Sidney Kiran

The 36-year-old Bhuvneshwar has shown old-school street-smart swing bowling still can test the best of batters in a format that is completely unkind on the bowlers.

As surreal as it may sound, school kid Sooryavanshi has shouldered the batting responsibilities of 2008 champions majorly, scoring 680 runs at an astonishing strike rate of 242.86

From the moment Gujarat strode to the field, they meant business.

Skipper Rajat Patidar (486) has added more ammunition to his batting while young Devdutt Padikkal (463) has extended his impressive domestic form

A handful of players to be born after the IPL was conceived in 2008, Sooryavanshi is the perfect byproduct of the T20s mode of batting.

With both Iyer and Kohli finding their spark early on and going for the kill, runs started to come at a blinding speed.

Virat Kohli leads Bengaluru to back-to-back IPL glory.

RCB pacer: Rasikh Dar emerged as a key performer in Royal Challengers Bengaluru's IPL 2026 title run. The Jammu and Kashmir fast bowler overcame setbacks, including a BCCI ban, to claim 19 wickets and earn praise from captain Rajat Patidar.

When Royal Challengers ended 17 years of wait last June by claiming their maiden IPL, the joy and relief was evident among weeping players to the support staff and even their fans who had been the butt of social media jokes at times.

IPL 2026: Virat Kohli scored 675 runs, struck a century and five fifties, and powered Royal Challengers Bengaluru to the IPL title. The veteran raised his strike rate, adapted to modern T20 demands and starred in the final against Gujarat Titans.