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 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
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
Sandeep Patil names the Kohli-Rohit contradiction nobody else will: ‘It puzzles me’
Former India chief selector Sandeep Patil has called Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s T20I retirements puzzling while both continue to play the format i...
May 17, 2026
Venkatesh and Kohli set up 222 as RCB beat PBKS by 23 runs and seal the first IPL 2026 playoffs spot
Royal Challengers Bengaluru became the first team into the IPL 2026 playoffs after posting 222 at Dharamshala and holding Punjab Kings to 199, stretch...
May 16, 2026
PBKS host the team that beat them in the 2025 final as RCB head to Dharamsala one win from sealing the top two
Royal Challengers Bengaluru travel to Dharamsala on Sunday with a chance to lock in their playoff berth and a top-two finish against a Punjab Kings si...
May 15, 2026
Kohli’s 2027 World Cup demand is the most honest thing he has said in years
Virat Kohli’s RCB podcast quote about not being in the space to prove his worth is being read as an ultimatum. It is actually a request for the select...
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 14, 2026
Pujara’s blunt verdict on KKR’s playoff hopes is just the math catching up to a two-year drift
After the Raipur defeat, Cheteshwar Pujara called KKR’s playoffs chances ‘very slim’, and the arithmetic, plus a second straight title defence going s...
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
Kohli’s unbeaten 105 ends the duck streak and pushes RCB back to the IPL 2026 top spot
Two ducks into one century: Virat Kohli’s 105 off 60 at Raipur drives Royal Challengers Bengaluru past Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets and back t...
May 12, 2026
RCB chase the top spot back from GT as KKR’s must-win streak rolls into Raipur
RCB went into Tuesday top of the IPL 2026 table and came out of it second. Match 57 against an in-form KKR at Raipur is their chance to climb back.
May 11, 2026
Kohli’s first-ball duck off Chahar leaves him in back-to-back IPL territory not seen since 2022
Virat Kohli charged at Deepak Chahar’s opening delivery in Raipur and chipped a leading edge to Raj Bawa at mid-off. The golden duck makes it consecut...
May 10, 2026
RCB host Mumbai in Raipur with the IPL back at the venue and MI staring at elimination
Royal Challengers Bengaluru welcome Mumbai Indians to the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium on Sunday with Hardik Pandya back from a back spasm and a...
May 7, 2026
Marsh’s 49-ball century ends LSG’s losing streak as Rathi defends 20 against RCB
Mitchell Marsh hammered the fastest LSG hundred in IPL history and Rishabh Pant added a 10-ball cameo as Lucknow held off RCB by 9 runs (DLS) at Ekana...
May 7, 2026
Bottom-placed LSG hunt first home win as Patidar’s RCB roll into Ekana
Lucknow Super Giants meet third-placed Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Ekana on Thursday with no playoff math left to chase, only the search for a firs...
May 5, 2026
Salt flies home for finger scans as RCB hope to have him back for the playoffs
Phil Salt has flown back to England for scans on the finger he hurt diving on April 18, leaving Royal Challengers Bengaluru without their first-choice...
May 3, 2026
RCB are quietly building another title charge in IPL 2026
Twelve points, the best NRR in the league, the Purple Cap, and a captain who has done this exact dance eleven months ago. RCB are not favourites yet,...
Apr 30, 2026
Arshad Khan’s three for 22 and a Holder all-round night give Gujarat their revenge in Ahmedabad
Gujarat Titans bowled Royal Challengers Bengaluru out for 155 at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Thursday and chased the target down with 25 balls to spa...
Apr 30, 2026
Salt out again, Bethell stays as RCB’s opener for the trip to Ahmedabad
Phil Salt remains unavailable for Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s match against Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Thursday night, with Jaco...
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...
Apr 29, 2026
RCB return to Ahmedabad less than a week on from chasing 206 in Bengaluru, with Gujarat asked the same question again
Royal Challengers Bengaluru travel to the Narendra Modi Stadium on Thursday night to face Gujarat Titans, less than a week after Virat Kohli’s 81 off...