IPL 2026: The curtain will rise on the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season on March 28, with defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) hosting Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the iconic M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

This thrilling opener marks the beginning of a two-month festival featuring 10 teams and 84 matches.

The tournament will unfold across 10 cities, with 20 matches spread out over Mumbai, Bengaluru, Guwahati, New Chandigarh, Lucknow, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, and Hyderabad, showcasing a diverse range of venues.

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IPL 2026: Check Captains, Squads, Schedule, Venues And Live Streaming Details

IPL 2026 Captains

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajat Patidar

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad

Delhi Capitals: Axar Patel

Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill

Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane

Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya

Rajasthan Royals: Riyan Parag

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins ( Ishan Kishan will lead in the first few games as Cummins will miss the initial stage due to injury concerns.)

Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer

Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant

IPL 2026 Squads

Chennai Super Kings

MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson (traded in from RR), Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brewis, Shivam Dube, Urvil Patel, Noor Ahmad, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Khaleel Ahmed, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Mukesh Choudhary, Jamie Overton, Gurjapneet Singh, Anshul Kamboj, Akeal Hosein, Prashant Veer, Kartik Sharma, Matthew Short, Aman Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Matt Henry, Rahul Chahar, Zak Foulkes.

Delhi Capitals

Axar Patel(C), KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Mitchell Starc, David Miller, Ben Duckett, Pathum Nissanka, Sahil Parakh, Prithvi Shaw, Abhishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari, Auqib Dar, Nitish Rana, T. Natrajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Lungisani Ngidi, Kyle Jamieson, Kuldeep Yadav.

Gujarat Titans

Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler, Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, 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, Luke Wood.

Kolkata Knight Riders

Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Umran Malik, 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.

Injury concerns: Harshit Rana (likely ruled out of season).

Mumbai Indians

AM Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell Santner, Naman Dhir, Raghu Sharma, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz, Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Will Jacks, Shardul Thakur (traded in from LSG), Sherfane Rutherford (traded in from GT), Mayank Markande (traded in from KKR), Quinton de Kock, Danish Malewar, Mohammad Izhar, Atharva Ankolekar, Mayank Rawat.

Lucknow Super Giants

Rishabh Pant(C), Aiden Markram, Himmat Singh, Matthew Breetzke, Mukul Choudhary, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Josh Inglis, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahamad, Arshin Kulkarni, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ayush Badoni, Mohammad Shami, Avesh Khan, M. Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Akash Singh, Prince Yadav, Arjun Tendulkar, Anrich Nortje, Naman Tiwari, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan.

Injury concerns: Wanindu Hasaranga

Punjab Kings

Shreyas Iyer(C), Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod, Harnoor Pannu, Pyla Avinash, Prabhsimran Singh, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Harpreet Brar, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Priyansh Arya, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Mitch Owen, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Xavier Bartlett, Pravin Dubey, Vishal Nishad, Lockie Ferguson.

Rajasthan Royals

Riyan Parag(C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Jofra Archer, Donovan Ferreira, Lhuan-de Pretorius, Ravi Singh, Aman Rao Parela, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Ravi Bishnoi, Sushant Mishra, Yash Raj Punja, Vignesh Puthur, Brijesh Sharma, Adam Milne, Kuldeep Sen, Sandeep Sharma, Nandre Burger.

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Abhinandan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Devdutt Padikkal, Jacob Bethell, Jitesh Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Krunal Pandya, Nuwan Thushara, Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Rasikh Dar, Romario Shepherd, Suyash Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal, Venkatesh Iyer, Jacob Duffy, Mangesh Yadav, Satwik Deswal, Jordan Cox, Vihaan Malhotra, Kanishk Chouhan

Injury concerns: Josh Hazlewood

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, Liam Livingstone, Shivam Mavi, Salil Arora, Shivang Kumar, Omkar Tarmale, Krains Fuletra, Praful Hinge, Amit Kumar, Sakib Hussain, Jack Edwards

Injury concerns: Pat Cummins

IPL 2026 Live Streaming And Telecast Details

Fans can catch the IPL 2026 schedule announcement live on JioHotstar and Star Sports Network, with coverage available across digital and television platforms.

IPL 2026 Full Schedule

March 28 - Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad - Bengaluru - 7:30PM IST

March 29 - Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Mumbai - 7:30PM IST

March 30 - Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings - Guwahati - 7:30PM IST

March 31 - Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans - Mullanpur - 7:30PM IST

April 1 - Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals - Lucknow - 7:30PM IST

April 2 - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad - Kolkata - 7:30PM IST

April 3 - Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings - Chennai - 7:30PM IST

April 4 - Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians - Delhi - 3:30PM IST

April 4 - Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals - Ahmedabad - 7:30PM IST

April 5 - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants - Hyderabad - 3:30PM IST

April 5 - Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Chennai Super Kings - Bengaluru - 7:30PM IST

April 6 - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings - Kolkata - 7:30PM IST

April 7 - Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians - Guwahati - 7:30PM IST

April 8 - Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans - Delhi - 7:30PM IST

April 9 - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants - Kolkata - 7:30PM IST

April 10 - Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru - Guwahati - 7:30PM IST

April 11 - Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad - Mullanpur - 3:30PM IST

April 11 - Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals - Chennai - 7:30PM IST

April 12 - Lucknow Super Giants vs Gujarat Titans - Lucknow - 3:30PM IST

April 12 - Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru - Mumbai - 7:30PM IST