IPL 2026 points table April 11: Rajasthan Royals lead with 8 points after RCB's first loss

Four matches in, and Rajasthan Royals are the only team in IPL 2026 with a perfect record. Their six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru on April 10 in Guwahati pushed them to 8 points at the top of the table. RCB, who had also been unbeaten, dropped their first game of the season and watched their net run rate take a significant hit in the process.

Full IPL 2026 standings after match 16

Rajasthan Royals sit at the top with 4 wins from 4 matches and 8 points. Sunrisers Hyderabad are second with 6 points from 3 games, having won two of their three outings so far. Punjab Kings follow closely with 6 points as well, and their head-to-head stats and NRR will come into play if the table stays this tight into the final weeks of the league stage.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru are on 4 points from 3 matches after Friday's result. Their NRR, which was the highest in the competition at +2.501 before the Guwahati game, dropped sharply after Rajasthan chased down 202 in just 18 overs. They remain in the top four for now, but their cushion has narrowed. Lucknow Super Giants are fifth with 4 points from 3 games after beating Kolkata Knight Riders in a last-ball thriller on April 9.

Kolkata Knight Riders are in trouble. They have played 4 matches and won none, sitting ninth in the table with just 1 point from a rained-out no-result against Punjab Kings. Their losses have been close, but close does not earn points. Delhi Capitals, Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Titans, and Mumbai Indians are scattered across the middle of the table, all with between 2 and 4 points from their early games.

Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi leads the run-scoring charts with 200 runs from four matches. His strike rate across those innings has been above 200, which is not a number that often appears next to a batter's name in any format at any level. He took the Orange Cap from his own teammate Yashasvi Jaiswal after his 78 off 26 against RCB.

Ravi Bishnoi holds the Purple Cap with 9 wickets from 4 matches. He has been RR's most consistent wicket-taker this season, and his ability to take wickets in the middle overs has been one of the main reasons Rajasthan have been so difficult to bat against. His economy rate in IPL 2026 sits below 8, which is solid for a spinner operating in this format.

Both the Orange Cap and Purple Cap holders are from the same team right now. That tells you something straightforward about why Rajasthan are sitting where they are in the table.

What RCB's NRR drop actually means

RCB's NRR going into the RR match was +2.501, comfortably the best in the competition. After Rajasthan knocked off 202 with 12 balls to spare, that figure dropped. The exact new NRR will depend on the runs-per-over calculations across all their innings, but the direction of the change is clear. In a tournament where six or seven teams could finish within two or three points of each other, NRR is not a footnote. It can decide playoff qualification outright.

RCB's batting looked fine on Friday. Rajat Patidar's 63 and a brisk cameo from Virat Kohli helped them post 201/8. The problem was the bowling, which had no answer for the pace at which Sooryavanshi attacked during the powerplay. RCB will need to fix that before they face Mumbai Indians on April 12 at the Wankhede.

KKR's winless start is becoming a real problem

While the top of the table is getting attention, KKR's position at the bottom deserves a closer look. They lost to LSG on the last ball on April 9, and that was their third consecutive defeat of the season. Four games played, no wins, 1 point. For a franchise that won back-to-back titles in 2024 and 2025, this start is genuinely poor.

Their bowling has been the bigger issue. Varun Chakravarthy has been out with a finger injury, Cameron Green is only just returning to bowling after back surgery, and the pace attack has been leaking runs at the death. Ajinkya Rahane has been batting decently as captain, but the team has not been able to close out tight matches. LSG's Mukul Choudhary, a 21-year-old, took them apart with 54 off 27 balls in the final overs at Eden Gardens.

Matches on April 11 and what they mean for the table

Two matches are scheduled for April 11. Punjab Kings host Sunrisers Hyderabad at Mullanpur in the afternoon fixture, and Chennai Super Kings take on Delhi Capitals at Chepauk in the evening. Both games have direct implications for the points table.

A PBKS win would put them level with Rajasthan on 8 points, with the NRR separating the two sides. An SRH win would keep them in the second position. CSK are sitting on 2 points from 2 matches and need a win to stay in contention. Delhi are in a similar position. By the end of April 11, the top half of the table could look quite different from what it does now.

Rajasthan Royals do not play again until April 13, when they travel to Hyderabad to face SRH. If they win that one, they will be on 10 points from 5 games and would be very difficult to catch in the race for a top-two finish.