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KKR and GT players aft the lucifer successful Ahmedabad. (Pic credit: IPL)
NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans’ resurgence successful the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 continued connected Friday arsenic they registered a comfy five-wicket triumph implicit struggling Kolkata Knight Riders astatine the Narendra Modi Stadium successful Ahmedabad.
After starting the IPL 2026 play with 2 defeats, Gujarat Titans person present achieved a hat-trick of wins to leap to 4th successful the points array with six points from 5 games.KKR, connected the different hand, suffered their 5th nonaccomplishment of the IPL 2026 play arsenic they remained stuck astatine the bottommost of the standings with conscionable 1 constituent from a rain-induced nary effect against table-toppers Punjab Kings earlier successful the season. The Ajinkya Rahane-led broadside stay the lone winless squad of the play aft 25 matches successful IPL 2026.GT chased down the 181-run people with 2 balls to spare against KKR and improved their nett tally complaint (NRR) to +0.018 from -0.029 — a flimsy but important betterment for the Shubman Gill-led side.The apical 3 successful the IPL 2026 standings remained unchanged, with Punjab Kings starring the battalion with 9 points from 5 games, followed by defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals — some connected 8 points, with RCB placed 2nd connected superior NRR.
The mid-table is tightly packed with 4 teams connected 4 points astatine this stage, with Sunrisers Hyderabad successful 5th connected amended NRR, followed by Delhi Capitals, Lucknow Super Giants and Chennai Super Kings — each level connected points.The bottommost 2 teams are Mumbai Indians successful ninth with conscionable 2 points from 5 games, and KKR anchored astatine the bottom.
Latest IPL 2026 Points Table aft GT vs KKR match
| Position | Teams | M | W | L | NR | Points | NRR |
| 1 | PBKS | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +1.067 |
| 2 | RCB | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | +1.503 |
| 3 | RR | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | +0.889 |
| 4 | GT | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | +0.018 |
| 5 | SRH | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | +0.576 |
| 6 | DC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | +0.322 |
| 7 | LSG | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -0.804 |
| 8 | CSK | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -0.846 |
| 9 | MI | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | -1.076 |
| 10 | KKR | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | -1.149 |
