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IPL Points Table 2026 (Updated), After Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants Match: Mumbai Indians, who were on the verge of being out of the race for the IPL 2026 playoffs, have got a lifeline. Five-time champion Mumbai, which was facing continuous defeat this season, finally got to taste victory. Mumbai defeated Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in their 10th match and registered their third win of the season. This victory has kept alive Mumbai's remaining hopes of reaching the playoffs. At the same time, Lucknow has also been put in a do or die situation.

No change in table despite victory

In the 47th match of IPL 2026 played at Wankhed Stadium. Mumbai defeated Lucknow by 6 wickets. In this match, Lucknow batted first and scored a big score of 228 runs. Nicholas Puran (63 runs on 21 balls) and Mitchell Marsh (44 runs) made big contributions for Lucknow. In response, chasing a huge target, Mumbai won the match with 8 balls remaining on the basis of explosive innings of Rohit Sharma (84 runs, 44 balls) and Ryan Rickleton (83 runs, 32 balls).

With this victory, Mumbai Indians have broken their three-match losing streak. It has got its first win after 4 consecutive defeats at Wankhede Stadium. However, despite this result, there has been no change in the ranking of both the teams in the points table and both of them are still present in the last 2 positions of the points table. It still seems almost impossible for them to reach the playoffs.

MI-LSG equation for playoffs

Talking about Mumbai, with this win the team has gained 6 points but they are still at 9th position. Although the team is still in the race for the playoffs, for this the team will have to win all its remaining matches by a big margin, while it will also have to depend on the results of other teams. At the same time, the situation in Lucknow has also become like Mumbai before this match. The team has lost 7 out of 9 matches and is at the bottom of the table with only 4 points. It will also have to win all its next matches and will have to depend on other teams as well.

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