IPL 2026 Results

IPL 2026 season recap

The 2026 Indian Premier League ran from late March through the final in late May, with 70 league matches plus three knockout games. Royal Challengers Bangalore — the franchise that had finished runner-up three times in the 2010s — finally lifted the trophy at the Narendra Modi Stadium, beating Gujarat Titans in a high-scoring final.

Who won the IPL 2026 final?

RCB beat GT in the IPL 2026 final. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's 95 from 48 balls anchored the chase after Faf du Plessis fell early, and Jasprit Bumrah (3/24) was the pick of the bowlers despite finishing on the losing side. The win ended a 17-year wait for the Bengaluru franchise and gave Virat Kohli his first IPL title as captain.

Top performers across the season

Run-machine Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (RCB) finished with 776 runs to win the Orange Cap; seam-bowling great Jasprit Bumrah (MI) took 27 wickets at an economy of 6.41 to reclaim the Purple Cap. Sai Sudharsan (GT) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR) shared the next two positions on the run-scoring chart.

What these results tell us about Dream11

The data backs three clear patterns worth remembering for the next fantasy cycle: (1) Middle-order anchors who bat at four and bowl part-time (all-rounders) are the safest captain picks, (2) powerplay wickets matter more than middle-overs wickets for win-probability shifts, and (3) venue-specific economy is the biggest separator between good and great bowlers. See our Dream11 team today page for the live application of those three rules.