The Indian Premier League (IPL 2026) will be the 19th season of the world’s richest and most popular T20 cricket league. Smartcric provides all the details on how to watch TATA IPL 2026 live streaming, TV channels, schedule, player list, and squad.
The Indian Premier League is organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). IPL 2026 kicks off on March 28, 2026, and ends with the final on May 31, 2026. With 10 teams, 74 matches, and top players from around the globe, fans are eager to see who will lift the trophy.
TATA IPL 2026 – Indian Premier League Live Streaming
In India, TATA IPL 2026 live streaming will be available on JioCinema and Hotstar, while the Star Sports Network will provide live coverage of the Indian Premier League season 19.
Broadcast TV Channels and Live-Streaming OTT Apps:
Apart from Star Sports Network and JioHotstar, here’s the complete list of TV channels and live streaming options to watch IPL 2026 in India and international markets:
In India
Cricket Fans in India can catch all the Indian Premier League – IPL 2026 live action on the following OTT Apps and TV Channels:
TV Channels:
- Star Sports Network: Star Sports 1, 1 HD, 1 Hindi, 1 HD Hindi, 1 Tamil, 1 Telugu, 1 Kannada, Star Sports Select 2, Select 2 HD, Star Sports First.
- Sports18: live coverage in multiple languages.
- DD Sports: Limited free-to-air matches (subject to BCCI approval).
OTT Apps/Platforms:
- JioHotstar: Primary digital platform post-merger of JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar (free streaming in India confirmed for 2026).
- JioTV: Live TV streaming for Jio users, including Star Sports channels.
- Airtel Xstream: For Airtel subscribers, offering Star Sports and JioHotstar access.
- Voot: Potential highlights or select match streams (owned by Viacom18).
International
The fans residing outside India can watch all the matches of the Indian Premier League 2026 live on:
TV Channels:
- Sky Sports Cricket (UK/Ireland)
- Willow TV (USA/Canada)
- SuperSport (South Africa/Sub-Saharan Africa)
- Fox Sports (Australia) alongside Foxtel
- beIN Sports (Middle East/North Africa)
- Flow Sports (Caribbean)
- Smartcric
OTT Apps/Platforms:
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- Disney+ Hotstar: outside India
- Sky Go (UK)
- Willow TV Online (USA/Canada)
- Kayo Sports (Australia)
- YuppTV
- Hotstar Canada/US (North American viewers)
Indian Premier League – IPL 2026 Schedule and Format
IPL 2026 runs from March 28 to May 31, covering 65 days. It includes 70 league matches and four playoff games, for a total of 74 matches.
- Opening Match: March 22, 2026 – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.
- League Stage Ends: Yet to announce.
- Playoffs: May 20-28, 2026 – Qualifier 1 and Eliminator in Hyderabad; Qualifier 2 and Final in Kolkata.
- Final: May 31, 2026 – Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Tournament Format
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- Groups: 10 teams split into two groups of five.
- Matches: Each team plays 14 league games—twice against teams in their group and once against most others.
- Playoffs: The top four teams qualify. The top two play in Qualifier 1, while the third and fourth face off in the Eliminator. The winners advance to the final.
