Gujarat Titans defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru by four wickets chasing 156 at Narendra Modi Stadium. Shubman Gill scored 43 from 18 balls with four fours and three sixes. Jos Buttler made 39 from 19 balls including two fours and four sixes. Rahul Tewatia finished 27 not out from 17 balls as GT reached 158 for 6 in 15.5 overs.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru made 155 all out in 19.2 overs with Devdutt Padikkal scoring 40 from 24 balls. Virat Kohli hit 28 from 13 balls. Arshad Khan took 3 for 22 from 3.2 overs for GT, Rashid Khan 2 for 19, and Jason Holder 2 for 29 with three catches. Bhuvneshwar Kumar claimed 3 for 28 for RCB.
Holder's all-round performance validated GT's Rs 7 crore investment per Times of India. GT won their previous match against CSK by eight wickets. RCB had beaten DC by nine wickets before this loss.
Mitchell Starc took three for 40 on debut for DC against RR. KL Rahul scored 75 and Pathum Nissanka made 62 in the chase.
Delhi Capitals defeated Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets in IPL 2026 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium. RR posted 225 for six in 20 overs. DC chased the target in 19.2 overs, finishing on 226 for three with KL Rahul scoring 75 from 40 balls and Pathum Nissanka making 62 from 33 in a century stand.
Mitchell Starc took three for 40 from four overs on his IPL 2026 return for DC after injury. Riyan Parag top-scored for RR with 90 from 50 balls, Donovan Ferreira hit 47 not out from 14, and Dhruv Jurel scored 42 from 30. Ian Bishop praised Starc's firepower and speeds, ESPNcricinfo reported.
Ambati Rayudu commended KL Rahul's changed mindset after his 26 off nine balls against Ravi Bishnoi, lifting his IPL 2026 strike rate to 185.83, ESPNcricinfo reported. Riyan Parag dismissed critics after the loss and focused on team wins. The result keeps DC in playoff contention.
Ryan Rickelton's 123* off 55 smashed MI records, but Travis Head's 76 and Heinrich Klaasen's 65* reeled in 244 with eight to spare.
Heinrich Klaasen swung clean through the line — four sixes over the Wankhede ropes in his 65* off 30. Sunrisers Hyderabad hunted down Mumbai Indians' 243 for 5 with six wickets standing and eight balls left. Travis Head smashed 76 off 30, then Salil Arora and Klaasen closed it out.
Mumbai Indians opened without Rohit Sharma or Quinton de Kock. Will Jacks cracked 46 off 22, but Ryan Rickelton dragged them to a total with 123* off 55 — his hundred in 44 balls, MI's quickest ever and their highest individual score. Praful Hinge grabbed 2 for 54 while SRH's attack bled at over 12 an over.
Abhishek Sharma leads the Orange Cap with 425 runs in nine matches after his 45. Klaasen lurks second on 414. SRH rattled off a fifth straight win; Mumbai Indians dropped their second on the trot after Chennai Super Kings hammered them by 103 runs.
Phil Salt sustained the injury on April 18 against DC and has missed three straight games. RCB lost to GT on Sunday by four wickets.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru opener Phil Salt has returned to England after suffering a finger injury on his left hand. He picked up the injury while diving to save a boundary during RCB's match against Delhi Capitals on April 18. Salt has missed RCB's last three games, including Sunday's four-wicket loss to Gujarat Titans at Narendra Modi Stadium.
RCB lost by four wickets after scoring 155 all out in 19.2 overs. Salt travelled back to the UK for scans and to spend time with family, per Hindustan Times. His availability for the remainder of IPL 2026 remains in doubt.
Jacob Bethell will continue to open the batting for RCB, per ESPNcricinfo. RCB sit near the bottom of the table after the defeat to GT. Salt's injury adds to RCB's challenges in the race for playoffs.
159 for 6. Rajasthan Royals defended it. Lucknow Super Giants all out 119 in 18 overs. Per ESPNcricinfo data. RR won by 40 runs at Ekana.
