There is less than a week left for the new season of IPL to start and its complete schedule has not been released yet. A few days ago, BCCI had released the schedule from March 28 to April 12, which included only 20 matches. Since then, everyone is waiting to know the dates of the remaining matches of the season. But there is also a question that how many total matches will be played in IPL 2026? Will there be 74 matches this time too like before or will the number increase this time? But now it has become clear in a report that this time too there will be 74 matches and the dates of the remaining 54 matches will be revealed just before the start of the new season.
How many matches are left, when will the schedule come?
For the last few days, there was continuous speculation that this time BCCI may increase the number of matches to 80. But according to the report of Cricbuzz, it is not so. The report states that ipl 2026 Now the schedule of only 54 matches is yet to be revealed and BCCI can reveal this also by March 26. It has been told in the report that the board has told all the franchises that the schedule of these matches has not been finalized yet but it may take 3-4 days.
BCCI had released the schedule of only the first 20 matches due to the wait for the announcement of assembly election dates. The dates of assembly elections have been announced, in which IPL matches are to be played in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Assam. In such a situation, matches will not be organized in Chennai (23 April), Kolkata (23 and 29 April) and Guwahati (9 April) on the days when voting will take place in these states. Voting will end in all states and union territories by March 29 and counting of votes will take place on May 4. In such a situation, no IPL matches will be played in these states on these dates.
Where will Rajasthan Royals play home match?
Apart from this, one special thing to be seen in the upcoming schedule will be where Rajasthan Royals will play their home matches. In the initial schedule, all three home games of Rajasthan are to be played in Guwahati, Assam. But will the remaining four matches also be held there or will the team get a chance to play in its city Jaipur or will the team make its base in some other stadium. As far as the tournament is concerned, it is clear that it will start from 28th March and the final will be played on 31st May only.