The runners-up of the last season, Punjab Kings, will begin their IPL 2026 campaign against Gujarat Titans at home, in Mullanpur, on March 31. PBKS will play two home games in the first phase, both in Mullanpur. After the first home game, they will play two back-to-back away games in Chennai and Kolkata on April 3 and 6 before returning home to take on Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 11. PBKS are also likely to play four home games in Dharamshala. However, the dates will be out when the final schedule is announced.
Last season gave a lot of hope to PBKS that they can do well in IPL 2026. Under Ricky Ponting’s guidance and Shreyas Iyer’s leadership, PBKS topped the league stages with 9 wins to enter the playoffs. But Punjab Kings could not just come up with a win when it mattered the most in the final. Nonetheless, Shreyas Iyer & Co have the ammunition and the firepower to go the distance come the latest season of IPL, when proceedings begin on March 28.
The BCCI announced the first phase of IPL 2026 schedule with 20 matches. The rest of the fixtures will be out after the state election dates of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Assam are confirmed.
PBKS full schedule for IPL 2026
| Match | Date | Day | Home | Away | Venue | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 31/03/26 | Tue | Punjab Kings | Gujarat Titans | Mullanpur | 19:30 |
| 7 | 03/04/26 | Fri | Chennai Super Kings | Punjab Kings | Chennai | 19:30 |
| 12 | 06/04/26 | Mon | Kolkata Knight Riders | Punjab Kings | Kolkata | 19:30 |
| 17 | 11/04/26 | Sat | Punjab Kings | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Mullanpur | 15:30 |
PBKS full squad
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, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Vishal Nishad, Praveen Dubey.
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