30 Apr 2026
IPL 2026 Playoff Qualification Math: Which Teams Are Eliminated?
IPL 2026 playoff qualification scenarios: MI, LSG, KKR need near-perfect runs with 8 matches left. The race closes faster than the standings suggest.
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IPL 2026 playoff qualification scenarios: MI, LSG, KKR need near-perfect runs with 8 matches left. The race closes faster than the standings suggest.
Delhi Capitals scored 264 on Saturday and were all out for 75 on Monday. Hazlewood and Bhuvi tore through DC's top order. Axar called it bad luck.
RR end PBKS unbeaten streak in IPL 2026 — chasing 223 with 4 balls left. Ferreira and Dubey finished what the openers started. Punjab's first loss.
KL Rahul scored 152* but DC lost. PBKS chased 265 — the highest T20 chase ever. The dropped catches behind both records are the real story.
RCB vs GT IPL 2026: Sudharsan's 100 off 58 — third straight century — went in vain. Kohli, dropped on zero, hit 81 off 44 as RCB chased 206 with ease.
RR defended 159 and bowled LSG out for 119. Jadeja's 43* and Archer's 3/20 sealed a 40-run win. LSG's 7th straight home loss deepens Pant's crisis.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 15, is the youngest and fastest to 500 IPL runs (227 balls) — breaking Shaw and Maxwell's records in a match he scored 8.
Abhishek Sharma's 135* off 68 balls vs Delhi Capitals equalled Virat Kohli's record of 9 T20 centuries. SRH posted 242/2 and won by 47 runs in IPL 2026.
Tilak Varma's 101* off 45 balls equalled the fastest MI century ever as Mumbai Indians crushed GT by 99 runs to snap a four-match losing streak.
KKR's first IPL 2026 win came via Rinku Singh's 53* off 34 balls, rescuing the defending champions from 85/6 against Rajasthan Royals at Eden Gardens.