KL Rahul (56 from 42 balls) and Abishek Porel (51 from 31 balls) played brilliant knocks on Sunday (May 17) to help Delhi Capitals chase down the target of 194 runs in 19.2 overs and win their 13th league match of IPL 2026 at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi against Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets.
The big win over the Riyan Parag-led side has kept DC alive in the IPL 2026 playoffs race, but their chances of finishing in the top four are still on a knife’s edge. In addition to winning their last league fixture against Kolkata Knight Riders by a very big margin, DC will also have to remain dependent on the results of other teams.
As of now, DC are 7th in the points table with 12 points from 13 matches played so far. Rajasthan Royals also have 12 points to
their credit, but due to poor net run rate, they have now dropped to 6th in the IPL 2026 points table. Chennai Super Kings, on the other hand, are now 5th in the points table with 12 points.
Earlier on Sunday, RCB faced Punjab Kings in their 13th league match and secured a win by 23 runs. The run over Shreyas Iyer’s men in the match played at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium in Dharamsala helped RCB become the first team to officially qualify for the IPL 2026 playoffs.
IPL 2026 points table after DC vs RR match on May 17
| POSITION | TEAM | MATCHES | WINS | DEFEATS | NO RESULT | POINTS | NRR |
| 1. | Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Q) | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1.065 |
| 2. | Gujarat Titans | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0.400 |
| 3. | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0.331 |
| 4. | Punjab Kings | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0.227 |
| 5. | Chennai Super Kings | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0.027 |
| 6. | Rajasthan Royals | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0.027 |
| 7. | Delhi Capitals | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 12 | -0.871 |
| 8. | Kolkata Knight Riders | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 | -0.038 |
| 9. | Mumbai Indians (E) | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | -0.504 |
| 10. | Lucknow Super Giants (E) | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0.701 |
Orange Cap
Virat Kohli and KL Rahul scored half-centuries for RCB and Delhi Capitals, respectively, on Sunday to take their total tally of runs to 542 and 530 in IPL 2026, and they are now 3rd and 4th on the list of batters with the most runs in this year’s IPL. Kohli is only 13 runs behind Sai Sudharsan in this year’s IPL, who is leading the Orange Cap race in IPL 2026. Sudharsan’s GT teammate Shubman Gill is 2nd in the Orange Cap list with 552 runs in 12 matches.
SRH’s Heinrich Klaasen is in fifth place with 508 runs, and RR’s Vaibhav Sooryavanshi takes sixth position in the Orange Cap leaderboard. Vaibhav, who played a knock of 46 runs from 21 balls against DC at Arun Jaitley Stadium, has scored a total of 486 runs in 12 matches of IPL 2026.
PBKS’ No. 3 batter, Cooper Connolly, is also back in the top 10. He takes 8th position with a total of 473 runs.
Orange Cap in IPL 2026 | Top Run-scorers
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | RUNS | STRIKE RATE |
| 1. | Sai Sudharsan | Gujarat Titans | 13 | 554 | 157.83 |
| 2. | Shubman Gill | Gujarat Titans | 12 | 552 | 160.46 |
| 3. | Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 13 | 542 | 164.74 |
| 4. | KL Rahul | Delhi Capitals | 13 | 530 | 173.77 |
| 5. | Heinrich Klaasen | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 12 | 508 | 153.93 |
| 6. | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | Rajasthan Royals | 12 | 486 | 234.78 |
| 7. | Abhishek Sharma | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 12 | 481 | 209.13 |
| 8. | Cooper Connolly | Punjab Kings | 13 | 473 | 162.54 |
| 9. | Mitchell Marsh | Lucknow Super Giants | 12 | 467 | 112.15 |
| 10. | Sanju Samson | Chennai Super Kings | 12 | 450 | 164.23 |
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 after he picked up 2 wickets for 38 runs in four overs against Punjab Kings on Sunday. He has dismissed three more batters in IPL 2026 than Kagiso Rabada of the Gujarat Titans.
Chennai Super Kings’ fast bowler, who had a forgetful day with the ball against Lucknow Super Giants on Friday (May 14), is third in the Purple Cap leaderboard with 19 wickets, and RR pacer Jofra Archer takes fourth position now. He dismissed two DC batters to take his tally of wickets to 17 in IPL 2026.
In the list of bowlers with most wickets in IPL 2026, he is followed by four bowlers – Prince Yadav (LSG), Rashid Khan (GT), Kartik Tyagi (KKR) and Eshan Malinga (SRH) – who have 16 wickets each to their credit.
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 | 13 | 21 | 9.22 |
| 3. | Anshul Kamboj | Chennai Super Kings | 12 | 19 | 10.11 |
| 4. | Jofra Archer | Rajasthan Royals | 13 | 17 | – |
| 5. | Prince Yadav | Lucknow Super Giants | 12 | 16 | 8.53 |
| 6. | Rashid Khan | Gujarat Titans | 13 | 16 | 8.70 |
| 7. | Kartik Tyagi | Kolkata Knight Riders | 12 | 16 | 9.44 |
| 8. | Eshan Malinga | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 12 | 16 | 9.63 |
| 9. | Mohammed Siraj | Gujarat Titans | 13 | 14 | 8.58 |
| 10. | Jamie Overton | Chennai Super Kings | 10 | 14 | 8.89 |
On Monday (May 18), Chennai Super Kings will face Sunrisers Hyderabad at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The match is scheduled to start at 07:30 PM IST.
