IPL 2026: List of pre-season camp dates, venues for all teams & full squads

Even though the IPL 2026 schedule is yet to be released, it is a given that it will begin sometime in late March. So, not much time is left for the proceedings to commence. Hence, some of the franchises have started with their pre-season camps, while the others will begin shortly. While majority of players have started reaching their respective destinations, the others will join their respective teams after the completion of T20 World Cup 2026.

Insidesport takes a look at the starts dates of the pre-season camps for IPL 2026, players joined, and the venues they are training in.

Sunrisers Hyderabad

SRH kickstarted their training in Hyderabad on March 1, with a chunk of uncapped players training with Varun Aaron. As per reports, the likes of Salil Arora, Harsh Dubey and Aniket Verma have joined the camp.

Full squad: Salil Arora (1.50 cr), Shivang Kumar (30 L), Sakib Hussain (30 L), Onkar Tarmale (30 L), Krains Fuletra (30 L), Praful Hinge (30 L), Amit Kumar (30 L), Shivam Mvi (75 L), Liam Livingstone (13 cr), Jack Edwards (3 cr), Pat Cummins (c), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R. Smaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari.

Chennai Super Kings

One of the most successful IPL teams, CSK kickstarted their preps from March 1 also. They are currently training at the high-performance centre in Navalur. As per reports, MS Dhoni and Ruturaj Gaikwad are present at the venue, along with Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma.

Full squad: Kartik Sharma (14.20 cr), Prashant Veer (14.20 cr), Rahul Chahar (5.20 cr), Akeal Hosein (2 cr), Matt Henry (2 cr), Matthew Short (1.50 cr), Aman Khan (40 L), Sarfaraz Khan (75 L), Zakary Foulkes (75 L), Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Ayush Mhatre, M.S. Dhoni, Dewald Brevis, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis. Traded in: Sanju Samson (from RR).

Mumbai Indians

For now, MI players who are not on national duty, are participating in the DY Patil tournament in Navi Mumbai. Post that, the players will start with the camp around March 12-15. The likes of Quinton de Kock, Trent Boult and Will Jacks are expected to arrive on March 10.

Full Squad: Quinton de Kock (1 cr), Mohammad Izhar (30 L), Danish Malewar (30 L), Atharva Ankolekar (30 L), Mayank Rawat (30 L), Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ryan Rickleton, Robin Minz, Mitchell Santner, Corbin Bosch, Naman Dhir, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Allah Ghafanzar, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks, Raghu Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa. Traded in: Sherfane Rutherford (from GT), Mayank Markande (from KKR), Shardul Thakur (from LSG).

Kolkata Knight Riders

As per reports, the KKR players are expected to arrive in Kolkata by March 17, and will begin their training on March 18. As is the case with other teams, uncapped players could start training at an earlier date.

Full squad: Cameron Green (25.20 cr), Matheesha Pathirana (18 cr), Mustafizur Rahman (9.20 cr), Tejasvi Singh (3 cr), Finn Allen (2 cr), Tim Seifert (1.50 cr), Rahul Tripathi (75 L), Kartik Tyagi (30 L), Daksh Kamra (30 L), Sarthak Ranjan (30 L), Prashant Solanki (30 L), Akashdeep (1 cr), Rachin Ravindra (2 cr), Ajinkya Rahane, Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Varun Chakravarthy, Ramandeep Singh, Ankul Roy, Rovman Powell, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Umran Malik.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

It seems that RCB started training with their domestic and uncapped players in Feb itself. IT still remains unclear, as to when the defending champions will officially begin their pre-season camp; there is uncertainty over the venue as well.

Full squad: Venkatesh Iyer (7 cr), Mangesh Yadav (5.2 cr), Jacob Duffy (2 cr), Satwik Deswal (30 L), Jordan Cox (75 L), Vihaan Malhotra (30 L), Kanishk Chouhan (30 L), Vicky Ostwal (30 L), Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salam, Abhinandan Singh, and Suyash Sharma.

Punjab Kings

This team is looking to take things rather seriously. As per reports, they had a five-day camp in January, following a high-performance camp in Abu Dhabi in Feb. Now, the team will start another camp in Mullanpur, from March 15.

Full squad: Cooper Connolly (2 cr), Ben Dwarshuis (4.40 cr), Praveen Dubey (30 L), Vishal Nishad (30 L), Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer, Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyala Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Suryansh Shedge, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod.

Gujarat Titans

GT too have had a series of camps this year. In Jan they had a camp to evaluate the fitness levels of the players. Then on Feb 16, they had a camp at the Miraj International Stadium in Nathdwara. For now, the likes of Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan are already training in Ahmedabad, but the main camp will start between March 12-15.

Full Squad: Jason Holder (7 cr), Ashok Sharma (90 L), Luke Wood (75 L), Prithvi Raj Yarra (30 L), Tom Banton (30 L), Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler, Nishant Sindhu, 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, Glenn Phillips.

Rajasthan Royals

The team had an early camp with a few youngsters — Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Sandeep Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, in Nagpur in Feb. Now, the main camp will be held from March 15 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.

Full squad: Ravi Bishnoi (7.20 cr), Ravi Singh (95 L), Sushant Mishra (90 L), Vignesh Puthur (30 L), Yash Raj Punja (30 L), Aman Rao (30 L), Brijesh Sharma (30 L), Kuldeep Sen (75 L), Adam Milne (2.40 cr), Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger. Traded in: Ravindra Jadeja (from CSK), Sam Curran (from CSK).

Lucknow Super Giants

Though a mini-camp was held in Feb by new bowling coach along with the likes of Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, and others, the main camp is expected to begin in the first week of March in Lucknow.

Full Squad: Josh Inglis (8.60 cr), Mukul Choudhary (2.60 cr), Akshat Raghuwanshi (2.20 cr), Anrich Nortje (2 cr), Wanindu Hasaranga (2 cr), Naman Tiwari (1 cr), Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Rishabh Pant (c), Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh. Traded in: Mohammed Shami (from SRH), Arjun Tendulkar (from MI).

Delhi Capitals

The team is expected to start their their training by March 14 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. Just like the other teams too, young players might start practice early.

Full squad: Auqib Nabi Dar (8.40 cr), Pathum Nissanka (4 cr), Ben Duckett (2 cr), David Miller (2 cr), Lungi Ngidi (2 cr), Sahil Parakh (30 L), Prithvi Shaw (75L), Kyle Jamieson (2 cr), Axar Patel (c), KL Rahul, Abishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay, Ajay Mandal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, T. Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera. Traded in: Nitish Rana (from RR).