• Duration: 28 March- 31 May 2026.

• Organizer: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) 

• Participants: 10 teams

• Total Matches: 74 matches across various Indian cities.

• Final Match Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad (31 May)

• Final Match: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) defeated Gujarat Titans (GT) by 5 wickets to win their second consecutive title (2025 and 2026).

  • Captain Rajat Patidar became only the third captain in IPL history to win two consecutive titles (Previous: MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma).

  • Winner: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (₹20 Crore- Prize money)-  Chased down the target, scoring 161 runs for 5 wickets in 18 overs (Captain: Rajat Patidar).

  • Runner-up: Gujarat Titans (₹12.5 Crore)- Scored 155 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs while batting first (Captain: Shubman Gill).

  • Player of the Match: Virat Kohli (RCB) (75 runs) - ₹5 Lakh

• Playoff Qualifiers: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), Gujarat Titans (GT), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), and Rajasthan Royals (RR).

• Major Awards & Prize Money

  • Purple Cap (Most Wickets): Kagiso Rabada (Gujarat Titans) – 29 wickets (₹10 Lakh)

  • Fair Play Award: Punjab Kings (₹10 Lakh)

  • Catch of the Season: Manish Pandey (Kolkata Knight Riders) — ₹10 Lakh

  • Best Pitch: Eden Gardens, Kolkata (₹10 Lakh)

Vaibhav Suryavanshi's IPL 2026 Statistics

• Orange Cap (Most Runs): Vaibhav Suryavanshi (RR) - 776 runs (₹10 Lakh)

• Most Valuable Player (MVP): Vaibhav Suryavanshi (RR) - ₹15 Lakh

• Emerging Player of the Season: Vaibhav Suryavanshi (RR) - ₹10 Lakh

• Super Striker: Vaibhav Suryavanshi (RR) (Strike Rate: 237.30)- ₹10 Lakh and a Car (Tata Sierra)

• Most Sixes: Vaibhav Suryavanshi (RR) - ₹10 Lakh (72 sixes)

• Other Stats

  • Average: 48.50

  • Centuries: 1 (Highest Score: 103)

  • Half-Centuries: 5

  • Total Fours: 63 fours

• About IPL

  • Founded: 2008

  • Most Successful Teams: Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians - 5 titles each.