IPL 2026: Prasidh Becomes New Purple Cap Holder, Patidar Only Behind Sooryavanshi In Orange Cap Race

Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru registered dominant wins over Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians respectively on April 12, shaking up the Indian Premier League 2026 points table.

RCB beat MI by 18 runs at the Wankhede Stadium to stay third on the table, but strengthened their position with six points from four matches. Meanwhile, GT climbed from seventh to fifth after registering their second consecutive win of the season.

GT, Delhi Capitals and LSG are on four points, but net run rate separates them—DC sit fourth, GT fifth, while LSG have slipped to sixth.

Mumbai Indians remain eighth in the standings, only ahead of Chennai Super Kings due to a slightly better net run rate.

IPL 2026 points table after MI vs RCB match on April

12

POSITION	TEAM	MATCHES	WINS	DEFEATS	NO RESULT	POINTS	NRR
1.	Rajasthan Royals	4	4	0	0	8	2.055
2.	Punjab Kings	4	3	0	1	7	0.720
3.	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	4	3	1	0	6	1.148
4.	Delhi Capitals	4	2	2	0	4	0.322
5.	Gujarat Titans	4	2	2	0	4	-0.029
6.	Lucknow Super Giants	4	2	2	0	4	-0.427
7.	Sunrisers Hyderabad	4	1	3	0	2	-0.024
8.	Mumbai Indians	4	1	3	0	2	-0.772
9.	Chennai Super Kings	4	1	3	0	2	-1.532
10.	Kolkata Knight Riders	4	0	3	1	1	-1.315

Orange Cap

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi continues to dominate the Orange Cap race in the Indian Premier League 2026, leading the charts with 200 runs in four matches for Rajasthan Royals.

Rajat Patidar, skipper of Royal Challengers Bengaluru, has climbed to second place after a blistering 53 off 20 balls against Mumbai Indians, taking his tally to 195 runs.

In third place is Heinrich Klaasen of Sunrisers Hyderabad, followed by Yashasvi Jaiswal in fourth. Virat Kohli sits fifth with 179 runs in four matches.

Jos Buttler moved up to seventh after his 60-run knock for Gujarat Titans against Lucknow Super Giants. Meanwhile, GT captain Shubman Gill is ninth on the list with 165 runs from three matches following his half-century at the Ekana Stadium.

IPL 2026 Orange Cap leaderboard after MI vs RCB match on April 12

POSITION	PLAYER	TEAM	MATCHES	RUNS	STRIKE RATE
1.	Vaibhav Sooryavanshi	Rajasthan Royals	4	200	266.66
2.	Rajat Patidar	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	4	195	214.28
3.	Heinrich Klaasen	Sunrisers Hyderabad	4	184	140.45
4.	Yashasvi Jaiswal	Rajasthan Royals	4	183	163.39
5.	Virat Kohli	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	4	179	162.72
6.	Dhruv Jurel	Rajasthan Royals	4	176	181.44
7.	Jos Buttler	Gujarat Titans	4	176	158.55
8.	Sameer Rizvi	Delhi Capitals	3	160	161.61
9.	Shubman Gill	Gujarat Titans	3	165	147.32
10.	Angkrish Raghuvanshi	Kolkata Knight Riders	4	155	158.16

Purple Cap

Prasidh Krishna starred for Gujarat Titans with a four-wicket haul against Lucknow Super Giants, taking his tally to 10 wickets and moving to the top of the Purple Cap standings in Indian Premier League 2026. He is now one wicket ahead of Ravi Bishnoi of Rajasthan Royals.

Meanwhile, Anshul Kamboj of Chennai Super Kings sits third with eight wickets, while Prince Yadav (LSG) and Jacob Duffy (RCB) have picked up six wickets each so far.

IPL 2026 Purple Cap leaderboard after MI vs RCB match on April 12

POSITION	PLAYER	TEAM	MATCHES	WICKETS	ECONOMY
1.	Prasidh Krishna	Gujarat Titans	4	10	9.50
2.	Ravi Bishnoi	Rajasthan Royals	4	9	12.66
3.	Anshul Kamboj	Chennai Super Kings	4	8	10.70
4.	Prince Yadav	Lucknow Super Giants	4	6	8.80
5.	Jacob Duffy	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	3	6	11.50
6.	Rashid Khan	Gujarat Titans	3	5	7.08
7.	Lungi Ngidi	Delhi Capitals	4	5	8.04
8.	Jofra Archer	Rajasthan Royals	4	5	8.23
9.	Harsh Dubey	Sunrisers Hyderabad	4	5	8.30
10.	Nandre Burger	Rajasthan Royals	4	5	9.00

On Monday (April 13), Sunrisers Hyderabad will face table-toppers Rajasthan Royals in their fifth match of IPL 2026 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Royals have won all four matches played so far, whereas SRH have one win and three defeats to their credit.