IPL 2025 Venues: Why 3 Teams Have Two Home Grounds This Season
IPL 2025 is less than a month away. This year, the eighteenth season of the prestigious franchise cricket league will be played across 13 venues. You may be wondering why there are 13 venues for 10 teams, so this article will clarify your question.
For the Indian Premier League 2025, three teams will play at two venues: their primary and secondary home grounds. Delhi Capitals, Punjab Kings, and Rajasthan Royals will have two home grounds, while all the other teams will have a single home ground.
HPCA Cricket Stadium, Dharamshala (Punjab Kings)
Punjab Kings will have two home grounds this season: Mohali as their primary home venue and Dharamshala as their partial home venue. The team will play three matches in Dharamshala against the Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians. The schedule for these three matches is as follows.
| Date | Day | Match | Time (IST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2025 | Sunday | Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants | 7:30 PM |
| May 8, 2025 | Thursday | Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals | 7:30 PM |
| May 11, 2025 | Sunday | Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians | 3:30 PM |
Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam (Delhi Capitals)
Delhi Capitals will play matches in Visakhapatnam, similar to last year. In the IPL 2024, the Delhi office started matches in Visakhapatnam since the ground was turned due to back-to-back WPL. It was expected that the team would request its home venues in Delhi itself, but after the tremendous success and fan following the team garnered in Visakhapatnam, Delhi decided to play two matches of the IPL 2025 in the city.
| Date | Day | Match | Time (IST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 24, 2025 | Monday | Delhi Capitals vs Lucknow Super Giants | 7:30 PM |
| March 30, 2025 | Sunday | Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | 3:30 PM |
ACA Cricket Stadium, Guwahati (Rajasthan Royals)
Rajasthan Royals, who performed well in the IPL 2024, have been playing 2-3 matches in Guwahati for the last few years. The franchise has decided to play the matches again in the city, given the fan following and love the Royals received there. The team will play two matches there, the first against the Kolkata Knight Riders and the second against Chennai Super Kings.
| Date | Day | Match | Time (IST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 26, 2025 | Wednesday | Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders | 7:30 PM |
| March 30, 2025 | Sunday | Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings | 7:30 PM |