Punjab Kings is the only team so far which has not lost a single match in IPL 2026. The owner of this team, Preity Zinta is also very happy with the performance of her team. Usually Preity Zinta comes to the field to support her team and remains in the news continuously. But this time the reason for her coming into limelight is something else, because she is angry at a fan. He even said that a woman is not anyone’s property.

What is the matter?

Punjab Kings have played the final match in the Indian Premier League only twice, but till now they have not won the first trophy. A fan said on social media that the Punjab team has not been able to win the trophy in its 18-year history because ‘Preity Zinta’ herself is a trophy. Preity Zinta’s reply to this has created a sensation on social media.

Preity Zinta wrote, “Thank you, this is a very good thought, but to be honest, no woman wants to be a trophy. The trophy is owned, not the woman. The trophy is kept in a glass cupboard/showcase but a woman has a special place in your life and your heart. A filmy answer to your filmy question.”

Thank you that’s very sweet but honestly speaking no woman wants to be a trophy. Trophy’s are owned women are not! Trophies are kept in glass cupboards and a women’s place is in your life & in your heart Filmy question ke liye filmy answer for you Ting!

— Preity G Zinta (@realpreityzinta) April 27, 2026

Punjab Kings towards second consecutive final

Punjab Kings team is moving towards the second consecutive final in the Indian Premier League. In the final of IPL 2025, Punjab Kings team had to face defeat by 6 runs at the hands of RCB. Even in IPL 2026, Punjab under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer has maintained its strong performance. Punjab has 13 points from 7 matches and after only two wins their place in the playoffs will be assured.

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Gujarat Titans fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has come into the news for a wrong reason. This time, the reason for his being in the news is not because of bowling the ball at high speed or scattering the wickets, rather he has been seen smoking a cigarette. A video is going viral on social media, in which it is being claimed that Rabada is smoking. However, no one’s face is clearly visible in the video.

Smoking cigarette is not against cricket rules, but Rabada is being heavily criticized for it. A debate has erupted among the people and some people accused Rabada of flouting professionalism. Especially because being an excellent international fast bowler, people look at him as a role model.

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— India News (@isnwrld) April 22, 2026

Well, it is not clear from the video whether the person smoking the cigarette is Kagiso Rabada or not. But Rabada has been the target of anti-doping agencies before also. It was only last year when South Africa’s anti-doping agency had banned Rabada for one month. For this reason, he left the IPL 2025 season midway and returned home. He returned to IPL after missing some matches.

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Talking about IPL 2026, Kagiso Rabada has performed well so far. He has taken 10 wickets after playing 6 matches in the tournament and till now remains the second highest wicket taker for Gujarat Titans. His team Gujarat Titans is currently at sixth position in the points table with three wins and three losses in 6 matches. Gujarat remains in the race for the playoffs and will desperately need to improve its net run-rate in the next matches.

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Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Highlights: Kolkata Knight Riders have finally registered their first win of IPL 2026. They have defeated Rajasthan Royals by 4 wickets at Eden Gardens. The unbeaten 76-run partnership between Rinku Singh and Anukul Roy opened the account of KKR’s victory. For Rajasthan Royals, this won match was equivalent to losing, because RR bowlers had dropped 6 wickets of KKR even before the score of 100. After that, the Rajasthan bowlers were seen making waves in front of the game shown by Rinku and Anukul.

In this match played at Eden Gardens, Rajasthan Royals, batting first, scored 155 runs. In reply, Kolkata lost 6 wickets at the score of 85. But the strong and intelligent play of Rinku Singh and Anukul Roy gave Kolkata a thrilling victory in the last over.

KKR won the lost game, account of victory opened

Kolkata Knight Riders, who came to chase the target of 156 runs, had a very bad start. By the score of 5 runs, two wickets had fallen. Cameron Green was stumped, who scored 27 runs and captain Ajinkya Rahane could not even open the account. Within no time, Kolkata had lost 6 wickets by the time the score reached 85. At that time KKR’s winning percentage was only 16.

When the chances of victory were 16 percent, Rinku Singh and Anukul Roy took the responsibility. Both of them took the innings forward in a sensible manner. On one end Anukul stood firm, on the other side Rinku Singh kept hitting big shots. Rinku played a match-winning inning of 53 runs in 34 balls, while Anukul returned unbeaten after scoring 29 runs.

