FAQs About IPL 2026<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\nSection 1: IPL 2026 Season Questions (Q1\u2013Q7)<\/b><\/h2>\n
These questions are all about the live 2026 season. If you’ve been watching closely, these should feel like free points, but there are a few tricks hiding in here.<\/span><\/p>\nQ1<\/b> (Easy)<\/span><\/i> Which team is defending the IPL title in the 2026 season?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n- A) Mumbai Indians<\/span><\/li>\n
- B) Chennai Super Kings<\/span><\/li>\n
- C) Royal Challengers Bengaluru<\/b><\/li>\n
- D) Kolkata Knight Riders<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Answer: C) Royal Challengers Bengaluru<\/b> RCB won their maiden IPL title in 2025, defeating Punjab Kings in the final, ending one of cricket’s most talked-about title droughts. Rajat Patidar became only the fourth captain (after Shane Warne, Rohit Sharma, and Hardik Pandya) to win the IPL in their first season as skipper.<\/span><\/p>\nQ2<\/b> (Easy)<\/span><\/i> The IPL 2026 season is the __ edition of the Indian Premier League.<\/b><\/h3>\n\n- A) 17th<\/span><\/li>\n
- B) 18th<\/span><\/li>\n
- C) 19th\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n
- D) 20th<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Answer: C) 19th<\/b> IPL 2026, officially known as TATA IPL 2026, is the 19th edition of the league. The tournament features 10 teams competing in 74 matches and runs from March 28 to May 31 across 13 venues.<\/span><\/p>\nQ3<\/b> (Medium)<\/span><\/i> In IPL 2026, which RCB batter scored 65 runs off just 23 balls against CSK \u2014 the first knock of its kind in IPL history?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n- A) Virat Kohli<\/span><\/li>\n
- B) Rajat Patidar<\/span><\/li>\n
- C) Tim David<\/b><\/li>\n
- D) Glenn Maxwell<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Answer: C) Tim David<\/b> From 3 off 6 balls, Tim David soared to 65 off 23 in a spell of T20 hitting seldom seen anywhere. His stats from that knock were the first of their kind in IPL history. RCB posted 250\/3 against CSK and won by 43 runs.<\/span><\/p>\nQ4<\/b> (Medium)<\/span><\/i> Who is the youngest player in IPL 2026, who at 14 years old became the youngest to score a half-century and a century in the league?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n- A) Brijesh Sharma<\/span><\/li>\n
- B) Kartik Sharma<\/span><\/li>\n
- C) Vaibhav Suryavanshi\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n
- D) Yash Punja<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Answer: C) Vaibhav Suryavanshi.<\/b> At only 14, Vaibhav Suryavanshi of the Rajasthan Royals became the youngest cricketer to play as well as score a fifty and a hundred in the IPL, a generational talent already making headlines in the 2026 season.<\/span><\/p>\nQ5<\/b> (Medium)<\/span><\/i> Cameron Green became the most expensive overseas player in IPL history at the 2025 auction. Which team bought him for \u20b925.20 crore?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n- A) Mumbai Indians<\/span><\/li>\n
- B) Sunrisers Hyderabad<\/span><\/li>\n
- C) Kolkata Knight Riders<\/b><\/li>\n
- D) Delhi Capitals<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Answer: C) Kolkata Knight Riders<\/b> Cameron Green became the most expensive overseas player and the third most expensive player in the history of IPL when he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for \u20b925.20 crore (US$3.0 million).<\/span><\/p>\nQ6<\/b> (Medium)<\/span><\/i> Which team tops the IPL 2026 points table as of early April \u2014 having won both their opening matches?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n- A) Rajasthan Royals<\/span><\/li>\n
- B) Delhi Capitals<\/b><\/li>\n
- C) Punjab Kings<\/span><\/li>\n
- D) Royal Challengers Bengaluru<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Answer: B) Delhi Capitals<\/b> As of early April 2026, Delhi Capitals sit at the top of the IPL 2026 points table with 2 wins from 2 matches. Punjab Kings are level on points right behind them, also with a perfect record.<\/span><\/p>\nQ7<\/b> (Hard)<\/span><\/i> Where did the IPL 2026 opening match take place, and who did defending champions RCB face?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n- A) Eden Gardens vs KKR<\/span><\/li>\n
- B) Wankhede vs MI<\/span><\/li>\n
- C) M. Chinnaswamy Stadium vs Sunrisers Hyderabad<\/b><\/li>\n
