IPL 2026 hub from Come Fantasy Live: tournament schedule, retention tracker, auction notes, squad analysis, captaincy reading and venue dossiers from the desk.
IPL 2026 runs longer than usual. The opening window, the carnival weeks, the qualifier run and the final are scaffolded into our newsroom coverage; the desk will publish fixtures, venues and probable XI labels within minutes of board confirmation. This page is the entry point for the whole season and is updated whenever a confirmed fixture shifts.
The hub is rebuilt every week during the season. Refresh the page on Monday for the week's standings, on Friday for the venue brief, and on match day -2 for the captaincy read. We do not run promoted picks; the fantasy guides are independent of any operator.
Open the newsroomThe fixture card below is a placeholder showing how the league schedule will be published. Once the official fixture list lands, the same table renders at 200 with the latest 14 fixtures and their venue, time and start-of-innings status.
| Match | Venue | Day | Time | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franchise A v B | Wankhede | Mon | 7:30 IST | SCHEDULED |
| C v D | Chennai | Tue | 7:30 IST | SCHEDULED |
| E v F | Bengaluru | Wed | 7:30 IST | SCHEDULED |
| G v H | Kolkata | Thu | 7:30 IST | SCHEDULED |
| A v F | Hyderabad | Fri | 7:30 IST | TOSS PENDING |
We track each franchise's retained players list as confirmed. Names are added within minutes of the franchise announcement.
The released players list is our most-read tracker during the cycle. We label rumours as Doubtful until two independent sources confirm.
Trades are flagged the moment trade-window rules land. We do not run with a trade tip from a single post until we verify.
Most franchises exit the auction with a balance deliberately left unspent. The unspent figure tells you the strategy: a bowling-heavy squad goes with a slow build, a batting-heavy squad goes with a marquee swing. Use the chart below as a starting point for the rest of the season.
Open auction feed
The retrospective from the December 16, 2025 auction in Abu Dhabi — the rewritten Right-to-Match rule, the ₹151 crore purse, the new per-match fee, and the release-list maths that reshaped seven franchises before the IPL 2026 season.
Expected to bowl at the death and lead from the front. Powerplay overs likely reduced to two.
Pair of off-spinners plus a wrist-spinner. Captaincy reads as anchor plus three overs at most.
Steady batting order, two pace options, one impact-player slot. Fantasy captaincy is bowler-led.
Square boundaries shorten on the off-side. Left-handers to the off side and wrist-spinners benefit most.
Slow surface, big boundaries. Spinners rule; chase scores under 180 most nights. Pick anchor batters, not powerplay aggressors.
Good batting surface, decent carry for pace. Use it for captaincy on batsman who can clear long-on.
Day matches reward spin. Night matches reward pace at the death. Read the slot before the toss.
Big straight boundaries, longer square. Captaincy swings toward anchors and wrist-spinners.
Pair this hub with the live desk and the captain notebook — and revisit our venue dossiers weekly.