May 23, 2026
Kohli walks past Travis Head at Uppal as RCB lose by 55 but keep IPL 2026 top spot
Virat Kohli’s running row with Travis Head spilled into the post-match handshake line at Uppal on Friday, with the RCB batter walking straight past th...
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May 23, 2026
Vijay Shankar walks away from Indian cricket at 35 to chase a franchise passport
Vijay Shankar has retired from Indian domestic cricket and the IPL to play overseas franchise leagues, ending a 14-year career that produced 21 white-...
May 22, 2026
Punjab Kings face Lucknow at Ekana needing a win and a Mumbai favour to stay in IPL 2026
A six-game losing run has left Punjab one slip from elimination, and Saturday at Ekana opens with two scenarios: beat Lucknow and wait on Rajasthan’s...
May 22, 2026
SRH thump RCB by 55 at Uppal but GT keep the second seed on net run rate
Ishan Kishan’s 79, Abhishek Sharma’s 22-ball 56 and Heinrich Klaasen’s 24-ball 51 powered Sunrisers Hyderabad to 255 for 4 at Uppal. Royal Challengers...
May 22, 2026
Dharamsala, Mullanpur, Ahmedabad: the IPL 2026 playoff map after Bengaluru loses the final
BCCI has locked in the IPL 2026 playoff venues, with Dharamsala opening proceedings on May 26 and Ahmedabad replacing Bengaluru as the host of the fin...
May 22, 2026
Sudharsan 638, Gill 616, Kohli 542: the Orange Cap race walks into the IPL 2026 playoffs
Sai Sudharsan reclaimed the IPL 2026 Orange Cap with 84 off 53 against CSK on Thursday, going 22 clear of Shubman Gill and 96 ahead of Virat Kohli wit...
May 22, 2026
Top seed for RCB, top-two leap for SRH: what Hyderabad’s Match 67 actually decides
Both teams are already through, but the seeding still matters: RCB go to Hyderabad needing a win for first place, SRH need a thrashing to break into t...
May 22, 2026
Phil Salt is back in India this week, but RCB look set to wait until Dharamsala to play him
The England opener has not played for RCB since the April 18 finger injury. RCB are saving his comeback for Qualifier 1, not Friday night in Hyderabad...
May 21, 2026
Sudharsan 84, Buttler 57 not out: GT crush CSK by 89 runs to lock the IPL 2026 top two
Sai Sudharsan’s fifth straight fifty, a Shubman Gill 23-ball half-century and a Jos Buttler cameo took Gujarat Titans to 229/4 at Ahmedabad before Sir...
May 21, 2026
Dhoni heads home to Ranchi as CSK take on GT without him for their last shot at IPL 2026
MS Dhoni has left the CSK camp ahead of Thursday’s must-win league finale in Ahmedabad, with batting coach Mike Hussey confirming a thumb injury and a...
May 21, 2026
Kumble backs Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to break Chris Gayle’s 59-six IPL record
Anil Kumble has publicly tipped the 15-year-old to overhaul Chris Gayle’s 2012 mark of 59 sixes in a season. Sooryavanshi sits on 53 with at least two...
May 21, 2026
GT chase a top-two seed at home, CSK chase a result that buys 48 more hours
Gujarat Titans host Chennai Super Kings tonight in Ahmedabad: GT after a Qualifier 1 berth, CSK with a long-shot equation and one game left.
May 20, 2026
KKR chase 148 at Eden Gardens to stay one defeat away from the IPL 2026 playoff line
Cameron Green and Saurabh Dubey took two wickets each in the powerplay before Rinku Singh and Anukul Roy sealed the chase with seven balls to spare.
May 20, 2026
First Indian to 50 sixes in an IPL season: Sooryavanshi back on top of the Orange Cap race
A 93 off 38 in Jaipur pulled Vaibhav Sooryavanshi past Mitchell Marsh on the IPL 2026 Orange Cap leaderboard and into a small list of records nobody h...
May 20, 2026
Two unbeaten hundreds and still no ODI slot: Sanju Samson’s Afghanistan snub
The CSK wicketkeeper-batter has been left out of India’s ODI squad for the Afghanistan series despite a 170-strike-rate IPL 2026, with Ishan Kishan pi...
May 20, 2026
KKR’s playoff door is one Mumbai-shaped loss from closing at Eden Gardens
KKR enter their home game against an already-eliminated Mumbai Indians on 11 points, with a defeat ending their season and a win still needing PBKS to...
May 20, 2026
Taijul six-fer seals 78-run win as Bangladesh complete a first home sweep of Pakistan
Taijul Islam took six wickets in Pakistan’s second innings as Bangladesh closed out a 78-run win in Sylhet, completing their first-ever home Test seri...
May 19, 2026
Sooryavanshi’s 93 off 38 lifts RR past LSG’s 220 to seal fourth in IPL 2026
Rajasthan Royals chased down 221 with five balls and seven wickets to spare, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s 93 off 38 doing the heavy lifting on a first Jaipu...
May 19, 2026
Pakistan still alive in Sylhet but Bangladesh start day five three wickets from the sweep
Mohammad Rizwan is unbeaten on 75 with three wickets remaining and Pakistan still need 121 to win the second Test in Sylhet, where Bangladesh are one...
May 19, 2026
India name Gill-led squads for Afghanistan as Rahul takes Test deputy job from Pant and Bumrah rests
Ajit Agarkar’s selection committee handed the Test vice-captaincy to KL Rahul, rested Jasprit Bumrah for both formats, and capped three uncapped playe...
May 19, 2026
RR need a Jaipur win against LSG to stay in the IPL 2026 playoff hunt
A third straight defeat has left Rajasthan Royals needing to win both their remaining IPL 2026 fixtures, starting with an already-eliminated Lucknow S...
May 18, 2026
Mushfiqur’s 14th Test ton hands Pakistan a 437 chase as Bangladesh take charge in Sylhet
Mushfiqur Rahim’s 137, his 14th Test century and the most by any Bangladesh batter, set up a 390 second innings and a 437 target for Pakistan with two...
May 18, 2026
Three in, one slot left: how the IPL 2026 playoff race looks after SRH joined the locked top
Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad are confirmed in the IPL 2026 playoffs. Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Capi...
May 18, 2026
SRH chase 181 at Chepauk to seal an IPL 2026 playoff spot
Sunrisers Hyderabad chased down 181 with five wickets and six balls to spare at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, sealing a playoff berth alongside Gujarat...