- D) MA Chidambaram vs CSK<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Answer: C) M. Chinnaswamy Stadium vs Sunrisers Hyderabad<\/b> The season kicked off on March 28, 2026, at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, with defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru facing Sunrisers Hyderabad in the tournament opener.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"three-sections-of-IPL-quiz\"](\"https:\/\/qurekagamez.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/three-sections-of-IPL-quiz.jpg\")
<\/b><\/h2>\nSection 2: All-Time IPL Records (Q8\u2013Q13)<\/b><\/h2>\n
These questions separate the true students of the game from casual viewers. How well do you know your IPL history?<\/span><\/p>\nQ8<\/b> (Easy)<\/span><\/i> Who holds the record for the most runs in IPL history?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n- A) Rohit Sharma<\/span><\/li>\n
- B) David Warner<\/span><\/li>\n
- C) Virat Kohli<\/b><\/li>\n
- D) Shikhar Dhawan<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Answer: C) Virat Kohli<\/b> Virat Kohli holds the records for the most runs scored (8,730), the most centuries (8), the most half-centuries (62), the most runs in a single season (973), the most runs as a captain (4,994), and the most catches (117).<\/span><\/p>\nQ9<\/b> (Medium)<\/span><\/i> What is the highest individual score ever recorded in an IPL match?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n- A) 158* by AB de Villiers<\/span><\/li>\n
- B) 175 by Chris Gayle<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
- C) 133* by AB de Villiers<\/span><\/li>\n
- D) 172* by Virat Kohli<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Answer: B) 175 by Chris Gayle<\/span><\/i>* Chris Gayle holds the highest individual score in a match (175*). During that iconic innings, he also hit the most sixes in a single IPL knock (17) and reached his century off just 30 balls, the fastest century in IPL history. The knock came against Pune Warriors India in 2013 and remains the highest score in any T20 match globally.<\/span><\/p>\nQ10<\/b> (Medium)<\/span><\/i> Who holds the record for the most wickets in IPL history?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n- A) Lasith Malinga<\/span><\/li>\n
- B) Dwayne Bravo<\/span><\/li>\n
- C) Yuzvendra Chahal<\/b><\/li>\n
- D) Bhuvneshwar Kumar<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Answer: C) Yuzvendra Chahal.<\/b> The most wickets all-time belong to Chahal, already well past 200, with no obvious sign of slowing down, overtaking both Dwayne Bravo and Lasith Malinga on the all-time list through relentless attacking leg-spin.<\/span><\/p>\nQ11<\/b> (Hard)<\/span><\/i> Who holds the record for the most sixes in IPL history?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n- A) Rohit Sharma (302)<\/span><\/li>\n
- B) Virat Kohli (291)<\/span><\/li>\n
- C) Chris Gayle (357)<\/b><\/li>\n
- D) AB de Villiers (251)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Answer: C) Chris Gayle (357)<\/b> Gayle struck 357 sixes across 142 IPL matches, a record that currently sits 55 sixes ahead of Rohit Sharma’s tally of 302, which itself took 18 seasons to build. Kohli, now on 291, is closing in on the 300-six club but still needs to clear that barrier first.<\/span><\/p>\nQ12<\/b> (Hard)<\/span><\/i> What are the best bowling figures ever recorded in an IPL match?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n- A) 6\/7 by Lasith Malinga<\/span><\/li>\n
- B) 6\/12 by Alzarri Joseph<\/b><\/li>\n
- C) 5\/5 by Anil Kumble<\/span><\/li>\n
- D) 6\/14 by Sohail Tanvir<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Answer: B) 6\/12 by Alzarri Joseph.<\/b> Alzarri Joseph’s 6\/12 for the Mumbai Indians in 2019 is the best bowling performance in an IPL match. Remarkably, it came on his very first appearance in the tournament.<\/span><\/p>\nQ13<\/b> (Hard)<\/span><\/i> In 2024, a match between the Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders saw a T20 record set. What happened?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n- A) First team to score 300 in T20<\/span><\/li>\n
- B) Punjab successfully chased a T20-record target of 262 runs<\/b><\/li>\n
- C) 50 sixes were hit in a single match<\/span><\/li>\n
- D) Both teams made 250+ in the same match<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Answer: B) Punjab successfully chased a T20-record target of 262 runs<\/b> Punjab successfully chased down a T20-record target of 262 runs. Both teams hit a combined total of 42 sixes during the match, the most in any Twenty20 cricket fixture.<\/span><\/p>\nSection 3: Teams & History (Q14\u2013Q17)<\/b><\/h2>\n
From the inaugural champions to the serial winners, how well do you know the franchises?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\nQ14<\/b>
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