IPL 2026 will start on March 28 and while squads are confirmed and camps are underway the fitness picture across the competition is not as clean as some teams would like. Two IPL franchises have real concerns heading into the season. A few more IPL sides will surely keeping an eye on certain players after the T20 World Cup concluded just over a week back. This is where all the IPL teams currently stand.
Here is the fitness update on every IPL team ahead of 2026 edition
Kolkata Knight Riders
KKR have the biggest fitness problem in the competition right now.. Harshit Rana is reportedly out for the entire season. He was at the BCCI Naman Awards yesterday on crutches collecting the Best Debutant award. He had knee surgery in February and needs three months to recover. That is a significant loss for a team that built its pace attack around him alongside Cameron Green and Matheesha Pathirana.
Pathirana is not in India yet. He is in Colombo doing rehabilitation for a calf injury and confirmed on Instagram today that he has not traveled yet. KKR’s second most expensive IPL signing is unavailable twelve days before the season starts and there is no clarity on when he will be ready.
Blessing Muzarabani arrives on March 17 and will have under two weeks to settle before the first game. KKR spent the most at the auction and are heading into the season with two of their biggest investments either out or uncertain.
Lucknow Super Giants
Wanindu Hasaranga hurt his hamstring during the T20 World Cup and is unlikely to play for the first two weeks. It is a concern but a manageable one given the depth in their squad.
The important news is that Rishabh Pant and Mohammed Shami appear to be fully fit. Pant is the player LSG built their entire campaign around and having him available from game one is the most important fitness update they could have asked for.
Mumbai Indians
No injuries but the MI will be looking to manage the workload of Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah and Suryakumar Yadav who both played in the World Cup final on March 8. Nobody is hurt but the IPL franchise would definietly wants them monitored carefully through a long season. MI brought in Shardul Thakur and Mayank Markande through trades partly to give themselves cover if Bumrah needs rest at some point.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
RCB are waiting on Josh Hazlewood. Cricket Australia have not yet given him the medical clearance he needs due to recurring Achilles concerns. He is not injured right now but there is uncertainty around his availability until CA signs off. If he does not get cleared in time Jacob Duffy is the most likely replacement option.
Gujarat Titans
GT has no injury concerns. Shubman Gill is fit but has played a lot of cricket over the past six months and how he holds up through a full IPL season will be worth watching. Rashid Khan is confirmed for the tournament but the Afghanistan Cricket Board’s new rule limiting players to three overseas leagues a year may affect his schedule beyond the IPL.
Chennai Super Kings
Good news from the CSK camp. Rumors about MS Dhoni needing knee surgery have been dismissed by the franchise who confirmed he is fit for every game. That matters because their entire plan for him as a finisher through the Impact Player rule depends on his availability throughout the season. Sanju Samson has also joined camp his news IPL side and is fully fit after the World Cup.
Rajasthan Royals
RR are the healthiest IPL squad in the competition right now. Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran who came in through the trade with CSK have both joined training in Jaipur and are fit. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel and Jofra Archer are all available from game one. Everything is in order.
Delhi Capitals
No concerns for DC. Axar Patel will go into his first game as captain with a fully fit squad.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
SRH are in excellent shape ahead of IPL 2026. Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen, Liam Livingstone and Pat Cummins have all had a proper rest period and are fully available for the season opener against RCB on March 28. SRH traded Shami to LSG specifically because they wanted a completely fit squad and right now that decision has worked out well.
Punjab Kings
PBKS are largely fine. Shreyas Iyer takes charge for the second time with this franchise and has a fit and available squad heading into the season.
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IPL 2026 full squads all ten teams confirmed ahead of March 28
IPL 2026 starts on March 28 with RCB taking on SRH at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. All ten squads are confirmed after the Abu Dhabi mini auction in December 2025 and the subsequent trade window. Here is the complete squad for every team with overseas players marked separately.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salam, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma, Abhinandan Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Mangesh Yadav, Satvik Deswal, Kanishk Chouhan, Vihaan Malhotra, Vicky Ostwal.
Overseas: Tim David, Phil Salt, Jacob Bethell, Romario Shepherd, Josh Hazlewood, Nuwan Thushara, Jacob Duffy, Jordan Cox
Chennai Super Kings
Ruturaj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni, Ayush Mhatre, Urvil Patel, Anshul Kamboj, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shivam Dube, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Choudhary, Shreyas Gopal, Gurjapneet Singh, Sanju Samson, Prashant Veer, Kartik Sharma, Aman Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Rahul Chahar.
Overseas: Dewald Brevis, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmad, Nathan Ellis, Akeal Hosein, Matthew Short, Matt Henry, Zak Foulkes
Kolkata Knight Riders
Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, Umran Malik, Tejasvi Singh, Prashant Solanki, Kartik Tyagi, Rahul Tripathi, Sarthak Ranjan, Daksh Kamra, Akash Deep
Overseas: Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Cameron Green, Matheesha Pathirana, Finn Allen, Tim Seifert, Rachin Ravindra, Blessing Muzarabani.
Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Robin Minz, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Naman Dhir, Raj Bawa, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Raghu Sharma, Mayank Markande, Shardul Thakur, Atharva Ankolekar, Mohammad Izhar, Danish Malewar, Mayank Rawat.
Overseas: Ryan Rickelton, Mitchell Santner, Will Jacks, Corbin Bosch, Trent Boult, Allah Ghazanfar, Sherfane Rutherford, Quinton de Kock
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R Smaran, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari, Shivang Kumar, Salil Arora, Krains Fuletra, Praful Hinge, Amit Kumar, Onkar Tarmale, Sakib Hussain, Shivam Mavi
Overseas: Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen, Kamindu Mendis, Brydon Carse, Pat Cummins, Eshan Malinga, Liam Livingstone, Jack Edwards
Rajasthan Royals
Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravi Bishnoi, Sushant Mishra, Vignesh Puthur, Yash Raj Punja, Ravi Singh, Brijesh Sharma, Aman Rao, Kuldeep Sen.
Overseas: Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger, Sam Curran, Donovan Ferreira, Adam Milne.
Delhi Capitals
KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Abishek Porel, Axar Patel, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Rana, Auqib Dar, Sahil Parakh, Prithvi Shaw.
Overseas: Tristan Stubbs, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Ben Duckett, David Miller, Pathum Nissanka, Lungi Ngidi, Kyle Jamieson
Punjab Kings
Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod, Harnoor Pannu, Pyla Avinash, Prabhsimran Singh, Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Priyansh Arya, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Vishal Nishad, Pravin Dubey.
Overseas: Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mitch Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis
Lucknow Super Giants
Rishabh Pant, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahamad, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, M Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh, Arjun Tendulkar, Mohammed Shami, Mukul Choudhary, Naman Tiwari, Akshat Raghuwanshi.
Overseas: Aiden Markram, Matthew Breetzke, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Anrich Nortje, Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Inglis
Gujarat Titans
Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Arshad Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Manav Suthar, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav, Ashok Sharma, Prithviraj Yarra.
Overseas: Jos Buttler, Glenn Phillips, Kagiso Rabada, Rashid Khan, Jason Holder, Tom Banton, Luke Wood
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