May 17, 2026
From 6-0 to six losses in a row: how Punjab Kings’ IPL 2026 slipped off a cliff
Punjab Kings went 6-0 across their opening seven matches and now sit one league game from a missed playoff with six straight defeats and a slim points...
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May 17, 2026
KKR’s playoff math after the GT win still leans on PBKS slipping and a friendlier net run rate
Beating Gujarat Titans took KKR to 11 points from 12, but even a clean sweep of MI and DC only delivers 15 — and the path past PBKS likely comes down...
May 16, 2026
27 sixes in nine matches and four short of Jayasuriya: Finn Allen has become KKR’s playoff lever
Finn Allen’s 35-ball 93 against Gujarat Titans was the second big knock in eight days and lifts KKR’s playoff chances onto a top-of-the-order template...
May 15, 2026
Akash Singh’s three-fer note celebration was theatre, the figures against CSK were the point
Pulled out for his first match of the season, Akash Singh took 3 for 26 against his old CSK side, dismissing Gaikwad, Samson and Urvil Patel and theat...
May 15, 2026
RCB and GT are level on 16 points and the race for IPL 2026 top spot has gone to net run rate
Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans have both reached 16 points from 12 games and the race for the top of the IPL 2026 table now hinges on...
May 15, 2026
Eight teams, four spots, ten days: how the IPL 2026 playoff race actually sits with two rounds left
LSG and MI are out, RCB and GT are on 16, SRH and PBKS are scrambling, and four more sides still believe. Here is the math of the last week of the IPL...
May 14, 2026
After 101, 57 and now 75 not out, Tilak Varma is the through-line MI can take from a broken IPL 2026
Mumbai Indians are out of IPL 2026 but Tilak Varma, at 23, is making the case that the franchise’s next batting era is already in his hands. The 101 n...
May 14, 2026
From back-to-back ducks to a record-setting 105: Kohli’s IPL 2026 reset in six days
Two ducks in successive games against LSG and MI gave way to an unbeaten 105 against KKR, five major records and RCB back on top of the IPL 2026 table...
May 13, 2026
Sai Sudharsan is the fastest player to 2,000 IPL runs and still the most argued-about opener in the league
Three straight 500-run seasons, the fastest 2,000 IPL runs by innings and a strike-rate debate that refuses to die — the curious case of Gujarat’s Sai...
May 12, 2026
Washington Sundar’s 33-ball fifty hauls GT to the top of the IPL 2026 table
Sai Sudharsan got the headline and Kagiso Rabada the wickets, but Gujarat Titans only had a target to defend at the Modi because Washington Sundar wal...
May 11, 2026
From record chase to four straight losses: how PBKS’s IPL 2026 came unstuck
Two weeks ago Punjab Kings were six from seven with a world-record T20 chase on the books. Four games on and they are still fourth, still in the playo...
May 11, 2026
MI and LSG out, eight in the chase: where the IPL 2026 playoff math lands after Sunday’s double-header
Two teams went out across the May 10 double-header, four playoff spots remain, and the math now points at six teams who can still get to the 16-point...
May 11, 2026
Bhuvneshwar’s fourth 20-wicket IPL season puts him level with Bumrah and back in the India conversation
Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s 4 for 23 against Mumbai Indians in Raipur on Sunday lifted him to 21 wickets for the season, his fourth IPL campaign with 20-plus...
May 10, 2026
Net run rate is about to pick the IPL 2026 top four, and RCB are sitting on the biggest cushion
Five teams are within four points of each other heading into the final 18 league fixtures of IPL 2026, and the table is now far more likely to be sett...
May 8, 2026
How the BCCI’s batting-friendly directive has redrawn home advantage in IPL 2026
A board-controlled blueprint of uniform grass cover, minimal seam and spin, and 77-metre boundaries has put a central curator at every venue and erase...
May 8, 2026
Honey traps, hotel rooms and dugout access: inside BCCI’s IPL 2026 protocol crackdown
The BCCI is readying an advisory to clean up unauthorised access in IPL 2026, with the Anti-Corruption Unit flagging unknown people in dugouts, team h...
May 7, 2026
Puducherry, then five Tests across India: Australia’s BGT 2027 prep starts in September
Australia A’s two four-dayers and three ODIs in Puducherry between September 22 and October 11 are billed as a development tour, but the surfaces are...
May 7, 2026
Mullanpur and Dharamshala host the IPL 2026 playoffs, and Punjab Kings could play every game at home
The BCCI has split the IPL 2026 knockouts across Dharamshala, Mullanpur and Ahmedabad, handing the second-placed Punjab Kings a structural quirk: ever...
May 7, 2026
Klaasen takes the Orange Cap as Abhishek and Connolly redraw the IPL 2026 batting race
Heinrich Klaasen’s 69 off 43 against PBKS pushed him past Abhishek Sharma and KL Rahul to the top of the IPL 2026 run charts, while Cooper Connolly’s...
May 6, 2026
Akeal Hosein’s powerplay grip and Noor Ahmad’s middle-overs choke break Delhi at the Jaitley
Sanju Samson’s 87 will headline the scorecards, but the chase was won earlier. Akeal Hosein and Noor Ahmad combined for 3 for 41 in seven overs and tu...
May 2, 2026
From Cameron Green to Nicholas Pooran, IPL 2026’s biggest investments have not paid off
IPL 2026 has produced its share of auction-day losers. Cameron Green’s Rs 25.20 crore is yet to translate into a season at KKR, Nicholas Pooran’s Rs 2...
May 2, 2026
From a 14-crore reset to the Orange Cap: KL Rahul’s quiet IPL 2026 takeover
A 75 off 40 in Jaipur on Friday took KL Rahul from outside the top five to the top of the IPL 2026 Orange Cap standings, and Delhi Capitals’ opener ha...
May 1, 2026
Nine years on, Bhuvneshwar Kumar is leading the Purple Cap again
A 36-year-old who hasn’t been the headline name in years is the most productive bowler in IPL 2026, and the longer story under the scorecard is RCB ge...
Apr 30, 2026
Six century stands and counting: how Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma have transformed Sunrisers Hyderabad’s IPL 2026
Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma added 129 in 8.4 overs at Wankhede on Wednesday for their sixth century opening stand together, equalling David Warner...