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21 runs had to be scored in 2 overs

The match seemed stuck till the 18th over. Kolkata had to score 21 runs to win in the last 2 overs, but Rinku Singh was determined to give KKR its first win of the season. In the 19th over, Anukul hit Joffra Archer for a tremendous six. 12 runs came in this over, after which Kolkata had to score 9 runs in the last over. Earlier, Brijesh Sharma, who bowled tightly in the 18th over, could not defend 9 runs in the last over.

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Indian Premier League founder Lalit Modi has made a surprising prediction. Before the start of IPL 2026, Rajasthan Royals franchise was sold for US $ 1.63 billion. Whereas RCB was sold for even more, 1.78 billion US dollars. These figures are proof that IPL has indeed become one of the richest cricket leagues in the world. Now IPL founder Lalit Modi says that by the year 2030, a player will start earning Rs 150 crore.

$100 million team purse

Currently the purse of the teams in IPL is Rs 125 crore. This means that any one team can spend Rs 125 crore (about 15 million dollars) to prepare a squad of maximum 25 players. Lalit Modi believes that after the next five years the purse of the teams will have reached 100 million dollars. This amount is more than Rs 930 crore. If Modi’s prediction turns out to be true then the team purse would have increased more than 7 times.

Earning of one player is Rs 150 crore

Currently, the most expensive player of the Indian Premier League is Rishabh Pant, who was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 27 crore in the mega auction of IPL 2025. At second place is Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer, who is getting Rs 26.75 crore.

On Michael Vaughan’s The Overlap podcast, Lalit Modi says that in just 5 years the bids placed on players would have increased more than 5 times. He says that by 2030, a player will be able to earn Rs 130-150 crore from IPL contract. He has given this amount for the top 3-4 players in each team.

According to media reports, IPL has become the second largest league in the world in terms of brand value. Only the NFL (National Football League) played in America is ahead of it. IPL has left behind iconic leagues like NBA, MLB.

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Ajinkya Rahane has left the captaincy of Kolkata Knight Riders. The news of Rahane leaving the captaincy after the poor performance of the Kolkata team in IPL 2026 has created a stir. In fact, KKR has proved to be the worst team of IPL 2026 so far. Kolkata is the only team which has not opened its winning account yet.

Under the captaincy of Ajinkya Rahane, Kolkata remained eighth in the table last season also. At the same time, it is present at the bottom of the points table of IPL 2026. Due to this poor performance, the news of Rahane leaving the captaincy has come to light. But let us know how much truth is there in these claims.

Has KKR captain changed?

This news is being widely shared on social media that Ajinkya Rahane has left the captaincy of KKR in the middle of the season. But these claims are absolutely wrong, because no such statement has been issued by IPL. On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders have also not said anything on changing their captain in IPL 2026.

The news being spread on social media is completely fake. Ajinkya Rahane is still the captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders team and Rinku Singh is still the vice-captain of the team.

BREAKING NEWS

Ajinkya Rahane steps down as captain of KKR after a disaster campaign till now.

New captain to be announced soon.

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Bad condition of KKR

Kolkata Knight Riders is the champion of the 2024 season. But the very next year, the performance level of the KKR team dropped drastically. In IPL 2025, Kolkata team could register only 5 wins in 14 matches. Captain Ajinkya Rahane was heavily criticized for this. Despite this, KKR management again showed confidence in Rahane for IPL 2026. So far that confidence has been proved wrong, as Kolkata has not registered a single win in 5 matches so far in the 2026 season.

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Two weeks have passed since the start of the IPL 2026 tournament. The points table has taken its initial form, the contenders to win the Orange Cap and Purple Cap have also started emerging. Youth like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Anshul Kamboj and Harsh Dubey have impressed everyone with their performance. But even after playing more than 15 matches, some international cricketers have not yet appeared on the field. See here the list of those players who can very soon wreak havoc in IPL 2026 in the middle of the season.

ms dhoni

MS Dhoni has a calf strain (strain in the calf muscles), due to which he has not played a single match in IPL 2026 so far. Before the match against Delhi Capitals, at the time of toss, CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad had given an update that Dhoni will soon be seen playing in the field.

pat cummins

The regular captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad is currently in Australia. He returned to Australia to get his back injury checked. According to reports, Cummins can rejoin the SRH team on 17 April. If everything goes well, Cummins can be seen playing against Chennai Super Kings on 18 April.

lockie ferguson

Lockie Ferguson is a part of the Punjab Kings team, but it was already decided that due to personal reasons he will not be able to play in the initial matches of IPL 2026. There is news that he can join the Punjab team in mid-April. However, there has been no confirmation of this.

