2025 International Masters League

Not to be confused with 2025 International League T20.

2025 International Masters League

Dates	22 February – 16 March 2025
Administrator(s)	Professional Management Group
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Host(s)	India
Champions	India Masters (1st title)
Runners-up	West Indies Masters
Participants	6
Matches	18
Most runs	Shane Watson (361) (Australia Masters)
Most wickets	Xavier Doherty (10) (Australia Masters) Ashley Nurse (10) (West Indies Masters)

The 2025 International Masters League also known as IML 2025 was the inaugural edition of the International Masters League. ^[1] The tournament featured 6 teams competing in 18 matches from 22 February to 16 March 2025. ^[2] Navi Mumbai, Vadodara and Raipur were the venues. ^[3] India Masters won the inaugural edition of the tournament beating West Indies Masters. ^[4]

Venues

DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur and Baroda Cricket Association Stadium in Vadodara were selected as the venues. ^[2]

City	Navi Mumbai	Raipur	Vadodara
Ground	DY Patil Stadium	Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium	Baroda Cricket Association Stadium
Capacity	45,300	65,000	40,000
Matches	5	7	6
Navi Mumbai Raipur Vadodara

Squads

Australia Masters [5]	England Masters	India Masters [6]	South Africa Masters [7]	Sri Lanka Masters [8]	West Indies Masters [9]
Captains
Shane Watson	Eoin Morgan	Sachin Tendulkar	Jacques Kallis	Kumar Sangakkara	Brian Lara
Players
Shaun Marsh Ben Dunk Ben Cutting Ben Laughlin Ben Hilfenhaus Nathan Reardon Nathan Coulter-Nile Callum Ferguson Bryce McGain Jason Krejza Xavier Doherty James Pattinson Dan Christian Peter Nevill	Ian Bell Phil Mustard Tim Bresnan Dimitri Mascarenhas Monty Panesar Ryan Sidebottom Steven Finn Stuart Meaker Chris Schofield Chris Tremlett Tim Ambrose Joe Denly Boyd Rankin Darren Maddy	Yuvraj Singh Suresh Raina Yusuf Pathan Irfan Pathan Abhimanyu Mithun Stuart Binny Dhawal Kulkarni Vinay Kumar Ambati Rayudu Rahul Sharma Gurkeerat Singh Naman Ojha Pawan Negi Shahbaz Nadeem	Hashim Amla Alviro Petersen Jacques Rudolph Jonty Rhodes Morné van Wyk Farhaan Behardien Eddie Leie Henry Davids Thandi Tshabalala Vernon Philander Dane Vilas Garnett Kruger Makhaya Ntini	Romesh Kaluwitharana Upul Tharanga Lahiru Thirimanne Asela Gunaratne Dhammika Prasad Chaturanga de Silva Seekkuge Prasanna Isuru Udana Suranga Lakmal Nuwan Pradeep Dilruwan Perera Jeevan Mendis Ashan Priyanjan Chinthaka Jayasinghe	Chris Gayle Ashley Nurse Lendl Simmons Dwayne Smith Narsingh Deonarine Kirk Edwards Chadwick Walton Denesh Ramdin Fidel Edwards Williams Perkins Tino Best Sulieman Benn Jerome Taylor Ravi Rampaul

Points table

The top four teams qualified for the play-offs.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Sri Lanka Masters	5	4	1	8	1.400	Advanced to the semi-finals
2	India Masters	5	4	1	8	1.036
3	Australia Masters	5	3	2	6	2.210
4	West Indies Masters	5	3	2	6	0.197
5	South Africa Masters	5	1	4	2	−2.750
6	England Masters	5	0	5	0	−2.005

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ESPNcricinfo, Cricbuzz, CREX

League stage

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30).

Match 1 22 February 2025 19:30 (N) Scorecard

India Masters 222/4 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka Masters 218/9 (20 overs)
Stuart Binny 68 (31) Suranga Lakmal 2/34 (4 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 51 (30) Irfan Pathan 3/39 (4 overs)

India Masters won by 4 runs DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Stuart Binny (India Masters)

• Sri Lanka Masters won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 2 24 February 2025 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Australia Masters 216/8 (20 overs)	v	West Indies Masters 220/3 (19.2 overs)
Shane Watson 107 (52) Ashley Nurse 3/16 (3 overs)		Lendl Simmons 94* (44) Daniel Christian 1/30 (4 overs)

West Indies Masters won by 7 wickets DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Billy Bowden (NZ) Player of the match: Ashley Nurse (West Indies Masters)

• West Indies Masters won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 3 25 February 2025 19:30 (N) Scorecard

England Masters 132/8 (20 overs)	v	India Masters 133/1 (11.4 overs)
Darren Maddy 25 (24) Dhawal Kulkarni 3/21 (4 overs)		Gurkeerat Singh 63* (35) Chris Schofield 1/33 (2.4 overs)

