Rajasthan Royals defeat Gujarat Titans by 6 runs in Ahmedabad on Saturday, April 4, to take No. 1 position in the IPL 2026 points table. In the ninth league match of IPL 2026 played at Narendra Modi Stadium, Royals rode on half-centuries from Yashasvi Jaiswal (55 from 36) and Dhruv Jurel (75 from 42) to post a total of 210/6 in 20 overs after their skipper Riyan Parag opted to bat first, and then Ravi Bishnoi picked up 4 wickets in four overs to help them successfully defend the 211-run target and secure their second win in a row.
Rajasthan Royals have 4 points from two matches played so far, but due to a better net run rate, they are ahead of Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings and take the No. 1 position in IPL 2026 points table. They (DC and PBKS)
also have 4 points each to their credit.
Gujarat Titans, on the other hand, have now lost both their matches. They are in 7th position.
IPL 2026 points table after Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals match on April 4
| POSITION | TEAM | MATCHES | WINS | DEFEATS | NO RESULT | POINTS | NRR |
| 1 | Rajasthan Royals | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.233 |
| 2. | Delhi Capitals | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.170 |
| 3. | Punjab Kings | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.637 |
| 4. | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.907 |
| 5. | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.469 |
| 6. | Mumbai Indians | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -0.206 |
| 7. | Gujarat Titans | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -0.424 |
| 8. | Lucknow Super Giants | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1.397 |
| 9. | Kolkata Knight Riders | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1.964 |
| 10. | Chennai Super Kings | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2.562 |
Orange Cap
Delhi Capitals’ impact player Sameer Rizvi leads the Orange Cap race in IPL 2026. The 22-year-old right-handed batter from Meerut has 160 runs to his name in two matches for Delhi Capitals. He played an unbeaten knock of 70 runs against Lucknow Super Giants on April 1 and hammered 90 runs from just 51 balls against Mumbai Indians in the 163-run chase on Saturday evening.
In the list of batters with most runs in IPL 2026, he is followed by Rohit Sharma of Mumbai Indians, who has 113 runs to his name in two matches, and Punjab Kings all-rounder Cooper Connolly is third on the list with 108 runs. KKR’s Angkrish Raghuvanshi takes the 4th position with 103 runs and Ishan Kishan is 5th with 94 runs in two matches.
IPL 2026 Orange Cap leaderboard after GT-RR match on April 4
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | RUNS |
| 1. | Sameer Rizvi | Delhi Capitals | 2 | 160 |
| 2. | Rohit Sharma | Mumbai Indians | 2 | 113 |
| 3. | Cooper Connolly | Punjab Kings | 2 | 108 |
| 4. | Angkrish Raghuvanshi | Kolkata Knight Riders | 2 | 103 |
| 5. | Ishan Kishan | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 2 | 94 |
| 6. | Dhruv Jurel | Rajasthan Royals | 2 | 93 |
| 7. | Yashasvi Jaiswal | Rajasthan Royals | 2 | 93 |
| 8. | Ryan Rickelton | Mumbai Indians | 2 | 90 |
| 9. | Sai Sudharsan | Gujarat Titans | 2 | 86 |
| 10. | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | Rajasthan Royals | 2 | 83 |
For RR, Dhruv Jurel, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scored 75, 55 and 31 runs, respectively, on Saturday vs GT, and they are in 6th, 7th and 10th position in the Orange Cap race with 93, 93 and 83 runs, respectively, to their name, whereas GT’s Sai Sudharsan, who made 73 on Saturday, is in 9th place with a total of 86 runs in this year’s IPL.
Purple Cap
Ravi Bishnoi came in as an impact player for RR on Saturday vs GT and picked up 4 wickets for 41 runs in four overs. His career-best IPL figures also helped him take No. 1 in the list of bowlers with most wickets in IPL 2026. Punjab Kings’ uncapped Indian fast bowler Vijaykumar Vyshak is now 2nd in the Purple Cap race. He also has 5 wickets to his name in two matches, but due to a better economy rate, Bishnoi leads the race.
Delhi Capitals’ pacer duo of T. Natarajan and Lungi Ngidi are third and fourth now in the Purple Cap race. Both of them have picked up 4 wickets so far in two matches for Delhi Capitals.
Gujarat Titans fast bowler Prasidh Krishna picked up one wicket on Saturday vs Rajasthan Royals to extend his tally of wickets to 4. He is in 6th position, and Kagiso Rabada, who dismissed two RR batters in the 9th match of IPL 2026, is in 12th place with 3 wickets to his credit.
IPL 2026 Purple Cap lists after GT vs RR match on April 4
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | WICKETS | ECONOMY |
| 1. | Ravi Bishnoi | Rajasthan Royals | 2 | 5 | 8.14 |
| 2. | Vijaykumar Vyshak | Punjab Kings | 2 | 5 | 9.00 |
| 3. | T Natarajan | Delhi Capitals | 2 | 4 | 7.57 |
| 4. | Lungi Ngidi | Delhi Capitals | 2 | 4 | 7.95 |
| 5. | Jaydev Unadkat | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 2 | 4 | 8.33 |
| 6. | Prasidh Krishna | Gujarat Titans | 2 | 4 | 9.00 |
| 7. | Anshul Kamboj | Chennai Super Kings | 2 | 4 | 10.50 |
| 8. | Blessing Muzarabani | Kolkata Knight Riders | 2 | 4 | 10.71 |
| 9. | Jacob Duffy | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 1 | 3 | 5.50 |
| 10. | Yuzvendra Chahal | Punjab Kings | 2 | 3 | 7.00 |
On Sunday, April 5, Sunrisers Hyderabad will face Lucknow Super Giants in their first match of IPL 2026 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium from 03:30 PM IST, and the evening match is scheduled between defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Chennai Super Kings at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru from 07:30 PM IST onwards.
