IPL play-offs - schedule & how to follow on the BBC
Punjab Kings' Shreyas Iyer (left), RCB's Virat Kohli (left centre), Gujarat Titans' Shubman Gill (right centre) and Mumbai Indians' Hardik Pandya (right) are all in the play-offs
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After 70 matches and more than nine weeks, the group stage of the Indian Premier League is over and the play-offs are under way.
Three matches remain and there are four teams left battling to be crowned IPL champions in 2025.
Here's everything you need to know about the play-offs, including how to follow on the BBC.
Which teams are in the 2025 IPL play-offs?
Punjab Kings, coached by legendary Australia captain Ricky Ponting, are in the play-offs for the first time since 2014 having topped the table at the end of the group stage. They were runners-up in 2014 but are yet to win the IPL.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are in the play-offs for the fifth time in the past six seasons. They are also yet to win the tournament, having finished as runners-up in 2009, 2011 and 2016. Andy Flower's side finished second in the group stage.
Gujarat Titans only became an IPL franchise in 2022, but they won the tournament in their inaugural year and finished second in 2023. They are captained by new India Test skipper Shubman Gill and were third in the group stage.
Mumbai Indians are the t-most successful team in IPL history, alongside Chennai Super Kings, with five titles. Their last success came in 2020 though, and they have only made the play-offs once in the past four years. Hardik Pandya's side were fourth in the group stage.
IPL 2025 play-off format
Royal Challengers Bengaluru have reached the final on Tuesday, 3 June after beating Punjab Kings in the first play-off match between the top two sides in the 10-team league phase.
Kings will have another chance to reach the final when they face Mumbai Indians.
The winner of that Eliminator match will take the second place in the final.
The play-offs were due to take place in Hyderabad and Kolkata but have been moved to Punjab and Ahmedabad after the tournament paused and resumed following tensions between India and Pakistan.
IPL 2025 play-off schedule, including final date and time
Thursday, 29 May
Qualifier 1: Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Punjab Kings by eight wickets
Friday, 30 May
Eliminator: Mumbai Indians beat Gujarat Titans by 20 runs
Sunday, 1 June
Qualifier 2: Punjab Kings v Mumbai Indians (15:00 BST)
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Tuesday, 3 June
Final: Royal Challengers Bengaluru v Winner of Qualifier 2 (15:00 BST)
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
IPL 2025 orange and purple cap for top run-scorer & wicket-taker
It isn't just the winner of the tournament that is still to be decided. The race to win the orange and purple caps for top run-scorer and wicket-taker are still very much alive.
Top run-scorer
1. Sai Sudharsan (Gujarat Titans) - 759 runs
2. Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians) - 673
3. Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans) - 650
4. Mitchell Marsh (Lucknow Super Giants) - 627
5. Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) - 614
Marsh's Lucknow Super Giants are out of the tournament so he won't be able to add to his tally.
Top wicket-taker
1. Prasidh Krishna (Gujarat Titans) - 25 wickets
2. Noor Ahmad (Chennai Super Kings) - 24
=3. Josh Hazlewood (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) & Trent Boult (Mumbai Indians) - 21
5. Sai Kishore (Gujarat Titans) - 19
How to follow the IPL 2025 play-offs on the BBC
There will be ball-by-ball commentary on all four play-off matches across the BBC Sport website and app.
The two Qualifiers and the final will also be available on BBC Sounds via BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 3.
There will be live score updates on the website and app, alongside occasional text updates and post-match reports.
You can also keep up to date with the tournament across the BBC Cricket WhatsApp, external and Instagram, external s.
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- Published31 January
