The complete IPL 2026 contest calendar. Rs 1 entries, mega contests with Rs 8 Crore prize pool, full schedule, venue analysis, and contest windows for every fixture.
IPL 2026 runs from late March to late May, with 74 matches across 10 franchises and 13 venues. The format is 70 league-stage matches followed by 4 playoff matches.
Come Sports’s IPL 2026 contest calendar opens 2 weeks before the first match, with Rs 1 entries available for every match.
The schedule’s most important feature for Rs 1 volume players is the double-header day. A double-header day has two matches on the same day, and the volume player has to pick teams for both matches within the 30-minute lock window.
The 13 IPL 2026 venues break into three categories based on pitch behaviour. Flat venues reward batsmen. Turning venues reward spinners. Seaming venues reward fast bowlers.
Come Sports’s venue database tracks every IPL match played at each venue since 2018, with captain pick win rates by venue.
The 2026 venue mix has shifted toward neutral, balanced pitches. A captain pick that worked at Wankhede in 2025 is more likely to work at Wankhede in 2026 than it would have been 5 years ago.
Come Sports’s IPL 2026 prize pool is among the largest in Indian fantasy cricket. The flagship mega contest has a Rs 8 Crore prize pool with Rs 80 lakhs to first place, distributed across the top 10,000 ranks. The Rs 1 entry tier qualifies you for the same mega contest.
Below the mega contest, Come Sports offers small group contests (Rs 49-99 entry), head-to-head contests, and private contests. The Rs 1 entry tier is available across all contest types.
The Rs 1 practice contests are the right place to test new strategies. The contests run every match with the same scoring system as the paid contests.
The IPL 2026 captain pick strategy is built on three pillars: form (last 5 matches), matchup (opposition bowling type), and venue (pitch behaviour). A captain pick that scores 7/10 or better on all three is a high-confidence pick.
The contrarian captain pick is the differentiator in mega contests. A captain pick that 5% of players make is more valuable than one that 30% of players make.
Track your captain pick success rate across the tournament, not just for a single match. A 50% success rate across 70 matches is a strong result; a 60% rate is elite.
Come Sports’s transfer window allows 2-3 swaps per tournament for IPL 2026, depending on the entry fee tier. Rs 1 contest entries typically don’t include transfers, but the volume of contests you play mitigates this.
The right time to use a transfer is when a player in your team has a confirmed injury that’s going to keep them out for at least 3-4 more matches.
The wrong time to use a transfer is on the morning of a match, when the team news is still speculative. Wait for the official XI announcement.
Skipping a match is a valid strategy when the match falls on a turning pitch with weak squads, or when the team news is too uncertain. The cost of skipping is one entry fee saved; the benefit is no negative contribution to the leaderboard.
Come Sports’s match rating system shows a 1-5 star rating for each match. A 1-star match is one to skip; a 5-star match is one to play with multiple entries.
The skipping strategy works best in the first 2 weeks of the tournament, when form data is sparse and captain picks are highly variable.
The final week of IPL 2026 is the highest-stakes week of the tournament, with playoff spots on the line for 6-8 teams and dead-rubber status for the rest. The captain pick strategy for the final week is to follow form, not matchup.
The Qualifier 1, Eliminator, and Qualifier 2 are the most-watched matches of the year, and Come Sports’s contest pools for these matches are 5-10x the size of a normal league match.
The Final is the single most important match for Come Sports’s leaderboard, because the Final’s contests are the largest of the year.
Fresh reporting that shapes the contest calendar, integrity context, and match-week decisions.
The Enforcement Directorate provisionally attached about Rs 1.05 crore in assets tied to an alleged illegal IPL and cricket betting network in Tripura, lifting total attachments in the probe to roughly Rs 2.43 crore.
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