IPL 2026

Mumbai Indians lock horns with Punjab Kings in the first match of IPL today at the iconic Wankhede Stadium. The encounter is set to kick off at 7:30 PM IST, and will be one of the deck-heads drawing more attention as both teams aim to boost their position on the points table. With a mighty batting order and playing at home conditions, the Mumbai Indians will be eager to stamp their authority on both. The team has had some exciting remainings in this

Match Summary: Chennai Super Kings Innings – 192/5 (20 Overs) Chennai Bowlers: Kolkata Knight Riders Innings – 160/7 (20 Overs) KKR Bowlers: Fall of Wickets: Special Note: KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane was fined ₹12 lakh for maintaining a slow over‑rate, adding to KKR’s IPL struggles as they remain winless after 5 matches. Catch all the action from Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders—don’t miss the highlights and the latest updates. To get the latest news subscribe to Sports Monks!

Between the buzz over IPL’s teen sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and a young Indian shuttler’s giant-killing spree at the Badminton Asian Championships, one of them has barely made a dent in cricket-crazy India. Sooryavanshi, the 15-year-old opening batsman from a nondescript town called Tajpur in Bihar, has made a mockery of the bowling reputations of Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult and Josh Hazlewood — three legends of modern fast bowlers — at this year’s ongoing Indian Premier League. But the story of upcoming Indian badminton

Fifteen-year-old Rajasthan Royals player Vaibhav Sooryavanshi went down for a golden duck in an almost certain of rare IPL failures as his side scored its heaviest loss since 2014 in the IPL, the Indian Premier League, going down by 57 runs to Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday as two debutantes Praful Hinge and Sakib Hussain shone. The teen sensation played a critical role on Saturday in Rajasthan's four victories this season with a pair of 15-ball fifties including in the previous match. Famine was

Opener Phil Salt and the ever-reliable Virat Kohli slammed half-centuries to set up Royal Challengers Bengaluru's 18-run win over Mumbai Indians in a marquee IPL fixture on Sunday. Salt smashed 78 from 36 deliveries, with Kohli anchoring his way to 50 as defending champions Bengaluru added 120 runs for the opening partnership and posted a total of 240-4 at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium. A brisk 53 off 20 balls by captain Rajat Patidar and a late onslaught by Tim David, who scored an unbeaten

Youngster Mukul Choudhary played the innings of his career, hammering seven sixes on his way to an unblemished 54 as Lucknow Super Kings pulled off a dramatic, last-ball, three-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL here on Thursday. Chasing Kolkata's challenging 181-4 at Eden Gardens, Lucknow found themselves in a pickle at 128-7 after their 16 overs despite two fifties from Ayush Badoni when Choudhary, who was playing just his third IPL game, changed the script with an exhibition of brute

Openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scored blistering knocks each, leading Rajasthan Royals to a comfortable 27-run win over Mumbai Indians in an IPL match here on Tuesday that was interrupted by rain. Jaiswal, who finished on 77 not out, and fellow left-hander Sooryavanshi hit a quick-fire 39 off just 14 balls to propel Rajasthan to 150-3 in the match shortened to 11 overs per side in Guwahati. Rajasthan then restricted five-time champions Mumbai to 123-9 in their 10-team pool, securing their

By now, a timid man would have quit. But there is no surrender in the vocabulary of Mohammed Shami, a veteran fast bowler who still roars like a lion. Cruelly ignored by the selectors despite his consistent habit of taking wickets in domestic cricket, Shami tore up the field on Sunday with a blistering spell of fast bowling. With unrelenting accuracy, he sent two players back to the pavilion as the right-armer laid down the foundation for Lucknow Super Giants’ first victory of

Explosive knocks by openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma guided Sunrisers Hyderabad to their first victory of the IPL season with a commanding 65-run thrashing of Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday. Australia's Head made 46 off 21 balls and together with Abhishek, who smashed a 48 off just 21 balls, set the platform for Hyderabad's total of 226-8 at Kolkata's Eden Gardens. Hyderabad then dismissed the three-time winners Kolkata for 161 in 16 overs to earn their first points after losing their opener

Cooper Connolly had an Indian Premier League debut to remember as he withstood a torrent of wickets falling around him and helped steer Punjab Kings to a nail-biting three-wicket win over the Gujarat Titans on Tuesday. A tidy bowling effort, led by Vijaykumar Vyshak, had seen Punjab limit Gujarat to 162-6 at the New Chandigarh Stadium after Shreyas Iyer chose to chase. Last year’s finalists Punjab seemed on course for a routine win as opener Prabhsimran Singh and Connolly went after the bowling,

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane fired a shot at Cricket Australia after its $2.7 million all-rounder Cameron Green was unable to bowl as they kicked off their IPL season with defeat. Green was snapped up by three-time champions Kolkata in December's auction for 252 million rupees to become the most expensive overseas buy in Indian Premier League history. Mumbai Indians chased down the 220 that Kolkata scored at Wankhede Stadium on Sunday but Green hit a four and a six while batting

A consortium of Aditya Birla Group, Times of India Group, Bolt Ventures and Blackstone has bought Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) for $1.78 billion, the consortium said on Tuesday. Seller United Spirits, the India unit of UK-based drinks giant Diageo, kicked off a strategic review of its 100 per cent stake in the Bengaluru franchise in November, describing it as "non-core" to its main liquor business. That interest is fueled by rising team revenues and the record valuation of the

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the schedule for IPL Fan Parks for the first three weekends with the opening phase of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 set to take off across India. Apart from the stadiums, the Fan Parks will be available in 15 cities across 11 states for at least three weeks of IPL action, giving fans a chance to enjoy live IPL game frenzy in an atmosphere full of festivity with a large audience. The

The 2026 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will kick-off on March 28, two days later than the Ranjan Pandey-led Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)'s original plan, ESPNcritinfo has reported. IPL had already announced all the franchises back in December 2025 that the IPL in 2026 will kick start from March 26 but as per ESPNcricinfo reports, IPL has altered the starting date for 2026 with two days deadline and now it would be starting on March 28 with