AI Predictions for IPL 2026

Bengaluru chase back-to-back crowns, Gujarat chase home glory. But the strip in the middle — and the clouds above it — may decide this one before a ball is bowled.

Sooryavanshi's fireworks against the best post-powerplay attack in IPL 2026 — under 42°C heat at Mullanpur, something has to give. And it might be the run-rate.

Dharamsala hosts the closest Qualifier 1 imaginable — top two on points, identical second-half story, but very different recent momentum. The value sits on the visitors.

Kolkata cling to a flicker of a playoff hope. Delhi are out and playing for pride. The pitch No. 5 strip and a spin pair in form change the math.

Rajasthan need a win to crash the playoffs, Mumbai are playing for pride — but the real story sits in the surface itself. Wankhede's pitch 6 is on its third IPL outing and the runs look hard to come by.

Punjab arrive at Ekana with playoff hopes hanging by a thread and six straight defeats in tow. Lucknow have nothing left to play for — and that may be exactly the problem.

Hyderabad's pitch No. 2 has produced 242 and 234 in its last two outings — and SRH need a hammering to crash RCB's top-two party. The runs are coming.

Gujarat have already booked their playoff ticket. Chennai are running on fumes — without Dhoni, with the worst openers in the league, and facing the best pace unit IPL 2026 has seen.

Eden Gardens, pitch No.4, rain since 3.30pm and a Mumbai middle order walking into Narine and Varun. The value isn't in the result — it's in how many runs MI can squeeze.

Three straight defeats, zero home wins, 43-degree heat. Rajasthan are running out of road. Lucknow, free of pressure, have rediscovered their best at exactly the wrong time for RR.