The IPL 2026 playoffs reach their knockout stage today, with Sunrisers Hyderabad facing Rajasthan Royals in the Eliminator — a single defeat ends one team’s season.
The match is scheduled for 7:30 PM IST at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh. The Eliminator is straight knockout: the winner stays alive and moves into Qualifier 2, while the loser is out of the tournament. It is the marquee fixture on an otherwise busy day of cricket across formats.
The rest of today’s schedule
Ireland host New Zealand in the Only Test of the series at Belfast’s Civil Service Cricket Club, with play listed from 3:30 PM IST (11:00 AM local). It is the standout red-ball fixture of the day and the centrepiece of New Zealand’s tour of Ireland.
English domestic cricket also features. In the T20 Blast, Leicestershire take on Derbyshire in the competition’s 19th match at Grace Road, Leicester, starting 11:30 PM IST (7:00 PM local).
The Women’s T20 Blast has three fixtures. Warwickshire Women meet The Blaze Women at Edgbaston, Birmingham, and Somerset Women face Yorkshire Women at the Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton — both from 7:00 PM IST. Later, Surrey Women host Durham Women at the Kennington Oval, London, from 11:00 PM IST.
Why it matters
For Indian fans, the Eliminator is the day’s main draw. The IPL has entered the business end of its season, and single-elimination knockouts leave no margin for error — every dropped catch and slow over carries the weight of a campaign. The Belfast Test, meanwhile, offers a rare stretch of first-class international cricket in the build-up to the wider season.
All fixtures and timings are per the day’s published cricket schedule and are subject to change for weather or other reasons.