IPL Captains (Screengrab) IPL 2026 is set to be a blockbuster this weekend as champion teams and star players kick off the season in front of fans from around the world. Here is the opening weekend schedule along with match details and venues.RCB vs SRH: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru – March 28 (Saturday)Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, with the match starting at 7:30 PM IST. The two sides last met at this venue in 2024 when SRH posted a record IPL total of 287/3. The match ended in SRH’s favor and also witnessed the highest total in IPL history, with a total of 549 runs scored. At the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, RCB and SRH have a competitive head-to-head record with RCB holding the edge with 5 wins in 8 matches while SRH secured 3 wins.
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IPL 2026: Shubman Gill hits back at critics – ‘I don’t need to prove my worth’ RCB predicted to play XII: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (C), Jitesh Sharma (WK), Tim David, Romario Shephard, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Jacob Duffy, Suyash Sharma (Impact Player) SRH predicts to play XII: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (C), Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Liam Livingston, Aniket Verma, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Eshan Malinga, Jaydev Unadkat Impact – Zeeshan AnsariMI vs KKR: Bombay Indians vs Knight Riders of CalcuttaWankhede Stadium, Mumbai – 29 March (Sunday)Three-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders will take on five-time champions Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium, with the match starting at 19:30 IST. The last time these two teams met in Mumbai, MI recorded a dominant eight-wicket victory on March 31, 2025. Debutant Ashwani Kumar took figures of 4/24 as they bowled out KKR for 116, before Ryan Rickelton’s unbeaten 62 off 41 balls helped MI to 20 balls to win by 20, 43 in the first season. Mumbai Indians (MI) dominate Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Wankhede Stadium and hold a 10-2 head-to-head record in 12 matches. MI predicted to play XII: Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock (WK), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Will Jacks, Hardik Pandya, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Shardul Thakur (IMP)KKR predicted to play XII: Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Cameron Green, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi, Blessing Muzarabani, Umran Malik (Imp)
