Bengaluru, Jan. 21 -- Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru have kept their doors open to play their home Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 matches at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, according to ESPNcricinfo on Wednesday.

"While our desire is always to play at our home ground, in front of our ardent fans, we want to be thorough in our commitment to further understand the conditions applicable to host matches here and the measures taken to ensure fans' safety protocols are met," RCB said in a statement, as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.

"Our goal is to see how best all stakeholders involved can work together. From our preliminary conversations, there are still a few grey areas that need to be looked into, and we are considering these para...