IPL 2026 Team Previews, Squad Analysis & Team List And Captains List
Introducing IPL – Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is one of the most popular and exciting cricket leagues in the world. Established in 2008, the IPL is a professional Twenty20 (T20) cricket tournament held annually in India.
The league features top international and domestic players representing various city franchises. Known for its fast-paced matches, big hits, and thrilling finishes, the IPL has changed the way cricket is played and enjoyed globally.
Each season of the IPL brings together some of the best cricketers from around the world, creating a highly competitive environment. Teams compete in a round-robin format followed by playoffs and a final to determine the champion.
Apart from cricket, the IPL is also known for its entertainment value, which includes opening ceremonies, celebrity participation, and massive fan base.
The league has played a significant role in discovering young talent and providing a platform for emerging players to showcase their skills at the international level.
Today, the IPL is not just a cricket tournament but a global sporting phenomenon, attracting millions of viewers every year.
IPL 2026 Short Details
The IPL 2026 auction is over. The squads are set. And with the tournament starting on March 26, there’s plenty of time to take a look at what each franchise has built, where they’re strong, where they’re weak, and what that means if you’re picking players for fantasy.
This guide covers all 10 teams. We start with the four that seem best placed to go deep, then give a brief overview of the remaining six, and close with a section on how to use the Sportsclab to pull squad and player data into your application.
2026 IPL Auction Details
Each franchise has finalised their retention lists ahead of the IPL 2026 mini-auction to be held at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UAE on 16 December 2025. A total of 173 players were retained ahead of the event, including 49 overseas players, out of a shortlist of 369 registered participants, and 77 players were ultimately sold in the auction.
Across all teams, a combined auction purse of ₹237.55 crore ($25.7m) was available to spend across 77 slots. Franchises entered the auction with varying remaining budgets based on the deductions from their retained players.
Some of the headline results from the auction included Cameron Green becoming the most expensive overseas player in IPL history, being bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹25.20 crore, and Mathisha Pathirana joining KKR for ₹18 crore. At the other end of the price spectrum, uncapped players Prashant Vir and Karthik Sharma fetched Rs 14.20 crore each, both bought by Chennai Super Kings.
In terms of team-specific budgets, Kolkata Knight Riders entered the auction with the largest purse (around Rs 64.3 crore), followed by Chennai Super Kings at second place with around ₹43.4 crore. In contrast, the others had considerably less to spend.
IPL 2026 Full Schedule & list of Fixtures
| Match | Date | Time (IST) | Home Ground | Teams | Venue | |||
| 01 | March 28 | 7:30 PM | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Bengaluru | |||
| 02 | March 29 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai Indians | Kolkata Knight Riders | Mumbai | |||
| 03 | March 30 | 7:30 PM | Rajasthan Royals | Chennai Super Kings | Guwahati | |||
| 04 | March 31 | 7:30 PM | Punjab Kings | Gujarat ľitans | New Chandigarh | |||
| 05 | April 1 | 7:30 PM | Lucknow Super Giants | Delhi Capitals | Lucknow | |||
| 06 | April 2 | 7:30 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Kolkata | |||
| 07 | April 3 | 7:30 PM | Chennai Super Kings | Punjab Kings | Chennai | |||
| 08 | April 4 | 3:30 PM | Delhi Capitals | Mumbai Indians | Delhi | |||
| 09 | April 4 | 7:30 PM | Gujarat ľitans | Rajasthan Royals | Ahmedabad | |||
| 10 | April 5 | 3:30 PM | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Lucknow Super Giants | Hyderabad | |||
| 11 | April 5 | 7:30 PM | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Chennai Super Kings | Bengaluru | |||
| 12 | April 6 | 7:30 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders | Punjab Kings | Kolkata | |||
| 13 | April 7 | 7:30 PM | Rajasthan Royals | Mumbai Indians | Guwahati | |||
| 14 | April 8 | 7:30 PM | Delhi Capitals | Gujarat ľitans | Delhi | |||
| 15 | April 9 | 7:30 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders | Lucknow Super Giants | Kolkata | |||
| 16 | April 10 | 7:30 PM | Rajasthan Royals | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Guwahati | |||
| 17 | April 11 | 3:30 PM | Punjab Kings | Sunrisers Hyderabad | New Chandigarh | |||
| 18 | April 11 | 7:30 PM | Chennai Super Kings | Delhi Capitals | Chennai | |||
| 19 | April 12 | 3:30 PM | Lucknow Super Giants | Gujarat ľitans | Lucknow | |||
