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NEW DELHI: The opening lucifer of IPL 2026 volition beryllium played betwixt defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad connected March 28 astatine the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium successful Bengaluru aft the Board of Control for Cricket successful India (BCCI) announced the docket for the archetypal 20 days of the Indian Premier League 2026 season."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 release.
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A full of 20 matches volition beryllium played crossed 10 venues: Bengaluru, Mumbai, Guwahati, New Chandigarh, Lucknow, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad."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," BCCI said.During this period, the tourney volition diagnostic 4 double-headers, with the day matches opening astatine 03:30 PM IST and the evening matches commencing astatine 07:30 PM IST.
Here's the afloat schedule:
| RCB vs SRH | 28-Mar-26 | Sat | Evening | Bengaluru |
| MI vs KKR | 29-Mar-26 | Sun | Evening | Mumbai |
| RR vs CSK | 30-Mar-26 | Mon | Evening | Guwahati |
| PBKS vs GT | 31-Mar-26 | Tue | Evening | Mullanpur |
| LSG vs DC | 1-Apr-26 | Wed | Evening | Lucknow |
| KKR vs SRH | 2-Apr-26 | Thu | Evening | Kolkata |
| CSK vs PBKS | 3-Apr-26 | Fri | Evening | Chennai |
| DC vs MI | 4-Apr-26 | Sat | Afternoon | Delhi |
| GT vs RR | 4-Apr-26 | Sat | Evening | Ahmedabad |
| SRH vs LSG | 5-Apr-26 | Sun | Afternoon | Hyderabad |
| RCB vs CSK | 5-Apr-26 | Sun | Evening | Bengaluru |
| KKR vs PBKS | 6-Apr-26 | Mon | Evening | Kolkata |
| RR vs MI | 7-Apr-26 | Tue | Evening | Guwahati |
| DC vs GT | 8-Apr-26 | Wed | Evening | Delhi |
| KKR vs LSG | 9-Apr-26 | Thu | Evening | Kolkata |
| RR vs RCB | 10-Apr-26 | Fri | Evening | Guwahati |
| PBKS vs SRH | 11-Apr-26 | Sat | Afternoon | Mullanpur |
| CSK vs DC | 11-Apr-26 | Sat | Evening | Chennai |
| LSG vs GT | 12-Apr-26 | Sun | Afternoon | Lucknow |
| MI vs RCB | 12-Apr-26 | Sun | Evening | Mumbai |
The archetypal double-header of the play volition instrumentality spot connected April 4, erstwhile Delhi Capitals look Mumbai Indians successful the day lucifer astatine the Arun Jaitley Stadium successful Delhi, followed by Gujarat Titans taking connected Rajasthan Royals astatine the Narendra Modi Stadium successful Ahmedabad.Rajasthan Royals volition statesman 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 play 3 location matches successful Guwahati and 4 successful Jaipur.