Jofra Archer took 3 for 20—now RR's leading IPL wicket-taker at 68, past Yuzvendra Chahal. Nandre Burger 2 for 27. Triggered collapse. Jadeja unbeaten 43 off 29. Mitchell Marsh 55 off 41 top-scored for LSG.
Burger fined 10% match fee. Level 1 breach. Send-off to Rishabh Pant. RR bounced back from KKR loss. LSG came off PBKS defeat.
India close on victory but rain on day five could prevent series clean sweep against Sri Lanka.
India needs four wickets to complete victory in the second Test after Sri Lanka reached 229 for six in their second innings at Colombo. Shubman Gill enforced the follow-on after Sri Lanka were bowled out for 290.
Pasindu Sooriyabandara scored 92 and Kamindu Mendis made 55 before three late wickets gave India control. Sonal Dinusha remains unbeaten on 103 after scoring his second century of the series.
Rain forced an early end to day four proceedings. Persistent wet weather on day five threatens to deny India a 2-0 series sweep.
CSK batting coach Mike Hussey labels Mhatre's absence a major setback amid mounting injury woes.
Ayush Mhatre's out for a few games. That hamstring tweak came from a desperate double after his 30 off 13 against SRH. Scans today, April 20. Expect weeks sidelined.
Already missing Khaleel Ahmed, CSK now trial replacements. Mike Hussey called it a big loss. Dhoni's calf strain? No word yet. Ruturaj Gaikwad's side limps on without their 18-year-old's middle-order punch.
Next up, CSK chase 195. Hussey knows the absence hurts.
Priyansh Arya launched into the Mullanpur night with nine sixes. Ninety-three off thirty-seven balls. Cooper Connolly matched him close—eighty-seven from forty-six, eight fours, seven sixes. Their second-wicket stand hit 182 runs. Punjab Kings reached 254 for seven, highest total this IPL.
Lucknow Super Giants fought back to 200 for five. Rishabh Pant made 43 off 23, four sixes. Aiden Markram got 42 from 22. Arshdeep Singh took one for 41. Marco Jansen grabbed two for 37. But Prince Yadav's two for 25 sealed the 54-run win. PBKS stay unbeaten. Net run rate jumps.
Shreyas Iyer watched his openers turn the chase into a six-hitting game. Intent everywhere. Freedom in every shot.
Rahul's 57 with Hazlewood fireworks; Miller's last-over assault finishes RCB's home streak.
179 for 4 in 19.5 overs. Delhi Capitals beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by six wickets at Chinnaswamy. Chasing 176.
KL Rahul scored 57 off 34. Six fours, two sixes. Two sixes and two fours came off Josh Hazlewood in one over, per ESPNcricinfo. Tristan Stubbs 60 not out off 47. David Miller two sixes and a four in the final over off Romario Shepherd. DC from 18 for 3.
RCB made 175 for 8. Phil Salt 63 off 38. Tim David 26. DC bowlers: Lungi Ngidi two for 39, Kuldeep Yadav two for 32, Axar Patel two for 18. RCB's Bhuvneshwar Kumar three for 26 early on. RCB had beaten LSG before this.
Tom Banton sidelined by finger injury. No games played in IPL 2026.
Tom Banton won't bat again this IPL. A finger injury rules him out.
Gujarat Titans signed the England opener for his first stint since 2021. Zero games. Now they turn to Connor Esterhuizen, a 24-year-old South African keeper-batter. Player of the Series on T20I debut vs New Zealand. He steps in straightaway.
Arshdeep's 3/22 sparked PBKS chase led by Prabhsimran's 80*. MI's De Kock ton went in vain.
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Punjab Kings beat Mumbai Indians by seven wickets at Wankhede. They chased 196 in 16.3 overs. MI made 195 for six.
Prabhsimran Singh hit 80 not out off 39 balls. Eleven fours. Two sixes. Shreyas Iyer scored 66 off 35. Arshdeep Singh took three for 22. MI's Quinton de Kock carried his bat with 112 off 60. Eight fours. Seven sixes. Naman Dhir made 50 off 31.
