India and Sri Lanka are going to host the T20 World Cup to be held in 2026. A big update has come out regarding the semi-finals, finals and opening matches of the World Cup. According to The Indian Express, the first match and the last i.e. final match of the World Cup will be played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. One semi-final match will be hosted by Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. It is being told that the T20 World Cup will be played from 7 February to 8 March.

Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad had earlier hosted the first and final matches of the 2023 ODI World Cup. According to The Indian Express, if the semi-final match is played between India and Pakistan, it will be played in Colombo, while the other semi-final match will be played in Mumbai.

Sri Lanka is the co-host of the World Cup and World Cup matches will be played in a total of 7 grounds of both the countries. Matches to be held in India can be played in Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Kolkata. At the same time, three grounds can be approved for the matches to be held in Sri Lanka. According to the report, any one ground can be chosen from Premadasa Stadium, Pallekele, Dambulla and Hambantota.

Nothing is clear yet regarding the venue of the warm-up matches. There are possibilities that Bengaluru may be given the opportunity to host some warm-up matches. Indian team’s matches can be held in big cities, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai. ICC may announce the World Cup schedule in the next few days.

According to the same report, a meeting was held between some top officials of BCCI, in which it was decided that this time the World Cup matches should be organized in fewer cities as compared to the 2023 ODI World Cup. Each ground is expected to get 6 matches in the T20 World Cup.

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The first Test of India and West Indies is being played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In this ground, more than 1 lakh people can sit together and enjoy the match, equipped with modern facilities. But when the first Test of India-West Indies started on Thursday, almost the entire ground remained empty. Cricket experts were also surprised to see this view.

One reason for the seats to be vacant on the first day of the Test match may be that the match has started on the day of Dussehra. When very few fans were seen in the field, there was a flood of reactions on social media as well. India is in fourth place in the Test rankings, has played the final of WTC 2 times, while West Indies is the world number eighth team. People raised questions whether BCCI should have selected such a big ground for the match with the weak team.

Raising this issue on social media, a fan said that Test matches should be organized in such grounds where people want to watch red-ball cricket. At the same time, he also raised the question that Test matches should be done keeping in mind the easy system of tourism and tourism.

Virat Kohli has also given opinion

Virat Kohli has also raised his voice on this issue. This is the matter of 2019, when Kohli said that 5 places in India should have been fixed for Test cricket. Virat said that this will know where the touring team will play, as well as will help in dealing with the problem of low crowd.

In fact, BCCI organizes Test matches in the country to increase the reach of Test matches, but in the 21st century, this policy has not given any special boost to Test cricket in India.

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Rcb vs pbks final prediction: The Indian Premier League started in the year 2008, a total of seven different teams have become champions in the last 17 seasons. The 2025 final (IPL Final 2025) is going to be very special, because this time the league is going to get its eighth champion team. On June 3, today, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings will take on their first IPL Trophy. Both these teams were in the top-2 of the points table, so it is very difficult to predict the winner, but here you can decide yourself by looking at the figures, which team is expected to win.

Head-to-head record

In the IPL, 36 matches have been played between Bengaluru and Punjab so far, in which both teams have won 18-18 times. RCB’s highest score in the match played against Punjab Kings is 241 runs, which he made last year. On the other hand, the Punjab team’s highest score in the match against Bengaluru is 232 runs, which it made in 2011.

Talking about the last 5 matches, RCB has completely dominated Punjab Kings. RCB has won four times in the last 5 matches. Even in the current season, Royal Challengers Bangalore has been heavier as he has defeated Punjab twice in 3 matches. Bangalore and Punjab have come face to face only once at the Narendra Modi stadium, Punjab was victorious by 4 wickets in that collision in 2021.

Ahmedabad data increased RCB’s difficulty

RCB has played a total of 6 matches so far, in which it has suffered three wins and 3 times. Bengaluru’s record in the last 4 matches in Ahmedabad has been very bad, as Bengaluru has suffered 3 defeats in the last four matches on this ground. In IPL 2025, RCB has not had any match in Ahmedabad so far.

On the other hand, if we look at the records of Punjab Kings in Ahmedabad, he has played a total of 7 matches in the IPL here. The Punjab Kings record at Narendra Modi Stadium has been very good because it has won 5 times in 7 matches played here so far. Punjab Kings have won 4 out of the last five matches here and they have not lost in the last 3 matches here. In IPL 2025, Punjab won both their matches at Narendra Modi Stadium.

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Rcb vs pbks final: The final match of the Indian Premier League season 18 will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad. There will be a closing ceremony before the title clash, which will be on the theme of Operation Sindoor. Therefore, it has been named ‘Tribute Ceremony’ instead of Closing Ceremony. Let us tell you about its time, and which artists will perform in it, etc.

Under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar, Royal Challengers Bangalore would like to win their first IPL title, the same is the case with Punjab Kings. Punjab is also looking for its first title, under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, the team is also looking strong. He defeated Mumbai Indians in qualifier-2 on this ground. However, RCB had defeated Punjab in qualifier-1, which will give up its spirits. It is certain that today the final of a collision will be seen.

