Three Teams Are In. One Spot Is Left. And Five Franchises Are About To Tear Each Other Apart For It.

 

Three down. One to go.

When Ishan Kishan pulled Anshul Kamboj through square leg for the boundary that sealed Sunrisers Hyderabad's five-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings at Chepauk on Monday night, two things happened at once. SRH booked their playoff spot. And Gujarat Titans — sitting in a hotel room somewhere, watching the match — quietly qualified too, without playing a single ball.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Sunrisers Hyderabad. Gujarat Titans. Three confirmed. One spot remaining.

And five teams — Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Punjab Kings, Delhi Capitals, and Kolkata Knight Riders — are all mathematically alive and all looking at the same narrow door, knowing only one of them is going to fit through it.

This is what the final week of IPL 2026 looks like. It is not pretty. It is not clean. It is five franchises with different problems, different remaining fixtures, and different levels of hope — and all of them convinced, in some corner of their dressing room, that this is the week they turn it around.

Some of them are right. Most of them are wrong. Let us go through each one.

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     Thala is back in Hyderabad — and the whole country is watching. 🏏 | The Yorker Crew

When MS Dhoni steps off a plane, the whole country notices. It does not matter that he has not batted a single ball in IPL 2026 yet. It does not matter that CSK have somehow managed to win two matches in a row without him. The moment that airport video dropped — Dhoni walking out, Sakshi by his side, a sea of fans going absolutely berserk — every cricket fan in the country had the same thought.

Is tomorrow the night Thala finally comes back?

Cricket Today: Samson 115 Fires CSK, PBKS Unbeaten & MI vs RCB Tonight!

 

Sanju Samson finally arrived at his new home — and he did it in style. A magnificent 115* off 56 balls, his first IPL hundred for CSK, lit up Chepauk on Saturday night and ended Chennai's miserable winless start to IPL 2026. Meanwhile, Punjab Kings stayed unbeaten with a dominant chase against SRH, and tonight the Wankhede hosts the season's most anticipated remaining first-phase clash — MI vs RCB.

April 12, 2026 — here is your complete IPL 2026 roundup.

Cricket Today: Mukul's Last-Ball Heist, Suryavanshi 78 & RR Unstoppable!

 

IPL 2026 refuses to give cricket fans a moment to breathe. Two last-ball thrillers in two nights. A 15-year-old smashing 78 off 26 balls. Rajasthan Royals becoming the first team to win four straight. And KKR still looking for their first win of the season.

April 11, 2026 — here is your complete IPL 2026 roundup, plus everything you need for tonight's double header.

Cricket Today: RCB Demolish CSK, Tim David 106m Six & KKR vs PBKS!

 

Tim David hit a six so big it cleared the Chinnaswamy Stadium roof and landed near Cubbon Park. RCB are top of the table. CSK are bottom with three losses from three. And tonight, KKR — winless and desperate — face in-form Punjab Kings at Eden Gardens.

April 6, 2026 — cricket is delivering. Here is everything you need to know.

Cricket Today — April 6, 2026: Tim David's Historic Blitz, Kohli's IPL Record, CSK's Nightmare & KKR vs PBKS Tonight

One batter. 25 balls. 8 sixes. Chinnaswamy Stadium lost its mind on Sunday night. April 5, 2026 delivered everything — a Tim David masterclass for the ages, a Virat Kohli record that may stand forever, CSK's worst IPL start in years, a clinical Multan Sultans performance in PSL 2026, Bangladesh cricket in full crisis mode, and tonight — a must-win clash for KKR at Eden Gardens with thunderstorms threatening overhead. Here is everything you need to know from the world of cricket today — in one place.

Cricket Today — March 31, 2026: Vaibhav's Record Fifty, Naseem Shah's Rs 2 Crore Fine, Fakhar Zaman Ball Tampering & Tonight's Fixtures

 Two leagues. Three controversies. One teenage superstar. Cricket is already burning in 2026.

It is only March 31 — and cricket has already given us a record-breaking fifty from a 15-year-old, the biggest fine in Pakistan cricket history, a ball-tampering scandal that could end in a ban, and two mouth-watering fixtures tonight. Here is everything you need to know from the world of cricket today — in one place.

IPL 2026 Is Here! RCB vs SRH Preview & Dhoni's Shock Injury — Today!

 IPL 2026 is here. Tonight, at 7:30 PM IST, the defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru walk out at the Chinnaswamy Stadium against Sunrisers Hyderabad — and the tournament that cricket fans have been waiting months for finally begins.

But before the first ball is bowled, cricket has already delivered its first major storyline of the season. MS Dhoni — the most iconic player in IPL history — has been ruled out of the first two weeks of IPL 2026 with a calf strain. The man who was supposed to be playing his farewell season will watch the first four CSK matches from the sidelines.

Here is everything you need to know about the IPL 2026 opener — and the Dhoni bombshell that has turned the tournament upside down before a single ball has been bowled.

Cricket Today: BAN Win Series, Chinnaswamy Cleared & Dhoni's Last Dance

 Bangladesh have beaten Pakistan in a bilateral ODI series for the first time in 11 years. Chinnaswamy Stadium has been cleared for IPL 2026 — just 12 days before the opener. And MS Dhoni, aged 44, is confirmed to play every single match of what could be his final IPL season.

Three massive stories on March 16, 2026 — here is everything you need to know.