This is CSK’s fourth win this season.Image Credit source: PTI
IPL Points Table 2026 (Updated), After Chennai Super kings vs Mumbai Indians Match: Chennai Super Kings, who are trying to make a comeback in IPL 2026, have got another success. Rituraj Gaikwad’s team, which started the season on a bad note, is slowly returning to form. Chennai, which is trying its best to keep its playoff chances intact, also won the second match against Mumbai Indians this season. In this way, with the fourth win in the season, CSK jumped one place in the points table.
CSK moves to sixth position with win
In this match played at Chepauk Stadium, Chennai, the performance of both the 5-time champion teams was exactly the same as in the match played at Wankhede. This time also from batting to bowling, CSK only Mumbai But she completely dominated. In the last match, Chennai, batting first, scored 207 runs and bundled out Mumbai for just 104 runs. This time, after restricting Mumbai to 159 runs, CSK easily achieved this target by losing 2 wickets.
With this match, Chennai and Mumbai have played 9-9 matches in IPL 2026. But the situation of both the teams is completely different. This is Chennai’s fourth win in 9 matches and the team has now achieved 8 points. In this matter it is at par with Delhi Capitals (8). Just because of the difference in net run rate, CSK (0.005) has left Delhi (-0.895) behind and has jumped from seventh place to sixth place.
Playoff now difficult for Mumbai
This is Mumbai Indians’ 7th defeat in 9 matches and they are still at 9th position with only 4 points. This defeat has almost destroyed Mumbai’s chances of reaching the playoffs. Now, if the team somehow wants to reach the playoffs, then it will have to win the remaining five matches, through which the team can reach 14 points. However, even after this, its reaching the next round will depend on the results of other teams, which is not in Mumbai’s favor at the moment.
