Top 5 biggest records broken in IPL 2026

The 2026 edition of the Indian Premier League came to a close with some of the most exciting cricket played. Records were broken aplenty as new players and old ones took the league by storm. The run-scoring in the league has been on an upward trend, and all the records are indicative of that. Every year, the tournament sets benchmarks which appear to be permanent until the following year comes on and new records and milestones are set.

Here are the five biggest records broken in IPL 2026

5) Most sixes by a player in a single IPL season: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 72

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was the talk of the town in IPL 2026. The way the 15-year-old southpaw took on the best of the bowlers was a sight to behold. He had a record-breaking run in his sophomore year of IPL cricket, scoring a mammoth 776 runs at a strike rate of 237.70. The young prodigy played a key role in the Rajasthan Royals' run to the playoffs and was their most dangerous batter.

He broke Chris Gayle's age-old record of the most sixes hit by a batter in a single IPL season. He hit a massive 72 sixes in the entire season, taking down bowlers mercilessly. He hit a massive 12 sixes in his playoff knock against the Sunrisers Hyderabad, where he scored 97 runs from just 29 balls, the most sixes hit by a batter in a playoff innings in IPL. albergomalica.it

Highest successful run chase in T20s: Punjab Kings - 265/4

The Punjab Kings in the 2026 season broke their own previous record of the highest ever successful chase in the T20 format, with a thrilling six-wicket win over the Delhi Capitals. Electing to bat, the Capitals scored a mammoth 264 for 2 in their 20 overs, with KL Rahul scoring an unbeaten 152 off just 67 balls, the highest score by an Indian batter in the IPL. He put on a mammoth stand of 220 off just 98 balls with Nitish Rana, who scored a 44-ball 91.

Chasing the daunting total, the Kings got off to a flyer with a 126-run opening stand off just 42 balls between Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh, with the former scoring a 17-ball 43 and the latter scoring a brilliant 76 off just 26 balls. They lost a few wickets in between, but were led home by captain Shreyas Iyer, who finished unbeaten on 71 off 36 balls. Despite the big target, the Kings got home without breaking much of a sweat, reaching home with seven balls to spare and six wickets in hand.

Best strike rate for a player in an IPL season: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 237.70

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi once more features on this list, this time for his impressive strike rate. His 776 runs have come at a strike rate of 237.70, the highest season strike rate. The award, first handed out in 2018, has seen just three winners with a strike rate of over 200, of which Sooryavanshi's has been the highest, marginally ahead of Australian batter Jake Fraser-McGurk's 234.04 from IPL 2024.

The young southpaw scored 252 runs in the 2025 season at a strike rate of 206.56, and in 2026, he took his game up a notch. He scored five half-centuries, of which three were scores in the 90s. His run tally of 776 runs also saw him become the youngest player to win the Orange Cap.

Most individual centuries in a single season: 15

The 2026 edition of the Indian Premier League had the most individual centuries in one season. The 15 centuries scored in the 2026 edition eclipsed the 14 scored in 2014. In another first, this edition of the IPL was also the first instance where players from all teams have scored a century.

Sanju Samson led the way as the only player to score two centuries. The Mumbai Indians are the team with the most centurions, with hundreds by Tilak Varma, Quinton de Kock and Ryan Ricketlon. Virat Kohli scored a record-breaking ninth IPL century, while the fastest of the season was scored by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, off just 36 balls. KL Rahul's unbeaten 152 was the highest score of the season, and the highest ever by an Indian batter in the IPL.

Most individual awards for a player in a single season: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 5

It would be a once-in-a-blue-moon phenomenon for a 15-year-old to come into a professional sports setting and dominate as if they had been around for years. That is exactly what Vaibhav Sooryavanshi did. The young prodigy features on this list for the third time, becoming the youngest player to win the IPL awards and the first player to win a whopping five individual awards in a single season.

Sooryavanshi's 72 sixes and strike rate of 237.70 were the highest for a batter in the 2026 season. His 776 runs saw him win the Orange Cap. Sai Sudharsan, in 2025, won the Orange Cap alongside the Emerging Player award. Sooryavanshi took it one step further, also winning the Most Valuable Player award along with the other two. His exploits in the 2026 season led him to become the youngest player to be called up to the Indian team, as he has been selected in the squad for the series against Ireland and England.

India reclaimed the SAFF Women’s Championship crown on Saturday, defeating Bangladesh 3-1 in the final at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Goa. They secured the title for the first time since 2019. It was their sixth championship in the competition and in the process, ended Bangladesh’s bid for a third successive title. Notably, the Blue Tigress won all four matches while scoring 18 goals and conceding only once.

