IPL 2026 Match Schedule – Full Match List
The new structure of IPL 2026 is anticipated to have 84 games, 10 more than the previous season. Learn about the most recent Indian Premier League’s venues and equipment.
The IPL 2026 schedule, which was made public on Wednesday, has the reigning champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru hosting Sunrisers Hyderabad in the first game of the next Indian Premier League season on March 28.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has issued a partial schedule for the 19th Indian Premier League, having previously this week announced the start date for the IPL 2026.
Due to impending assembly elections in the nation, just the first 20 games of the 2026 Indian Premier League schedule have been made public. The schedule for the IPL’s second half will be revealed at a later time.
The IPL is one of the most watched and profitable franchise T20 cricket competitions in the world.
The IPL 2026 championship will be contested by ten teams: the Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Mumbai Indians (MI), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), Gujarat Titans (GT), Delhi Capitals (DC), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), and Punjab Kings (PBKS).
After the opening game on March 28, the five-time champions Mumbai Indians will play three-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders at home on March 29.
The next day, another five-time victor, the Chennai Super Kings, will be on the road against the Rajasthan Royals, who won the first ever match.
After a pre-season deal that saw Jadeja join RR from CSK and Samson move in the opposite direction, the match will center on Ravindra Jadeja and Sanju Samson, who was named Player of the Tournament in the recently finished T20 World Cup 2026.
There will be 84 games in this year’s IPL, according to reports—10 more than in the previous season. In a double round-robin format, every team will play every other team twice. The playoff phase, which will consist of four games, will see the top four clubs advance.
The top two teams will compete in Qualifier 1 after the group stage, with the winner going straight to the championship.
In the meantime, the IPL teams that placed third and fourth in the league stage will compete in Eliminator 1, with the victor facing the loser of Qualifier 1 in Qualifier 2 to determine the second team in the final.
The clubs have been divided into two virtual groups in each IPL season with 10 teams thus far.
Each team will face the other sides in its own group twice, as well as one chosen opponent from the other group, while in the league phase, they will compete against the other four teams once.
IPL 2026 venues
Bengaluru – M Chinnaswamy Stadium
Ahmedabad – Narendra Modi Stadium
Guwahati – ACA Stadium
Kolkata – Eden Gardens
Chennai – MA Chidambaram Stadium
Lucknow – Ekana Stadium
Delhi – Arun Jaitley Stadium
Hyderabad – Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium
Mumbai – Wankhede Stadium
Mullanpur – New PCA Stadium