India Masters won by 9 wickets DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Simon Taufel (Aus) and Lyndon Hannibal (SL) Player of the match: Pawan Negi (India Masters)

• India Masters won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 4 26 February 2025 19:30 (N) Scorecard

South Africa Masters 180/6 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka Masters 183/3 (17.2 overs)
Hashim Amla 76 (53) Chaturanga de Silva 2/28 (4 overs)		Asela Gunaratne 59* (33) Thandi Tshabalala 2/32 (4 overs)

Sri Lanka Masters won by 7 wickets DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Player of the match: Asela Gunaratne (Sri Lanka Masters)

• Sri Lanka Masters won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 5 27 February 2025 19:30 (N) Scorecard

West Indies Masters 179/6 (20 overs)	v	England Masters 171/8 (20 overs)
Chris Gayle 39 (19) Monty Panesar 3/14 (4 overs)		Chris Schofield 32 (26) Sulieman Benn 2/11 (4 overs)

West Indies Masters won by 8 runs DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Sulieman Benn (West Indies Masters)

• England Masters won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 6 28 February 2025 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Australia Masters 217/4 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka Masters 222/7 (19.2 overs)
Shaun Marsh 77 (49) Asela Gunaratne 1/37 (4 overs)		Upul Tharanga 102 (54) Ben Laughlin 3/35 (4 overs)

Sri Lanka Masters won by 3 wickets Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Billy Bowden (NZ) Player of the match: Upul Tharanga (Sri Lanka Masters)

• Sri Lanka Masters won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 7 1 March 2025 19:30 (N) Scorecard

South Africa Masters 85 (13.2 overs)	v	India Masters 89/2 (11 overs)
Henry Davids 38 (28) Yuvraj Singh 3/12 (2 overs)		Ambati Rayudu 41* (34) Thandi Tshabalala 1/20 (4 overs)

India Masters won by 8 wickets Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Umesh Dubey (Ind) and Lyndon Hannibal (SL) Player of the match: Rahul Sharma (India Masters)

• India Masters won the toss and elected to field.
• Rahul Sharma (India Masters) took a hat-trick. ^{[10] [11]}

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Match 8 3 March 2025 19:30 (N) Scorecard

England Masters 157/6 (20 overs)	v	South Africa Masters 159/3 (18.1 overs)
Tim Ambrose 53 (45) Garnett Kruger 1/23 (3 overs)		Hashim Amla 82* (55) Stuart Meaker 2/34 (4 overs)

South Africa Masters won by 7 wickets Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Umesh Dubey (Ind) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Hashim Amla (South Africa Masters)

• South Africa Masters won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 9 5 March 2025 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Australia Masters 269/1 (20 overs)	v	India Masters 174 (20 overs)
Ben Dunk 132* (53) Pawan Negi 1/34 (3 overs)		Sachin Tendulkar 64 (33) Xavier Doherty 5/25 (4 overs)

Australia Masters won by 95 runs Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Ben Dunk (Australia Masters)

• India Masters won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 10 6 March 2025 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka Masters 173/9 (20 overs)	v	West Indies Masters 152/5 (20 overs)
Asela Gunaratne 64 (45) Ashley Nurse 3/23 (4 overs)		Dwayne Smith 49 (43) Isuru Udana 2/15 (4 overs)

Sri Lanka Masters won by 21 runs Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Billy Bowden (NZ) Player of the match: Asela Gunaratne (Sri Lanka Masters)

• West Indies Masters won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 11 7 March 2025 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Australia Masters 260/1 (20 overs)	v	South Africa Masters 123 (17 overs)
Shane Watson 122* (61) Alviro Petersen 1/54 (4 overs)		Hashim Amla 30 (19) Ben Laughlin 3/18 (4 overs)

Australia Masters won by 137 runs Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Umesh Dubey (Ind) Player of the match: Shane Watson (Australia Masters)

• South Africa Masters won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 12 8 March 2025 19:30 (N) Scorecard

India Masters 253/3 (20 overs)	v	West Indies Masters 246/6 (20 overs)
Ambati Rayudu 63 (35) Sulieman Benn 1/34 (2 overs)		Dwayne Smith 79 (34) Stuart Binny 3/13 (2 overs)

India Masters won by 7 runs Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur Umpires: Umesh Dubey (Ind) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Stuart Binny (India Masters)

• West Indies Masters won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 13 10 March 2025 19:30 (N) Scorecard

England Masters 146/5 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka Masters 150/1 (12.5 overs)
Phil Mustard 50 (39) Isuru Udana 1/21 (4 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 106* (47) Dimitri Mascarenhas 1/24 (2 overs)

Sri Lanka Masters won by 9 wickets Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur Umpires: Simon Taufel (Aus) and Billy Bowden (NZ) Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka Masters)

