Punjab Kings crushed Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets in Mumbai on Thursday, April 16, to take No. 1 position in the IPL 2026 points table. The Punjab-based franchise rode on half-centuries from Prabhsimran Singh and Shreyas Iyer to chase down the 196-run target in 16.3 overs for the loss of just 3 wickets at Wankhede Stadium.
The win over MI at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai is PBKS’ fourth win in five matches of IPL 2026. They now have 9 points to their credit, which is one more than Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s and Rajasthan Royals’ tally of 8 each.
Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, remain ninth in the IPL 2026 points table. They have won one and suffered defeat in four matches. The Hardik Pandya-led side only has 2 points to their name.
IPL 2026 points
table after MI vs PBKS match on April 16
| POSITION | TEAM | MATCHES | WINS | DEFEATS | NO RESULT | POINTS | NRR |
| 1. | Punjab Kings | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1.067 |
| 2. | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.503 |
| 3. | Rajasthan Royals | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.889 |
| 4. | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0.576 |
| 5. | Delhi Capitals | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.322 |
| 6. | Gujarat Titans | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -0.029 |
| 7. | Lucknow Super Giants | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -0.804 |
| 8. | Chennai Super Kings | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -0.846 |
| 9. | Mumbai Indians | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | -1.076 |
| 10. | Kolkata Knight Riders | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | -1.383 |
Orange Race
PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer scored his third fifty in a row on Thursday. He played a knock of 66 runs from 35 balls to extend his tally of runs to 203 in four innings. He is now sixth in the Orange Cap race. On the other hand, Prabhsimran Singh is fifth in the list of batters with most runs in IPL 2026. Prabhsimran, who remained unbeaten on 80 runs in the 196-run chase, overall has scored 211 runs in this year’s IPL.
Only Virat Kohli (228), Heinrich Klaasen (224), Rajat Patidar (222) and Ishan Kishan (213) are ahead of him in the run-getters list.
For Mumbai Indians, Quinton de Kock scored a brilliant century (112 not out from 60 balls) in his first match of IPL 2026. He has already become MI’s third-highest run-getter in IPL 2026.
IPL 2026 Orange Cap leaderboard after MI vs PBKS match on April 16
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | RUNS | STRIKE RATE |
| 1. | Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 5 | 228 | 158.33 |
| 2. | Heinrich Klaasen | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 5 | 224 | 142.67 |
| 3. | Rajat Patidar | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 5 | 222 | 213.46 |
| 4. | Ishan Kishan | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 5 | 213 | 190.17 |
| 5. | Prabhsimran Singh | Punjab Kings | 5 | 211 | 172.95 |
| 6. | Shreyas Iyer | Punjab Kings | 5 | 203 | 187.96 |
| 7. | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | Rajasthan Royals | 5 | 200 | 263.15 |
| 8. | Sanju Samson | Chennai Super Kings | 5 | 185 | 172.89 |
| 9. | Yashasvi Jaiswal | Rajasthan Royals | 5 | 184 | 157.26 |
| 10. | Angkrish Raghuvanshi | Kolkata Knight Riders | 5 | 182 | 155.55 |
Purple Cap
Mumbai Indians fast bowler Shardul Thakur picked up one wicket against PBKS to extend his tally of wickets to 6, and he is now 10th in the list of bowlers with the most wickets in IPL 2026. GT’s Prasidh Krishna is the current leader of the Purple Cap race. He has picked up 10 wickets in four matches for the Shubman Gill-led side. CSK’s Anshul Kamboj has also dismissed 10 batters so far in this year’s IPL.
A total of three RCB bowlers feature in the top-10 list of highest wicket-takers in IPL 2026.
IPL 2026 Purple Cap leaderboard after MI vs PBKS match on April 16
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | WICKETS | ECONOMY |
| 1. | Prasidh Krishna | Gujarat Titans | 4 | 10 | 9.50 |
| 2. | Anshul Kamboj | Chennai Super Kings | 5 | 10 | 10.12 |
| 3. | Prince Yadav | Lucknow Super Giants | 5 | 9 | 9.11 |
| 4. | Ravi Bishnoi | Rajasthan Royals | 5 | 9 | 9.31 |
| 5. | Jofra Archer | Rajasthan Royals | 5 | 7 | 8.47 |
| 6. | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 5 | 7 | 8.70 |
| 7. | Krunal Pandya | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 5 | 7 | 9.17 |
| 8. | Jacob Duffy | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 4 | 6 | 11.50 |
| 9. | Vaibhav Arora | Kolkata Knight Riders | 5 | 6 | 12.00 |
| 10. | Shardul Thakur | Mumbai Indians | 5 | 6 | 13.57 |
On Friday, April 17, Gujarat Titans will face Kolkata Knight Riders in their fifth match of IPL 2026. The match between the two former champions is scheduled to take place at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
