India, June 2 -- IPL 2026 was not just another season of cricket. It was a season that seemed to rewrite the limits of T20 cricket. Records fell with startling regularity, teenage prodigies became global sensations, batting reached previously unimaginable heights, and established stars continued to reinvent themselves. From Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's rise and Virat Kohli's brilliance to Royal Challengers Bengaluru's historic title defence and an unprecedented avalanche of runs, IPL 2026 delivered a spectacle that felt bigger, louder and more transformative than any season before it.

There was never going to be a list of defining moments without the kid who became the heartbeat of IPL 2026.

With 776 runs at a staggering strike rate of 237.3 ...