• Sri Lanka Masters won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 14 11 March 2025 19:30 (N) Scorecard

West Indies Masters 200/5 (20 overs)	v	South Africa Masters 171/8 (20 overs)
Lendl Simmons 108 (59) Garnett Kruger 2/14 (3.3 overs)		Jacques Kallis 45 (36) Ravi Rampaul 5/26 (4 overs)

West Indies Masters won by 29 runs Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Lyndon Hannibal (SL) Player of the match: Ravi Rampaul (West Indies Masters)

• South Africa Masters won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 15 12 March 2025 19:30 (N) Scorecard

England Masters 209/3 (20 overs)	v	Australia Masters 210/7 (19.1 overs)
Tim Ambrose 69* (44) Bryce McGain 1/28 (2 overs)		Nathan Reardon 83 (39) Tim Bresnan 5/45 (4 overs)

Australia Masters won by 3 wickets Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Umesh Dubey (Ind) Player of the match: Nathan Reardon (Australia Masters)

• England Masters won the toss and elected to bat.

Play-offs

	Semi-finals					Final
	2	India Masters	220/7(20 overs)
	3	Australia Masters	126 (18.1 overs)
						SF1W	India Masters	149/4 (17.1 overs)
						SF2W	West Indies Masters	148/7 (20 overs)
	1	Sri Lanka Masters	173/9 (20 overs)
	4	West Indies Masters	179/5 (20 overs)

Semi-finals

13 March 2025 19:30 (N) Scorecard

India Masters 220/7 (20 overs)	v	Australia Masters 126 (18.1 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 59 (30) Xavier Doherty 2/30 (3 overs)		Ben Cutting 39 (30) Shahbaz Nadeem 4/15 (4 overs)

India Masters won by 94 runs Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Umesh Dubey (Ind) Player of the match: Shahbaz Nadeem (India Masters)

• Australia Masters won the toss and elected to field.

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14 March 2025 19:30 (N) Scorecard

West Indies Masters 179/5 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka Masters 173/9 (20 overs)
Denesh Ramdin 50* (22) Asela Gunaratne 1/14 (2 overs)		Asela Gunaratne 66 (42) Tino Best 4/27 (4 overs)

West Indies Masters won by 6 runs Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Tino Best (West Indies Masters)

• Sri Lanka Masters won the toss and elected to field.

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Final

16 March 2025 19:30 (N) Scorecard

West Indies Masters 148/7 (20 overs)	v	India Masters 149/4 (17.1 overs)
Lendl Simmons 57 (41) Vinay Kumar 3/26 (3 overs)		Ambati Rayudu 74 (50) Ashley Nurse 2/22 (3.1 overs)

India Masters won by 6 wickets Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Ambati Rayudu (India Masters)

• West Indies Masters won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most runs

Runs	Player	Team
361	Shane Watson	Australia Masters
351	Lendl Simmons	West Indies Masters
264	Dwayne Smith	West Indies Masters
258	Ben Dunk	Australia Masters
252	Asela Gunaratne	Sri Lanka Masters

• Source: ESPNCricinfo

Most wickets

Wickets	Player	Team
10	Xavier Doherty	Australia Masters
	Ashley Nurse	West Indies Masters
9	Ravi Rampaul	West Indies Masters
	Pawan Negi	India Masters
8	Vinay Kumar	India Masters

• Source: ESPNCricinfo

References

1. Sportstar, Team (22 February 2025). "International Masters League 2025: When and where to watch, telecast, live streaming info; Full schedule and squads". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
2. "Inaugural Season Of International Masters League To Be Played From February 22 To March 16". NDTV Sports . 16 January 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
3. "International Masters League to onboard 9 brands as sponsors and partners". Business Standard .
4. "Sachin Tendulkar's India Masters clinch IML 2025 title". Hiru News . 17 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
5. "Australia Masters unveil squad for International Masters League, Shane Watson to lead". Business Standard . 11 February 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
6. "Sachin Tendulkar To Lead India, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina Named In 15-Member Squad For IML". ETV Bharat . 15 February 2025. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
7. "Jonty Rhodes, Hashim Amla named in 14-man South Africa Masters squad for IML T20 2025, Jacques Kallis to captain". Sportskeeda . 18 February 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
8. "Sri Lanka Masters squad named for International Masters League". Hiru News . 16 February 2025. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
9. "IML 2025: Full schedule, format, teams and live streaming details". Business Standard .
10. "Rahul Sharma dismisses SA legends Amla, Kallis to pick star-studded hat-trick in IML, Yuvraj Singh narrowly misses". Hindustan Times . 1 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
11. "International Masters League 2025: Rahul Sharma takes hat-trick as India cruises to eight-wicket win over South Africa". Sportstar . 1 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.

External links

• Series home on ESPNcricinfo