New Delhi: Gujarat Titans defeated defending champions Royal Challengers Bangalore 1-1 at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Thursday. Chasing a modest target of 156 runs, the Shubman Gill-led GT team encountered some hiccups on the way to their fifth win of the season.The two points from the home win took GT to 10 points as they move towards a playoff spot while consolidating their mid-table position. GT closes gap on fourth place rajasthan royals Just two points remain while extending lead over sixth place chennai super kings to four o’clock.RCB remain second in the table despite the defeat, their third defeat in nine games this season. They share 12 points with third-placed Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals, but their net run rate (NRR) took a hit after GT took just 15.5 overs to chase down the target.Still, RCB’s NRR of +1.420 is still the best so far this season.Kings XI Punjab continue to lead the points table with 13 points from eight games and have a whopping NRR of +1.043.The lower half of the table remains unchanged. CSK are in sixth place with 6 points, ahead of Delhi Capitals who also have 6 points and have a higher NRR. Kolkata Knight Riders are in eighth place with 5 points, while Mumbai Indians are in ninth place with 4 points, just ahead of Lucknow Supergiants, who are at the bottom of the NRR rankings.As the league stage enters a critical stage, the competition for the playoffs is also heating up. GT remained solidly competitive with this crucial win against RCB on Thursday.
IPL 2026 points table After GT vs RCB match:
| Location | team | medium size | watt | L | NR | integral | NRR |
| 1 | Bokos | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | +1.043 |
| 2 | RCB | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | +1.420 |
| 3 | sex hormone releasing hormone | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | +0.832 |
| 4 | RR | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | +0.617 |
| 5 | GT | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 | -0.192 |
| 6 | CSK | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | -0.121 |
| 7 | DC | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | -1.060 |
| 8 | KKR | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | -0.751 |
| 9 | myocardial infarction | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | -0.784 |
| 10 | LSG | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | -1.106 |