Mathisha Pathirana

The bowling department of Kolkata Knight Riders is facing a crisis. Meanwhile, Mathisha Pathirana is reported to have received fitness clearance from the Sri Lanka Cricket Board. It has not been confirmed yet whether Pathirana will play in the match against CSK on April 14 or not, but it is being told that he may join the KKR team in Chennai.

Mitchell Starc

Delhi Capitals’ lethal bowler Mitchell Starc is suffering from a shoulder injury and has not yet received fitness clearance from the Cricket Australia Board. Delhi Capitals bowling coach Munaf Patel said that he is checking Starc’s condition daily from the Australia Cricket Board.

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Flop Cricketers List IPL 2026: It has been more than a week since IPL 2026 started. The points table has started taking its initial shape, in which Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals are dominating. At present, the Orange Cap is not with any legend like Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma but with 22 year old Sameer Rizvi.

On the other hand, the youth have also shown strength in the Purple Cap race. Its name is IPL, which can make youth stars overnight. But meanwhile, some veterans have left no stone unturned in performing flops. See here the top-10 list of legends who have flopped in IPL 2026 so far.

These legends have flopped so far in IPL 2026

Sanju Samson- Sanju Samson’s bat, which is coming after scoring 3 consecutive fifties in T20 World Cup 2026, has remained silent till now in IPL 2026. For CSK, his scores in 3 innings have been 6, 7 and 9. Only 22 runs in three innings, due to this performance Chennai’s top order seems scattered.

KL Rahul- This time Delhi Capitals has given the responsibility of opening to KL Rahul. But his score in 2 innings has been 0 and 1. Well, the good thing is that despite Rahul’s failure, Delhi has won both the matches so far.

Cameron Green- Cameron Green is facing the pressure of 25.2 crore salary. He has been one of the most flopped players of KKR so far, who has been able to score only 20 runs in 2 innings.

Nicholas Puran- Nicholas Puran, who scored 524 runs at a strike rate of 196.25 last season, has been able to score only 9 runs in 2 matches so far in IPL 2026.

Ruturaj Gaikwad- The bat of Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad has also remained silent till now. He has scored only 31 runs in 3 innings.

Glenn Phillips- It was expected that New Zealand’s explosive batsman Glenn Phillips would wreak havoc in IPL 2026. But the statistics say something else, because Phillips has scored only 28 runs in 2 matches.

Liam Livingstone- Sunrisers Hyderabad took a huge risk and bought Liam Livingstone in the mini auction by bidding Rs 13 crores. But no improvement has been seen in Livingstone’s figures. So far, he has played only one match in IPL 2026, in which he scored 14 runs and that too at a poor strike rate of 70.

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Kevin Pietersen IPL Career: Former captain of England cricket team Kevin Pietersen has made a big revelation. Pietersen claimed that IPL ended his career. In fact, the veteran cricketer threw light on those days when his relations with the ECB started getting affected due to playing in the Indian Premier League. Pietersen also claimed that it is because of his sacrifices that today England players are able to play in the IPL without any restrictions.

IPL ended my career

Speaking to podcaster Ranveer Allahabadia, Kevin Pietersen talked about the days when the ECB was reluctant to send players in the central contract list to the IPL. He told how the decline of his international cricket career started due to playing in IPL.

Kevin Pietersen said, “I made many big sacrifices, my career was over. That’s why everyone on the board turned against me.” He gave this statement on a question in which he was asked what his reaction was to the England players playing in the IPL today.

Due to playing in IPL while being a part of England team, his relations with ECB officials started deteriorating. The issue of Pietersen and ECB had created a stir in the entire cricket world. Pietersen scored 8,181 runs in his 104-match Test career. But Pietersen believes that due to IPL, his career went in another direction and his career should have ended with 12-13 thousand test runs.

Pietersen says that it is the result of his tough decision to play in the Indian Premier League that today England cricketers are able to play in the IPL without any restrictions.

Kevin Pietersen’s IPL career

Kevin Pietersen played for Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Daredevils and Rising Pune Super Giants in his IPL career. He scored 1,001 runs in his 36-match IPL career. He also scored a century and 4 fifties.

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The 9th season of the Indian Premier League has started colorfully. Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals and defending champion Royal Challengers Bangalore have made a strong start to the season. Even before the IPL 2026 tournament had started, the process of players getting injured had started. Especially many star players of Kolkata Knight Riders have not played in IPL 2026. Whereas MS Dhoni has also not been seen in action for CSK till now. Know here where the star players of all the 10 teams are missing.

