Punjab Kings Points Table Pti
Hardly anyone would have thought that the two teams that were trolled the most in the history of IPL till 2-3 years ago would emerge as the strongest. But this has been going on since last season. The race to be at the forefront in IPL 2026 is also going on between Royal Challengers Bangalore, who won the title for the first time last season, and Punjab Kings, who lost in the final, in which Rajasthan Royals are giving them equal competition. Whenever any of these teams is taking the field, it is striving to be number 1 in the points table. This time this work was done by Punjab under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer.
In the 24th match of IPL 2026 on Thursday 16 April Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings There was a collision between. This match was played at Mumbai's home ground Wankhede Stadium, in which it was expected that the host team captained by Hardik Pandya would return to the winning path. But this time also he got defeated. Quinton de Kock's explosive century also failed to give victory to Mumbai. Batting first, the team scored 195 runs but Punjab destroyed this score in just 16.3 overs.
Punjab again becomes number-1
Punjab won by 7 wickets on the basis of excellent performance by Arshdeep Singh, Prabhsimran Singh and captain Shreyas Iyer. Punjab achieved this target 21 balls earlier. On the basis of this, the team not only achieved 2 points but also strengthened its net run rate. With this result, Punjab has 9 points with 4 wins in 5 matches. One of his matches was washed away in the rain. In this way, this is the only team which has not lost any match yet. This is the reason why with 9 points, Punjab left RCB behind and regained the first position. Bengaluru itself had achieved this position just 24 hours ago.
What about the other teams?
But with 8 points in 5 matches, they are in second place, whereas Rajasthan is also in third place with 8 points. The only difference between the two is the net run rate. Currently, Sunrisers Hyderabad is at fourth place in the race for playoffs. Mumbai has fallen to 9th place with its fourth consecutive defeat in 5 matches. He has only 2 points. Below that is only Kolkata Knight Riders, who have played 5 matches but have not won any. He has only 1 point. Among these teams, Delhi is at fifth place, Gujarat Titans at sixth, Lucknow Super Giants at seventh and Chennai Super Kings at eighth. All of them have 4 points each and the difference in net run rate is the reason for their different positions.
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