Punjab Kings IPL 2026 Full schedule: List of PBKS fixtures with match dates and venues

PBKS schedule for IPL 2026: Under Shreyas Iyer, Punjab Kings kick off their campaign at home on March 31.

Updated on: Mar 26, 2026, 20:17:08 IST

Written by Prateek Srivastava

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The 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is going to kick off later this month, March 28 to be precise. The opening match will be played between defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.

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In the first phase, Punjab Kings will play four matches during this 16-day schedule, out as of now. Punjab Kings will kick off their campaign at home at the New PCA Stadium in Chandigarh, against Gujarat Titans on March 31. Thereafter, they will be on the road to the MA Chidambaram Stadium to face five-time IPL champions Chennai Super Kings, on April 3.

On April 6, they travel to another iconic venue, the Eden Gardens, to face three-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders. In their last match of the released schedule, they will host Sunrisers Hyderabad at the New PCA Stadium in Chandigarh on April 11.

Alongside Delhi, the Punjab franchise is one of the two old teams to have never won the IPL. They reached the final twice in 2014 and last season in 2025, but they failed to cross the last hurdle. Under Shreyas Iyer, they really looked threatening before RCB shattered their dreams in the final. In 2025, they had reached the play-offs for the first time in 11 years. They had also reached the semis in the inaugural edition in 2008 (back then there was no play-off format).

So, one can clearly see they have really been underwhelming for the large part of their campaigns in the IPL. Hopefully, they will break the jinx this time around. A new winner is always welcome.

Squad:

Shreyas Iyer (captain), Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod, Harnoor Pannu, Pyla Avinash, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Harpreet Brar, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Priyansh Arya, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Mitch Owen, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Xavier Bartlett, Pravin Dubey, Vishal Nishad, Lockie Ferguson

Punjab Kings' schedule so far

March 31 - Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans - New Chandigarh - 7:30 PM IST

April 3 - Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings - Chennai - 7:30 PM IST

April 6 - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings - Kolkata - 7:30 PM IST

April 11 - Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad - New Chandigarh - 3:30 PM IST

April 16 - Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings - Mumbai - 7:30 PM IST

April 19 - Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants - New Chandigarh - 7:30 PM IST

April 25 - Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings - Delhi - 3:30 PM IST

April 28 - Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - New Chandigarh - 7:30 PM IST

May 3 - Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings - Ahmedabad - 7:30 PM IST

May 6 - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings - Hyderabad - 7:30 PM IST

May 11 - Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals - Dharamshala - 7:30 PM IST

May 14 - Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians - Dharamshala - 7:30 PM IST

May 17 - Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru - Dharamshala - 3:30 PM IST

May 23 - Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings - Lucknow - 7:30 PM IST

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Prateek Srivastava
Prateek Srivastava is a senior sports journalist having been in the profession for two decades now. He started his print career with the India Today Group and later also worked for the Asian Age. In 2009, sensing the wind of change, he switched to the digital media and joined Mobile ESPN. There, he covered the 2011 Cricket World Cup and 2010 Hockey World Cup as a venue reporter. He did plenty of voice-over work too, over there. After leaving Mobile ESPN, Prateek went on to work for Cricketnext, Gocricket and Cricbuzz. At Gocricket (Times Internet Limited), he covered the 2014 T20 World from Bangladesh. There he also received a team leadership award, given at the end of the month. Prateek has also covered the 2016 T20 World Cup in India, this time working for Sportz Interactive. He also worked for Chinese giants Alibaba over two years and led their ""Short News"" content team at UC Browser. While cricket is Prateek’s expertise, he has also done a lot of golf. In fact, he has covered India’s first two European Tour events back in the late noughties. He has also done extensive writing on football having been associated with the Indian Super League for three seasons. Finally, Prateek is a literature aficionado and swears by Philip Roth and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and when he doesn’t joke, he is usually quiet and at work.Read More

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