PBKS now lead the table with nine points from five games. Four wins. One no result. MI sit ninth with two points. One win from five. Hardik Pandya said his side must answer hard questions. Take ownership. Fourth loss in a row. Crowd calls it the cathedral. Empty echoes tonight.
Wiaan Mulder's out for the County Championship trip to Warwickshire. That's after he'd played the opening two matches.
Essex allrounder Wiaan Mulder's headed back to South Africa. Personal reasons. He's missing their County Championship clash with Warwickshire, but the club's right behind him—they'll let everyone know when he's due back.
He played his part in Essex's opener, that win against Hampshire, then the loss to Somerset. Without him around, though, the side's depth gets a proper early test this season.
Peshawar Zalmi racked up 196 for six, thanks to Kusal Mendis' 68. Multan Sultans pushed hard late on.
Peshawar Zalmi smashed Multan Sultans by 24 runs. That tightens their hold on top spot in the PSL 2026 table even more. Kusal Mendis went off for 68, firing them to 196-6. Five wins from six now. Unbeaten run rolls on.
Sufiyan Muqeem grabbed 3/30 to lead the attack. Iftikhar Ahmed chipped in with his all-round effort too. Multan Sultans scrapped to 172-8 despite needing 51 off the final five overs. Weren't quite enough. Zalmi's bowlers shut the door.
Zalmi's run just keeps stretching out. Chasing teams feel the squeeze now. League's getting hotter by the match.
Quinton de Kock belted out an unbeaten 112. Still, Punjab Kings made light work of chasing 196, thanks to Prabhsimran Singh's dashing 80 not out.
Mumbai Indians took a 7-wicket hammering from Punjab Kings right there at Wankhede. Quinton de Kock smashed an unbeaten 112 off 60 balls—8 fours, 7 sixes—to drag MI to 195/6. Naman Dhir chipped in with a brisk 50 off 31. Didn't matter. PBKS romped home at 198/3 in 16.3 overs. Prabhsimran Singh blazed 80* off 39. Shreyas Iyer added 66 off 35.
Arshdeep Singh ripped through with 3/22. MI's attack? Leaky tap. De Kock slotted back in as opener—Rohit Sharma's out with that hamstring tweak from the RCB match, where he'd retired hurt on 19 off 13. Hardik Pandya said at the toss Rohit might sit out more. That knock? De Kock's 25th IPL fifty as keeper-batter. Beats MS Dhoni's 24. Now second to KL Rahul.
MI grabbed 21-year-old Punjab seamer Krish Bhagat for base price INR 30 lakh. Replaces injured Atharva Ankolekar—knee problem from Ranji Trophy. PBKS shrugged off their SRH win. MI? Still licking wounds from that 18-run defeat to RCB.
Peshawar Zalmi hung on to defend 196 for six. Beat Multan Sultans by 24 runs.
Peshawar Zalmi grabbed their PSL 2026 stranglehold tighter. They smashed 196/6, then bowlers choked Multan Sultans' reply dead. Sultans faced 51 needed off five overs last up—didn't get close. Twenty-four run win. Zalmi's now got five from six, tops the table by three points. Title talk's buzzing.
That defense? Turned Sultans' chase into a total crumble. Pressure moments exposed their top order, but Zalmi's attack just kept swinging. Bowling depth shone through when it counted most. Sultans folded from 146/4.
Zalmi's rolling now. Playoffs in sight. Sultans? Picking up the pieces after that hiding.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru grabbed top spot in the IPL 2026 table. They pulled off a five-wicket victory against Lucknow Super Giants right there at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium. Bowlers got things going early, wrapping up LSG for 146 in 20 overs on that slow, tricky pitch. Rasikh Salam ripped through with 4-24. Bhuvneshwar Kumar chipped in 3-27. Perfect start.
