On March 28, 2025, the first match of the IPL 2026 League will be played between RCB vs SRH at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. RCB won the IPL trophy in 2025, and SRH won it in 2016. From March 28 to May 31, 2026, 10 teams will play 70 matches in the IPL 2026 League.
All teams in IPL 2026 will have Indian captains. The Chennai Super Kings have retained 44-year-old Mahendra Singh Dhoni for ₹4 crore in the IPL 2026. We will tell you about the IPL 2026 Fixtures Dates and Venues.
IPL 2026 Squrd Team and Captain
- Mumbai Indians (MI): Hardik Pandya
- Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Ishan Kishan
- Delhi Capitals (DC): Axar Patel
- Lucknow Super Giants (LSG): Rishabh Pant
- Gujarat Titans (GT): Shubman Gill
- Punjab Kings (PBKS): Shreyas Iyer
- Chennai Super Kings (CSK): Ruturaj Gaikwad
- Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Rajat Patidar
- Rajasthan Royals (RR): Riyan Parag
- Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Ajinkya Rahane
IPL 2026 CSK Squad
CSK Plying 11 fof IPL : Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Sanju Samson (wk), MS Dhoni (wc), Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Sarfaraz Khan, Akeal Hosein, Rahul Chahar, Matt Henry, Khaleel Ahmed, Prashant Veer
N Srinivasan is the owner of the Chennai Super Kings. In the IPL 2026 auction, he acquired Prashant Veer (14.20 cr) and Kartik Sharma (14.20 cr). CSK team has won the IPL title five times. Mahendra Singh Dhoni stated on Sports News that the 2026 IPL season will be his last. If CSK wins this 2026 IPL, it will be his sixth title.
IPL 2026: CSK Schedule
March 30 – Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings – Guwahati – 7:30PM IST
April 3 – Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings – Chennai 7:30PM IST
April 5 – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Chennai Super Kings – Bengaluru – 7:30PM IST
April 11 – Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals – Chennai – 7:30PM IST
April 14 – Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Chennai – 7:30PM IST
April 18 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings – Hyderabad – 7:30PM IST
April 23 – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings – Mumbai – 7:30PM IST
April 26 – Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings – Ahmedabad – 3:30PM IST
May 2 – Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians – Chennai – 7:30PM IST
May 5 – Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings – Delhi – 7:30PM IST
May 10 – Chennai Super Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants – Chennai – 3:30PM IST
May 15 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings – Lucknow – 7:30 PM IST
May 18 – Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Chennai – 7:30PM IST
May 21 – Chennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans – Chennai – 7:30PM IST
IPL 2026 MI Squad
MI Plying 11 for IPL : Hardik Pandya (c), Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Sherfane Rutherford, Mitchell Santner, Will Jacks, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah.
In the IPL 2026 auction, the Mumbai Indians acquired Quinton de Kock for ₹1 crore, and purchased Danish Malewar, Mohammad Izhar, Atharva Ankolekar, and Mayank Rawat for ₹30 lakhs each. The team is owned by Mukesh Ambani. The Mumbai Indians have retained Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, and Hardik Pandya. The franchise has won the IPL title five times. If they perform well this season, Mumbai’s fortunes could shine once again.
MI IPL 2026 Schedule
March 29 – Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Mumbai – 7:30PM IST
April 4 – Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians – Delhi – 3:30PM IST
April 7 – Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians – Guwahati – 7:30PM IST
April 12 – Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Mumbai – 7:30PM IST
April 16 – Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings – Mumbai – 7:30PM IST
April 20 – Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians – Ahmedabad – 7:30PM IST
April 23 – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings – Mumbai – 7:30PM IST
April 29 – Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Mumbai – 7:30PM IST
May 2 – Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians – Chennai – 7:30PM IST
May 4 – Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants – Mumbai – 7:30PM IST
May 10 – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Mumbai Indians – Raipur – 7:30PM IST
May 14 – Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians – Dharamshala – 7:30PM IST
May 20 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians – Kolkata – 7:30PM IST
May 24 – Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals – Mumbai – 3:30PM IST
IPL 2026 RCB Squad
RCB Plying 11 for IPL: Rajat Patidar (c), Phil Salt, Jacob Duffy, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Jacob Bethell, Tim David, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Dar.
