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The BCCI has announced the start dates of the next three seasons of Indian Premier League as IPL 2025 will commence on March 14 and will run till May 25 and the 2026 season will be played between March 15 and May 31, while the 2027 season will be between March 14 and May 30.

Based on media reports, the BCCI has sent the timelines to all the franchises on Friday morning. The IPL referred to these as "windows," though they are likely to become the finalized dates.

The 2025 season will feature 74 matches, the same as the last three editions.

However, this is ten games fewer than the 84 matches initially proposed by the IPL in 2022 when selling media rights for the 2023-27 cycle.

In a major boost to franchises, overseas players from most Full Member countries have got a nod from their individual boards to play for the next three years in the IPL.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has sent 13 names with varying availability for each player across the three-year period.

The list includes: Taskin Ahmed, Litton Kumar Das, Mahedi Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Towhid Hridoy, Shoriful Islam, Shohidul Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Nahid Rana, Tanzim Hasan Sakib