Last year's finalists, Punjab Kings will begin their 2026 Indian Premier League campaign against the Gujarat Titans on March 31 - here’s the full IPL schedule and match timings for PBKS.
PBKS reached their second-ever IPL final in 2025 under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, where they went down to first-time champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). They have retained the core of their team and will want to have another go at the title in IPL 2026.
The IPL governing body has only released the schedule for the first phase, running from March 28 to April 12, during which the Punjab-based franchise will play four matches. They start their campaign at home in Mullanpur against the Gujarat Giants before playing back-to-back away games against Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders.
For their last game of the first phase, Punjab will return to their home ground in Mullanpur to face Sunrisers Hyderabad, which would be their only afternoon game out of the four announced. All afternoon games are scheduled to start at 3.30pm IST, while the evening games will begin at 7.30pm IST.
Find the full schedule of the IPL 2026 here.
PBKS schedule for IPL 2026: Full fixtures list, match timings and venues
March 31: Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans, Mullanpur - 7.30pm IST
April 3: Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings, Chennai - 7.30pm IST
April 6: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings, Kolkata - 7.30pm IST
April 11: Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mullanpur - 3.30pm IST
The full schedule will be updated when released.
IPL 2026: Full PBKS squad and signings
New signings: Ben Dwarshuis, Cooper Connolly, Pravin Dubey, Vishal Nishad.
Retained players: Shreyas Iyer (c), Harnoor Singh Pannu, Arshdeep Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Nehal Wadhera, Lockie Ferguson, Harpreet Brar, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Vyshak Vijaykumar, Marco Jansen, Priyansh Arya, Xavier Bartlett, Marcus Stoinis, Pyla Avinash, Yash Thakur, Mitchell Owen, Shashank Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Vishnu Vinod (wk).
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