Let us tell you that this time the closing ceremony has been named Tribute Ceremony. Because this ceremony is being done on the theme of Operation Sindoor. In response to the Pahalgam attack on 22 April, the Indian Army launched aircraft on terrorist bases in Pakistan. The spirit of Indian forces will be saluted at the ceremony.

Which artists will perform in IPL 2025 Closing Ceremony?

Famous singer Shankar Mahadevan will perform at the closing ceremony, who will give tributes to Indian soldiers with his songs. It is also an attempt to remember those killed in the Pahalgam attack. He will also perform with his sons Shivam and Siddharth Mahadevan.

At what time will the IPL 2025 closing ceremony start?

The IPL 2025 closing ceremony will start at 6 pm at Narendra Modi Stadium. This ceremony will be about 1 hour. At 7 o’clock, both the captains will come to the ground for the toss. The first ball of the final match will be bowled at 7:30 pm.

Live streaming of IPL 2025 closing ceremony

The IPL closing ceremony will be on live streaming geographistar.

Rcb vs pbks final: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will take on Punjab Kings (PBKS) for the IPL 2025 title today. Fans are very excited about this match. Meanwhile, ‘E Sala Cup Namde’ on social media (it means, this year the cup is ours) is trending a lot. Actually Canada’s rapper Drake has come in support of RCB. He has placed a bet of millions of dollars on RCB. He has given this information on his Instagram page.

Drake shared a screengrab on Instagram on Tuesday. In this, he informed that he has betted 750,000 American dollars i.e. 64108974 for winning RCB’s IPAL 2025 on Stek.

Drack shared this story and wrote-‘I Sala Cup Namde’. Let us know here that cricket is not a famous game in North America. Therefore, people are surprised to bet by Drac. Different users are expressing different reactions. A fan wrote- Oh, so now we are betting on cricket? Another said- what is this? Cricket? 750K? Come on, I also apply.

Today is the final match

Tuesday is the final match of IPL 2025. On this occasion, fans in Gadag city of Karnataka worshiped for the victory of RCB. Fans were seen offering special prayers at the temple (Gadduge) of Pandit Puttaraja Kavi Gawai at Veereshwar Punyashram, by doing special worship by performing Panchamrit Abhishek, Coconut Jal Abhishek, Bilvachhan, Pushpachar and Archana.

During this time, the fans were seen chanting the slogan of “E Sala Cup Namde”, which means- ‘This year the cup is ours’. Fans say that RCB will win with the blessings of Pandit Puttaraja poet Gawai.

A total of 36 matches have been played between RCB and Punjab in IPL history so far, in which both teams were winners 18-18 times. Looking at the last 10 matches, RCB has won 6 matches, while Punjab has won 4 matches.

RCB has defeated Punjab Kings in the same season Qualifier-1. On May 29, he gave Punjab Kings for just 101 runs in 14.1 overs.

RCB, who came out to chase the easy target, won in just 10 overs. Team opener Philip Soult played an unbeaten innings of 56 runs in 27 balls.

(With agency input)

IPL 2025 Final RCB vs pbks: IPL 2025 is at its decisive turn. Tonight there will be a title collision between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBKs) at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Both teams will enter the field with the intention of winning the trophy for the first time. Both teams have not been able to win the trophy even once and in such a situation this match is going to be even more exciting.

Even before the match, some big names of the cricket world have predicted the winning team. Former Sri Lankan captain Tilkaratne Dilshan and former South African opener Harshile Gibbs have described RCB this time as a strong contender for the title.

Dilshan said – “This time RCB’s turn is”

Former Sri Lankan captain Tilkaratne Dilshan has played for RCB from 2011 to 2013. He has described RCB as a strong contender for the trophy this year. Speaking to ANI, he said, “This year RCB has played like a champion team. The team has been better from the beginning. The entire team seems to be balanced and I sincerely hope that RCB will win today.”

Dilshan also gave his best wishes to Virat Kohli and the entire RCB team for the final. Dilshan, who has been wearing RCB jersey, has scored 1153 runs in a total of 52 matches. Due to his old connection, he has also had a special connection with RCB.

Gibbs also gave green signal

Former South African opener Herschelle Gibbs has also agreed with Dilshan. Talking to NI during The Legend-Z T10 League, he said, “My favorite team is RCB and I am supporting it, if Punjab bats first, I am confident that RCB will achieve the target. I think every cricket fan wants to see RCB winning the trophy and the wait for this title is very long.”

Gibbs played a total of 36 matches in the IPL between 2008 and 2012 and scored 886 runs.

Who will make history?

This final match of IPL 2025 is historic. On the one hand, there is a team of Punjab Kings, which has reached the final for the first time since 2014, on the other hand, RCB has played three times but has not won the trophy so far. This is the fourth final match for RCB.

The form of both teams is excellent, and now the whole focus is tonight. Will the RCB finally be able to finish the 18 -year wait under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar? Or will Punjab create history for the first time? The answer will be found tonight tonight, When cricket will get IPL 2025 New champion of,

Narendra Modi Stadium Pitch Report: In the final match of IPL 2025, there will be a competition between RCB and Punjab at the Narendra Modi Stadium for the title. The match will start at 7:30 pm. Exactly half an hour before this, the captains of both teams will take the field for the toss. In today’s match, they are going to play an important role from toss to pitch. In such a situation, I know what will be the mood of the pitch in this match.

