There have been high-scoring IPL seasons before. There has never been a season quite like this. IPL 2026 has produced a moment that no cricket fan expected to see in their lifetime: a team successfully chasing down 265 runs in a T20 match. And then, three days later, another team chasing down 229 in a different city on the same afternoon that the record was being set. On April 25, 2026, two targets above 200 were chased successfully on the same matchday for the first time in IPL history.
Here is the complete list of the most significant successful run chases in IPL 2026 so far, ranked by target chased.
1. Punjab Kings Chase 265 vs Delhi Capitals: The Highest Successful Chase in T20 History
On April 25, 2026, Punjab Kings pulled off the highest successful run chase in T20 cricket history, hunting down a target of 265 set by Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. DC had posted 264 for 2, powered by KL Rahul’s unbeaten 152 off 67 balls, with almost everyone at the halfway stage assuming the game was over.
PBKS openers Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh hit 116 together in the powerplay alone. Both fell to spin in quick succession, but captain Shreyas Iyer came in and played a chancy yet composed 71 not out off 36 balls to take Punjab home with seven balls remaining. Before the chase began, PBKS’s win probability was estimated at just 14.83 percent. It zoomed to 100 percent by the end.
The record overtook PBKS’s own previous record of 262, set against KKR in IPL 2024, making Punjab the only franchise in history to have chased down 250 or more twice.
2. SRH Chase 244 vs Mumbai Indians: Wankhede’s Highest Ever Successful Chase
Sunrisers Hyderabad stunned Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium, chasing down a target of 244 in 18.4 overs with six wickets in hand and eight balls to spare. It is the second-highest successful chase of IPL 2026 and the fourth-highest in IPL history overall.
MI had posted 243 for 5, with Ryan Rickelton scoring an unbeaten 123 off 55 balls in what was the highest total for MI at the Wankhede. Travis Head roared back to form with 76 off 30 balls and shared a 129-run opening stand with Abhishek Sharma. Even when SRH slipped to 133 for 3, Heinrich Klaasen finished the chase with an unbeaten 65 off 30 balls while Salil Arora contributed a furious 30 not out off just 10 balls, including a no-look straight six off Jasprit Bumrah.
Bumrah’s figures of 0 for 54 were the most expensive wicketless spell of his IPL career.
3. SRH Chase 229 vs Rajasthan Royals: The Other Half of IPL 2026’s Historic Double Chase Day
In Jaipur on the same April 25, Sunrisers Hyderabad chased down 229 against Rajasthan Royals in 18.5 overs with five wickets in hand, completing their second successive chase of over 200 in the tournament. RR had posted 228 with Vaibhav Suryavanshi contributing a century, but SRH chased it down with ease, with Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan the key contributors in the run chase. chase, with SRH on opposite ends of both results.
4. Mumbai Indians Chase 229 vs Lucknow Super Giants: Wankhede Turns Into a Fortress
Mumbai Indians very easily chased 229 against Lucknow Super Giants at the Wankhede Stadium in IPL 2026, a result that served as another reminder of how the balance of power in modern IPL cricket has shifted decisively toward batting in conditions that suit the bat. The chase was completed with several balls to spare in what was described as one of the most one-sided 200-plus chases of the season given how little LSG’s bowlers were able to threaten the MI batting lineup.
5. PBKS Chase 223 vs SRH: The Chase That Went Under the Radar
On April 11, 2026, Punjab Kings chased down a 220-run target set by Sunrisers Hyderabad, completing a 223 for 4 in just 18.5 overs. The chase arrived in the same week as several bigger records and was somewhat buried in the noise, but it confirmed that PBKS’s batting lineup was operating at a level where even 220-plus totals are treated as routine challenges rather than exceptional targets.
IPL 2026 Is the Highest-Scoring Chase Season in History
A total of 10 successful chases of targets above 200 runs have been completed in IPL 2026, outdoing the total of nine such chases in the entire 2025 season. The highest chase was PBKS’s 265 against DC, which also stands as the highest successful run chase in T20 cricket history.
Four of the five top records in IPL chasing history now belong to matches from the 2024, 2025, and 2026 seasons, confirming that this era has produced more successful massive chases than the previous 15 seasons of the league combined. The era of bowling dominance in T20 cricket is not just under pressure. In IPL 2026, it is officially over
Lucky Raina is a complete cricket writer chasing corporate dreams by day and cricket stories by night. Once a promising Under 16 cricketer, life took him down a different pitch but the love for the game never left.
