The Indian Premier League is no less than a festival for cricket fans. This league was started from 2008. From then till today, cricket fans remain excited for this league every year. This time is the 19th season of this biggest league of the world. The 19th season of IPL i.e. IPL 2026 is starting from today. The first match will be played between last year’s winners Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad. The bad news is that CSK’s MS Dhoni will not be seen in the initial matches.

Due to this, Dhoni was out for the first two weeks.

Chennai Super Kings star player MS Dhoni will not be able to play in the first two weeks of IPL 2026 due to calf injury. The franchise itself has given this information. Ruturaj Gaikwad is the captain of Chennai Super Kings, but the team’s strategy revolves around Dhoni. He has been associated with this team since the beginning of IPL.

Virat and Rohit will create a stir

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who have retired from T20 International, would like to make a splash in IPL 2026. King Kohli has been a part of RCB since the beginning of IPL. This is his 19th season. Kohli has the record of scoring most runs in a single season of IPL. Last year also his bat roared fiercely. Rohit Sharma, famous as Hitman, would also like to bat in a stormy style this time. Rohit had also scored a century in the IPL last year.

Today’s match information

The first match of IPL 2026 will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore i.e. RCB and Sunrisers Hyderabad. This match will be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The match will start at 7.30, while the toss of the match will take place at 7.00. Ishan Kishan will captain Hyderabad in this match, because regular captain Pat Cummins will not be able to play in the initial matches due to injury.

Schedule of 70 matches released

BCCI has just released the schedule of 70 matches of IPL 2026. There will be a battle for the trophy between all the 10 teams. BCCI has not yet released the schedule of the playoff matches. The full schedule of all 70 matches of the league stage has been released.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India i.e. BCCI had released the schedule of IPL 2026 last Wednesday (11 March). However, as of now only the schedule of the first phase of the tournament, starting from March 28, has been revealed, in which a schedule of 20 matches has been seen. But with this, a question started arising in the minds of the fans that when, where and how can they buy the tickets of the tournament.

IPL 2026 ticket information

At present, BCCI has not shared any official information regarding the tickets for the upcoming season of the tournament. But a separate section has been created for Indian Premier League tickets on Zomato’s District app. Coming Soon is written in this section. One thing becomes clear from this that ticket sales can start soon.

Registration for matches begins

BookMyShow has started pre-sale registrations for tickets for the tournament. This pre-sale registration includes matches of Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians. Matches held at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat and Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai are included. However, one thing has been made clear regarding pre-registration that there will be no guarantee of getting tickets, but there may be an opportunity to buy tickets before that.

First match in Bengaluru

According to the schedule, the first match of the tournament will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Bengaluru. But the thing to note is that clarity regarding the matches to be held at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru will be available on Friday, March 13.

While releasing the schedule, it was said in a release that the matches to be held in Bengaluru are subject to the approval of the expert committee constituted by the Government of Karnataka. On March 13, the committee will hold a meeting and assess the stadium, in which it will be decided whether the stadium has the capacity to hold the match or not.

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