IPL Live Score 2026: Final, Playoff Scores & Results
The IPL live score 2026 is the record of a season that ended with one of the most emotional finishes in the league’s history. The 2026 season ran from 28 March to 31 May 2026, with 10 teams playing 74 matches, and every score along the way shaped the points table, the playoff race, and the final. This article brings together the scores that mattered most: the final, the playoffs, the final standings, and the individual performances that defined the season.
IPL Live Score 2026: The Final
The last live score of the season was the IPL 2026 final, played on 31 May 2026 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Gujarat Titans batted first and scored 155 for 8 in their 20 overs. Royal Challengers Bengaluru chased the target down, reaching 161 for 5 to win by 5 wickets, with Virat Kohli anchoring the chase with 75 not out from 42 balls. The full scorecard of the final, with the complete batting and bowling figures, is preserved on the scorecard page on this site.
The final was a chase built on control rather than chaos. Gujarat’s 155 for 8 was a competitive total on a big final night, but Bengaluru’s chase never lost its shape. Kohli’s unbeaten 75 held the innings together, and the winning runs sealed Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s second straight IPL title, after their first in 2025. For a franchise that had waited eighteen seasons for its first championship, the second arrived just one season later, and the final score of 161 for 5 is now part of the club’s history.
Playoff Scores: How RCB Reached the Final
The final score only makes sense with the playoff scores that led to it. In Qualifier 1, Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Gujarat Titans by 92 runs in Dharamsala, a one-sided result that sent RCB straight into the final and gave Gujarat a second chance through Qualifier 2. It was one of the most dominant playoff performances in recent seasons, and it meant Gujarat had to win again just to earn a rematch.
Gujarat earned that rematch in Qualifier 2 against Rajasthan Royals. Rajasthan had reached Qualifier 2 by beating Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Eliminator, and in Qualifier 2 they posted a big total, but Gujarat chased down 215 to win, with captain Shubman Gill scoring 104 from 53 balls. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s 96 for Rajasthan went in vain, and Gujarat’s chase set up the final against the same team that had beaten them by 92 runs days earlier. The rematch, though, went the same way as the first meeting: Bengaluru won, this time by 5 wickets instead of 92 runs.
IPL 2026 Final Points Table
The playoff scores were decided by the league stage, and the final points table of IPL 2026 was one of the closest ever. Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad all finished with 18 points, separated only by net run rate: RCB topped the table at +0.783, GT were second at +0.695, and SRH third at +0.524. Rajasthan Royals took the last playoff spot with 16 points, while Punjab Kings missed out with 15 points despite a no-result in their favour.
Below them, Delhi Capitals finished sixth with 14 points, Kolkata Knight Riders seventh with 13 points (also with a no-result), Chennai Super Kings eighth with 12 points, and Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants ninth and tenth with 8 points each. The cut-off told the story of the season: 16 points qualified, 15 did not, and the difference between the playoffs and elimination was a single result. The full standings, with points and net run rate for all ten teams, are covered on the points table page on this site.
IPL 2026 League Stage: Scores That Decided the Table
The final and the playoffs get the attention, but the league stage scores decided who even reached the playoffs. The sharpest edge of the 2026 table was the cut-off: Rajasthan Royals finished fourth with 16 points and qualified, while Punjab Kings finished fifth with 15 points and went home, despite a no-result in their favour. A single win anywhere in Punjab’s season would have flipped those two positions, and that is why every league-stage score matters as much as the playoff scores.
The no-results also shaped the table. Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders each finished with one abandoned match, worth one point each, and Kolkata’s no-result left them seventh with 13 points. At the bottom, the table told a different story: Chennai Super Kings finished eighth with 12 points, a rare off-season for the five-time champions, while Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants finished ninth and tenth with 8 points each. For Mumbai, five-time champions, 8 points was their poorest return in years, and it showed how quickly the league punishes a bad season.
