IPL 2026 Schedule: IPL Match Time Table, Date, Timing, Venue, Fixtures Free PDF Download

The official IPL 2026 schedule can be obtained from the official website of IPL. Indian Premier League, abbreviated as TATA IPL due to sponsorship reasons, is a men’s player cricket tournament and one of the world’s most cash-rich leagues. The tournament is organized entirely in India, across different grounds, and it includes ten teams participating in the tournament. The ten teams are named after seven Indian cities and three Indian states.

IPL 2026 Schedule

The Indian Premier League was founded by the Board of Cricket Control in India, shortly known as BCCI, in 2007. The tournament is usually conducted between the months of March and May. Since the number of teams playing in the Indian Premier League has increased from eight to ten in 2022, the number of games has also increased to seventy-four.

The 20th season of the TATA IPL 2026 will be played between 28th March 2026 and 9th April 2026, with the defending champions Chennai  Super Kings (CSK) kicking off the tournament against the runners-up of the 17th edition, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).

The schedule for the matches of IPL 2026 is as follows:

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The TATA IPL 2026 will be a blockbuster tournament with fans coming to the stadiums from different parts of the country. Moreover, there are several fun events that are also organized during the run of the tournament.

IPL 2026 Venues and Stadiums

There are a total of 11 venues that have been selected for the 2026 TATA IPL season. Below is the list:

1. Arun Jaitley Stadium – Delhi
2. Wankhede Stadium – Mumbai
3. Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium – Hyderabad
4. M.A. Chidambaram Chepauk Stadium – Chennai
5. Eden Garden – Kolkata
6. Narendra Modi Stadium – Ahmedabad
7. Cricket Association’s Bindra Stadium – Mohali
8. M. Chinnaswamy Stadium – Bangalore
9. Barsapara Cricket Stadium – Guwahati
10. Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium – Lucknow
11. Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium – Dharamsala

Teams in TATA IPL 2026

As we know, from the 20th season of the Indian Premier League, the number of teams has increased from eight to ten. The two new inclusions are Lucknow Super Giants, headed by Captain Lokesh Rahul, and Gujarat Titans, headed by Captain Hardik Pandya. Hardik Pandya has shown his brilliant character in the tournament and has also led his team to victory in their inaugural tournament. But the other teams have also been phenomenal throughout the tournament, showing their brilliant nature and exposing their skills to win matches for their own side. Let us look at the teams along with the captain’s names of the IPL 2026.

Conclusion

This was all about the complete IPL 2026 Schedule. The tournament will begin on 22nd March with the IPL 2026 first match and will mark its end on 26th May with the IPL 2026 Final. The group stage games will end on 16th May, and the date for the final is expected to be on 26th May, with the venue yet to be decided. People from different parts of India wait for this time, and the time has already come for this year. Hope that the 2026 season will be a mega event with the teams competing against each other to find a place in the qualifier stages and finally lift the trophy.