Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill, and Jos Buttler scored half-centuries before Mohammed Siraj, Kagiso Rabada and Rashid Khan picked up three wickets each on Thursday (May 21) to help Gujarat Titans crush Chennai Super Kings by 89 runs and win their 14th league match of IPL 2026. The big win over CSK in front of home fans helped GT extend their tally of points to 18, but they remain second in the IPL 2026 points table
.On the other hand, after losing their eighth match of the ongoing season, CSK are out of the IPL 2026 playoffs race. CSK had to get the better of GT at Narendra Modi Stadium to remain alive in the top-four race, but they failed to achieve the objective.
IPL 2026 points table after GT vs CSK match on May 21
| POSITION | TEAM | MATCHES | WINS | DEFEATS | NO RESULT | POINTS | NRR |
| 1. | Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Q) | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1.065 |
| 2. | Gujarat Titans (Q) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.695 |
| 3. | Sunrisers Hyderabad (Q) | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0.350 |
| 4. | Rajasthan Royals | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0.083 |
| 5. | Punjab Kings | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0.227 |
| 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 | 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
Sai Sudharsan and
Shubman Gill scored half-centuries for the Gujarat Titans on Thursday to retake the top-two positions in the list of batters with the most runs in IPL 2026. Sudharsan played a knock of 84 runs from 53 balls against Chennai Super Kings at Narendra Modi Stadium to take his tally of runs to 638, and he is leading the Orange Cap race in IPL 2026. Gill, who scored 64 runs from 37 balls, is in 2nd place with a total of 616 runs.
CSK wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson was also in action on Thursday, and he had a chance to rise up in the Orange Cap leaderboard by playing an impressive knock for Ruturaj Gaikwad & Co., but he got out for a golden duck.
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. | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | Rajasthan Royals | 13 | 579 | 236.32 |
| 4. | Mitchell Marsh | Lucknow Super Giants | 13 | 563 | 163.18 |
| 5. | Heinrich Klaasen | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 13 | 555 | 155.89 |
| 6. | Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 13 | 542 | 164.74 |
| 7. | KL Rahul | Delhi Capitals | 13 | 533 | 171.93 |
| 8. | Abhishek Sharma | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 13 | 507 | 201.99 |
| 9. | Ishan Kishan | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 13 | 490 | 179.48 |
| 10. | Sanju Samson | Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 477 | 165.62 |
Purple Cap
RCB’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar is leading the Purple Cap race in IPL 2026. The 35-year-old has 24 wickets to his name in this year’s IPL. GT pacer Kagiso Rabada also has accounted for the dismissal of 24 batters in IPL 2026 after he picked up 3 wickets against CSK on May 21. But due to a better economy rate, Bhuvi tops the wicket-taker list.
CSK pacer Anshul Kamboj is in third place with 21 wickets, and Rashid Khan takes 4th place with 19 wickets in 14 matches. The legendary spinner from Afghanistan also dismissed three Chennai batters at Narendra Modi Stadium. Mohammed Siraj is in 7th place with 17 wickets in 14 matches. Like Rashid and Rabada, Siraj also dismissed three CSK batters and bagged the Player Of The Match award.
Purple Cap in IPL 2026 | Top Wicket-takers
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | WICKETS | ECONOMY RATE |
| 1. | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 13 | 24 | 7.70 |
| 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. | Jofra Archer | Rajasthan Royals | 13 | 18 | 9.14 |
| 6. | Kartik Tyagi | Kolkata Knight Riders | 13 | 18 | 9.42 |
| 7. | Mohammed Siraj | Gujarat Titans | 14 | 17 | 8.58 |
| 8. | Eshan Malinga | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 13 | 17 | 9.36 |
| 9. | Prince Yadav | Lucknow Super Giants | 13 | 16 | 8.71 |
| 10. | Sunil Narine | Kolkata Knight Riders | 12 | 14 | 6.40 |
On Friday (May 22), Sunrisers Hyderabad will face Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their final league stage match of IPL 2026. If SRH manage to get the better of RCB by a big margin, then they will book their place in qualifier 1. But if Sunrisers lose, then RCB will finish as the table-toppers with 20 points.
