Lucknow Super Giants Defeat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 9 Runs in IPL 2026

New Delhi. In a match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 held on Thursday night, Lucknow Super Giants defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 9 runs.

With this result, while there has been no major change at the top of the Orange Cap, the race for the Purple Cap has become very interesting.

Lucknow's fast bowler Prince Yadav has created a stir in the Purple Cap standings. Prince, who got off to an excellent start by dismissing Bengaluru's veteran batter Virat Kohli for zero on the second ball, took a total of 3 wickets in the match. With this, his wicket tally this season has reached 16.

Prince has surpassed Gujarat Titans' Kagiso Rabada and Sunrisers Hyderabad's Ishan Kalinga. Although all three bowlers have the same 16 wickets, Prince is ahead based on economy rate.

His economy is 8.08, while Rabada's is 9.23 and Kalinga's is 9.44. Currently, Bengaluru's Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Chennai Super Kings' Anshul Kamboj are at the top of the Purple Cap race with 17 wickets.

Speaking of the Orange Cap, Sunrisers Hyderabad's Heinrich Klaasen remains at the top with 494 runs. He is followed by his teammate Abhishek Sharma with 475 runs.

Delhi Capitals' KL Rahul is third with 445 runs, Hyderabad's Ishan Kishan is fourth with 409 runs, and Rajasthan Royals' Vaibhav Surwanshi is fifth with 404 runs.

Bengaluru's star batter Virat Kohli, after failing to score runs in the match against Lucknow, remains stuck in ninth place with 379 runs.

On the other hand, Lucknow's Mitchell Marsh has made a leap in the Orange Cap standings by playing a spectacular century innings of 111 runs off 56 balls against Bengaluru.

With this innings, his total runs for the season have reached 367, and he has moved up to 12th place in the standings.