It is also worth noting which records survived 2026. The highest team total in IPL history, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s 287 for 3 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, still stands from 2024, untouched even in a season that produced the highest successful chase ever. The fastest century, Chris Gayle’s 30-ball hundred from 2013, also survived. The 2026 season rewrote the chase record and the single-season sixes record, but the biggest totals and the fastest hundred remain the league’s oldest landmarks.
Biggest Scores and Records of 2026
Beyond the final and the playoffs, the 2026 season produced scores that entered the record books. The highest successful chase in IPL history came in 2026, when Punjab Kings chased down 265 for 4, the highest total ever chased in the league. It was a result that redefined what teams believed was possible in a run chase, and it remains the standout batting performance of the season outside the playoffs.
The individual records were just as remarkable. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, the 15-year-old Rajasthan Royals opener, scored 776 runs in the season with a record 72 sixes, winning the Orange Cap and becoming the youngest player to dominate a full IPL season. Kagiso Rabada of Gujarat Titans won the Purple Cap with 29 wickets, including a record 20 powerplay wickets. These were not just season records; they were performances that changed how the league thinks about young batters and powerplay bowling.
IPL 2026 Orange and Purple Cap Scores
The Orange Cap race for most runs in 2026 finished with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi on top with 776 runs, followed by Shubman Gill with 732, Sai Sudharsan with 722, Virat Kohli with 675, and Heinrich Klaasen with 624. Kohli’s 675 runs, in the season he also anchored the final chase, showed that the league’s greatest batter remained among its best even in his eighteenth season.
The Purple Cap race for most wickets finished with Kagiso Rabada on top with 29 wickets, followed by Bhuvneshwar Kumar with 28, Jofra Archer with 25, and Rashid Khan and Anshul Kamboj with 21 each. Rabada’s 29 wickets, with a record 20 in the powerplay, made him the most destructive new-ball bowler of the season, and his wickets were a major reason Gujarat reached the final.
How to Follow IPL Live Score in 2027
The 2026 season is over, but the live score habit continues into 2027. The IPL 2027 season runs from 10 March to 15 May 2027, with 74 matches, and the full fixture list is expected around February 2027. When the season begins, the live score will update ball by ball for every match, from the season opener to the final on 15 May 2027.
The best way to follow it is the live score coverage on this site, which carries ball-by-ball updates, full scorecards and match results for every game. Between matches, the points table updates after every result, and the schedule page carries the confirmed fixtures the moment the BCCI releases them. RCB’s 2026 title run, including the playoff scores that took them to the final, is covered in detail in the article on RCB’s 2026 title.
Frequently Asked Questions
What was the IPL 2026 final score?
Gujarat Titans 155 for 8, Royal Challengers Bengaluru 161 for 5. RCB won by 5 wickets, with Virat Kohli scoring 75 not out from 42 balls, at Ahmedabad on 31 May 2026.
Who won the IPL live score 2026 season?
Royal Challengers Bengaluru, who won their second straight title, beating Gujarat Titans in the final after beating them by 92 runs in Qualifier 1.
What was the highest score chased in IPL 2026?
Punjab Kings chased down 265 for 4, the highest successful chase in IPL history.
Who won the Orange Cap and Purple Cap in 2026?
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi won the Orange Cap with 776 runs and a record 72 sixes. Kagiso Rabada won the Purple Cap with 29 wickets.
When does IPL 2027 start?
The season window is 10 March to 15 May 2027, with 74 matches. The full fixture list is expected around February 2027.
Conclusion
The IPL live score 2026 tells the story of a season that ended with Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s second straight title: the final score of 161 for 5 against Gujarat’s 155 for 8, the 92-run Qualifier 1 win, the 215-run chase in Qualifier 2, and the records of Sooryavanshi’s 776 runs and Rabada’s 29 wickets. These scores are now history, and they are the benchmark for the 2027 season, when a new set of live scores will decide a new champion.