RCB Owner is Aditya Bidla Group. RCB bought Venkatesh Iyer, Jacob Duffy, Jordan Cox, Mangesh Yadav and Suyyash Sharma in the auction.. RCB has retained Rajat Patidar and Virat Kohali. RCB won the trophy in 2025. If Virat’s bat fires, he wins the match.
RCB IPL 2026 Schedule
March 28 – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Bengaluru – 7:30PM IST
April 5 – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Chennai Super Kings – Bengaluru – 7:30PM IST
April 10 – Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Guwahati – 7:30PM IST
April 12 – Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Mumbai – 7:30PM IST
April 15 – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Lucknow Super Giants – Bengaluru – 7:30PM IST
April 18 – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals – Bengaluru – 3:30PM IST
April 24 – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans – Bengaluru – 7:30PM IST
April 27 – Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Delhi – 7:30PM IST
April 30 – Gujarat Titans vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Ahmedabad – 7:30PM IST
May 7 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Lucknow – 7:30PM IST
May 10 – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Mumbai Indians – Raipur – 7:30PM IST
May 13 – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Raipur – 7:30PM IST
May 17 – Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Dharamshala – 3:30PM IST
May 22 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Hyderabad – 7:30PM IST
IPL 2026 SRH Squad
SRH Plying 11 for IPL: Ishan Kishan (c), Travis Head, Zeeshan Ansari, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen, Liam Livingstone, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Aniket Varma, Harsh Dubey, Jaydev Unadkat, Harshal Patel.
RCB owner is Kalanithi Maran, who is the father of Kaviya Maran. He is also the Chairman of the SUN Group. The team has acquired English Sam Curran (₹13 crore), Australian Jack Edwards (₹3 crore), Salil Arora (₹75 lakh), and Shivam Mavi (₹75 lakh). RCB won the trophy in 2016.
IPL 2026: SRH Schedule
March 28 – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Bengaluru – 7:30PM IST
April 2 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Kolkata – 7:30PM IST
April 5 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants – Hyderabad – 3:30PM IST
April 11 – Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Mullanpur – 3:30PM IST
April 13 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals – Hyderabad – 7:30PM IST
April 18 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings – Hyderabad – 7:30PM IST
April 21 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals – Hyderabad – 7:30PM IST
April 25 – Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Jaipur – 7:30PM IST
April 29 – Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Mumbai – 7:30PM IST
May 2 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Hyderabad – 7:30PM IST
May 6 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings – Hyderabad – 7:30PM IST
May 12 – Gujarat Titans vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Ahmedabad – 7:30PM IST
May 18 – Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Chennai – 7:30PM IST
May 22 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Hyderabad – 7:30PM IST
IPL 2026 DD Squad
DD Plying 11 for IPL: Axar Patel (c), KL Rahul (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Tristan Stubbs, Ben Duckett, David Miller, Nitish Rana, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, T. Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar.
DD lost to the Mumbai Indians in the 2020 final. DD has acquired Den Daket for ₹2 crore. Its owners are JSW and GMR, both of whom hold equal stakes in the team. Patel is often an excellent player who can breathe new life into the team.
IPL 2026: DD Schedule
IPL 2026 RR Squad
RR Plying 11 for IPL: Riyan Parag (c), Sandeep Sharma, Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra archer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka and Nandre Burger.
Currently, the owner of KKR is Kal Somani. RR has acquired Ravi Bishnoi for ₹70.20 crore. RR won the trophy in the inaugural season of the IPL in 2008 under the captaincy of Shane Warne.
