Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has said that the Mumbai Indians’ (MI) IPL 2025 schedule is impossible to understand. He also said that they will be alternating between home and away games virtually throughout the league phase as well. The schedule for the upcoming edition of the IPL was announced on Sunday, February 16 and MI will play their first game against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Chennai on March 23 and will end their league-phase campaign against the Delhi Capitals (DC) in Mumbai on
May 15 as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “Mumbai are starting with away games but they are playing every alternate game away. It’s not understandable. They are repeatedly playing an away game after a home game. They are playing two consecutive games at home only once in the entire season, and that will take a toll. In my opinion, a very tight and tough schedule has been made. If we see it from Mumbai’s point of view, they are going to find it a little difficult because travel is tough, and it gets to you beyond a point.”

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Aakash Chopra also stated that the Chennai Super Kings have an advantageous schedule in IPL 2025 as well.

“If I see Chennai’s schedule, four of their first six games are at home. I think that’s a fantastic story because they have built a fortress at home. The dew starts coming in April end or the start of May. If you win three of the four games by then and are already on eight or 10 points, the qualification will become very easy. Since they do not have too many home matches at the back end and have them at the start, and dew will not be a factor in the beginning, I am seeing the schedule as slightly good for Chennai,” Aakash Chopra concluded.