The celebration of Team India’s title victory in the T20 World Cup 2026 continues. Indian fans are still in the euphoria of this victory. At the same time, the star players of the world champion Indian team have currently returned to their homes and are on break. This break of a few days is also necessary for them because the race for IPL 2026 will start again, where all these players will try their best on the field for their respective franchises. The two star players of this world champion team will take the field in the very first match of the new season, where they will face the defending IPL champion Royal Challengers Bangalore.
The new season of IPL is going to start from March 28, which has been announced. This season will run till 31 May. Its schedule has not been released yet but BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia It is said that the schedule for the first 20 days of the tournament will be available by March 12. However, it was already clear that like always, this time also the defending champion will take the field in the first match of the tournament, which this time is RCB. But which team will be in front of him has not been revealed officially yet.
With which match will IPL 2026 start?
Now a report by Cricbuzz has revealed that the first match of IPL 2026 will be played between Bengaluru and 5-time champion Chennai Super Kings. After getting permission to organize the tournament at Bengaluru’s home ground M Chinnaswamy Stadium, this match is expected to be played there. The reason for this is, as always, to start the season with a superhit match and a famous venue.
In this way, in the very first match, apart from stars like Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni, two stars of T20 World Cup winning team India, Sanju Samson and Shivam Dubey, will also be seen on the field. Whereas last season’s runner-up Punjab Kings will play its first match on the second day of the season i.e. on March 29, in which it may face Gujarat Titans. Like RCB, Punjab will also start the season from its home ground Mullanpur.
Captains meeting before the new season
It has also been told in the report that this time ‘Captain’s Meet’ will be organized at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai on March 25, 3 days before the start of the season. Every year, before the new season, the board holds a meeting of the captains, in which they are informed about the changes in the rules and playing conditions for the new season. It is not clear at the moment what changes BCCI is going to make in the new season this time. This information is expected to come out after the announcement of the schedule.