Mitchell Marsh hung tough for 40 off 32. Ayush Badoni made 38 off 24. Mukul Choudhary pushed on with 39 off 28. Still, Josh Hazlewood's 1-20 meant RCB's attack overwhelmed them. Chasing, RCB knocked off 149 for 5 in 15.1 overs flat. Virat Kohli built it steady—49 off 34 balls (6x4, 1x6). Captain Rajat Patidar then went off for 27 off 13 (1x4, 3x6). His attacking style defined RCB's fresh batting vibe. Even on the sluggish track, the tempo never dropped. Experts like Ambati Rayudu and Aaron Finch praised Patidar's approach as RCB's new batting identity.
RCB's last win? An 18-run scrape past Mumbai Indians, where they racked up 240/4. LSG dropped their previous one—a 7-wicket defeat to Gujarat Titans. Now they slide lower. Back-to-back results put RCB atop the table. Playoffs? They're locked in.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's bowlers can't catch a break. Brydon Carse, their latest hope, picked up a training injury.
England quick Brydon Carse won't play IPL 2026 for Sunrisers Hyderabad. He hurt his right hand in training. That's the second season running he's pulled out without a single game—last year it was a toe injury.
SRH can't catch a break with injuries. Left-armer David Payne, who'd come in for Jack Edwards, twisted his ankle and he's done for the season. Two games. Two wickets. Pat Cummins, SRH skipper, gets back April 25 against Rajasthan Royals. Cleared back scans down in Sydney. Lumbar bone stress reaction sidelined him to one match since last July.
SRH still hammered Rajasthan Royals by 57 runs at Uppal. Batted first for 216/6. Bowled 'em out for 159. Cummins stepping up now might just shore up that pace battery as they keep grinding.
Starc set for May 1 bow vs RR. DC bolster pace options.
Look, here's the thing—Mitchell Starc's cleared by Cricket Australia. Elbow and shoulder injuries from Ashes and Big Bash behind him. The 36-year-old lands with Delhi Capitals for IPL 2026. Eyes debut May 1 against Rajasthan Royals.
He took 14 wickets in 11 games for DC last season. Recovered fully now. Joins fellow Aussies Josh Hazlewood at RCB and Pat Cummins at SRH inbound too. DC lost by 47 runs to SRH last outing—195 for nine chasing 243.
CSK's in a bind now. Khaleel Ahmed's out with a quad injury—minimum 12 weeks on the sidelines.
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Chennai Super Kings are staring down an injury mess. Seamer Khaleel Ahmed's out for IPL 2026 after tweaking his right quadricep. It happened in that April 14 clash against KKR at MA Chidambaram Stadium—CSK defended 192/5 to win by 32 runs. He'd sent down 3.5 overs, 24 runs, one wicket at 6.26 economy. Then, hurt.
He's facing 12-plus weeks sidelined. Season over. Doesn't help when MS Dhoni's still nursing a calf strain, unlikely to face SRH. Nathan Ellis is gone too—his stand-in Spencer Johnson just picked up another knock. CSK CEO's confirmed the lot, replacement chats bubbling between captain and coach. Rookie Gurjapneet Singh could get a bigger load.
Pace stocks depleted. They scraped past KKR. SRH next. Fixes can't wait.
Sunrisers Hyderabad rolled the dice on raw, uncapped kids. It worked wonders. Debutants Praful Hinge, with 4/34, and Sakib Hussain, grabbing 4/24, carved through Rajasthan Royals to bundle them out for 159. SRH pocketed a 57-run thumping in Match 21 at Uppal. Ishan Kishan's blistering 91 dragged them to 216/6 first up. That snapped RR's run of four straight wins.
Varun Aaron, the bowling coach, lit up talking about it—a dream debut, he said, all down to the management's trust in his domestic finds. Hinge went at 8.50 an over. Sakib squeezed tighter, 6.00. Bench depth like that shone without Brydon Carse around, injured. Early on, RR seemed comfy. Then these two flipped it.
Carse out, Dilshan Madushanka in his spot. SRH's youngsters delivered anyway. RR's chase folded fast under that rookie heat. IPL's full of blindsides from nowhere.
