Indian Premier League
IPL Desk
IPL 2026 franchise cards — captains, coaches, titles, key players — plus AfterCricket desk news rewritten for our site.
Spotlight players
Key names from each franchise’s IPL 2026 desk card. Open a team for captain, coach, and the fuller core squad.
CSKBatter
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Captain
CSKWK-Batter
MS Dhoni
CSK · WK-Batter
CSKBatter
Dewald Brevis
Overseas
MIAll-rounder
Hardik Pandya
Captain
MIBatter
Rohit Sharma
MI · Batter
MIBatter
Suryakumar Yadav
MI · Batter
RCBBatter
Rajat Patidar
Captain
RCBBatter
Virat Kohli
RCB · Batter
RCBAll-rounder
Tim David
Overseas
KKRBatter
Ajinkya Rahane
Captain
KKRBatter
Rinku Singh
KKR · Batter
KKRBatter
Angkrish Raghuvanshi
KKR · Batter
DCAll-rounder
Axar Patel
Captain
DCWK-Batter
KL Rahul
DC · WK-Batter
DCBatter
Karun Nair
DC · Batter
PBKSBatter
Shreyas Iyer
Captain
PBKSBatter
Nehal Wadhera
PBKS · Batter
PBKSWK-Batter
Vishnu Vinod
PBKS · WK-Batter
RRBatter
Riyan Parag
Captain
RRBatter
Yashasvi Jaiswal
RR · Batter
RRBatter
Shubham Dubey
RR · Batter
SRHBowler
Pat Cummins
Captain · Overseas
SRHBatter
Travis Head
Overseas
SRHAll-rounder
Abhishek Sharma
SRH · All-rounder
GTBatter
Shubman Gill
Captain
GTBatter
Sai Sudharsan
GT · Batter
GTWK-Batter
Kumar Kushagra
GT · WK-Batter
LSGWK-Batter
Rishabh Pant
Captain
LSGAll-rounder
Ayush Badoni
LSG · All-rounder
LSGBatter
Abdul Samad
LSG · Batter