RCB has advantage in the points table. (Photo- PTI)
IPL 2026 Points Table: In the 39th match of IPL 2026, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) badly and registered a spectacular victory by nine wickets. In this match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, Delhi team was limited to just 75 runs, which RCB easily achieved in just 6.3 overs. After this resounding victory, a big change was also seen in the points table. Royal Challengers Bangalore team has now reached the top-2 and have become a big threat to Punjab Kings.
RCB has huge advantage in the points table
By defeating Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bangalore achieved their sixth win in eight matches. Now she has 12 points and has reached second place. At the same time, if we talk about net run rate, the NRR of Royal Challengers Bangalore has become +1.919, which is the highest compared to other teams this season. On the other hand, the Delhi team had to face heavy losses. With this defeat, Delhi lost its fifth match in eight matches and their points are only 6. Along with this, his net run rate has fallen to -1.060.
At the same time, Punjab Kings remains at the first position. He has played 7 matches and won 6. At the same time, 1 match was washed out due to rain. That means Punjab Kings has not lost any match yet and is leading with 13 points. But now RCB has come very close to him. In such a situation, his next match will be very important for Punjab. At the same time, Sunrisers Hyderabad has come to third place with 10 points in 8 matches. Rajasthan Royals also have 10 points in 8 matches and are running at fourth position.
This was the condition of the competition
In this match, Delhi team, batting first, was all out for just 75 runs. The batsmen looked completely helpless in front of the bowling of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood. Josh Hazlewood took 4 wickets for 12 runs. At the same time, Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 3 wickets for just 5 runs in 3 overs. Suyyash Sharma took 1 wicket for 7 runs. Krunal and Rasikh Salam also got 1 wicket each. In reply, Virat Kohli scored 23 not out and Devdutt Padikkal scored 34 not out to give the team an easy victory. RCB achieved the target at the loss of 1 wicket in just 6.3 overs.