| 20 | April 12 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai Indians | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Mumbai | |||
| 21 | April 13 | 7:30 PM | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Rajasthan Royals | Hyderabad | |||
| 22 | April 14 | 7:30 PM | Chennai Super Kings | Kolkata Knight Riders | Chennai | |||
| 23 | April 15 | 7:30 PM | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Lucknow Super Giants | Bengaluru | |||
| 24 | April 16 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai Indians | Punjab Kings | Mumbai | |||
| 25 | April 17 | 7:30 PM | Gujarat ľitans | Kolkata Knight Riders | Ahmedabad | |||
| 26 | April 18 | 3:30 PM | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Delhi Capitals | Bengaluru | |||
| 27 | April 18 | 7:30 PM | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Chennai Super Kings | Hyderabad | |||
| 28 | April 19 | 3:30 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders | Rajasthan Royals | Kolkata | |||
| 29 | April 19 | 7:30 PM | Punjab Kings | Lucknow Super Giants | New Chandigarh | |||
| 30 | April 20 | 7:30 PM | Gujarat ľitans | Mumbai Indians | Ahmedabad | |||
| 31 | April 21 | 7:30 PM | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Delhi Capitals | Hyderabad | |||
| 32 | April 22 | 7:30 PM | Lucknow Super Giants | Rajasthan Royals | Lucknow | |||
| 33 | April 23 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai Indians | Chennai Super Kings | Mumbai | |||
| 34 | April 24 | 7:30 PM | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Gujarat ľitans | Bengaluru | |||
| 35 | April 25 | 3:30 PM | Delhi Capitals | Punjab Kings | Delhi | |||
| 36 | April 25 | 7:30 PM | Rajasthan Royals | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Jaipur | |||
| 37 | April 26 | 3:30 PM | Gujarat ľitans | Chennai Super Kings | Ahmedabad | |||
| 38 | April 26 | 7:30 PM | Lucknow Super Giants | Kolkata Knight Riders | Lucknow | |||
| 39 | April 27 | 7:30 PM | Delhi Capitals | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Delhi | |||
| 40 | April 28 | 7:30 PM | Punjab Kings | Rajasthan Royals | New Chandigarh | |||
| 41 | April 29 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai Indians | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Mumbai | |||
| 42 | April 30 | 7:30 PM | Gujarat ľitans | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Ahmedabad | |||
| 43 | May 1 | 7:30 PM | Rajasthan Royals | Delhi Capitals | Jaipur | |||
| 44 | May 2 | 7:30 PM | Chennai Super Kings | Mumbai Indians | Chennai | |||
| 45 | May 3 | 3:30 PM | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Kolkata Knight Riders | Hyderabad | |||
| 46 | May 3 | 7:30 PM | Gujarat ľitans | Punjab Kings | Ahmedabad | |||
| 47 | May 4 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai Indians | Lucknow Super Giants | Mumbai | |||
| 48 | May 5 | 7:30 PM | Delhi Capitals | Chennai Super Kings | Delhi | |||
| 49 | May 6 | 7:30 PM | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Punjab Kings | Hyderabad | |||
| 50 | May 7 | 7:30 PM | Lucknow Super Giants | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Lucknow | |||
| 51 | May 8 | 7:30 PM | Delhi Capitals | Kolkata Knight Riders | Delhi | |||
| 52 | May 9 | 7:30 PM | Rajasthan Royals | Gujarat ľitans | Jaipur | |||
| 53 | May 10 | 3:30 PM | Chennai Super Kings | Lucknow Super Giants | Chennai | |||
| 54 | May 10 | 7:30 PM | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Mumbai Indians | Raipur | |||
| 55 | May 11 | 7:30 PM | Punjab Kings | Delhi Capitals | Dharamshala | |||
| 56 | May 12 | 7:30 PM | Gujarat ľitans | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Ahmedabad | |||
| 57 | May 13 | 7:30 PM | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Kolkata Knight Riders | Raipur | |||
| 58 | May 14 | 7:30 PM | Punjab Kings | Mumbai Indians | Dharamshala | |||
| 59 | May 15 | 7:30 PM | Lucknow Super Giants | Chennai Super Kings | Lucknow | |||
| 60 | May 16 | 7:30 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders | Gujarat ľitans | Kolkata | |||
| 61 | May 17 | 3:30 PM | Punjab Kings | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Dharamshala | |||
| 62 | May 17 | 7:30 PM | Delhi Capitals | Rajasthan Royals | Delhi | |||
| 63 | May 18 | 7:30 PM | Chennai Super Kings | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Chennai | |||
| 64 | May 19 | 7:30 PM | Rajasthan Royals | Lucknow Super Giants | Jaipur | |||
| 65 | May 20 | 7:30 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders | Mumbai Indians | Kolkata | |||
| 66 | May 21 | 7:30 PM | Chennai Super Kings | Gujarat ľitans | Chennai | |||
| 67 | May 22 | 7:30 PM | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Hyderabad | |||
| 68 | May 23 | 7:30 PM | Lucknow Super Giants | Punjab Kings | Lucknow | |||
| 69 | May 24 | 3:30 PM | Mumbai Indians | Rajasthan Royals | Mumbai | |||
| 70 | May 24 | 7:30 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders | Delhi Capitals | Kolkata | |||
