IPL 2027: schedule, results & points table

The dates are not fixed yet. The IPL usually starts in March and ends in late May; the 2026 season ran from 28 March to 31 May (Wikipedia). In June 2026 the BCCI secretary, Devajit Saikia, said the board was looking at an earlier window for 2027, starting around 10 March and finishing by 15 May, to play fewer matches in extreme summer heat. That window was under discussion, not confirmed (ESPNcricinfo, 18 June 2026).

When the fixture list is published and reaches our data, the fixtures, results and points table appear at the top of this page, with every start time in Malaysia time (MYT, UTC+8, two and a half hours ahead of India).

Royal Challengers Bengaluru retained their title. In the final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on 31 May 2026 they beat Gujarat Titans by five wickets with 12 balls to spare: Gujarat made 155 for 8, Bengaluru replied with 161 for 5. Virat Kohli made 75 not out from 42 balls and was Player of the Match (iplt20.com).

It was Bengaluru's second title in a row after their first, in 2025, against Punjab Kings. Rajasthan Royals' Vaibhav Sooryavanshi finished as the season's top run-scorer and was named most valuable player (Wikipedia), and Gujarat's Kagiso Rabada took the Purple Cap for the most wickets (iplt20.com).

Ten teams took part in 2026, playing 74 matches. In the league stage each team played every team in its own group once and every team in the other group twice. The top four went through to the playoffs: the top two meet in Qualifier 1, whose winner goes straight to the final; the third and fourth play the Eliminator; the loser of Qualifier 1 then plays the Eliminator winner in Qualifier 2 for the other place in the final (Wikipedia).

• Wikipedia, 2026 Indian Premier League (dates, teams, format, top run-scorer, most valuable player)
• iplt20.com, TATA IPL 2026 Final: RCB v GT match report (31 May 2026)
• ESPNcricinfo, BCCI mulls early start to IPL 2027 to minimise matches in extreme summer (18 June 2026)
• Fixtures, results and the points table: our cricket match centre (Goalserve data), refreshed through the day

Checked on 3 November 2026.