भारतीय क्रिकेट कंट्रोल बोर्ड (BCCI) बहुत जल्द अपनी रिटायरमेंट पॉलिसी में बड़ा बदलाव कर सकती है. बीसीसीआई उन खिलाड़ियों पर लगाम कसने की तैयारी में है, जो संन्यास के तुरंत बाद विदेशी लीगों में खेलने लगते हैं. मौजूदा नियमों के मुताबिक किसी भी एक्टिव भारतीय क्रिकेटर को विदेशी लीगों में खेलने की अनुमति नहीं है, लेकिन रिटायर होने के बाद वह खेल सकता है.

क्या है नई प्रस्तावित रिटायरमेंट पॉलिसी?

BCCI उन खिलाड़ियों की वजह से इस पॉलिसी को लाने पर विचार कर रही है, जो रिटायरमेंट इसलिए ले रहे हैं जिससे विदेशी लीगों में खेल पाएं. खासतौर पर विजय शंकर की वजह से इस मामले ने ज्यादा तूल पकड़ा है. शंकर, जिन्होंने रिटायरमेंट के बाद एक सप्ताह के भीतर श्रीलंका प्रीमियर लीग में कैंडी रॉयल्स टीम को जॉइन कर लिया.

नई प्रस्तावित रिटायरमेंट पॉलिसी कहती है कि रिटायरमेंट के बाद खिलाड़ी पर कूलिंग-ऑफ पीरियड लागू हो जाएगा. इसका मतलब यदि कोई खिलाड़ी संन्यास के बाद विदेशी लीग में खेलता है, तो वह पांच साल तक भारत में किसी भी स्तर का क्रिकेट नहीं खेल पाएगा.

साफ शब्दों में समझ लीजिए कि अगर किसी भारतीय खिलाड़ी ने आज संन्यास लिया है, तो वह अगले 5 साल तक किसी भी विदेशी लीग में भाग नहीं ले पाएगा. अगर वह ऐसा करता है, तो वह अगले 5 साल तक भारत में क्रिकेट किसी भी स्तर का क्रिकेट नहीं खेल सकता.

युवराज-इरफान भी खेलते हैं

विजय शंकर एकमात्र ऐसे खिलाड़ी नहीं हैं, जिन्होंने संन्यास के बाद अन्य लीगों में क्रिकेट खेला है. वर्ल्ड चैंपियनशिप ऑफ लीजेंड्स और लीजेंड्स लीग क्रिकेट में युवराज सिंह, इरफान पठान और हरभजन सिंह समेत कई दिग्गज क्रिकेटर खेलते रहे हैं. उनपर शायद इस रिटायरमेंट पॉलिसी का कोई असर ना पड़े, क्योंकि वे अन्य किसी भी लेवल का क्रिकेट नहीं खेलते हैं.

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In England last summer, Shubman Gill thrived under the responsibility of the captaincy of the Test side, unleashing four centuries on his way to 754 runs in five Tests. In his first Test in the city of his cricketing birth, the classy right-hander produced a delectable fifth hundred in his last nine outings, on Day One of the one-off Test against Afghanistan on Saturday.

KL Rahul, now Gill’s deputy, has relished the role clarity that has stemmed from Rohit Sharma’s retirement from the five-day game. Now firmly entrenched in the opener’s slot, Rahul extended his purple patch with a fourth century in his last 10 Tests, putting Afghanistan to the sword.

Riding on the back of these twin tons and further half-centuries from Sai Sudharsan and the effervescent Rishabh Pant, India flexed their batting muscle as the visitors wilted in the searing heat, amassing an imposing 368-3. Afghanistan were game triers, but were punished for their largesse. Hashmatullah Shahidi chose not to review when Rahul, on 16, nicked Zia ur Rahman to the wicketkeeper and was ruled not out by umpire Sharfudduola, while Rahmanullah Gurbaz at slip dropped Sudharsan in debutant left-arm spinner Nangyal Kharoti’s first over when the batter had scored 20.

Afghanistan drew first blood at the stroke of the first drinks break as Yashasvi Jaiswal was strangled down leg off impressive pacer Mohammad Saleem. That proved to be a false dawn as Sudharsan was like a river in spate, uncorking a flurry of pleasing on-drives, while Rahul gradually discovered his timing on a slow track where the bounce was also occasionally uneven.

Sudharsan, in desperate search of a big score, threw his hand away with a maiden century in sight after a stand of 139, but Rahul and Gill’s tryst with three figures had a touch of inevitability to it.

After Rahul fell the ball after reaching his 12th century, Gill and Pant realised 121 with the promise of more to come, the left-hander treating the sparse crowd to three sixes in a single over from offie Abdul Malik.

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No. of Test centuries by Shubman Gill as captain

Brief scores
India 368-3 (S Gill 103*, KL Rahul 100, S Sudharsan 81, R Pant 50*; M Safi 2-67) vs Afghanistan