Virat Kohli is leading the race for IPL Orange Cap after scoring 328 runs in 7 matches. Abhishek Sharma (323) and Heinrich Klaasen (320) are behind him. Whereas, in the race for Purple Cap, Anshul Kamboj is at the top with 14 wickets.
Bengaluru: The orange cap of IPL has once again adorned the head of ‘King’ Virat Kohli. This star player of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has achieved the first position in the list of highest run scorers by scoring 328 runs in 7 matches. Yesterday in the match against Gujarat Titans, Kohli played a stormy innings of 81 runs in just 44 balls. This innings included four sixes and eight fours, for which he was also named ‘Player of the Match’. Kohli has scored three half-centuries so far and his average is 54.66 and strike rate is 163.18.
Today is your chance to leave Kohli behind!
With Kohli reaching the top, Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Abhishek Sharma has slipped to second place. Abhishek has scored 323 runs in 7 matches. His best score is 135 runs not out. He has one century and two half-centuries to his name. Abhishek is batting at an average of 53.83 and an explosive strike rate of 215.33. Today Hyderabad faces Rajasthan Royals, in which Abhishek will have a chance to come on top again. Heinrich Klaasen of Hyderabad team is at third place with 320 runs. Klaasen averages 53.33 and strike rate 153.11, and has scored three half-centuries. His highest score is 62 runs.
Sanju Samson out of top-3 list
Gujarat Titans captain Shubhman Gill has reached fourth position. Gill has scored 297 runs in just 6 matches, in which his best score is 86 runs. Gill has an average of 49.50 and a strike rate of 149.24, and has scored three half-centuries. Yesterday in the match against RCB, Gill scored 32 runs on 24 balls. Due to this rise of Kohli and Gill, Chennai Super Kings opener Sanju Samson has moved to fifth position. Sanju has scored 293 runs in 7 matches. His best score is 115 not out against Delhi Capitals.
In the list, Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Suryavanshi (254), Yashasvi Jaiswal (245), RCB’s Rajat Patidar (238), Hyderabad’s Ishan Kishan (238), Gujarat’s Sai Sudarshan (235), and Jos Buttler (231) are in sixth to tenth place.
Purple cap race was also fun
At the same time, the race for the Purple Cap, given to the bowlers who take the most wickets, has also become quite exciting. Anshul Kamboj of Chennai Super Kings is in first place with 14 wickets in 7 matches and is in possession of the Purple Cap. Lucknow Super Giants fast bowler Prince Yadav is in second place with 13 wickets and is giving tough competition to Kamboj. Apart from these, Ishan Malinga and Prasidh Krishna are at third and fourth position respectively with 12 wickets each. Whereas Joffra Archer, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ravi Bishnoi have taken 11 wickets each.