3 min readApr 23, 2026 05:30 AM IST
IPL 2026 Points Table Update: Rajasthan Royals defended a total of 159 runs in a low scoring thriller as they skittled out Lucknow Super Giants for 119 runs, winning by 40 runs. The win enabled the Royals, who were set on the backfoot after a shock loss to the Kolkata Knight Riders, climb up the points table to the second position. This pushed Sunrisers Hyderabad to third and Royal Challengers Bengaluru to 4th.
Lucknow, on the other hand, remain ninth on the table with 4 points in 7 matches. Their net run rate is currently -1.277 which will be difficult to overhaul if they do not win big in the coming days. Even Kolkata Knight Riders who are currently the bottom-placed team have a better NRR than them.
IPL 2026 Points Table (Updated)
(IPL points table updated after LSG vs RR)
Most Runs in IPL 2026 (Orange Cap List)
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi just scored just 8 runs in this match but that was enough for him to leapfrog over Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli in the standings to the 4th position.
| POS | PLAYER | INNS | RUNS | SR |
| 1 | Abhishek Sharma (SRH) | 7 | 323 | 215.33 |
| 2 | Heinrich Klaasen (SRH) | 6 | 283 | 144.38 |
| 3 | Shubman Gill (GT) | 5 | 265 | 151.42 |
| 4 | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (RR) | 7 | 254 | 220.86 |
| 5 | 6 | 247 | 157.32 |
(Orange Cap table is updated after the LSG vs RR game)
Most Wickets in IPL 2026 (Purple Cap List)
(Purple Cap table is updated after the LSG vs RR game)
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IPL Yesterday Match Summary (LSG vs RR)
The bowlers of both teams were on fire in a low scoring affair between Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants at the Ekana on Wednesday. After being sent out to bat first. Rajasthan batters failed to fire once again with only Ravindra Jadeja’s rearguard action where he scored an unbeaten 43 helping them reach 159/6. The LSG bowlers were on point with Mohammed Shami, Prince Yadav and Mohsin Khan all taking 2 wickets apiece.
In the chase, Lucknow’s batting combusted again with only Mitchell Marsh getting to 55 runs with all their other big hitters like captain Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran and Aiden Markram all failing. Jofra Archer took 3 wickets as RR wiped them out for just 119 runs, winning by 40 runs.
