Royal Challengers Bengaluru chased down the target of 147 runs in just 15.1 overs on Wednesday, April 15, to secure a win by 5 wickets over Lucknow Super Giants. The success over LSG in front of home fans (at M Chinnaswamy Stadium) is RCB’s fourth triumph in five matches of IPL 2026, and with a total of 8 points, they now take the No. 1 position in the points table. Rajasthan Royals also have 8 points to their credit, but due to better net run rate, RCB are ahead of the Riyan Parag-led side in the points table.
Punjab Kings have now dropped to 3rd position, but they will have a chance to remove RCB from the No. 1 position on Thursday, April 16.
Meanwhile, LSG remain 7th in the IPL 2026 points table. They have 4 points from five matches, and their
net run rate has now dropped to -0.804.
IPL 2026 points table after RCB vs LSG match on April 15
| POSITION | TEAM | MATCHES | WINS | DEFEATS | NO RESULT | POINTS | NRR |
| 1. | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.503 |
| 2. | Rajasthan Royals | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.889 |
| 3. | Punjab Kings | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.720 |
| 4. | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0.576 |
| 5. | Delhi Capitals | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.322 |
| 6. | Gujarat Titans | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -0.029 |
| 7. | Lucknow Super Giants | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -0.804 |
| 8. | Chennai Super Kings | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -0.846 |
| 9. | Mumbai Indians | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | -0.772 |
| 10. | Kolkata Knight Riders | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | -1.383 |
Orange Cap
Batting superstar Virat Kohli scored 49 runs from 34 balls for RCB in the 147-run chase to extend his tally of runs to 228 in IPL 2026. He now leads the Orange Cap race. In the list of batters with the most runs in this year’s IPL, Kohli is followed by SRH’s Heinrich Klassen (224), and RCB skipper Rajat Patidar takes the third position after scoring 27 runs on Wednesday. He has scored 222 runs in five matches of IPL 2026.
SRH’s stand-in captain Ishan Kishan and RR’s Vaibhav Sooryavanshi are the other two batters who have scored 200 or more runs in IPL 2026.
IPL 2026 Orange Cap leaderboard after RCB vs LSG match on April 15
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | RUNS | STRIKE RATE |
| 1. | Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 5 | 228 | 158.33 |
| 2. | Heinrich Klaasen | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 5 | 224 | 142.67 |
| 3. | Rajat Patidar | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 5 | 222 | 213.46 |
| 4. | Ishan Kishan | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 5 | 213 | 190.17 |
| 5. | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | Rajasthan Royals | 5 | 200 | 263.15 |
| 6. | Sanju Samson | Chennai Super Kings | 5 | 185 | 172.89 |
| 7. | Yashasvi Jaiswal | Rajasthan Royals | 5 | 184 | 157.26 |
| 8. | Angkrish Raghuvanshi | Kolkata Knight Riders | 5 | 182 | 155.55 |
| 9. | Dhruv Jurel | Rajasthan Royals | 5 | 176 | 177.77 |
| 10. | Jos Buttler | Gujarat Titans | 4 | 176 | 158.55 |
Purple Cap
Fast bowler Prince Yadav picked up 3 wickets for 32 runs in three overs against RCB, and with a total of 9 wickets to his name now, he is third in the Purple Cap race. Only Praisdh Krishna of GT and CSK’s Anshul Kamboj have picked up more wickets than him in the ongoing 2026 edition of the IPL.
For RCB, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Krunal Pandya and Rasikh Salam Dar accounted for the dismissal of 3, 2 and 4 LSG batters, respectively, at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. They all feature in the list of top 10 highest wicket-takers in IPL 2026 now, with Bhuvneshwar taking 6th position and Krunal on 7th. They both have 7 wickets each to their name. Rasikh, on the other hand, is in 10th place with 5 wickets in two matches.
IPL 2026 Purple Cap leaderboard after RCB vs LSG match on April 15
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | WICKETS | ECONOMY |
| 1. | Prasidh Krishna | Gujarat Titans | 4 | 10 | 9.50 |
| 2. | Anshul Kamboj | Chennai Super Kings | 5 | 10 | 10.12 |
| 3. | Prince Yadav | Lucknow Super Giants | 5 | 9 | 9.11 |
| 4. | Ravi Bishnoi | Rajasthan Royals | 5 | 9 | 9.31 |
| 5. | Jofra Archer | Rajasthan Royals | 5 | 7 | 8.47 |
| 6. | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 5 | 7 | 8.70 |
| 7. | Krunal Pandya | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 5 | 7 | 9.17 |
| 8. | Jacob Duffy | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 4 | 6 | 11.50 |
| 9. | Vaibhav Arora | Kolkata Knight Riders | 5 | 6 | 12.00 |
| 10. | Rasikh Salam Dar | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 2 | 5 | 6.87 |
On Thursday, April 16, Mumbai Indians will face Punjab Kings in their fifth match of IPL 2026. The match between the two teams is scheduled to take place at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
