Cricket 2026 — Results Tracker
The year 2026 became one of Indian cricket's fullest across every format and level. At home the senior men made history, becoming the only team to have won three T20 World Cups and the first to retain it, overwhelming New Zealand in the Ahmedabad final. The colts took a record sixth junior world crown, and a teenage prodigy, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, tore through the age-group tournament before a record-shattering IPL. In the leagues, Royal Challengers Bengaluru pulled off a rare men's-and-women's double, holding the IPL and adding a second WPL. And in red-ball cricket, Jammu & Kashmir authored the season's fairytale, downing Karnataka for the state's first Ranji Trophy. Beyond the results, July 2026 brought a shake-up of the World Cup formats themselves, the women's season now turns to the T20 Asia Cup in Dubai, and in late August the men's Test side enforced the follow-on in Colombo with a series win over Sri Lanka in sight.
- T20 World Cup 2026
- IPL
- RCB
- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
- Ranji Trophy
- U-19 World Cup
- WPL
- BCCI
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