Ahmedabad to stage Likely IPL 2025 Final

The Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium is the likely candidate to stage Qualifier 2 and IPL 2025 final. Official declarations of venues by the Board of Control for Cricket in India yet haven't occurred, but information uncovers Ahmedabad as the probable candidate to host the final. Qualifier 2 and the decider will take place on June 1 and 3, but there remains rain to dampen the occasion. BCCI is monitoring monsoon trends to ensure no rain would fall upon the city during the interval between the matches. No rain awaits Ahmedabad in early June, at least so far as matters stand now.

For the first two playoff games, Mumbai can be in contention, but it just depends on how the monsoon is. Mumbai has recently received rain, and since then, the weather has been overcast. If the weather improves, Mumbai will surely receive some matches. But in case it doesn't rain in a North Indian city such as Delhi, Jaipur, or Lucknow, the BCCI can choose any one of them as an alternative. It's not the desire to move the playoffs and the final game to a completely different city merely for keeping logistical hassles at a bare minimum.

The main and main reason for not changing league matches already fixed in cities is that it is not easy to change broadcasting equipment and get everything set up in a new city. Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Mohali or Dharamsala were not feasible due to the same reason. Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad both had just one home game remaining for each of them, and replacement of equipment for a single match was not feasible. Mohali and Dharamsala also had border restrictions that excluded them, and Jaipur became Punjab Kings' new home for the rest of the games. Weather conditions also forced the BCCI to postpone the final two matches of Kolkata's Eden Gardens, although Kolkata Knight Riders were already hosting their home games there.

BCCI has also organized the match in such a manner that there is a smooth ride. Those who have one home game left, such as SRH and CSK, will be able to host Delhi. There is an exception for Wankhede Stadium because it will be a smooth transition to slow down from Mumbai. Equipment was never replaced from the Wankhede after the May 6 game, so Mumbai can also remain in contention to have playoff games played there.

For Rajasthan Royals, with a single home match remaining, a decision to relocate Jaipur to the new home of Punjab Kings permitted planning to be done to have RR's final match take place at Sawai Mansingh Stadium. On resuming, Jaipur has three with two being home matches of Punjab Kings.

IPL once again will start on May 17, and there will be 17 matches. There will be six cities - Mumbai, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Jaipur. The board's worst headache is to start the games as usual and have logistic set. It is so abominable to shift broadcast equipment and set all that in new cities that the board prefers re-cycling those cities where already an ongoing season has been started.

Narendra Modi Stadium in the case of Ahmedabad as a probable last venue is proof of the BCCI's requirement of easy access and weather guarantee. Mumbai is also on the cards, considering its location and existing infrastructure. The league being resumed once again, all the fans want to know how the matches would have been conducted and where the playoffs would have been held finally.