The 2026 edition of the Indian Premier League is set to begin later this week and Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be in action in the opening match of the season against Sunrisers Hyderabad. The schedule for the entire tournament was released today and RCB are set to play only one game against CSK in this edition. Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the 2025 IPL and are the defending champions who will be keen to have another good season this time around. For this season, RCB will be playing two of their home games at Raipur and the other five will be in Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Rajasthan Royals Match Schedule IPL 2026

Date Match No. Teams Venue Time (Local)
Mar 30, 2026 3rd Match Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati 19:30
Apr 4, 2026 9th Match Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad 19:30
Apr 7, 2026 13th Match Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati 19:30
Apr 10, 2026 16th Match Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati 19:30
Apr 13, 2026 21st Match Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad 19:30
Apr 19, 2026 28th Match Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Eden Gardens, Kolkata 15:30
Apr 22, 2026 32nd Match Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow 19:30
Apr 25, 2026 36th Match Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur 19:30
Apr 28, 2026 40th Match Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur 19:30
May 1, 2026 43rd Match Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur 19:30
May 9, 2026 52nd Match Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur 19:30
May 17, 2026 62nd Match Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi 19:30
May 19, 2026 64th Match Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur 19:30
May 24, 2026 69th Match Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 15:30

Rajasthan Royals squad

Riyan Parag(C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Jofra Archer, Donovan Ferreira, Lhuan-DRe Pretorius, Ravi Singh, Aman Rao Parela, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Ravi Bishnoi, Sushant Mishra, Yash Raj Punja, Vignesh Puthur, Brijesh Sharma, Adam Milne, Kuldeep Sen, Sandeep Sharma, Nandre Burger.

Read Also:- MI IPL 2026 Schedule

The 2026 season of the Indian Premier League is set to begin on March 28 and with the initial schedule out today. Rajasthan Royals will be led by Riyan Parag and they have made some massive changes to their side for the upcoming season with the biggest being the trade of Ravindra Jadeja with Sanju Samson. It will be interesting to see how this season pans out.