IPL 9: Points table, Purple Cap, Orange Cap and fixtures after the GL v KKR Match 38

Published - 09 May 2016, 14:40 IST | Updated - 09 May 2016, 14:40 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. The Gujarat Lions defeated the Kolkata Knight Riders at Kolkata to stamp their authority on the top of the points table. Sunrisers Hyderabad rose to the second spot with a thumping 85 run win over the Mumbai Indians. Sunrisers and the Knight Riders have 12 points each with the net run rate giving SRH an edge over KKR. Delhi slipped to the 4^th place and have 10 points to their name. Mumbai Indians suffered a defeat at the hands of SRH, which sees them slip to the bottom four.

The match between Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore will help the winning side get closer to the top 4 teams.

IPL 9 Points Table:

Teams	MAT	WON	PTS	Net RR
GL	11	7	14	-0.138
SRH	9	6	12	0.609
KKR	10	6	12	0.206
DD	9	5	10	0.309
MI	10	5	10	-0.447
RPS	10	3	6	0.118
RCB	8	3	6	0.027
KXIP	9	3	6	-0.622

Virat Kohli has extended a mile-long lead in the Orange Cap list with a scintillating century against the RPS recently. Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner rose back to the second spot after a knock of 48 against the Mumbai Indians. RPS opener Ajinkya Rahane is placed 3^rd with 417 runs to his name. Gautam Gambhir failed to get among the runs in the match against Gujarat Lions and still remains to be on the 4^th spot.

Shikhar Dhawan scored an unbeaten 82 against the Mumbai Indians and has made it to the 8^th spot with 310 runs to his name. RCB skipper Virat Kohli will have his chance to make it to the 600 run mark if he hits another 59 runs against Kings XI Punjab at Mohali.

Players in the race for the Orange Cap:

Player	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR
Virat Kohli	RCB	8	541	108*	90.16	144.65
David Warner	SRH	9	458	92	65.42	164.15
Ajinkya Rahane	RPS	10	417	74	52.12	130.72
Gautam Gambhir	KKR	10	398	90*	49.75	122.46
Rohit Sharma	MI	10	388	85*	55.42	137.58
Robin Uthappa	KKR	10	327	72	32.7	135.68
AB de Villiers	RCB	8	321	83	40.12	161.3
Shikhar Dhawan	SRH	9	310	82*	62	116.54
Quinton de Kock	DD	8	297	108	42.42	149.24
Suresh Raina	GL	11	286	75	26	126.54

Andre Russell and Mitch McClenaghan take the top two spots in the Purple Cap list with 14 wickets each. A better economy rate gives Russell the Purple Cap at the moment. Both took a wicket each in their respective matches on Sunday. Mustafizur Rahman picked up 3/16 against the Mumbai Indians to make it to 3^rd position with 13 wickets. He is joined by his team mate Bhuvneshwar Kumar with 13 wickets as well at the 4^th spot.

Shane Watson of RCB and Mohit Sharma of KXIP will be in focus in the match between KXIP and RCB to rise up the table in the Purple Cap list.

Players in the race for the Purple Cap:

Player	Team	Mat	Runs	Wkts	Econ
Andre Russell	KKR	10	248	14	7.75
MJ McClenaghan	MI	10	313	14	8.12
Mustafizur R	SRH	9	203	13	6.15
B Kumar	SRH	9	271	13	7.97
Shane Watson	RCB	8	252	12	8.26
DJ Bravo	GL	10	339	12	8.92
J Bumrah	MI	10	310	11	8.15
Dhawal Kulkarni	GL	9	210	10	7
Amit Mishra	DD	9	219	10	7.3
Mohit Sharma	KXIP	9	236	10	8.01