| Match No | Date | Time (IST) | Teams | Venue | Result |
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| 1 | Sat, Mar 28 2026 | 7:30 PM | Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | |
| 2 | Sun, Mar 29 2026 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | |
| 3 | Mon, Mar 30 2026 | 7:30 PM | Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings | ACA Stadium, Guwahati | |
| 4 | Tue, Mar 31 2026 | 7:30 PM | Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans | PCA Stadium, New Chandigarh | |
| 5 | Wed, Apr 1 2026 | 7:30 PM | Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals | Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow | |
| 6 | Thu, Apr 2 2026 | 7:30 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | |
| 7 | Fri, Apr 3 2026 | 7:30 PM | Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | |
| 8 | Sat, Apr 4 2026 | 3:30 PM | Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians | Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi | |
| 9 | Sat, Apr 4 2026 | 7:30 PM | Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad | |
| 10 | Sun, Apr 5 2026 | 3:30 PM | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad | |
| 11 | Sun, Apr 5 2026 | 7:30 PM | Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Chennai Super Kings | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | |
| 12 | Mon, Apr 6 2026 | 7:30 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | |
| 13 | Tue, Apr 7 2026 | 7:30 PM | Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians | ACA Stadium, Guwahati | |
| 14 | Wed, Apr 8 2026 | 7:30 PM | Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans | Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi | |
| 15 | Thu, Apr 9 2026 | 7:30 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | |
| 16 | Fri, Apr 10 2026 | 7:30 PM | Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru | ACA Stadium, Guwahati | |
| 17 | Sat, Apr 11 2026 | 3:30 PM | Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | PCA Stadium, New Chandigarh | |
| 18 | Sat, Apr 11 2026 | 7:30 PM | Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | |
| 19 | Sun, Apr 12 2026 | 3:30 PM | Lucknow Super Giants vs Gujarat Titans | Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow | |
| 20 | Sun, Apr 12 2026 | 7:30 PM | Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
Indian Premier League – TATA IPL 2026 Teams and Squads
Below are the finalized squads for IPL 2026, based on the mini-auction held on December 16, 2025, in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Each team has a maximum of 25 players, including capped and uncapped players, following a major trade window that saw key shifts, such as Sanju Samson moving to Chennai Super Kings and Cameron Green joining Kolkata Knight Riders as the season’s record signing.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), MS Dhoni, Dewald Brevis, Ayush Mhatre, Urvil Patel, Anshul Kamboj, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shivam Dube, Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmad, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Gurjapneet Singh, Sanju Samson, Akeal Hosein, Prashant Veer, Kartik Sharma, Matthew Short, Aman Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Rahul Chahar, Matt Henry, Zak Foulkes.
Delhi Capitals (DC)
KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Abishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, T. Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Rana, Auqib Dar, Ben Duckett, David Miller, Pathum Nissanka, Lungi Ngidi, Sahil Parakh, Prithvi Shaw, Kyle Jamieson.
Gujarat Titans (GT)
Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler, Nishant Sindhu, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Arshad Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Rashid Khan, Manav Suthar, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav, Ashok Sharma, Jason Holder, Tom Banton, Luke Wood, Prithviraj Yarra.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana, Umran Malik, Cameron Green, Matheesha Pathirana, Finn Allen, Tejasvi Singh, Prashant Solanki, Kartik Tyagi, Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert, Sarthak Ranjan, Daksh Kamra, Akash Deep, Rachin Ravindra, Blessing Muzarabani.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
Rishabh Pant, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Himmat Singh, Matthew Breetzke, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, M. Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh, Arjun Tendulkar, Mohammed Shami, Anrich Nortje, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mukul Choudhary, Naman Tiwari, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Josh Inglis.
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Will Jacks, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Raghu Sharma, Allah Ghazanfar, Mayank Markande, Shardul Thakur, Sherfane Rutherford, Quinton De Kock, Atharva Ankolekar, Mohammad Izhar, Danish Malewar, Mayank Rawat.
Punjab Kings (PBKS)
Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod, Harnoor Pannu, Pyla Avinash, Prabhsimran Singh, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Harpreet Brar, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Priyansh Arya, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Mitch Owen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Vishal Nishad, Pravin Dubey.
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Donovan Ferreira, Ravi Bishnoi, Sushant Mishra, Vignesh Puthur, Yash Raj Punja, Ravi Singh, Brijesh Sharma, Aman Rao, Adam Milne, Kuldeep Sen.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Tim David, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Jacob Bethell, Romario Shepherd, Swapnil Singh, Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salam, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma, Nuwan Thushara, Abhinandan Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Jacob Duffy, Mangesh Yadav, Satvik Deswal, Jordan Cox, Kanishk Chouhan, Vihaan Malhotra, Vicky Ostwal.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R Smaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Pat Cummins, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari, Shivang Kumar, Salil Arora, Krains Fuletra, Praful Hinge, Amit Kumar, Onkar Tarmale, Sakib Hussain, Liam Livingstone, Shivam Mavi, Jack Edwards.
