“IPL 2026 begins on March 28 with defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru hosting Sunrisers Hyderabad. Check the complete list of all 10 teams, their captains, and full squads for the 19th edition of the TATA Indian Premier League.

New Delhi: The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, the 19th season of the most famous T20 cricket league in the globe, will start on March 28, 2026. The opening game at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore will see champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) taking on Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). Ten teams will participate in the competition, which will run until the final on May 31, 2026, and will total 84 games across several sites in India.

Organized by the Board of Control for Cricket for India (BCCI),Double-headers and games in cities like Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, and more have already been revealed in the first phase schedule (up until April 12).

List of IPL 2026 Teams and Captains

The 10 franchises remain the same as recent seasons:

1. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) – Captain: Ruturaj Gaikwad
2. Delhi Capitals (DC) – Captain: Axar Patel
3. Gujarat Titans (GT) – Captain: Shubman Gill
4. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) – Captain: Ajinkya Rahane
5. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) – Captain: Rishabh Pant
6. Mumbai Indians (MI) – Captain: Hardik Pandya
7. Punjab Kings (PBKS) – Captain: Shreyas Iyer
8. Rajasthan Royals (RR) – Captain: Riyan Parag
9. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) – Captain: Rajat Patidar (defending champions)
10. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) – Captain: Ishan Kishan (interim)

Team Squads for IPL 2026

With little replacements possible owing to injuries like as Rajasthan Royals signing Dasun Shanaka as a replacement, teams are based on post-auction retentions and the December 2025 Abu Dhabi auction. Overseas players have, Every squad is permitted four foreign players in the starting XI. Here are the major teams (as of late 2025 updates; whole 25-player rosters available on official IPL sources):

1. Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

Captain: Ruturaj Gaikwad
Key Squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), MS Dhoni, Shivam Dube, Dewald Brevis, Ayush Mhatre, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Urvil Patel, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Akeal Hosein, Matthew Short, Jamie Overton, Prashant Veer, Kartik Sharma, Aman Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Matt Henry, Rahul Chahar, Zak Foulkes.

2. Delhi Capitals (DC)

Captain: Axar Patel
Key Squad: Axar Patel (c), Abhishek Porel, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, Mukesh Kumar, T Natarajan, Nitish Rana, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Pathum Nissanka, Karun Nair, Ashutosh Sharma, Ajay Mandal, Madhav Tiwari, Vipraj Nigam, Dushmantha Chameera*, Prithvi Shaw (and others).

3. Gujarat Titans (GT)

Captain: Shubman Gill
Key Squad: Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Glenn Phillips, Jayant Yadav, Manav Suthar, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Ishant Sharma, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Prasidh Krishna, Jason Holder, Luke Wood.

4. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

Captain: Ajinkya Rahane
Key Squad: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Cameron Green* (high-value buy), Finn Allen, Matheesha Pathirana, Rahul Tripathi, Kartik Tyagi, Prashant Solanki, Tim Seifert, Rachin Ravindra, Akash Deep, Blessing Muzarabani*.

5. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

Captain: Rishabh Pant
Key Squad: Rishabh Pant (c), Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh, Mohammed Shami, Arjun Tendulkar, Wanindu Hasaranga, Anrich Nortje, Mukul Choudhary, Naman Tiwari, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Josh Inglis*.

6. Mumbai Indians (MI)

Captain: Hardik Pandya
Key Squad: Hardik Pandya (c), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Mitchell Santner, Quinton de Kock, Will Jacks, Sherfane Rutherford, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Mayank Markande, Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton*, Danish Malewar, Atharva Ankolekar (and others).

7. Punjab Kings (PBKS)

Captain: Shreyas Iyer
Key Squad: Shreyas Iyer (c), Arshdeep Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Ben Dwarshuis, Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod, Cooper Connolly, Pravin Dubey (and others).

8. Rajasthan Royals (RR)

Captain: Riyan Parag
Key Squad: Riyan Parag (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Sandeep Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shubham Dubey, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger, Ravi Bishnoi, Adam Milne, Kuldeep Sen, Sam Curran* (replaced by Dasun Shanaka), Donovan Ferreira.

9. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) – Defending Champions

Captain: Rajat Patidar
Key Squad: Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Will Jacks, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Karn Sharma (core retained players), Venkatesh Iyer, Jacob Duffy, Mangesh Yadav (and others).

10. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

Captain: Ishan Kishan (interim)
Key Squad: Ishan Kishan (c), Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, T Natarajan, Pat Cummins*, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Siraj (possible movements), Mayank Markande (and other bowling options).

Notes on Squads:

Denotes overseas players

High-value buys included Cameron Green (KKR, record overseas price), Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma (CSK, joint-most expensive uncapped).
Squads can see last-minute changes for injuries or replacements. Check official IPL/BCCI sources for the latest.