Mukul Choudhary played a super knock of 54 runs from just 27 balls on Thursday (April 9) to help Lucknow Super Giants successfully chase down the target of 182 runs in 20 overs and secure a three-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2026 match played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The uncapped batter from Rajasthan batted with a strike rate of 200 and hammered 2 fours and 7 sixes during his stay at the crease. His maiden IPL half-century helped LSG secure their second win in this year’s IPL, and now with 4 points from 3 matches, they are 5th in the IPL 2026 points table.
On the other hand, KKR remain 9th in the points table. The Ajinkya Rahane-led side has lost 3 out of 4 matches played so far, and one match ended without a result due
to rain in Kolkata on Monday, April 6.
IPL 2026 points table after KKR vs LSG IPL 2026 match on April 9
| POSITION | TEAM | MATCHES | WINS | DEFEATS | NO RESULT | POINTS | NRR |
| 1. | Rajasthan Royals | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.403 |
| 2. | Punjab Kings | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.637 |
| 3. | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.501 |
| 4. | Delhi Capitals | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.811 |
| 5. | Lucknow Super Giants | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -0.359 |
| 6. | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.275 |
| 7. | Gujarat Titans | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -0.270 |
| 8. | Mumbai Indians | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -0.715 |
| 9. | Kolkata Knight Riders | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | -1.315 |
| 10. | Chennai Super Kings | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -2.517 |
Orange Cap
Wicketkeeper-batter Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 45 runs from 33 balls, and captain Ajinkya Rahane played a knock of 41 runs from 24 balls for Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens on Thursday, and their super shows with the bat helped them take 3rd and 5th positions, respectively, in the Orange Cap leaderboard. Raghuvanshi, who represents Mumbai in domestic cricket, has 155 runs to his name in four matches of IPL 2026, and he is only behind Yashasvi Jaiswal (170) and Sameer Rizvi (160) in the leading run-getters list.
On the other hand, Rahane has 124 runs to his name in this year’s IPL, which helped him overtake RR’s 15-year-old opening batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.
IPL 2026 Orange Cap leaderboard after KKR vs LSG match on April 9
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | RUNS | STRIKE RATE |
| 1. | Yashasvi Jaiswal | Rajasthan Royals | 3 | 170 | 163.46 |
| 2. | Sameer Rizvi | Delhi Capitals | 3 | 160 | 161.61 |
| 3. | Angkrish Raghuvanshi | Kolkata Knight Riders | 4 | 155 | 158.16 |
| 4. | Heinrich Klaasen | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 3 | 145 | 147.95 |
| 5. | Ajinkya Rahane | Kolkata Knight Riders | 4 | 124 | 155.00 |
| 6. | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | Rajasthan Royals | 3 | 122 | 248.97 |
| 7. | Rohit Sharma | Mumbai Indians | 3 | 118 | 168.57 |
| 8 | Jos Buttler | Gujarat Titans | 3 | 116 | 156.75 |
| 9. | Devdutt Padikkal | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 2 | 111 | 201.81 |
| 10. | Shubman Gill | Gujarat Titans | 2 | 109 | 151.38 |
Purple Cap
Prince Yadav picked up one wicket for LSG on Thursday, and KKR’s Vaibhav Arora dismissed two Lucknow Super Giants batters, and with a total of 5 wickets each to their name in IPL 2026, they are now in 7th and 9th positions, respectively, in the Purple Cap race.
RR spinner Ravi Bishnoi continues to lead the Purple Cap race with 7 wickets in three matches, and he is followed by GT’s Prasidh Krishna, who has 6 wickets to his credit in three matches.
IPL 2026 Purple Cap leaderboard after KKR vs LSG match on April 9
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | WICKETS | ECONOMY |
| 1. | Ravi Bishnoi | Rajasthan Royals | 3 | 7 | 9.11 |
| 2. | Prasidh Krishna | Gujarat Titans | 3 | 6 | 10.33 |
| 3. | Rashid Khan | Gujarat Titans | 3 | 5 | 7.08 |
| 4. | Lungi Ngidi | Delhi Capitals | 3 | 5 | 7.28 |
| 5. | Nandre Burger | Rajasthan Royals | 3 | 5 | 8.44 |
| 6. | Vijaykumar Vyshak | Punjab Kings | 3 | 5 | 9.00 |
| 7. | Prince Yadav | Lucknow Super Giants | 3 | 5 | 9.18 |
| 8. | Jacob Duffy | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 2 | 5 | 10.00 |
| 9. | Vaibhav Arora | Kolkata Knight Riders | 4 | 5 | 11.41 |
| 10. | Anshul Kamboj | Chennai Super Kings | 3 | 5 | 11.43 |
On Friday, table toppers Rajasthan Royals will face defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their fourth league match of IPL 2026 at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati.