Rajasthan Royals IPL 2026 Schedule
March 30 – Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings – Guwahati – 7:30PM IST
April 4 – Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals – Ahmedabad – 7:30PM IST
April 7 – Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians – Guwahati – 7:30PM IST
April 10 – Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Guwahati – 7:30PM IST
April 13 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals – Hyderabad – 7:30PM IST
April 19 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals – Kolkata – 3:30PM IST
April 22 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals – Lucknow – 7:30PM IST
April 25 – Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Jaipur – 7:30PM IST
April 28 – Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals – New Chandigarh – 7:30PM IST
May 1 – Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals – Jaipur – 7:30PM IST
May 9 – Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans – Jaipur – 7:30PM IST
May 17 – Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals – Delhi – 7:30PM IST
May 19 – Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants – Jaipur – 7:30PM IST
May 24 – Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals – Mumbai – 3:30PM IST
IPL 2026 LSG Squad
LSG Plying 11 for IPL: Rishabh Pant(c), Aiden Markram, Mohsin Khan,Himmat Singh, Matthew Breetzke, Mukul Choudhary, Arjun Tendulkar, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Marsh, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahamad, Arshin Kulkarni, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ayush Badoni, Mohammad Shami, Avesh Khan, M. Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Akash Singh, Pince Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Naman Ti1wari, Mayank Yadav.
LSG has acquired Josh Inglis (8.6 cr), Wanindu Hasaranga (2 cr), Anrich Nortje (2 cr), and Akshat Raghuwanshi (2 cr). Its owner is Sanjiv Goenka. LSG made its IPL debut in 2022.
Lucknow Super Giants IPL 2026 Schedule
April 1 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals – Lucknow – 7:30PM IST
April 5 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants – Hyderabad – 3:30PM IST
April 9 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants – Kolkata – 7:30PM IST
April 12 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Gujarat Titans – Lucknow – 3:30 PM IST
April 15 – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Lucknow Super Giants – Bengaluru – 7:30PM IST
April 19 – Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants – New Chandigarh – 7:30PM IST
April 22 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals – Lucknow- 7:30PM IST
April 26 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Lucknow – 7:30PM IST
May 4 – Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants – Mumbai – 7:30PM IST
May 7 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Lucknow – 7:30PM IST
May 10 – Chennai Super Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants – Chennai – 3:30PM IST
May 15 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings – Lucknow – 7:30PM IST
May 19 – Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants – Jaipur – 7:30PM IST
May 23 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings – Lucknow – 7:30PM IST
IPL 2026 PBKS Squad
PBKS Plying 11 for IPL: Shreyas Iyer (c), Prabhsimran Singh, Michell Owen, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Wadhera, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash, Xavier Bartlett, Pravin Dubey, Lockie Ferguson, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Harnoor Singh, Yash Thakur, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Vishnu Vinod, Ben Dwarshuis, Cooper Connolly, Vishal Nishad.
The owners of PKBS include Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Mohit Burman, and Karan Paul. It acquired Australian bowler Ben Dwarshuis (4.40 cr) and Cooper Connolly (3 cr) in the auction. In the 2025 IPL final, RCB defeated PKBS.
Punjab Kings full IPL 2026 Schedule
March 31 – Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans – New Chandigarh – 7:30PM IST
April 3 – Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings – Chennai – 7:30PM IST
April 6 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings – Kolkata – 7:30PM IST
April 11 – Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – New Chandigarh – 3:30PM IST
April 16 – Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings – Mumbai – 7:30PM IST
April 19 – Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants – New Chandigarh – 7:30PM IST
April 25 – Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings – Delhi – 3:30PM IST
April 28 – Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals – New Chandigarh – 7:30PM IST
May 3 – Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings – Ahmedabad – 7:30PM IST
May 6 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings – Hyderabad – 7:30PM IST
May 11 – Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals – Dharamhsala – 7:30PM IST
May 14 – Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians – Dharamshala – 7:30PM IST
May 17 – Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Dharamshala – 3:30PM IST
May 23 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings – Lucknow – 7:30PM IST
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IPL 2026 GT Squad
GT Plying 11 for IPL: Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Glenn Phillips, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler, Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Manav Suthar, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav.
