According to a report by PTI, the period of fresh central contracts is from October 1, 2024, to September 20, 2025. However, the assessment year was from October 1, 2023 to June 2024. During this period,

Courtesy of the Player of the Match honour, Rohit surpassed Royal Challengers Bengaluru icon Virat Kohli in the list of players with the most number of such awards in the T20 league's history. 25 - AB de Villiers 22 - Chris Gayle 20 - Rohit Sharma 19 - Virat Kohli 18 - David Warner 18 -MS Dhoni

Virat Kohli entered record books with 67th fifty-plus score in IPL en route to Royal Challengers Bengaluru's win over Punjab Kings. Mumbai Indians also rode on Rohit Sharma's maiden fifty of IPL 2025 to beat Chennai Super Kings for the first time since May 2022.