RCB’s explosive victory increases Punjab’s worries, who is number-1 in the points table?
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Now 8 matches of the teams have been played in the Indian Premier League 2026. The real race for the playoffs will be visible from here. The team finishing in the top two gets two chances to go to the finals. In such a situation, there is a race going on between Punjab and RCB to become table topper.
RCB’s explosive victory increases Punjab’s worries, who is number-1 in the points table?
New Delhi. Royal Challengers Bangalore registered a big win by 9 wickets against Delhi Capitals on Monday, 27 April by achieving the target of 76 runs in just 6.2 overs. In this match of IPL 2026 played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, RCB first all out Delhi for just 75 runs in 16.3 overs and then easily achieved the target of 76 runs by losing one wicket. This victory intensified the fight between RCB and Punjab to top the points table.
With the win over Delhi Capitals at Ferozshah Kotla, RCB has reduced the gap to Punjab Kings at the top of the IPL 2026 points table by just one point. RCB has 12 points from eight matches and is second in the points table. At the same time, Punjab Kings is in first place with 13 points in seven matches. Delhi Capitals remains at seventh position in the points table. They have 6 points from eight matches, but after the embarrassing defeat in front of the home crowd, Delhi’s net run rate is now -1.060.
Sunrisers Hyderabad team is at number three. After playing 8 matches, this team has won 5 and lost 3. In fourth place is Rajasthan Royals, who have played equal number of matches as Sunrisers and the result has also been similar to them. The team is behind in net run rate. The fifth position in the table is of Gujarat Titans who have 4 wins in their account. Below that is Chennai Super Kings who have played 8 matches so far and won 3. Delhi is at seventh and Kolkata Knight Riders is at number 8.
The Mumbai Indians team, which has achieved only 2 wins after playing 7 matches, is at 9th position in the table. At the bottom is Lucknow Super Giants captained by Rishabh Pant. This team has only 4 points in its account after 8 matches from 6 losses and 2 wins.
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