Manish Pandey rolled back the years on Wednesday (May 20) to play a sensible knock for Kolkata Knight Riders and help them win their do-or-die IPL 2026 match against Mumbai Indians by 4 wickets. The 36-year-old right-handed batter, who is one of the three cricketers to feature in all 19 editions of the IPL, scored 45 runs from 33 balls as the No. 3 batter to help KKR chase down the target of 148 runs in 18 overs and keep their IPL 2026 playoffs hopes alive. He added 64 runs for the fourth wicket with Rovman Powell, who made 40 runs from 30 balls.
By getting the better of MI in front of home fans, KKR have jumped from 8th to 6th position in the IPL 2026 points table. They have 13 points to their credit from 13 matches, the same as Punjab Kings,
but due to a better net run rate, PBKS are at 5th in the points table, and KKR take the 6th position.
On the other hand, Mumbai Indians remain 9th in the points table. The Mumbai-based franchise has 6 points to their credit from 13 matches.
IPL 2026 points table after KKR vs MI match on May 20
| POSITION | TEAM | MATCHES | WINS | DEFEATS | NO RESULT | POINTS | NRR |
| 1. | Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Q) | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1.065 |
| 2. | Gujarat Titans (Q) | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0.400 |
| 3. | Sunrisers Hyderabad (Q) | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0.350 |
| 4. | Rajasthan Royals | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0.083 |
| 5. | Punjab Kings | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0.227 |
| 6. | Kolkata Knight Riders | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0.011 |
| 7. | Chennai Super Kings | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 12 | -0.016 |
| 8. | Delhi Capitals | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 12 | -0.871 |
| 9. | Mumbai Indians (E) | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0.510 |
| 10. | Lucknow Super Giants (E) | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 8 | -0.702 |
Orange Cap
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is leading the Orange Cap race in IPL 2026. He has amassed a total of 579 runs in 13 matches played so far for the Rajasthan Royals. In this year’s IPL, the 15-year-old left-handed batter from Bihar also has scored the most sixes. Following Vaibhav on the list of batters with the most runs in IPL 2026 is LSG opener Mitchell Marsh. The right-handed top-order batter from Australia has scored 563 runs in 13 matches.
Sunrisers Hyderabad middle-order batter Sunrisers Hyderabad is in third place with 555 runs in 13 matches, and the next two places are occupied by Gujarat Titans batters Sai Sudharsan (554 runs) and Shubman Gill (552 runs).
Virat Kohli is in 6th place with 542 runs in 13 matches for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and the other four players on the Orange Cap leaderboard are KL Rahul (533), Abhishek Sharma (507), Ishan Kishan (490), and Sanju Samson (477).
Orange Cap in IPL 2026 | Top Run-scorers
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | RUNS | STRIKE RATE |
| 1. | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | Rajasthan Royals | 13 | 579 | 236.32 |
| 2. | Mitchell Marsh | Lucknow Super Giants | 13 | 563 | 163.18 |
| 3. | Heinrich Klaasen | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 13 | 555 | 155.89 |
| 4. | Sai Sudharsan | Gujarat Titans | 13 | 554 | 157.83 |
| 5. | Shubman Gill | Gujarat Titans | 12 | 552 | 160.46 |
| 6. | Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 13 | 542 | 164.74 |
| 7. | KL Rahul | Delhi Capitals | 13 | 533 | 171.93 |
| 8. | Abhishek Sharma | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 13 | 507 | 201.99 |
| 9. | Ishan Kishan | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 13 | 490 | 179.48 |
| 10. | Sanju Samson | Chennai Super Kings | 13 | 477 | 166.20 |
Purple Cap
RCB’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar is leading the Purple Cap race in IPL 2026. The 35-year-old has 24 wickets to his name in this year’s IPL. He has dismissed three more batters in IPL 2026 than Kagiso Rabada of the Gujarat Titans, who is in 2nd place with 21 wickets.
Chennai Super Kings pacer Anshul Kamboj is the only other bowler to take 20 or more wickets in this year. With 20 wickets to his name in 13 matches for the Men in Yellow, the former Mumbai Indians fast bowler is third in the Purple Cap leaderboard.
RR pacer Jofra Archer is in 4th place with 18 wickets, and KKR’s Kartik Tyagi is now the 5th highest wicket-taker in IPL 2026. The former India U19 pacer picked up 2 wickets against Mumbai Indians on Wednesday in KKR’s must-win match. Kartik’s KKR teammate Sunil Narine also entered the list of top 10 highest wicket-takers in IPL 2026 by dismissing one MI batter on Wednesday. The legendary spinner from the West Indies has 14 wickets to his name in IPL 2026, and he is ninth in the Purple Cap leaderboard.
Purple Cap in IPL 2026 | Top Wicket-takers
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | WICKETS | ECONOMY RATE |
| 1. | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 13 | 24 | 7.70 |
| 2. | Kagiso Rabada | Gujarat Titans | 13 | 21 | 9.22 |
| 3. | Anshul Kamboj | Chennai Super Kings | 13 | 20 | 10.23 |
| 4. | Jofra Archer | Rajasthan Royals | 13 | 18 | 9.14 |
| 5. | Kartik Tyagi | Kolkata Knight Riders | 13 | 18 | 9.42 |
| 6. | Eshan Malinga | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 13 | 17 | 9.36 |
| 7. | Rashid Khan | Gujarat Titans | 13 | 16 | 8.70 |
| 8. | Prince Yadav | Lucknow Super Giants | 13 | 16 | 8.71 |
| 9. | Sunil Narine | Kolkata Knight Riders | 12 | 14 | 6.40 |
| 10. | Mohammed Siraj | Gujarat Titans | 13 | 14 | 8.58 |
On Thursday (May 21), Chennai Super Kings will face Gujarat Titans in their last league match of this year’s IPL at Narendra Modi Stadium. If CSK lose against GT, then they will get knocked out of the playoffs race.
