Cricket-Kolkata's Eden Gardens to host IPL 2025 final

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 - Semi-Final - South Africa v Australia - Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India - November 16, 2023 General view during the match REUTERS/Andrew Boyers/File Photo

(Reuters) - Kolkata's Eden Gardens will host the Indian Premier League (IPL) final on May 25 as well as the opening game between the defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, India's cricket board said on Sunday.

Kolkata has staged the IPL final twice before in 2013 and 2015.