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RCB IPL 2026 full schedule: Check dates, venues and home-away fixtures of Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Sandy Verma | March 27, 2026 9:24 PM CST

As the BCCI has announced the full schedule of IPL 2026, defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru will kick off their campaign on Saturday, March 28 against Sunrisers Hyderabad at their home ground, the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The match will begin at 7:30 PM IST. Here is the full schedule of RCB’s IPL 2026 matches, along with their updated squad, match details, and venues.Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have retained a strong core of 17 players and made targeted additions during the IPL 2026 mini-auction in Abu Dhabi. For the first time in their history, RCB will enter an IPL season as defending champions.

RCB squad for IPL 2026:

Rajat Patidar(C), Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Krunal Pandya, Tim David, Swapnil Singh, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Venkatesh Iyer, Satvik Deswal, Mangesh Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Vihaan Malhotra, Kanishk Chouhan, Jordan Cox, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Tushara, Abhinandan Singh, Jacob Duffy, Yash Dayal.

RCB’s home matches

Date	They will oppose	Venue	Time (IST)
March 28	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Bengaluru	7:30 PM
April 5	Chennai Super Kings	Bengaluru	7:30 PM
April 15	Lucknow Super Giants	Bengaluru	7:30 PM
April 18	Delhi Capitals Bengaluru	Bengaluru	3:30 PM
April 24	Gujarat Titans Bengaluru	Bengaluru	7:30 PM
May 10	Mumbai Indians	Raipur	7:30 PM
May 13	Kolkata Knight Riders	Raipur	7:30 PM

RCB’s away matches

Date	They will oppose	Venue	Time (IST)
April 10	Rajasthan Royals	ACA Stadium, Guwahati	7:30 PM
April 12	Mumbai Indians	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	7:30 PM
April 27	Delhi Capitals	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi	7:30 PM
April 30	Gujarat Titans	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad	7:30 PM
May 7	Lucknow Super Giants	Ekana Stadium, Lucknow	7:30 PM
May 17	Punjab Kings	HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala	3:30 PM
May 22	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad	7:30 PM

Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s full schedule for IPL 2026

Date	They will oppose	Venue	Time (IST)
March 28	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Bengaluru (Home)	7:30 PM
April 5	Chennai Super Kings	Bengaluru (Home)	7:30 PM
April 10	Rajasthan Royals	Guwahati (Away)	7:30 PM
April 12	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai (Away)	7:30 PM
April 15	Lucknow Super Giants	Bengaluru (Home)	7:30 PM
April 18	Delhi Capitals	Bengaluru (Home)	3:30 PM
April 24	Gujarat Titans	Bengaluru (Home)	7:30 PM
April 27	Delhi Capitals	Delhi (Away)	7:30 PM
April 30	Gujarat Titans	Ahmedabad (Away)	7:30 PM
May 7	Lucknow Super Giants	Lucknow (Away)	7:30 PM
May 10	Mumbai Indians	Raipur (Home)	7:30 PM
May 13	Kolkata Knight Riders	Raipur (Home)	7:30 PM
May 17	Punjab Kings	Dharamshala (Away)	3:30 PM
May 22	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad (Away)	7:30 PM