IPL 2025 Playoffs: Full Schedule, Qualified Teams, Player Updates, Venues – All You Need to Know

The IPL 2025, after two months, is in its playoff stage. The initial schedule would have produced the 18th IPL winner. The delay was due to the Palgham attack and its retaliation. Hence, the IPL was on temporary suspension from 9 May 2025 to 16 May 2025.

The IPL 2025 resumed from 17 May 2025 to 27 May 2025. Out of 74 games, several games were either abandoned or shortened due to untimely rain. By the end of the final match, we may or may not even have witnessed 70 complete games.

Regardless of that matter, the tournament has finished its qualifying rounds. Based on the points and run-rate, four teams have been determined for the playoff rounds.

IPL 2025 Playoffs Full Schedule, Qualified Teams, Player Updates, Venues – All You Need to Know

The IPL 2025 playoffs took off yesterday, 29 May 2025, starting with the first Qualifier between the top two teams: PKBS and RCB. They completed last night at the stadium in Mallanpur to determine which team will enter the final and which one will get one more chance to fight for a place in the finale.

As per the results, RCB has qualified for the 2025 IPL finals, and it’s their fourth year in the IPL finals. PBKS have entered the second Qualifier and will await the upcoming teams from tonight’s match.

The Eliminator round will start tonight, 30 May 2025, at 7:30 PM IST, at the Mallanpur stadium. The result of the GT and MI game will determine which team will be eliminated and which will advance to the second Qualifier.

Qualified Teams

As per the IPL format, four out of ten teams have qualified for the playoffs. The playoff-qualified teams are: the Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Gujarat Titans, and Mumbai Indians. (Ranked)

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Among these four teams, RCB has entered the finals and is waiting for the second finalist. The second finalist will be determined after the upcoming two games.

Player Updates

There have been constant replacements of several players due to three primary reasons: National cricket matches and injuries.

Punjab Kings

• Mitchell Owen has replaced Glenn Maxwell due to his finger fracture.
• Kyle Jamieson, a New Zealand bowling all-rounder, has replaced Lockie Ferguson because of his hamstring injury.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

• Devdutt Padikkal’s hamstring injury caused RCB to replace him with Mayank Agarwal.
• Blessing Muzarabani, a Zimbabwean fast bowler, is replacing Lungisani Ngidi, who had to withdraw to prepare for the upcoming World Test Championship.
• Tim Seifert, a New Zealand wicket-keeper batsman, is replacing Jacob Bethell for England’s upcoming Test series.

Gujarat Titans

• Dasun Shanaka, a Sri Lankan all-rounder, will take Glenn Phillips’ role as he has a groin injury.
• Kusal Mendis, another Sri Lankan wicket-keeper batsman, will take Jos Buttler’s position because he is leaving for the upcoming Test series against India.

Mumbai Indians

• AM Ghazanfar’s vertebra fracture was the reason for his replacement by Mujeeb Ur Rahman.
• Corbin Bosch has replaced Lizaad Williams because of his injured knee.
• Vignesh Puthur’s bone stress reaction rendered him unable to play, and Raghu Sharma was called in to replace him.
• Richard Gleeson and Charith Asalanka have replaced Ryan Rickelton and Corbin Bosch as they will leave for the WTC finals against Australia.
• Jonny Bairstow is replacing Will Jacks because he has to practice for England’s Test series against India.

Venues

At the beginning of the 2025 IPL, the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad and the Eden Gardens in Kolkata were selected as the venues for the playoff games.

The Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium and the Narendra Modi Stadium have replaced the initial venues.