Only a week after it emerged that Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have been in discussions with the Maharashtra Cricket Affiliation (MCA) to host their IPL 2026 dwelling fixtures in Pune, secretary Adv. Kamlesh Pisal has disclosed that Rajasthan Royals (RR) too have expressed curiosity in internet hosting a few of their dwelling matches on the MCA Stadium.
“RCB had additionally approached us for internet hosting their IPL 2026 dwelling video games, and the discussions are nonetheless ongoing with them. Now, the Rajasthan Royals have approached us for internet hosting their dwelling video games in IPL 2026.”
“That they had come to Pune lately, inspected the stadium, executed the recce round it and have additionally proven willingness to host part of their dwelling matches right here. Now it’s left with the BCCI to verify the venue and which group’s matches it can host in IPL 2026,” Pisal advised IANS on Sunday.
RR’s resolution to maneuver a few of their dwelling matches away from their main venue on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur arises from ongoing disagreements with the Rajasthan Cricket Affiliation. As IPL 2008 winners, RR even have an alternate dwelling floor at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati, the place they may host a number of fixtures within the 2026 season.
Tensions escalated in IPL 2025 when an RCA official leveled match-fixing allegations towards the franchise, one thing which they categorically denied whereas calling for strict motion towards the person involved.
It’s understood that, with two IPL groups keen to host video games in Pune, the affiliation is in contemplation mode and a last resolution is predicted within the coming days.
One other MCA official advised IANS that they’re inclined to simply accept RR’s supply, at the same time as RCB has sought time from the affiliation till the IPL public sale in Abu Dhabi on December 16 to make a last resolution on their dwelling venue for 2026.
Aside from internet hosting males’s worldwide matches throughout all codecs, together with the 2023 Males’s ODI World Cup and the Ladies’s T20 Problem, the MCA Stadium has additionally served as the house floor for Pune Warriors India, Rising Pune Supergiant, and Punjab Kings at varied occasions throughout the 2010s IPL seasons. The MCA Stadium in Pune will even host an AR Rahman live performance, scheduled to start at 5 pm on Sunday.