IPL 2026 Teams List
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Gujarat Titans (GT)
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Delhi Capitals (DC)
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
Punjab Kings (PBKS)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
IPL 2026 squads
Chennai Super Kings Squad 2026
Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Sanju Samson, MS Dhoni,, Urvil Patel, Kartik Sharma, Shivam Dube, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Aman Khan, Prashant Veer, Rahul Chahar, Khaleel Ahmed, Gurjapneet Singh, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Jamie Overton*, Dewald Brevis*, Matt Short*, Spencer Johnson*, Zak Foulkes*, Matt Henry*, Noor Ahmad*, Akeal Hosein*
Delhi Capitals Squad 2026
Axar Patel (captain), Prithvi Shaw, Karun Nair, Nitish Rana, Ashutosh Sharma, Sameer Rizvi, Sahil Parakh, KL Rahul, Abishek Porel, Vipraj Nigam, Auqib Nabi, Madhav Tiwari, T Vijay, Ajay Mandal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, T Natarajan, Mitchell Starc*, Pathum Nissanka*, Dushmantha Chameera*, Lungi Ngidi*, David Miller*, Tristan Stubbs*, Kyle Jamieson*
Gujarat Titans Squad 2026
Shubman Gill (captain), Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, Anuj Rawat, Kumar Kushagra, Washington Sundar, Manav Suthar, Rahul Tewatia, Nishant Sindhu, Jayant Yadav, Arshad Khan, Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Sharma, Kulwant Khejroliya, Jos Buttler*, Tom Banton*, Luke Wood*, Glenn Phillips*, Jason Holder*, Rashid Khan*, Kagiso Rabada*
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad 2026
Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Rahul Tripathi, Rinku Singh, Tejasvi Dahiya, Anukul Roy, Daksh Kamra, Ramandeep Singh, Sarthak Ranjan, Prashant Solanki, Varun Chakravarthy, Kartik Tyagi, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Saurabh Dubey, Navdeep Saini, Cameron Green*, Rovman Powell*, Sunil Narine*, Finn Allen*, Rachin Ravindra*, Tim Seifert*, Matheesha Pathirana*, Blessing Muzarabani*
Lucknow Super Giants Squad 2026
Rishabh Pant (captain), Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Himmat Singh, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Mukul Choudhary, Arshin Kulkarni, Shahbaz Ahmed, Digvesh Rathi, M Siddharth, Akash Singh, Avesh Khan, Mohammed Shami, Mohsin Khan, Prince Yadav, Arjun Tendulkar, Mayank Yadav, Naman Tiwari, Matthew Breetzke*, Aiden Markram*, Anrich Nortje*, Nicholas Pooran*, Josh Inglis*, Mitchell Marsh*, Wanindu Hasaranga*
Mumbai Indians Squad 2026
Hardik Pandya (captain), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Danish Malewar, Robin Minz, Shardul Thakur, Naman Dhir, Raj Bawa, Tilak Varma, Mayank Markande, Raghu Sharma, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Izhar, Mayank Rawat, Will Jacks*, Ryan Rickelton*, Quinton de Kock*, Corbin Bosch* Sherfane Rutherford*, Mitchell Santner*, Trent Boult* AM Ghazanfar*
Punjab Kings Squad 2026
Shreyas Iyer (captain), Harnoor Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash, Prabhsimran Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Harpreet Brar, Musheer Khan, Shashank Singh, Suryansh Shedge, Praveen Dubey, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Vishal Nishad, Yash Thakur, Azmatullah Omarzai*, Ben Dwarshuis*, Cooper Connolly*, Marcus Stoinis*, Mitchell Owen*, Xavier Bartlett*, Marco Jansen*, Lockie Ferguson
Rajasthan Royals Squad 2026
Riyan Parag (captain), Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Aman Rao, Dhruv Jurel, Ravi Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Yudhvir Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Raj Punja, Vignesh Puthur, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Sushant Mishra, Kuldeep Sen, Brijesh Sharma, Jofra Archer*, Lhuan-dre Pretorius*, Donovan Ferreira*, Kwena Maphaka*, Nandre Burger*, Adam Milne*, Shimron Hetmyer*, Dasun Shanaka
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squad 2026
Rajat Patidar (captain), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Satwik Deswal, Kanish Chouhan, Vihaan Malhotra, Vicky Ostwal, Suyash Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salam, Mangesh Yadav, Abhinandan Singh, Jacob Bethell*, Phil Salt*, Jordan Cox*, Josh Hazlewood*, Tim David*, Romario Shepherd*, Jacob Duffy*, Nuwan Thushara
Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad 2026
Pat Cummins* (captain), Ishan Kishan (stand-in captain), Aniket Verma, R Smaran, Salil Arora, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshal Patel, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Krains Fuletra, Zeeshan Ansari, Amit Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Shivam Mavi, Onkar Tarmale, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge, Liam Livingstone*, Brydon Carse*, David Payne*, Travis Head*, Heinrich Klaasen*, Kamindu Mendis*, Eshan Malinga