IPL 2026 team-wise full schedule: Complete list of matches, dates, time and venues

NEW DELHI: The Indian Premier League 2026 volition get underway with defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru taking connected Sunrisers Hyderabad successful the opening lucifer astatine the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium successful Bengaluru connected March 28.The docket for the archetypal signifier of the tourney — from March 28 to April 12 — was announced connected Wednesday by the Board of Control for Cricket successful India (BCCI).

"As 3 states are scheduled to acquisition State Assembly elections during this period, the afloat docket of the tourney volition beryllium announced erstwhile the canvass dates are announced," BCCI said successful a statement.The 19th variation of the world’s biggest T20 league volition diagnostic 20 matches successful the archetypal signifier crossed 10 venues: Bengaluru, Mumbai, Guwahati, New Chandigarh, Lucknow, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad.

During this phase, the tourney volition diagnostic 4 double-headers, with day matches opening astatine 03:30 PM IST and evening games starting astatine 07:30 PM IST.The archetypal double-header of the play volition instrumentality spot connected April 4, erstwhile Delhi Capitals instrumentality connected Mumbai Indians successful the day lucifer astatine the Arun Jaitley Stadium successful Delhi, followed by Gujarat Titans facing Rajasthan Royals astatine the Narendra Modi Stadium successful Ahmedabad.

Rajasthan Royals volition commencement their location run successful Guwahati, wherever they volition big Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians. Punjab Kings, meanwhile, volition play their aboriginal location fixtures astatine the PCA Stadium.During the season, Royal Challengers Bengaluru volition play 5 location matches successful Bengaluru and 2 successful Raipur. Punjab Kings volition play 4 location matches successful New Chandigarh and 3 successful Dharamsala, portion Rajasthan Royals volition divided their location fixtures betwixt Guwahati and Jaipur.BCCI besides clarified that the matches scheduled successful Bengaluru volition beryllium connected clearance from a government-appointed adept committee."The matches scheduled successful Bengaluru are taxable to clearance from the Expert Committee constituted by the Government of Karnataka. The committee volition behaviour a gathering and inspection of the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium connected March 13, 2026, during which a full-scale mock objection of match-day arrangements volition beryllium carried retired to measure the stadium’s preparedness for hosting IPL matches."

IPL 2026: Team-wise schedule

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)

Mumbai Indians (MI)

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

Punjab Kings (PBKS)

Delhi Capitals (DC)

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

Gujarat Titans (GT)

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)