How is the pitch at Narendra Modi Stadium going to be

Narendra Modi is going to help the pitch batsmen at the stadium. There was a lot of runs on this ground in the qualifier two. Mumbai Indians had scored 203 runs which Punjab Kings easily achieved.

A total of eight matches have been played in the year 2025 on this ground, in which the team who batted first has won 6 matches.

However, it is interesting here that in the last match against Mumbai Indians on this ground, Punjab Kings batting in the second innings achieved the target of 204 runs.

What is the record of IPL matches at Narendra Modi Stadium

A total of 43 matches of IPL have been played here so far. The first batting team has won 21 matches and the team that batted in the second innings has won 22 matches.

The highest score on this ground- 243
The lowest score on this ground- 89

Potential playing of both teams 12

Punjab Kings Potential XII: 1 Priyansh Arya, 2 Prabhasimran Singh, 3 Josh English (wicketkeeper), 4 Shreyas Iyer (Captain), 5 Nehal Vadhera, 6 Shashank Singh, 7 Marcus Stoynis, 8 Azmatullah Omrajai, 9 Vijaykumar Vaishk, 10 Kail Jemisan, 11 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Yuzdeep Singh, 12 Yuzdeep Singh, 12 Yuzdeep Singh

Royal Challengers Bangalore Potential XII: 1 Fill Salt, 2 Virat Kohli, 3 Mayank Agarwal, 4 Silver Patidar (Captain), 5 LIM Livingston/Tim David, 6 Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), 7 Romario Shepherd, 8 Krunal Pandya, 9 Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, 10 Yash Dayal, 10 Yash Dayal, 12 Jashmalwood Sharma

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Ahmedabad Rain Prediction IPL Final: The final match of the 18th season of the Indian Premier League will be played on June 3, 2025. Royal Challengers Bangalore won the qualifier-1 and secured the first place in the final. At the same time, by winning the qualifier-2, Punjab Kings have also become a team to reach the finals. But can the IPL 2025 in the final to spoil the rain game and how long the result of this match can come, let’s know.

It will rain in IPL 2025 Final?

The possibility of rain in the final match of IPL 2025 is very low. The weather can be hot on this day in Ahmedabad. According to Weather reports, the possibility of rain is only 20 percent. The weather may remain clear on June 3 and the final match can also be without any hindrance.

Rain in qualifier-2

On June 1, Qualifier-2 was also played between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings on the same ground in Ahmedabad. In this match, it rained for about two hours continuously, due to which the match started at 9:45 pm instead of 7:30 pm. In this match, there was a 2-hour extra time reserve, due to which no overs were cut in the match and the match of the entire 20-20 overs was played. The result of this match came till 2 pm.

Who will win the final if it rains?

If it rains in the IPL final, then this match can also be extended for two hours. On the other hand, if the match could not be held on June 3 due to rain, then the day of June 4 is also reserved for the final. Despite this, if the match could not be held on June 4, then Punjab Kings can be declared the winner of IPL 2025, because PBKS was ahead of RCB in the IPL points table in league matches. Both teams have 19–19 points in the points table, but Punjab’s net run rate is better than Bengaluru, so Rajat Patidar’s Bengaluru is second and Shreyas Iyer’s Punjab is the first place.

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Rajeev shukla statement: The final match of the Indian Premier League 2025 was to be held at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata, but now the final match between Bengaluru and Punjab Kings is going to be held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Now on this, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Rajiv Shukla, said on the change of the IPL final match, ‘No politics should be seen in the matches which have been shifted, this decision has not been taken with any political spirit’.

The BCCI vice -president further said that if the IPL schedule was not avoided for a week, the final would have been in Kolkata and the playoff in Hyderabad. When the schedule was changed, the weather conditions were seen and the broadcaster firmly put that the weather forecast of Kolkata is bad in those days and the match could be washed away in those days, so the match should be at a place where the possibility of rain is less. All places were seen and according to the weather reports, Chandigarh and Ahmedabad had the lowest expectation of rain. So the match was shifted. Rajiv Shukla further said that it is not that it is just a matter of Kolkata, matches were shifted from Hyderabad too, it has happened before. There is no political objective behind this’.

Mamta Banerjee had targeted

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had said on the IPL final from Kolkata that, ‘I do not build a stadium in my name. I do not make railway line in my name. I do not need my promotion. It is enough to live as an ideal person ‘. The CM of West Bengal surrounded the Government of India and said, ‘You made Modi stadium and all matches are being organized there. Why are no matches happening in Karnataka, Kerala, Bengal. Why are all matches happening in Gujarat? I know everything. If I open my mouth, then all your reputation will go away, which you have earned outside ‘.

Regarding the statement of CM Mamta Banerjee, now Rajiv Shukla has talked about keeping the IPL away from the list and said that there was no political objective behind it.

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