be in a position to decide its own fate, said head coach Mahela Jayawardene on Tuesday. The five-time IPL winners will need a win against Delhi Capitals here on Wednesday to book the fourth and final spot in the playoffs, with Gujarat Titans, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings being the other three. However, a loss will mean MI will have to depend on the outcome of the contest between DC and PBKS on May 24.
The final of the 2025 Indian Premier League will be held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on June 3, says a report. According to a Cricbuzz report, Ahmedabad will also play host to Qualifier 2 on June 1, while Mullanpur in New Chandigarh is expected to host the first two playoff games—Qualifier 1 on May 29 and the Eliminator on May 30. The decision is said to have been taken after following a series of high-level meetings conducted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
Ahmedabad will host the Indian Premier League (IPL) final on June 3, organisers said on Tuesday in their revised schedule for the tournament which was briefly suspended due to armed conflict between India and Pakistan.