The wait is over. The 19th edition of the Indian Premier League begins on March 28 and runs until May 31, promising two months of high-intensity T20 action across packed stadiums in India. The season will feature 70 league matches, followed by Qualifier 1, Eliminator, Qualifier 2 and the final.
On Friday, the BCCI announced the second part of the league-stage schedule, confirming that each team will play 14 matches, seven at home and seven away, before the top four advance to the playoffs. Matches will be held across 13 venues.
The tournament opener will see defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru take on 2016 winners Sunrisers Hyderabad in Bengaluru. After ending their long wait for a maiden title in 2025, RCB enter the new season with renewed confidence, but also the pressure of proving last year’s triumph was no fluke.
There will be no shortage of storylines elsewhere. Chennai Super Kings, who finished bottom of the table for the first time last season, will be desperate for a turnaround. Mumbai Indians, five-time champions, are still chasing their first title since 2020.
Punjab Kings, Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals remain in search of their maiden IPL crown, while Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals will aim to add to their one title each. The Kings played the final last season, but lost to RCB at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
A major talking point this season is the use of second homes. RCB have shifted marquee home games against MI and Kolkata Knight Riders from Bengaluru to Raipur. Punjab Kings will host MI, RCB and Delhi Capitals in Dharamsala, while Rajasthan Royals will take key fixtures against MI, Chennai Super Kings and RCB to Guwahati.
Past champions in IPL
- Chennai Super 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)
Where to watch matches in IPL 2026
Star Sports Network has the broadcasting rights for IPL 2026
IPL 2026 can be watched on Star Sports 1 SD/HD – English, Star Sports 1 Hindi SD/HD, Star Sports 1 Tamil SD/HD, Star Sports 1 Telugu SD/HD, Star Sports 1 Kannada, Star Sports 2 SD/HD, Star, Sports Select 1, Star Sports Select 2
Live Streaming of the matches will be available on JioHotstar.
When to watch matches in IPL 2026
Afternoon matches in the IPL 2026 will start at 3:30 PM IST while night matches will begin at 7:30 PM IST.
Where to buy IPL 2026 tickets?
Fans can purchase IPL match tickets through Book My Show and District (by Zomato), the two authorised ticketing platforms.
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 Chouhan
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Ayush Mhatre, M.S. 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 Short, 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 Green, 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 Wood
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 Super 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 Raghuwanshi, 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 May 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Jaipur
- CSK vs MI | Saturday, 02 May 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Chennai
- SRH vs KKR | Sunday, 03 May 2026 | 3:30 PM IST | Hyderabad
- GT vs PBKS | Sunday, 03 May 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Ahmedabad
- MI vs LSG | Monday, 04 May 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Mumbai
- DC vs CSK | Tuesday, 05 May 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Delhi
- SRH vs PBKS | Wednesday, 06 May 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Hyderabad
- LSG vs RCB | Thursday, 07 May 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Lucknow
- DC vs KKR | Friday, 08 May 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Delhi
- RR vs GT | Saturday, 09 May 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Jaipur
- CSK vs LSG | Sunday, 10 May 2026 | 3:30 PM IST | Chennai
- RCB vs MI | Sunday, 10 May 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Raipur
- PBKS vs DC | Monday, 11 May 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Dharamsala
- GT vs SRH | Tuesday, 12 May 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Ahmedabad
- RCB vs KKR | Wednesday, 13 May 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Raipur
- PBKS vs MI | Thursday, 14 May 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Dharamsala
- LSG vs CSK | Friday, 15 May 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Lucknow
- KKR vs GT | Saturday, 16 May 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Kolkata
- PBKS vs RCB | Sunday, 17 May 2026 | 3:30 PM IST | Dharamsala
- DC vs RR | Sunday, 17 May 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Delhi
- CSK vs SRH | Monday, 18 May 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Chennai
- RR vs LSG | Tuesday, 19 May 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Jaipur
- KKR vs MI | Wednesday, 20 May 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Kolkata
- CSK vs GT | Thursday, 21 May 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Chennai
- SRH vs RCB | Friday, 22 May 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Hyderabad
- LSG vs PBKS | Saturday, 23 May 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Lucknow
- MI vs RR | Sunday, 24 May 2026 | 3:30 PM IST | Mumbai
- KKR vs DC | Sunday, 24 May 2026 | 7:30 PM IST | Kolkata
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