May 29, 2026
Gill’s 104 powers Gujarat to a record 215 chase and into the IPL 2026 final
A fifth IPL hundred from the Gujarat captain turned a daunting 215 into a comfortable night, and sent his team back to the final for a shot at RCB.
IPL Playoffs
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May 27, 2026
RCB walk into the IPL 2026 final on a streak that has not broken in six years
Every IPL since 2020 has been won by the team that came through Qualifier 1. RCB now have four days in Ahmedabad and one knockout fewer to play than w...
May 26, 2026
Patidar’s 33-ball 93 sends RCB to the IPL 2026 final with a 92-run win over Gujarat
Patidar’s unbeaten 93 off 33, a strike rate of 281.81 and the fastest 90+ innings in IPL history, turned Qualifier 1 inside out at the HPCA Stadium.
May 26, 2026
Sunrisers face Rajasthan in IPL 2026 Eliminator at Mullanpur with head-to-head 2-0 in SRH’s favour
Wednesday’s IPL 2026 Eliminator at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium pits Sunrisers Hyderabad against Rajasthan Royals, with the losers’ season over a...
May 25, 2026
HPCA Stadium hosts its first IPL playoff in 16 years as Qualifier 1 lands in Dharamsala
The Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association ground gets its first knockout fixture in IPL history on Tuesday when RCB take on Gujarat Titans for a place...
May 24, 2026
Archer 3-17, Jurel 38: Rajasthan beat Mumbai by 30 at Wankhede to lock the IPL 2026 fourth seed
Rajasthan Royals posted 205 for 8 and bowled Mumbai out for 175 for 9 at Wankhede on Sunday, taking the fourth playoff seat and setting up an Eliminat...
May 24, 2026
Yashasvi Jaiswal walks into Wankhede on Sunday with Rajasthan’s IPL 2026 in his hands
A decade ago he was sleeping in a tent at Azad Maidan and helping food vendors to get by. On Sunday afternoon he opens the batting at Wankhede, knowin...
May 23, 2026
MI host RR at Wankhede on Sunday with the last IPL 2026 playoff seat in Rajasthan’s hands
Rajasthan Royals can confirm the fourth seed by beating Mumbai Indians on Sunday afternoon. Anything else hands the Eliminator slot back to Punjab Kin...
May 23, 2026
Shreyas Iyer’s first IPL century lifts PBKS past LSG and leaves Sunday’s MI-RR to decide their season
Punjab Kings escaped Lucknow with 15 points and a captain’s hundred, but their playoff seat now depends on whether Rajasthan Royals can win at Wankhed...
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...
May 23, 2026
Bhuvneshwar and Rabada are tied at 24 wickets, and the Purple Cap tiebreaker is already sitting in one of their lockers
The IPL 2026 Purple Cap race comes down to two bowlers on identical numbers, an economy gap that decides ties, and a playoff schedule that gives both...
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
RCB and Gujarat head to Dharamsala for Qualifier 1 with the IPL 2026 final five days away
Net run rate gave Bengaluru the first seed over Gujarat after both finished on 18 points, and Tuesday’s Qualifier 1 in Dharamsala is the shorter route...
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
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
Five teams, one playoff seat: the IPL 2026 race after KKR beat Mumbai
Rajasthan, Punjab, Kolkata, Chennai and Delhi are all alive for the last spot, but Sunday afternoon in Mumbai is where this is most likely decided.
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
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 19, 2026
From ₹27 crore for Pant to bottom of the table: how LSG’s IPL 2026 came apart
Lucknow Super Giants paid the most expensive fee in IPL history at the 2025 mega auction and finished 2026 last. The numbers behind a season that neve...