The wait is over. The nineteenth version of the Indian Premier League begins on March 28 and runs till Could 31, promising two months of high-intensity T20 motion throughout packed stadiums in India. The season will function 70 league matches, adopted by Qualifier 1, Eliminator, Qualifier 2 and the ultimate.
On Friday, the BCCI introduced the second a part of the league-stage scheduleconfirming that every workforce will play 14 matches, seven at residence and 7 away, earlier than the highest 4 advance to the playoffs. Matches can be held throughout 13 venues.
The match opener will see defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru tackle 2016 winners Sunrisers Hyderabad in Bengaluru. After ending their lengthy anticipate a maiden title in 2025, RCB enter the brand new season with renewed confidence, but in addition the strain of proving final 12 months’s triumph was no fluke.
There can be no scarcity of storylines elsewhere. Chennai Tremendous Kings, who completed backside of the desk for the primary time final season, can be determined for a turnaround. Mumbai Indians, five-time champions, are nonetheless chasing their first title since 2020.
Punjab Kings, Lucknow Tremendous Giants and Delhi Capitals stay seeking their maiden IPL crown, whereas Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals will purpose so as to add to their one title every. The Kings performed the ultimate final season, however misplaced to RCB on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
A serious speaking level this season is the usage of second properties. RCB have shifted marquee residence video games towards MI and Kolkata Knight Riders from Bengaluru to Raipur. Punjab Kings will host MI, RCB and Delhi Capitals in Dharamsala, whereas Rajasthan Royals will take key fixtures towards MI, Chennai Tremendous Kings and RCB to Guwahati.
Previous champions in IPL
- Chennai Tremendous Kings – 5 (2010, 2011, 2018, 2021 and 2023)
- Mumbai Indians – 5 (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020)
- Kolkata Knight Riders – 3 (2012, 2014 and 2024)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru – 1 (2025)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad – 1 (2016)
- Rajasthan Royals – 1 (2008)
- Gujarat Titans – 1 (2022)
The place to look at matches in IPL 2026
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When to look at matches in IPL 2026
Afternoon matches within the IPL 2026 will begin at 3:30 PM IST whereas evening matches will start at 7:30 PM IST.
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IPL 2026 Full Squads
Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ryan Rickleton, Robin Minz, Raj Bawa, Raghu Sharma, Mitchell Santner, Corbin Bosch, Naman Dhir, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Allah Ghafanzar, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks, Sherfane Rutherford, Mayank Markande, Shardul Thakur, Quinton de Kock, Danish Malewar, Mohammad Izhar, Atharva Ankolekar, Mayank Rawat.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salam, Abhinandan Singh, Suyash Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer, Jacob Duffy, Satvik Deswal, Mangesh Yadav, Jordan Cox, Vicky Ostwal, Vihaan Malhotra, Kanishk. Chauhan
Chennai Tremendous Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Ayush Mhatre, MS Dhoni, Sanju Samson, Dewald Brevis, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Akeal Hosein, Prashant Veer, Kartik Sharma, Matthew Quick, Aman Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Matt Henry, Rahul Chahar, Zak Foulkes.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Cameron Inexperienced, Finn Allen, Matheesha Pathirana, Tejasvi Singh, Kartik Tyagi, Prashant Solanki, Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert, Sarthak Ranjan, Daksh Kamra, Rachin Ravindra, Akash Deep, Blessing Muzarabani
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins (c), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R. Smaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari, Shivang Kumar, Salil Arora, Sakib Hussain, Onkar Tarmale, Amit Kumar, Praful Hinge, Krains Fuletra, Liam Livingstone, Shivam Mavi, Jack Edwards.
Delhi Capitals: Nitish Rana, Abishek Porel, Ajay Mandal, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Sameer Rizvi, T Natarajan, Tripurana Vijay, Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, David Miller, Ben Duckett, Auqib Nabi, Pathum Nissanka, Lungi Ngidi, Sahil Parakh, Prithvi Shaw, Kyle Jamieson.
Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer, Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyala Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Suryansh Shedge, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Pravin Dubey, Vishal Nishad
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler, Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Arshad Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Rashid Khan, Manav Suthar, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav, Ashok Sharma, Jason Holder, Tom Banton, Prithvi Raj Yarra, Luke Wooden.
