IPL 2026 Points Table: Shreyas Century Keeps PBKS Qualification Hopes Alive As Playoff Race Moves Into Final Day

Punjab Kings kept their hopes of a playoff qualification in the IPL 2026 alive with a 7-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Saturday.

Shreyas’ unbeaten 101-run knock, after Prabhsimran Singh produced a brilliant 69 runs, helped PBKS chase down the target of 197 with 12 balls to spare. PBKS ended their losing streak to remain in contention for a fourth-placed finish, as they hope Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders stumble in their final outings.

Punjab’s win also meant that Delhi Capitals are out of the running for the playoff spot in yet another unsuccessful season for the Capital City side.

IPL 2026 points table after SRH vs RCB match on May 22

POSITION	TEAM	MATCHES	WINS	DEFEATS	NO RESULT	POINTS	NRR
1.	Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Q)	14	9	5	0	18	0.783
2.	Gujarat Titans (Q)	14	9	5	0	18	0.695
3.	Sunrisers Hyderabad (Q)	14	9	5	0	18	0.524
4.	Punjab Kings	14	7	6	1	15	0.309
5.	Rajasthan Royals	13	7	6	0	14	0.083
6.	Kolkata Knight Riders	13	6	6	1	13	0.011
7.	Chennai Super Kings (E)	14	6	8	0	12	-0.345
8.	Delhi Capitals (E)	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

Prabhsimran’s knock helped climb back into the

top-10 of the run-getters list, while Shreyas stands right behind him in 11th with 498 runs this season thank to his unbeaten century.

GT openers Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill take the top two positions in the Orange Cap list. While Sudharsan is the current holder of the Orange Cap with 638 runs, Gill has amassed a total of 616 runs in 13 matches.

Orange Cap in IPL 2026 | Top Run-scorers

POSITION	PLAYER	TEAM	MATCHES	RUNS	STRIKE RATE
1.	Sai Sudharsan	Gujarat Titans	14	638	157.92
2.	Shubman Gill	Gujarat Titans	13	616	161.67
3.	Heinrich Klaasen	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	606	159.47
4.	Vaibhav Sooryavanshi	Rajasthan Royals	13	579	236.32
5.	Ishan Kishan	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	569	178.36
6.	Abhishek Sharma	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	563	206.22
7.	Mitchell Marsh	Lucknow Super Giants	13	563	163.18
8.	Virat Kohli	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	14	556	164.98
9.	KL Rahul	Delhi Capitals	13	533	171.93
10.	Prabhsimran Singh	Punjab Kings	14	510	168.87

Purple Cap

LSG seamer Prince Yadav missed out on adding to his kitty as he finished his final outing of the campaign wicketless as he closes out the season with 16 scalps to his name.

RCB pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar currently leads the Purple Cap race in IPL 2026. The 35-year-old has claimed 24 wickets in 14 matches this season. South African seamer Kagiso Rabada, who also has 24 wickets in IPL 2026, follows the veteran Indian bowler in the list of top wicket-takers.

Purple Cap in IPL 2026 | Top Wicket-takers

POSITION	PLAYER	TEAM	MATCHES	WICKETS	ECONOMY RATE
1.	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	14	24	8.07
2.	Kagiso Rabada	Gujarat Titans	14	24	9.18
3.	Anshul Kamboj	Chennai Super Kings	14	21	10.52
4.	Rashid Khan	Gujarat Titans	14	19	8.71
5.	Eshan Malinga	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	19	9.27
6.	Jofra Archer	Rajasthan Royals	13	18	9.14
7.	Kartik Tyagi	Kolkata Knight Riders	13	18	9.42
8.	Mohammed Siraj	Gujarat Titans	14	17	8.58
9.	Prince Yadav	Lucknow Super Giants	14	16	8.82
10.	Sakib Hussain	Sunrisers Hyderabad	10	15	8.91

On Sunday (May 24),Mumbai Indians welcome the Rajasthan Royals to the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, with RR looking to confirm their place in the top-4 of the table, before Kolkata Knight Riders host the Delhi Capitals at the Eden Gardens in the final group stage encounter of the tournament.

The winner of Qualifier 1 will qualify directly for the final, whereas the losing team will face the winner of the eliminator match in Qualifier 2 on Friday (May 29) in New Chandigarh.