Sunil Narine picked up 2 wickets for just one run in the Super Over on Sunday, April 26, to help Kolkata Knight Riders secure a famous win over Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL 2026 match. In the 38th match of IPL 2026 played at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, after both teams scored 155 runs in their quota of 20 overs, Narine produced a super show with the ball in the Super Over to put KKR ahead, and then Rinku Singh scored a boundary on the first ball of KKR’s innings in the Super Over to seal the deal.
The win over LSG on Sunday is KKR’s second victory in this year’s IPL, and with 5 points to their credit from eight matches, they are now 8th in the points table. On the other hand, LSG have dropped to 10th
position in the IPL 2026 points table.
In the afternoon match on Sunday, Gujarat Titans defeated Chennai Super Kings by 8 wickets at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The fourth win of the ongoing season for GT has now lifted them to 5th position in the points table, and CSK have now dropped to sixth position. The Men in Yellow have 2 fewer points than GT (8 points).
IPL 2026 points table after LSG vs KKR match on April 26
| POSITION | TEAM | MATCHES | WINS | DEFEATS | NO RESULT | POINTS | NET RUN RATE |
| 1. | Punjab Kings | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1.333 |
| 2. | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1.101 |
| 3. | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.815 |
| 4. | Rajasthan Royals | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.602 |
| 5. | Gujarat Titans | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -0.475 |
| 6. | Chennai Super Kings | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | -0.121 |
| 7. | Delhi Capitals | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | -0.184 |
| 8. | Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | -0.751 |
| 9. | Mumbai Indians | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | -0.736 |
| 10. | Lucknow Super Giants | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | -1.106 |
Orange Cap
Sunrisers Hyderabad opening batter Abhishek Sharma, who has amassed a total of 380 runs in eight matches, is leading the Orange Cap race in IPL 2026, and he is followed by RR’s Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Delhi Capitals opener KL Rahul. Both Sooryavanshi and Rahul have scored 357 runs each in this year’s IPL.
SRH’s Heinrich Klaasen takes 4th position in the list of batters with the most runs in IPL 2026, and GT skipper Shubman Gill jumped to fifth place after playing a knock of 33 runs from 23 balls for the Ahmedabad-based franchise in the 159-run chase at Chepauk.
Batting superstar Virat Kohli, who is the highest run-getter in IPL history, is sixth in the Orange Cap leaderboard with 328 runs in seven matches of IPL 2026, and GT opener Sai Sudharsan, who made 87 from 46 balls on Sunday, is in 7th place with 322 runs in eight matches.
Orange Cap in IPL 2026
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | RUNS | STRIKE RATE |
| 1. | Abhishek Sharma | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 | 380 | 212.29 |
| 2. | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | Rajasthan Royals | 8 | 357 | 234.86 |
| 3. | KL Rahul | Delhi Capitals | 7 | 357 | 187.89 |
| 4. | Heinrich Klaasen | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 | 349 | 149.78 |
| 5. | Shubman Gill | Gujarat Titans | 7 | 330 | 148.64 |
| 6. | Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 7 | 328 | 163.18 |
| 7. | Sai Sudharsan | Gujarat Titans | 8 | 322 | 163.45 |
| 8. | Ishan Kishan | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 | 312 | 198.72 |
| 9. | Sanju Samson | Chennai Super Kings | 8 | 304 | 169.83 |
| 10. | Prabhsimran Singh | Punjab Kings | 7 | 287 | 192.61 |
Purple Cap
Fast bowler Anshul Kamboj failed to take even one wicket for Chennai Super Kings in his quota of three overs during their IPL 2026 match against Gujarat Titans on Sunday, but despite that, he remains at the No. 1 position in the IPL 2026 Purple Cap leaderboard. The Haryana-based pacer has 14 wickets to his name in 8 matches of IPL 2026.
Sunrisers Hyderabad fast bowler Eshan Malinga also has 14 wickets to his credit in this year’s IPL, but due to a better economy rate, Kamboj tops the list and Eshan is in 2nd place.
A total of three bowlers – Jofra Archer of Rajasthan Royals, Prince Yadav of Lucknow Super Giants and Kagiso Rabada of Gujarat Titans – are 3rd, 4th and 5th in the Purple Cap race with 13 wickets each to their names.
Prince, who is part of LSG’s IPL 2026 squad, had a chance to take the No. 1 position on Sunday, but he remained wicketless against Kolkata Knight Riders.
Purple Cap in IPL 2026
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | WICKETS | ECONOMY RATE |
| 1. | Anshul Kamboj | Chennai Super Kings | 8 | 14 | 8.56 |
| 2. | Eshan Malinga | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 | 14 | 9.44 |
| 3. | Jofra Archer | Rajasthan Royals | 8 | 13 | 8.03 |
| 4. | Prince Yadav | Lucknow Super Giants | 8 | 13 | 8.06 |
| 5. | Kagiso Rabada | Gujarat Titans | 8 | 13 | 9.48 |
| 6. | Prasidh Krishna | Gujarat Titans | 7 | 12 | 10.34 |
| 7. | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 7 | 11 | 8.25 |
| 8. | Ravi Bishnoi | Rajasthan Royals | 8 | 11 | 9.54 |
| 9. | Mohsin Khan | Lucknow Super Giants | 4 | 9 | 6.37 |
| 10. | Kartik Tyagi | Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 | 9 | 9.62 |
On Monday, April 27, Royal Challengers Bengaluru will face Delhi Capitals. The match between them is scheduled to take place at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. DC have already defeated RCB once in this year’s IPL, and Axar Patel’s men would like to do the double on Monday in front of home fans.
