{"id":22321,"date":"2025-05-12T22:52:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T17:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=597152"},"modified":"2025-05-12T22:52:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T17:22:12","slug":"ipl-2025-final-likely-to-be-shifted-as-eden-gardens-misses-out-from-updated-venue-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2025-final-likely-to-be-shifted-as-eden-gardens-misses-out-from-updated-venue-list\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2025 Final likely to be shifted as Eden Gardens misses out from updated venue list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"163\" data-end=\"450\">In a significant development, <strong data-start=\"193\" data-end=\"273\">Kolkata\u2019s Eden Gardens is no longer in contention to host the IPL 2025 Final<\/strong>, as per the revised schedule announced by the BCCI. The venue, which was widely expected to stage the finale on May 25, has been dropped from the confirmed list of host cities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"452\" data-end=\"742\">The BCCI has finalised <strong data-start=\"475\" data-end=\"489\">six venues<\/strong> for the remaining <strong data-start=\"508\" data-end=\"522\">17 matches<\/strong>, which will now be played from <strong data-start=\"554\" data-end=\"574\">May 17 to June 3<\/strong>. These include <strong data-start=\"590\" data-end=\"650\">Delhi, Bengaluru, Jaipur, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, and Mumbai<\/strong>. Notably absent from the list is Eden Gardens \u2014 one of India\u2019s most iconic cricket grounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"744\" data-end=\"1101\">Adding to the speculation, <strong data-start=\"771\" data-end=\"888\">the venues for the playoffs \u2014 Qualifier 1, Eliminator, Qualifier 2, and the Final \u2014 have all been marked as \u201cTBC\u201d<\/strong> in the updated schedule. This has further strengthened the belief that the IPL final may be shifted away from Kolkata entirely, possibly due to logistical concerns, security arrangements, or scheduling conflicts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1103\" data-end=\"1265\">Eden Gardens was initially in line to host the IPL 2025 final, and its absence has sparked disappointment among local fans and cricket enthusiasts in West Bengal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1267\" data-end=\"1424\">The IPL 2025 playoffs will begin on <strong data-start=\"1303\" data-end=\"1313\">May 29<\/strong>, with the <strong data-start=\"1324\" data-end=\"1359\">Final now rescheduled to June 3<\/strong>, extending the tournament by over a week from its original plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a significant development, Kolkata\u2019s Eden Gardens is no longer in contention to host the IPL 2025 Final, as per\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":42565,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2896],"class_list":["post-22321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl","tag-eden-gardens"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}