IPL 2025, Points Table: Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Dominance Continues; Rajasthan Royals Seek Revival

Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Rajasthan Royals to clinch their first win of the IPL 2025 season on Wednesday (March 26). After the match, the Ajinkya Rahane-led team climbed to the sixth rank in the Points Table. Whereas, RR who remained at the bottom of the points table, will want to register their first win in the next game and add two points on the board. While Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore lead the table with strong performances, Lucknow Super Giants, Mumbai Indians, and Gujarat Titans have fallen by one place in the rankings. Here’s how the standings look after the RR vs KKR clash.

IPL 2025 POINTS TABLE

Sunrisers Hyderabad are leading the points table with a Net Run Rate of 2.200, after their outstanding victory against RR. They are followed by Rajat Patidar-led Royal Challengers Bangalore with an NRR of 2.137, after defeating Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening game of the season. Kolkata Knight Riders jumped to the sixth position from the ninth position. On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals remains at the bottom after facing two back-to-back losses in the league.

Punjab Kings started their IPL 2025 journey on a high note after clinching a win against Gujarat Titans and they rank third on the table. Their NRR is 0.550. On the fourth position of the points table is Chennai Super Kings with 0.493 NRR after they won their first game of the season against Mumbai Indians. They are followed by Delhi Capitals who snatched the victory from the hands of Lucknow Super Giants with the help of Ashutosh Sharma’s explosive innings.

LSG, MI, and GT stand in seventh, eighth, and ninth positions, respectively.

Race for Orange Cap

Regarding the rankings of players in the list to win the Orange Cap, Ishan Kishan continues to hold the top position after his knock of 106 runs off 47 balls. Dhruv Jurel climbed to the second position after RR’s second match of the season. He is followed by KKR’s Quinton De Kock who smashed 97 runs in the same game.

Ishan Kishan (SRH) – 106 runs

Dhruv Jurel (RR) – 103 runs

Quinton De Kock (KKR) – 101 runs

Shreyas Iyer (PBKS) – 97 runs

Sanju Samson (RR) – 79 runs

Race for Purple Cap

In the race to win Purple Cap, CSK’s Noor Ahmad tops the list with his four-wicket haul in the first game against MI. He has an economy of 4.40. He is followed by his fellow teammate Khaleel Ahmed with three wickets and an economy of 7.25. Krunal Pandya has also scalped three wickets so far and has an economy of 7.25.

Noor Ahmad (CSK) – Wickets: 4, Economy: 4.50

Khaleel Ahmed (CSK) – Wickets: 3, Economy: 7.25

Krunal Pandya (CSK) – Wickets: 3, Economy: 7.25

Varun Chakaravarthy (KKR) – Wickets: 3, Economy: 7.50

Sai Kishore (GT) – Wickets: 3, Economy: 7.50