CSK‑GT fixtures swapped
The BCCI swapped home venues and dates for Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans mid‑season, moving the April 26 game to Chennai and the May 21 return to Ahmedabad. The change was made during the ongoing IPL and required reworking schedules, travel and venue allocations across the compact season. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has swapped the two 2026 Indian Premier League meetings between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans. (iplt20.com) The April 26 afternoon game, originally listed for Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, will now be played at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai at 3:30 p.m. India time. (iplt20.com) The return fixture on May 21, originally scheduled in Chennai, has been moved to Ahmedabad and will remain an evening match starting at 7:30 p.m. India time. (iplt20.com) The league said the change was required because Ahmedabad and other parts of Gujarat are holding municipal corporation elections on April 26, 2026. (iplt20.com) That means the issue was not the opponents or the calendar date itself, but the ability to stage a full Indian Premier League matchday in Ahmedabad while local polling was underway. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) Mid-season fixture changes are unusual in the Indian Premier League because the tournament runs on a tight travel grid, with 10 teams, fixed broadcast windows and stadium allocations packed into roughly eight weeks. (espncricinfo.com) By swapping the two home-and-away dates instead of canceling one game or moving it to a neutral venue, the league kept both teams on a two-match season series and preserved one home date each. (iplt20.com) The revised schedule is already reflected on the official 2026 fixtures list, which now shows Chennai hosting Gujarat on April 26 and Gujarat hosting Chennai on May 21. (iplt20.com) For fans, the practical change is simple: anyone planning around the original Ahmedabad game on April 26 or the original Chennai game on May 21 now has the wrong city. (iplt20.com) The result is a clean swap, not a wider rewrite: same two teams, same two dates, different home grounds. (iplt20.com)
