
Sanjeev Kumar
khelja|30-04-2026
Changes in points table after MI vs SRH matchImage Credit source: PTI
IPL Points Table 2026 (Updated), After Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians Match: Amidst the explosive performance of Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2026, Sunrisers Hyderabad has also kept the race for top-2 alive by continuing its explosive performance. Sunrisers, which started the season with a defeat, has created such a winning streak, which is now proving difficult to break and on the basis of this, the team is giving tough competition to the other two teams to get the first place.
His claim has been strengthened on the basis of his fifth consecutive win, in which SRH defeated Mumbai Indians badly.2024 runner-up sunrises The last season was not good for the team and the team had missed qualifying in the top-4. Then the start of this season was also not good and the team could win only 1 out of the first 4 matches. But after this, under the captaincy of Ishan Kishan and Pat Cummins, this team started the journey of victory and now it is continuing. Its most explosive form was seen against Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium, where SRH achieved the record target of 244 runs given by Mumbai with 8 balls to spare.
With this victory, Hyderabad has achieved success in 6 after playing 9 matches this season. At the same time, he had to face defeat in 3 matches. In this way, now Hyderabad has a total of 12 points from 9 matches and in this matter it has equaled Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals. The only difference is in the net run rate and that is why it has jumped above Rajasthan but is currently below Bengaluru. Hyderabad's NRR is currently 0.832 and has climbed from fourth position to third, while Bengaluru (1.919) remains at second and Rajasthan (0.617) has slipped to fourth.
Punjab Kings remains on first with 13 points.In such a situation, these four teams have already gone far ahead of the rest in the race for the playoffs and there seems to be a real competition between them for a place in the top-2. At the same time, Mumbai Indians have faced a total of sixth defeat in 8 matches this season, out of which they have suffered the fourth consecutive defeat on their own home ground.
This has almost ended Mumbai's hopes of reaching the playoffs. The team has now been able to score only 4 points in 8 matches and remains at 9th position. Below that is only Lucknow Super Giants, who themselves have 4 points but Mumbai (-0.784) has a slightly better NRR, hence they are one place higher.




