BCCI publishes full IPL schedule
The BCCI’s full IPL 2026 schedule—with home/away fixtures for teams like Rajasthan Royals—is out and it’s already a planning resource for travel logistics, rest cycles and venue ops. Students can use the fixture list to model squad rotation, transport windows and staffing needs across the season. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
The BCCI published the full league-stage schedule for IPL 2026, setting the tournament window from March 28 to May 31 and listing the playoffs to begin on May 26. (ipl.com) The full fixtures were released in two parts after an initial 20‑match partial schedule on March 11, a split driven by assembly election dates in West Bengal, Assam and Tamil Nadu that affected venue allocations. (iplt20.com) Rajasthan Royals’ allocation shows three opening home matches at the ACA Stadium in Guwahati and four later home fixtures at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, with their season-opening game against Chennai Super Kings on March 30. (rajasthanroyals.com) Royal Challengers Bengaluru were assigned five home games in Bengaluru and two in Raipur under the published list, and the full schedule confirms multiple franchises will split home fixtures across two venues this season. (ipl.com) The league stage includes a concentrated programme of double‑headers—reported as 11 across the season—and most match slots are the afternoon (3:30 PM IST) and evening (7:30 PM IST) windows that franchises must plan around. (timesnownews.com) The BCCI issued new pre‑season guidelines that ban match‑day practice and specify net and wicket allocations for teams, rules that directly alter match‑day training plans and venue turnaround procedures. (ipl.com) Player availability and roster logistics have shifted with recent moves: Ben Duckett pulled out after the auction and faces a potential two‑year ban, and Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Pat Cummins is reported likely to miss the tournament’s first half—both developments change substitution and contract contingencies for squads. (ipl.com)
