Rajat Patidar becomes 3rd captain to win back-to-back IPL titles:Virat Kohli records his fastest half-century; Top-7 records of IPL 2026

IPL 2026 proved to be a season of records. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) made history by winning the trophy for the second consecutive time. Captain Rajat Patidar secured his place in the exclusive club of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Rohit Sharma. He became the third captain to win back-to-back IPL titles. In the final, Virat Kohli scored his fastest IPL half-century against the Gujarat Titans (GT). On the other hand, 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi broke Chris Gayle’s 14-year-old record by hitting 72 sixes in a season and became the batter with the most sixes in a single season. Sooryavanshi also became the youngest player to win the Orange Cap. This season, batter collectively created new history in run-scoring. A total of 27,450 runs were scored throughout the season, which is the highest in any IPL season. 15 Records of IPL 2026 1. RCB becomes the fourth team to win the most trophies RCB created history by winning the IPL trophy for the second consecutive time. The team became only the third franchise to become champions in two consecutive seasons (2025, 2026). Before this, only Chennai Super Kings (2010, 2011) and Mumbai Indians (2019, 2020) had achieved this feat. Bengaluru reached fourth place in the list of teams with the most trophies, after Kolkata (3), Mumbai (5), and Chennai (5). The team won both its trophies at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium. They became the fourth team after Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata to win two IPL finals at the same ground. 2. Virat Kohli recorded his fastest IPL half-century Kohli scored a fifty in 25 balls against Gujarat in the final. This is his fastest fifty in IPL. Earlier, he had scored a fifty in 26 balls in 2018. Kohli was also the Player of the Match in the final. Kohli scored a fifty in an IPL final after 10 years. He had scored a half-century against Hyderabad in 2015. However, Bangalore had lost then. 3. Rajat Patidar becomes third captain to win back-to-back IPL titles Rajat Patidar led Bangalore to their second consecutive IPL title. He became the third captain to do so. He equalled MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma. Dhoni had led CSK to the title in 2010 and 2011, while Rohit Sharma made MI champions in 2019 and 2020. 4. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi broke Chris Gayle’s sixes record Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi broke Chris Gayle’s record for most sixes in a season. He hit 72 sixes this season. Gayle had hit 59 sixes for Bengaluru in 2012. Vaibhasv has also become the youngest player to win the Orange Cap, scoring 776 runs in IPL 2026. 5. PBKS record biggest run chase against DC Punjab Kings (PBKS) achieved the biggest run chase in tournament history against Delhi Capitals (DC). The team scored 265 runs in 18.5 overs. They broke their own record, set while chasing 262 runs against Kolkata in 2024. This season saw the most 200+ scores chased 17 times. Last season it happened 9 times. 6. Sooryavanshi becomes highest run-scorer among uncapped players Vaibhav received the Orange Cap for scoring 776 runs in the season. He became the uncapped batsman with the most runs in a single IPL season. Previously, this record was held by his fellow opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, who had scored 625 runs for Rajasthan in 2023. 7. KL Rahul becomes first Indian to score 150 runs in IPL Rahul scored an unbeaten 152 runs off 67 balls against Punjab. This is the highest score by any Indian in IPL. Earlier, this record was in the name of Abhishek Sharma. He had scored 141 runs against Punjab only. Overall, in the highest individual scores in IPL, Chris Gayle (175*) is at the first position and Brendon McCullum (158*) is in second. Rahul’s 152 runs is also the highest score by any Indian in T-20. Earlier, this record was in the name of Tilak Varma, who scored 151 runs against Meghalaya at Rajkot ground in the Indian domestic tournament, Syed Mushtaq Ali in 2024.