IPL 2026: Everything you need to know about the schedule, teams, players, and live streaming

The 19th Indian Premier League is scheduled for 2026. The ten teams will compete for a chance to win the championship when the major event begins on March 28. It is important to remember that the tournament will consist of 84 matches, including the knockout stages.

The competition will take place between March 28 and May 31. On March 28, Royal Challengers Bengaluru will play Sunrisers Hyderabad in the competition's season opener at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Notably, the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) announced the voting dates before releasing the complete schedule for the tournament's first phase.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru, who are the reigning champions, will be trying their hardest to win the title again. Nonetheless, the IPL 2026 has a lot of potential with redesigned teams everywhere.

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

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger, Ravi Bishnoi, Sushant Mishra, Yash Raj Punja, Vignesh Puthur, Ravi Singh, Aman Rao, Brijesh Sharma, and Kuldeep Sen

Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Cameron Green, Finn Allen, Matheesha Pathirana, Tejasvi Singh, Kartik Tyagi, Prashant Solanki, Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert, Sarthak Ranjan, Daksh Kamra, Rachin Ravindra, Akash Deep, and Blessing Muzarabani

Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Rishabh Pant (c), Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh, Arjun Tendulkar, Wanindu Hasaranga, Anrich Nortje, Mukul Choudhary, Naman Tiwari, Josh Inglis

Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R. Smaran, Ishan Kishan, Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Eshan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari, Shivang Kumar, Salil Arora, Sakib Hussain, Onkar Tarmale, Amit Kumar, Praful Hinge, Krains Fuletra, Liam Livingstone, Shivam Mavi, Jack Edwards

Nitish Rana, Abishek Porel, Ajay Mandal, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel, Karun Nair, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Sameer Rizvi, T Natarajan, Tripurana Vijay, Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, David Miller, Ben Duckett, Auqib Nabi, Pathum Nissanka, Sahil Parakh, and Kyle Jamieson.

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Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer, Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Arshdeep Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyala Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Suryansh Shedge, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Pravin Nishad.

Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salam, Abhinandan Singh, Suyash Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer, Jacob Duffy, Satvik Deswal, Mangesh Yadav, Jordan Cox, Vicky Ostwal, Vihaan Malhotra, and Kanishk Chouhan

The IPL 2026 will be shown live in India on the Star Sports Network, which is something to keep in mind. Also, the Jio Hotstar app and website will let you watch the tournament live.