Chennai Super Kings – MS Dhoni

Former Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni is sitting out of the playing eleven due to injury. Although he is not out of the entire tournament.

Kolkata Knight Riders- Harshit Rana, Akashdeep, Mathisha Pathirana

Kolkata Knight Riders have suffered the most loss. Harshit Rana and Akashdeep, both the fast bowlers of the team, are out of the entire tournament due to injury. Mathisha Pathirana is not out yet, but he has not yet received fitness clearance from the Sri Lanka Cricket Board.

Royal Challengers Bangalore – Josh Hazlewood, Nuwan Thushara, Yash Dayal

RCB’s star fast bowler Yash Dayal has been out of the entire tournament due to personal reasons. Josh Hazlewood has not been able to fully recover from the injury, hence will not be able to play in the first few matches. On the other hand, Nuwan Thushara has also not yet received NOC from the Sri Lanka Cricket Board like Pathirana.

Rajasthan Royals – Sam Curran

All-rounder Sam Curran has been ruled out of the entire IPL 2026 tournament due to groin injury. He has been replaced by Sri Lankan cricketer Dasun Shanaka.

Delhi Capitals – Mitchell Starc, Ben Duckett

Mitchell Starc is recovering from shoulder and elbow injuries. Because of this, Starc will not be able to play in the first few matches of IPL 2026. On the other hand, Ben Duckett had withdrawn his name from the IPL 2026 tournament.

Mumbai Indians – Hardik Pandya, Atharva Ankolekar

Hardik Pandya could not play in the match against Delhi Capitals due to illness. Atharva Ankolekar could have got a chance to make his IPL debut this time, but has been ruled out of the tournament due to a knee injury.

Gujarat Titans- Ishant Sharma

Ishant Sharma is one of the senior players of Gujarat Titans, but he has not been given a chance in the playing eleven. The good thing is that Gujarat’s bench strength also looks quite strong.

Punjab Kings – Lockie Ferguson, Glenn Maxwell

Punjab Kings have suffered major setbacks in terms of foreign players. Maxwell had withdrawn his name before the auction, so he will not play in IPL 2026. Whereas Lockie Ferguson is out of the first few matches of the tournament.

Sunrisers Hyderabad – Pat Cummins

Sunrisers Hyderabad’s regular captain Pat Cummins is going to be out of some matches due to not being able to fully recover from the injury. In his place, Ishan Kishan is captaining the SRH team.

Lucknow Super Giants – Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh English, Mayank Yadav

Mayank Yadav has got fitness clearance, but due to some reason he could not play against Delhi Capitals. Wanindu Hasaranga is also out of LSG’s playing eleven due to fitness related problems. There are speculations that he may miss the entire season. Australian wicketkeeper batsman Josh English can join the LSG team after a few matches.

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Delhi Capitals has defeated Mumbai Indians by 6 wickets. Hardik Pandya was not playing in this match, so Suryakumar Yadav took over the responsibility of captaincy. Delhi team chased the target of 163 runs without facing any major difficulties. Captain Suryakumar Yadav has blamed the batsmen for MI’s defeat.

Thanks to Suryakumar Yadav’s half-century of 51 runs and Rohit Sharma’s contribution of 35 runs, Mumbai had scored 162 runs while batting first. When Delhi team came to bat, KL Rahul and Nitish Rana flopped, but Sameer Rizvi destroyed MI’s bowling by playing a stormy inning of 90 runs. Pathum Nissanka also played an inning of 44 runs. Thanks to him Delhi won by 6 wickets.

Blame the defeat on the batsmen

On the defeat against Delhi Capitals, Suryakumar Yadav said that his team scored 15-20 runs less. Suryakumar praised Sameer Rizvi and said that he did not give MI a chance to come back in the match.

Suryakumar said, “When you are batting first, you are thinking about the score again and again. You bat, understand the statistics and we thought that a score of 180-185 would be good here, but we scored 15-20 less runs. I think my and Naman’s wickets fell at the wrong time, otherwise we could have reached a good score.”

Sameer Rizvi made a record

Sameer Rizvi came to bat in this match as an impact player. He hit 7 fours and 7 sixes during his innings of 90 runs in 51 balls. He has now become the cricketer who has played the third highest innings by an impact player in IPL. In this list, only Jos Buttler and Sai Sudarshan are ahead of him, who have scored centuries as impact players.

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