Big news has come for cricket fans. The schedule of the first phase of IPL 2026 has been released. The first match of the tournament will be played on March 28, in which defending champion Royal Challengers Bangalore will face Sunrisers Hyderabad. This match is scheduled to be played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru from 7:30 pm. However, there is still some suspense regarding RCB’s home matches. The final inspection of the preparations of the stadium will be done by an expert committee on March 13. Only after this will final approval be given to hold all the matches here.
20 matches announced in the first phase
BCCI has currently released the schedule of 20 matches for the first phase of the tournament i.e. from March 28 to April 12. The schedule of the remaining matches will be released later. The reason for this is said to be the upcoming assembly elections, the complete schedule of which will be revealed after the dates are decided.
This time a total of 84 matches will be played
A total of 10 teams are participating in IPL 2026 and 84 matches will be played in the entire tournament. This is 10 matches more than last season. All the teams will play matches in double round-robin format, after which the playoff and final matches will be decided.
Schedule of IPL 2026 (Phase 1 – First 20 matches)
- 28 March – RCB vs SRH (Bengaluru), 7:30 pm
- 28 March – RCB vs SRH (Bengaluru), 7:30 pm
- 29 March – MI vs KKR (Mumbai), 7:30 pm
- 30 March – RR vs CSK (Guwahati), 7:30 PM
- March 31 – PBKS vs GT (New Chandigarh), 7:30 PM
- 1 April – LSG vs DC (Lucknow), 7:30 pm
- 2 April – KKR vs SRH (Kolkata), 7:30 pm
- 3 April – CSK vs PBKS (Chennai), 7:30 PM
- 4 April – DC vs MI (Delhi), 3:30 PM
- 4 April – GT vs RR (Ahmedabad), 7:30 pm
- 5 April – SRH vs LSG (Hyderabad), 3:30 PM
- 5 April – RCB vs CSK (Bengaluru), 7:30 pm
- 6 April – KKR vs PBKS (Kolkata), 7:30 pm
- 7 April – RR vs MI (Guwahati), 7:30 PM
- 8 April – DC vs GT (Delhi), 7:30 pm
- 9 April – KKR vs LSG (Kolkata), 7:30 PM
- 10 April – RR vs RCB (Guwahati), 7:30 PM
- 11 April – PBKS vs SRH (New Chandigarh), 3:30 PM
- 11 April – CSK vs DC (Chennai), 7:30 pm
- 12 April – LSG vs GT (Lucknow), 3:30 PM
- 12 April – MI vs RCB (Mumbai), 7:30 PM
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