IPL 2026 is all set to get off to a blockbuster start this weekend, with champion teams and star players kicking off the season in front of fans around the world. Here is the opening weekend schedule 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, starting at 7:30 PM IST. The two sides last met at this venue in 2024, when SRH posted a record-breaking IPL total of 287/3. The match ended in SRH’s favor and scored the highest total of 549 runs in IPL history. At the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, RCB and SRH have a record of 5 wins out of 8 matches, while SRH have 3 wins.RCB Prediction Playing XII: Virat KohliPhil Salt, Devdutt Padikal, Rajat Patidar (C), Jitesh Sharma (WK), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Jacob Duffy, Suyash Sharma (Impact Player). SRH Predicted to Play XII: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishaan Kishan (C), Henrik Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Liam Livingston, Aniket Verma, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Ishaan Malinga, Jaydev Induct Impact – Zeeshan AnsariMI Vs KKR: Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata Knight RidersWankhede Stadium, Mumbai – March 29 (Sunday)Three-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders will take on five-time champions Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium, starting at 7:30 PM IST. The last time these two teams met in Mumbai, MI registered a dominant eight-wicket win on March 31, 2025. Debutant Ashwini Kumar bowled out KKR for 116 with figures of 4/24, after Ryan Rickleton’s unbeaten 62 off 41 balls helped MI clinch the target on the first ball. of the 2025 season. Mumbai Indians (MI) are dominating Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Wankhede Stadium, with a record of 10-2 in 12 matches. MI predicted to play XII: Rohit SharmaQuinton de Kock (WK), Tilak Verma, Surya Kumar Yadav, Will Jacques, Hardik Pandya, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Shardul Thakur (IMP).KKR Twelfth Playing Prediction: Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Cameron Green, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakraborty, Vibhu Arora, Karthik Tyagi, Blessing Mazarbani, Imran Malik (main)
