As the sun sets on IPL 2026, we wanted to dedicate the next few MatchMind posts to some of the most fascinating trends and statistics from a season that rewrote the record books.If there was one theme that defined IPL 2026, it was simple: batters won the arms race. The combination of flatter pitches, deeper batting line-ups, the continued evolution of T20 strategy, and fearless power-hitting produced one of the most explosive seasons in IPL history. Here are some of the numbe