Rajasthan Royals: Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Donovan Ferreira, Sandeep Sharma, Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger, Ravi Bishnoi, Sushant Mishra, Yash Raj Punja, Vignesh Puthur, Ravi Singh, Aman Rao, Brijesh Sharma, Adam Milne, Kuldeep Sen
Lucknow Tremendous Giants: Rishabh Pant (c), Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh, Mohammed Shami, Arjun Tendulkar, Wanindu Hasaranga, Anrich Nortje, Mukul Choudhary, Naman Tiwari, Akshat Raghuvanshi, Josh Inglis
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IPL 2026 Full Schedule (League Stage)
- RCB vs SRH | Saturday, 28 Mar 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Bengaluru
- MI vs KKR | Sunday, 29 Mar 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | mumbai
- RR vs CSK | Monday, 30 Mar 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Guwahati
- PBKS vs GT | Tuesday, 31 Mar 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | New Chandigarh (Mullanpur)
- LSG vs DC | Wednesday, 01 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Lucknow
- KKR vs SRH | Thursday, 02 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Kolkata
- CSK vs PBKS | Friday, 03 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Chennai
- DC vs MI | Saturday, 04 Apr 2026 | 3:30 PM IST | Delhi
- GT vs RR | Saturday, 04 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Ahmedabad
- SRH vs LSG | Sunday, 05 Apr 2026 | 3:30 PM IST | Hyderabad
- RCB vs CSK | Sunday, 05 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Bengaluru
- KKR vs PBKS | Monday, 06 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Kolkata
- RR vs MI | Tuesday, 07 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Guwahati
- DC vs GT | Wednesday, 08 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Delhi
- KKR vs LSG | Thursday, 09 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Kolkata
- RR vs RCB | Friday, 10 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Guwahati
- PBKS vs SRH | Saturday, 11 Apr 2026 | 3:30 PM IST | New Chandigarh (Mullanpur)
- CSK vs DC | Saturday, 11 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Chennai
- LSG vs GT | Sunday, 12 Apr 2026 | 3:30 PM IST | Lucknow
- MI vs RCB | Sunday, 12 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | mumbai
- SRH vs RR | Monday, 13 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Hyderabad
- CSK vs KKR | Tuesday, 14 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Chennai
- RCB vs LSG | Wednesday, 15 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Bengaluru
- MI vs PBKS | Thursday, 16 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | mumbai
- GT vs KKR | Friday, 17 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Ahmedabad
- RCB vs DC | Saturday, 18 Apr 2026 | 3:30 PM IST | Bengaluru
- SRH vs CSK | Saturday, 18 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Hyderabad
- KKR vs RR | Sunday, 19 Apr 2026 | 3:30 PM IST | Kolkata
- PBKS vs LSG | Sunday, 19 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | New Chandigarh (Mullanpur)
- GT vs MI | Monday, 20 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Ahmedabad
- SRH vs DC | Tuesday, 21 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Hyderabad
- LSG vs RR | Wednesday, 22 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Lucknow
- MI vs CSK | Thursday, 23 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | mumbai
- RCB vs GT | Friday, 24 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Bengaluru
- DC vs PBKS | Saturday, 25 Apr 2026 | 3:30 PM IST | Delhi
- RR vs SRH | Saturday, 25 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Jaipur
- GT vs CSK | Sunday, 26 Apr 2026 | 3:30 PM IST | Ahmedabad
- LSG vs KKR | Sunday, 26 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Lucknow
- DC vs RCB | Monday, 27 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Delhi
- PBKS vs RR | Tuesday, 28 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | New Chandigarh (Mullanpur)
- MI vs SRH | Wednesday, 29 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | mumbai
- GT vs RCB | Thursday, 30 Apr 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Ahmedabad
- RR vs DC | Friday, 01 Could 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Jaipur
- CSK vs MI | Saturday, 02 Could 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Chennai
- SRH vs KKR | Sunday, 03 Could 2026 | 3:30 PM IST | Hyderabad
- GT vs PBKS | Sunday, 03 Could 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Ahmedabad
- MI vs LSG | Monday, 04 Could 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | mumbai
- DC vs CSK | Tuesday, 05 Could 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Delhi
- SRH vs PBKS | Wednesday, 06 Could 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Hyderabad
- LSG vs RCB | Thursday, 07 Could 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Lucknow
- DC vs KKR | Friday, 08 Could 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Delhi
- RR vs GT | Saturday, 09 Could 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Jaipur
- CSK vs LSG | Sunday, 10 Could 2026 | 3:30 PM IST | Chennai
- RCB vs MI | Sunday, 10 Could 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Raipur
- PBKS vs DC | Monday, 11 Could 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Dharamsala
- GT vs SRH | Tuesday, 12 Could 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Ahmedabad
- RCB vs KKR | Wednesday, 13 Could 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Raipur
- PBKS vs MI | Thursday, 14 Could 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Dharamsala
- LSG vs CSK | Friday, 15 Could 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Lucknow
- KKR vs GT | Saturday, 16 Could 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Kolkata
- PBKS vs RCB | Sunday, 17 Could 2026 | 3:30 PM IST | Dharamsala
- DC vs RR | Sunday, 17 Could 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Delhi
- CSK vs SRH | Monday, 18 Could 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Chennai
- RR vs LSG | Tuesday, 19 Could 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Jaipur
- KKR vs MI | Wednesday, 20 Could 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Kolkata
- CSK vs GT | Thursday, 21 Could 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Chennai
- SRH vs RCB | Friday, 22 Could 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Hyderabad
- LSG vs PBKS | Saturday, 23 Could 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Lucknow
- MI vs RR | Sunday, 24 Could 2026 | 3:30 PM IST | mumbai
- KKR vs DC | Sunday, 24 Could 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Kolkata
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