IPL 9: Points table, Purple Cap, Orange Cap and fixtures after the KKR v RPS Match 45

Published - 15 May 2016, 14:27 IST | Updated - 15 May 2016, 14:27 IST

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IPL 9 is now getting towards its business end when all teams are closing in to get to the playoffs stage. Rising Pune Supergiants is the only team that is out of the race for the playoffs. All other teams have their chances to make it to the playoffs. RPS suffered yet another crushing defeat last night to stay at the bottom of the points table. Kolkata Knight Riders, on the other hand, have moved up to the 2nd spot. Sunrisers Hyderabad are on the top of the points table with 14 points. Gujarat Lions are also on 14 points but with a poorer net run rate. Delhi Daredevils take the 4th spot with 12 points.

If Mumbai Indians win the match today against Delhi Daredevils, they will swap places with them in the points table. It is a must win match for Mumbai today to stay in the hunt.

IPL 9 Points Table:

Teams	MAT	WON	PTS	Net RR
SRH	11	7	14	0.417
KKR	11	7	14	0.373
GL	12	7	14	-0.747
DD	10	6	12	0.376
MI	12	6	12	-0.435
RCB	11	5	10	0.627
KXIP	11	4	8	-0.384
RPS	12	3	6	-0.078

Virat Kohli tops the list of Orange Cap with a lead with 677 runs to his name. The RCB skipper continued his excellent run of form and hit the 3rd century of the season during the match against the Gujarat Lions. He extended his lead over others with a lead of over 100 runs. Sunrisers skipper David Warner slipped to the 3rd spot 515 runs to his name thus far. AB de Villiers rose to the 2nd spot with a thundering century against the Lions last night. Rohit Sharma has moved to the fourth with 428 runs to his name and is followed by Rising Pune Supergiants opener Ajinkya Rahane with 417 runs.

Players in the race for the Orange Cap:

Player	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR
Virat Kohli	RCB	11	677	109	75.22	148.14
AB de Villiers	RCB	11	538	129*	53.8	171.88
David Warner	SRH	11	515	92	57.22	159.44
Rohit Sharma	MI	12	428	85*	47.55	129.69
Ajinkya Rahane	RPS	12	419	74	41.9	127.74
Gautam Gambhir	KKR	11	398	90*	44.22	122.08
Shikhar Dhawan	SRH	11	377	82*	53.85	114.24
Murali Vijay	KXIP	11	372	89	37.2	122.77
Quinton de Kock	DD	9	341	108	42.62	148.26
Lokesh Rahul	RCB	9	332	68*	55.33	143.1

Mumbai Indians pacer Mitch McClenaghan picked up a couple of wickets, in a losing a cause though, to extend his lead on the top with 17 wickets. Andre Russell bagged a wicket in the rain-affected match against the Supergiants to make his way to the second spot with 15 wickets. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shane Watson follow in next with 14 wickets. Kings XI Punjab bowler Sandeep Sharma has moved to the 6th spot and has 12 wickets to his name at an impressive economy of 7. Mustafizur Rahman has the best economy rate among all the bowlers.

Players in the race for the Purple Cap:

Player	Team	Mat	Runs	Wkts	Econ
MJ McClenaghan	MI	12	372	17	8.17
Andre Russell	KKR	11	259	15	7.61
B Kumar	SRH	11	323	14	7.69
Shane Watson	RCB	11	315	14	8.18
Mustafizur R	SRH	11	268	13	6.53
Sandeep Sharma	KXIP	11	273	12	7
Amit Mishra	DD	10	238	12	7.21
Mohit Sharma	KXIP	11	295	12	7.79
DJ Bravo	GL	11	385	12	9.39
Dhawal Kulkarni	GL	10	243	12	7.36