Big change in IPL 2026 Points Table, Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings at the bottom, Punjab Kings at the top

New Delhi. So far 7 matches have been played in the Indian Premier League 2026. In this, four teams have played a total of 2-2 matches so far while the rest have played 1 match each. After playing the initial matches, Punjab Kings team is at the top with two consecutive wins, whereas after losing both its matches, Chennai Super Kings team is at the bottom at 10th position. 5 teams have won one match so far. Today two matches will be played in IPL. Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals will have a chance to register their second win. Whereas Gujarat Titans would like to open their account. Punjab has captured the chair by removing Rajasthan team from number one position, now the Royals would like to get it back.

Punjab Kings defeated Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets on Friday in the IPL 2026 match at MA Chidambaram Stadium. The visiting team achieved the target of 210 runs with 8 balls remaining. Punjab won thanks to captain Shreyas Iyer's half-century and Cooper Connolly's 36 runs in 22 balls. With this innings of Connolly, he overtook Angkrish Raghuvanshi of Kolkata Knight Riders in the Orange Cap rankings.

Punjab Kings have secured the top position in the points table of IPL 2026 with two wins in two matches. Rajasthan Royals is at second place while Royal Challengers Bangalore team is at third place. Delhi team is at fourth position while Mumbai is at fifth position. Chennai has not yet been able to open its account this season.

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Connolly's innings has taken him to the top of the Orange Cap rankings with 108 runs. He left KKR star Angkrish Raghuvanshi behind, who has two half-centuries in two matches. Ayush Mhatre's brilliant inning of 73 runs took CSK beyond 200 runs and he joined the top-10 list of run scorers.

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PBKS fast bowler Vishak Vijaykumar topped the Purple Cap rankings by taking two wickets. He left SRH's Jaydev Unadkat behind by taking 5 wickets in two matches. Yuzvendra Chahal moved ahead in the table by taking the wicket of CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, while Anshul Kamboj dismissed Connolly and Shreyas Iyer to reach the third position.