New Delhi. The 24th match of IPL 2026 was played on Thursday between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Punjab Kings. In which Punjab Kings won brilliantly by 7 wickets. This match took place at Wankhede ground. Where after winning the toss, Punjab Kings had decided to bowl first. In this match, Quinton de Kock got a chance in the playing eleven for the first time. And De Kock capitalized on this opportunity and scored a century in only 53 balls. On the basis of this innings, Mumbai had scored 195 runs. But Punjab chased the total of 196 runs in the 17th over itself. Punjab team has come on top in the points table. Punjab has not lost even a single match this season so far.

In reply to 196 runs, Punjab’s start was nothing special. Priyansh Arya was out in the third over on the score of 27. After this Conley also left after scoring 17 runs. But after this there was an amazing partnership between Shreyas Iyer and Prabhsimran Singh.

There was a partnership of 139 runs between the two in 66 balls. This partnership broke when Punjab Kings needed only 12 runs to win and 27 balls were left. Shreyas Iyer lost his wicket. But Iyer scored 66 runs in 35 balls. Iyer hit 5 fours and 4 sixes in his innings. After this Prabhasimran Singh completed the work and played an unbeaten inning of 80 runs. Prabhsimran Singh hit 11 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. Due to which Punjab chased Mumbai’s total in the 17th over itself.

Ryan Rickelton and Quinton De Kock started the innings for Mumbai, who came to bat first. But in the very third over, Arshdeep wreaked havoc and took the wickets of first Ryan and then Surya. Suryakumar Yadav could not even open his account. But after this Naman Dheer and Quinton De Kock batted in a explosive manner.

There was a partnership of 122 runs between the two in 68 balls. But Naman Dheer lost his wicket in the 14th over. 51 runs came from Naman’s bat. But De Kock did not stop after this. He scored a century in 53 balls. But meanwhile, Hardik Pandya lost his wicket in the 18th over. Only 14 runs came from Hardik’s bat. De Kock played an unbeaten inning of 112 runs. In his innings he hit 8 fours and 7 sixes. On the basis of which Mumbai scored 195 runs.

With this victory, Punjab team has reached the top in the points table. Punjab has won 4 out of 5 matches and one was washed out due to rain. That means Punjab has 9 points. RCB is at second place with 8 points in 5 matches. Rajasthan is at third position. At the same time, Mumbai Indians have come to 9th position with 2 points in 5 matches. CSK has now gone ahead of Mumbai.