Indian Premier League

IPL Desk

IPL 2026 franchise cards — captains, coaches, titles, key players — plus AfterCricket desk news rewritten for our site.

Franchises

CSK

Chennai Super Kings

Ruturaj Gaikwad · Stephen Fleming

Mumbai Indians

Hardik Pandya · Mahela Jayawardene

RCB

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Rajat Patidar · Andy Flower

KKR

Kolkata Knight Riders

Ajinkya Rahane · Abhishek Nayar

Delhi Capitals

Axar Patel · Hemang Badani

PBKS

Punjab Kings

Shreyas Iyer · Ricky Ponting