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Net run rate is about to pick the IPL 2026 top four, and RCB are sitting on the biggest cushion

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...

How the BCCI’s batting-friendly directive has redrawn home advantage in IPL 2026

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...

Honey traps, hotel rooms and dugout access: inside BCCI’s IPL 2026 protocol crackdown

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...

Puducherry, then five Tests across India: Australia’s road to BGT 2027

May 7, 2026

Puducherry, then five Tests across India: Australia’s road to BGT 2027

Australia A’s two four-dayers and three one-dayers in Puducherry were billed as a development tour, but they were also the closest read Australia will...

Mullanpur and Dharamshala host the IPL 2026 playoffs, and Punjab Kings could play every game at home

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...

Klaasen takes the Orange Cap as Abhishek and Connolly redraw the IPL 2026 batting race

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...

Akeal Hosein’s powerplay grip and Noor Ahmad’s middle-overs choke break Delhi at the Jaitley

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...

From Cameron Green to Nicholas Pooran, IPL 2026’s biggest investments have not paid off

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...

From a 14-crore reset to the Orange Cap: KL Rahul’s quiet IPL 2026 takeover

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...

Nine years on, Bhuvneshwar Kumar is leading the Purple Cap again

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...

Six century stands and counting: how Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma have transformed Sunrisers Hyderabad’s IPL 2026

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...

Ryan Rickelton’s 44-ball ton at Wankhede was the night Mumbai found their opener again

Apr 29, 2026

Ryan Rickelton’s 44-ball ton at Wankhede was the night Mumbai found their opener again

Ryan Rickelton’s IPL 2026 had been one big start, three little ones and a stretch on the bench. On Wednesday at the Wankhede he made the case, in a si...

From 1-3 to 6-3 in three weeks: how SRH turned IPL 2026 around

Apr 29, 2026

From 1-3 to 6-3 in three weeks: how SRH turned IPL 2026 around

Sunrisers Hyderabad lost three of their first four matches and the season looked over before April had really started. They are now third in the table...

69.21 per cent: how Indian batters have taken over IPL 2026

Apr 29, 2026

69.21 per cent: how Indian batters have taken over IPL 2026

After 38 matches of IPL 2026, Indian batters are taking up a bigger share of the runs scored than they ever have in this tournament, and the share tha...

Donovan Ferreira’s 26-ball 52 was the finisher knock Rajasthan have been waiting for

Apr 29, 2026

Donovan Ferreira’s 26-ball 52 was the finisher knock Rajasthan have been waiting for

Donovan Ferreira walked in at 151 for 4 chasing 223 at Mullanpur and finished with 52 not out off 26 balls to hand Punjab Kings their first defeat of...

9.68 runs an over and rising: IPL 2026 is the most explosive season the tournament has produced

Apr 28, 2026

9.68 runs an over and rising: IPL 2026 is the most explosive season the tournament has produced

Through the first 34 matches of IPL 2026, the overall scoring rate sits at 9.68. Twenty-seven scores of 200-plus. Top-three batters scoring at 164. Sp...

9,000 and counting: Virat Kohli’s IPL run column is in a bracket of one

Apr 27, 2026

9,000 and counting: Virat Kohli’s IPL run column is in a bracket of one

Eleven runs short going into the night and 9,012 by the time Bengaluru had finished off the chase, Virat Kohli became the first batter in IPL history...

Six wins, one washout, and a captain who finally trusts his squad: Punjab Kings have built the IPL 2026 team of the season

Apr 27, 2026

Six wins, one washout, and a captain who finally trusts his squad: Punjab Kings have built the IPL 2026 team of the season

Punjab Kings sit on top of IPL 2026 with six wins, one no result, and the highest net run rate in the league. After eighteen seasons of nearly always...

100, then 87: how Sai Sudharsan went from 135 in six games to the most dangerous opener in IPL 2026

Apr 26, 2026

100, then 87: how Sai Sudharsan went from 135 in six games to the most dangerous opener in IPL 2026

After a slow first six matches, Sudharsan has produced a hundred and an 87 in 48 hours, broken Chris Gayle’s fastest-to-2,000 record, and turned Gujar...

473 balls, 15 years old: how Vaibhav Sooryavanshi rewrote the T20 record book before he could legally drive

Apr 26, 2026

473 balls, 15 years old: how Vaibhav Sooryavanshi rewrote the T20 record book before he could legally drive

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s 36-ball century in Jaipur made him the youngest player and the fastest in balls faced to 1,000 T20 runs. The numbers around him...

Ishan Kishan’s 31-ball 74 in Jaipur is the latest entry in a quietly excellent SRH season

Apr 26, 2026

Ishan Kishan’s 31-ball 74 in Jaipur is the latest entry in a quietly excellent SRH season

Sunrisers Hyderabad have won four in a row and Ishan Kishan, the man who has driven most of those chases, is starting to look like the best signing of...

First to 800: Virat Kohli’s IPL boundary count is now its own category

Apr 25, 2026

First to 800: Virat Kohli’s IPL boundary count is now its own category

A drive off Kagiso Rabada that ran to long-on took Virat Kohli past 800 fours in the IPL on Friday night, the first batter to get there. Nobody else i...

Sai Sudharsan to 2,000 IPL runs in 47 innings: the Gayle record is gone

Apr 24, 2026

Sai Sudharsan to 2,000 IPL runs in 47 innings: the Gayle record is gone

A six off Krunal Pandya at the end of the ninth over was all it took for Sai Sudharsan to become the fastest batter to 2,000 IPL runs on Friday, 24 Ap...

A busted hamstring, a bad back, a groin strain: how injuries have quietly reshaped IPL 2026

Apr 24, 2026

A busted hamstring, a bad back, a groin strain: how injuries have quietly reshaped IPL 2026

Around 20 players have been ruled out or flagged as unavailable across the first month of IPL 2026, and the season has been shaped as much by what the...

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