GT won the IPL title in 2022. Its owner is CVC Capital Partners, a private equity firm. In the auction, the team acquired Jason Holder (₹7 cr), Tom Banton (₹2 cr), Ashok Sharma (₹90 lakh), Luke Wood (₹75 lakh), and Prithvi Raj Yarra (₹30 lakh).
GT IPL 2026 Full Schedule
March 31 – Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans – New Chandigarh – 7:30PM IST
April 4 – Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals – Ahmedabad – 7:30PM IST
April 8 – Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans – Delhi – 7:30PM IST
April 12 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Gujarat Titans – Lucknow – 3:30PM IST
April 17 – Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Ahmedabad – 7:30PM IST
April 20 – Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians – Ahmedabad – 7:30PM IST
April 24 – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans – Bengaluru – 7:30PM IST
April 26 – Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings – Ahmedabad – 3:30PM IST
April 30 – Gujarat Titans vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Ahmedabad – 7:30PM IST
May 3 – Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings – Ahmedabad – 7:30PM IST
May 9 – Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans – Jaipur – 7:30PM IST
May 12 – Gujarat Titans vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Ahmedabad – 7:30PM IST
May 16 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans – Kolkata – 7:30PM IST
May 21 – Chennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans – Chennai – 7:30PM IST
IPL 2026 KKR Squad
KKR Plying 11 for IPL: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Prashant Solanki, Rinku Singh, Angkrish, Sunil Narine, Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Rahul Tripathi, Finn Allen, Tejasvi Singh, Tim Seifert, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Cameron Green, Sarthak Ranjan, Daksh Kamra, Rachin Ravindra, Navdeep Saini, Vaibhav Arora, Umran Malik, Matheesha Pathirana, Kartik Tyagi, Akash Deep, Varun Chakaravarthy.
KKR has acquired Cameron Green (₹25.20 crore), Matheesha Pathirana (₹18 crore), and Mustafizur Rahman (₹9.2 crore) for their team. KKR has won the IPL title three times. KKR’s ownership group includes Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla, and Mehta.
Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2026 Full Schedule
March 29 – Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Mumbai – 7:30PM IST
April 2 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Kolkata – 7:30PM IST
April 6 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings – Kolkata – 7:30PM IST
April 9 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants – Kolkata – 7:30PM
April 14 – Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Chennai -7:30PM IST
April 17 – Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Ahmedabad – 7:30PM IST
April 19 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals – Kolkata – 3:30PM IST
April 26 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Lucknow – 7:30PM IST
May 3 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Hyderabad – 3:30PM IST
May 8 – Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Delhi – 7:30PM IST
May 13 – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Raipur – 7:30PM IST
May 16 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans – Kolkata – 7:30PM IST
May 20 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians – Kolkata – 7:30PM IST
May 24 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals – Kolkata – 7:30PM IST
How to Watch IPL 2026 Live
The IPL 2026 league has kicked off in India today. If you are also a fan of this magnificent league, you can watch it for free on these apps. I will tell you the names of some apps that you can download to enjoy the IPL. These apps will show you the entire IPL for free.
Indian viewers can Watch IPL 2026
International Viewers can watch IPL 2026
How to Book Your IPL 2026 Tickets?
If you wish to hear the roar of the IPL 2026 matches with your own ears, I will take you directly to the IPL stadium through online ticketing. First, download these three apps to your phone, based on your favorite team. Tickets for IPL 2026 go on sale starting March 16, 2026. These three are BookMyShow, Paytm Insider, and Zomato (District App).
The Process for Booking IPL 2026 Tickets:
- Download these three apps BookMyShow, Paytm Insider, and Zomato (District App) and visit their websites.
- Search for ‘IPL 2026’ or your favorite team.
- Select a nearby seat using the stadium map.
- Make a payment using UPI, Credit/Debit Cards, and Net Banking and receive your ticket.
- These tickets will be sent to your email or WhatsApp number.
- Welcome to the stadium! You are watching the IPL 2026 match-up.
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