This paper proposes a compact microstrip patch metamaterial inspired antenna having FR4 epoxy substrate with split ring resonator loaded ground plane. Return loss is improved by introducing split ring resonator on the ground plane. The substrate has dielectric constant of 4.4 having dimensions 30×34×1.6 mm3. The impedance bandwidth of 100MHZ (returnloss<−10db) spanning from 5.7GHz to 5.9GHz that covers IOT band applications is obtained. The proposed antenna has a good radiation pattern, low return loss of −32db,VSWR of 1.264 at resonance frequency of 5.8GHz.