New Delhi: Gujarat Titans’ resurgence in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 continued on Friday as they registered a comfortable five-wicket win over struggling Kolkata Knight Riders at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. After starting the IPL 2026 season with two defeats, Gujarat Titans have now secured a hat-trick of wins to move up to the fourth spot in the points table with six points from five games.KKR, on the other hand, suffered their fifth defeat of the IPL 2026 season as they finished bottom of the standings with just one point after a rain-out draw against table-toppers Punjab Kings earlier in the season. Ajinkya Rahane-led team is the only winless team in IPL 2026 after 25 matches of the season.GT chased down the target of 181 with two balls to spare against KKR and improved their Net Run Rate (NRR) from -0.029 to +0.018 – a slight but significant improvement for the Shubman Gill-led side.The top three in the IPL 2026 standings are unchanged, with Punjab Kings leading the pack with nine points from five games, followed by defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals – both on eight points – with RCB second on the highest NRR.The mid-table is tightly packed with four teams on four points at this stage, with Sunrisers Hyderabad fifth on an improved NRR, followed by Delhi Capitals, Lucknow Supergiants and Chennai Super Kings – all level on points.The bottom two teams are ninth-placed Mumbai Indians with just two points from five matches, and KKR are at the bottom.
Latest IPL 2026 Points Table After 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 | M.I | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | -1.076 |
| 10 | KKR | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | -1.149 |
