India, March 25 -- Fans trying to buy tickets for some of IPL 2026's biggest early matches have run into the same problem within minutes of sales opening: official inventories disappearing almost instantly, followed by listings elsewhere at far steeper prices. A Mid-day report said RCB home-match tickets that went live at 4 pm on March 24 sold out in less than a minute, while Mumbai Indians tickets for major home fixtures also vanished quickly. The same report said resale listings for MI vs KKR ranged from around Rs.6,500 to Rs.50,000, while MI vs RCB tickets ranged from around Rs.15,000 to Rs.1 lakh.

For the Mumbai Indians' first two Wankhede home matches - against KKR on March 29 and RCB on April 12 - the franchise did not move straigh...