Irfan Pathan believes SRH's struggles in the powerplay with the bat and ineffective bowling led to their six-wicket loss against RCB in the IPL 2026 opener.

Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season, former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan hailed Delhi Capitals (DC) opener KL Rahul's consistency and backed Prithvi Shaw to be his opening partner for the season

IPL 2026 begins on Saturday with a match between defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

After winning the T20 World Cup 2026 trophy, Indian seamer Arshdeep Singh is aiming to win an IPL title with the Punjab Kings.

SRH will start their IPL 2026 season against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on March 28.

Irfan Pathan spoke about the challenge DC (formerly Delhi Daredevils) faced with identifying talent during the early 2010s.

It has not always been rosy behind the scenes at Punjab Kings, revealed the franchise's former player Irfan Pathan.

Both Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings have won a record five IPL titles each.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is yet to turn 15, but has already made big runs in his cricketing career so far, including being the fastest Indian batter to hit a century in the IPL (in just 35 balls).

Over the past few seasons, MS Dhoni has demoted himself in the batting order, largely to utilise the Impact Player rule.