Who Will Win IPL 2026? Predictions & Power Rankings

July 23, 2025 4 minutes Posted by - Dubai7

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Countdown to IPL 2026

IPL 2026 Team Squads

Chennai Super Kings

Squad

Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Ravichandran Ashwin, Vansh Bedi, Mukesh Choudhary, Devon Conway, Sam Curran, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Shivam Dube, Nathan Ellis, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Deepak Hooda, Ravindra Jadeja, Anshul Kamboj, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Jamie Overton, Matheesha Pathirana, Shaik Rasheed, Rachin Ravindra, Vijay Shankar, Andre Siddarth, Gurjapneet Singh, Rahul Tripathi

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Mumbai Indians

Squad

Hardik Pandya (captain), Raj Angad Bawa, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Naman Dhir, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Will Jacks, Bevon Jacobs, Ashwani Kumar, Robin Minz, Vignesh Puthur, Satyanarayana Raju, Ryan Rickelton, Mitchell Santner, Karn Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Krishnan Shrijith, Arjun Tendulkar, Reece Topley, Tilak Varma, Lizaad Williams, Suryakumar Yadav

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Royal Challengers Bangalore

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Virat Kohli, Jacob Bethell, Manoj Bhandage, Swastik Chikara, Rasikh Salam Dar, Tim David, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Liam Livingstone, Lungi Ngidi, Devdutt Padikkal, Krunal Pandya, Rajat Patidar, Mohit Rathee, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Suyash Sharma, Romario Shepherd, Abhinandan Singh, Swapnil Singh, Nuwan Thushara

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Punjab Kings

Squad

Shreyas Iyer (captain), Prabhsimran Singh, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Wadhera, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, Azmatullah Omarzai, Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash, Xavier Bartlett, Kuldeep Sen, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Suryansh Shedge, Musheer Khan, Harnoor Singh, Pravin Dubey

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Delhi Capitals

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Harry Brook, Dushmantha Chameera, Faf du Plessis, Donovan Ferreira, Jake Fraser‑McGurk, Mukesh Kumar, Manvanth Kumar, Ajay Mandal, Karun Nair, Darshan Nalkande, Thangarasu Natarajan, Vipraj Nigam, Axar Patel, Abhishek Porel, KL Rahul, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Madhav Tiwari, Tristan Stubbs, Tripurana Vijay, Kuldeep Yadav

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Gujarat Titans

Squad

Shubman Gill (captain), Gurnoor Brar, Jos Buttler, Gerald Coetzee, Karim Janat, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Kulwant Khejroliya, Sai Kishore, Prasidh Krishna, Kumar Kushagra, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Phillips, Kagiso Rabada, Anuj Rawat, Sherfane Rutherford, Ishant Sharma, Nishant Sindhu, Mohammed Siraj, Sai Sudharsan, Washington Sundar, Manav Suthar, Rahul Tewatia, Jayant Yadav

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Kolkata Knight Riders

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Moeen Ali, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Spencer Johnson, Umran Malik, Mayank Markande, Sunil Narine, Anrich Nortje, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ajinkya Rahane, Harshit Rana, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Luvnith Sisodia, Chetan Sakariya

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Sunrisers Hyderabad

Squad

Pat Cummins (captain), Zeeshan Ansari, Sachin Baby, Brydon Carse, Rahul Chahar, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Abhinav Manohar, Atharva Taide, Aniket Verma, Ravichandran Smaran, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Adam Zampa, Simarjeet Singh, Wiaan Mulde

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Rajasthan Royals

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Sanju Samson (captain), Jofra Archer, Yudhvir Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Kwena Maphaka, Riyan Parag, Nitish Rana, Ashok Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Maheesh Theekshana

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Lucknow Super Giants

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Rishabh Pant (captain), Shahbaz Ahmed, Ayush Badoni, Ravi Bishnoi, Matthew Breetzke, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Akash Deep, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Arshin Kulkarni, Shamar Joseph, Aryan Juyal, Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, David Miller, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Manimaran Siddharth, Akash Singh, Digvesh Singh, Himmat Singh, Mayank Yadav, Prince Yadav

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IPL 2026 Power Ranking

RCB S+

PBKS S

GT A+

MI A

SRH A

KKR A-

DC B+

CSK B

LSG B

RR C

What is IPL 2026?

IPL 2026 refers to the Indian Premier League 2026, which will be the 19th season of the world's most popular T20 cricket tournament. It features franchise teams representing different Indian cities and states, competing in a round-robin and playoff format.

IPL 2026 Key Details

Feature	Info
Start Date	March 15, 2026 (tentative)
Venues	Multiple cities across India
Teams	10 franchises (e.g. CSK, MI, RCB, PBKS, etc.)
Defending Champions	Royal Challengers Bangalore
Broadcast	Star Sports, JioCinema, and international platforms
Sponsorship	TATA or updated sponsor

Format

League Stage: Each team plays 14 matches (home and away).
Playoffs: Top 4 teams qualify (Qualifier 1, Eliminator, Qualifier 2, Final).
Final: Likely in May 2026.

Who will be the IPL 2026 champion?

RCB were crowned champions of IPL 2025, marking their long-awaited and historic first title. But who will lift the IPL 2026 trophy?
Will it be the defending champions RCB, legendary powerhouses like CSK or MI, or rising contenders such as PBKS or SRH?

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