By Admin 
The 40th match of IPL 2026 was played between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals on Tuesday. PBKS has lost the first match in 8 matches. Shreyas Iyer and team could not defend 222 runs. Chasing the target, Vaibhav Suryavanshi made a bright start, he scored 43 runs in 16 balls with the help of 5 sixes and 3 fours. After this, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a half-century, he scored 51 runs in 27 balls. Player of the match went to Donovan Ferreira, who scored 52 runs in 26 balls and finished the match. However, despite the defeat, Punjab remains at the first position in the points table.
Punjab Kings has played 8 matches, out of which only 1 match has been lost. Punjab has won 6 matches, one of their matches was canceled due to rain. Punjab is at first place in the points table with 13 points. In second place is Royal Challengers Bangalore, which has 12 points. Rajasthan Royals also have 12 points.
Rajasthan took a leap
Rajasthan Royals have moved up one place (3rd) in the points table after defeating Punjab Kings. Rajasthan has won 6 out of 9 matches, lost 3. RR and RCB have equal points (12), but Bengaluru (+1.919) has a better net run rate than Rajasthan (+0.617).
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Point of third place team – 12.
Point of Sixth place team – 6.That is a huge difference with only 6 games left for most teams in this season 🎯 pic.twitter.com/9nz2rdGwNb
—Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 28, 2026
Position of remaining teams
Sunrisers Hyderabad is fourth in the points table, having won 5 out of 8 matches. SRH has 10 points. Fifth placed Gujarat Titans have 8 points, they have won 4 out of 8 matches and lost the same number. Chennai Super Kings is at sixth place and Delhi Capitals is at seventh place, both the teams have 6-6 points. CSK’s net run rate (-0.121) is better than DC’s (-1.060).
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Kolkata Knight Riders have won 2 out of 8 matches and lost 5. Due to the cancellation of the match with Punjab Kings, he got 1 point from there. KKR is at eighth place in the table with 5 points. Mumbai Indians (-0.736) and Lucknow Super Giants (-1.106) are at ninth and tenth place respectively, both have 4-4 points.
Who has the IPL 2026 Orange Cap?
After 40 matches, the Orange Cap has come to Rajasthan Royals batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi. He has scored 400 runs in 9 matches.
Who has the IPL 2026 Purple Cap?
The Purple Cap is held by Royal Challengers Bangalore bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar, he has taken 14 wickets in 8 matches. Although a total of 4 balls have taken 14 wickets each, but Bhuvi has the lowest economy among them (7.61).