IPL 9: Points table, Purple Cap, Orange Cap and fixtures after the GL v MI Match 54

Published - 22 May 2016, 13:50 IST | Updated - 22 May 2016, 13:50 IST

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IPL 9 is finally a day away from the playoffs stage. With just 2 matches remaining to be played in the league stage, the fans are in for a treat as still the top four teams for the playoffs are not confirmed. The results of both the matches on Sunday will affect the proceedings of the tournament. The Sunrisers Hyderabad will lock horns with the Kolkata Knight Riders at Kolkata in the day game today and the Royal Challengers Bangalore will take on Delhi Daredevils in the second match.

The Mumbai Indians lost to the Gujarat Lions and hence will be relying on the results of the two matches today for their outside chance to qualify. Lions have now consolidated one of the top two slots. If SRH wins by a big margin and so does RCB, MI will then be place 4th on the basis of the better net run rate.

IPL 9 Points Table:

Teams	MAT	WON	PTS	Net RR
GL	14	9	18	-0.374
SRH	13	8	16	0.355
RCB	13	7	14	0.93
KKR	13	7	14	0.022
DD	13	7	14	-0.102
MI	14	7	14	-0.146
RPS	14	5	10	0.015
KXIP	14	4	8	-0.646

Qualification scenarios for the 5 teams – IPL 2016 qualification scenario after 54 matches

Virat Kohli leads the list for the Orange Cap with a staggering aggregate of 865 runs in 13 matches this season. He will be in action tonight against the Delhi Daredevils and hope to add more to his heavy kitty. He is followed by Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner, who has 640 runs to his name. Warner’s side will take on the Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens today. AB de Villiers will also be in action tonight when RCB takes on the Daredevils. The South African batsman is placed at number 3 in the Orange cap list.

Players in the race for the Orange Cap:

Player	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR
Virat Kohli	RCB	13	865	113	86.5	155.01
David Warner	SRH	13	640	92	58.18	152.38
AB de Villiers	RCB	13	597	129*	54.27	172.54
Rohit Sharma	MI	14	489	85*	44.45	132.88
Ajinkya Rahane	RPS	14	480	74	43.63	126.64
Gautam Gambhir	KKR	13	457	90*	41.54	124.18
Murali Vijay	KXIP	14	453	89	34.84	124.45
Shikhar Dhawan	SRH	13	412	82*	45.77	114.44
Quinton de Kock	DD	12	385	108	35	140
Suresh Raina	GL	13	397	75	33.08	133.22

Mumbai Indians’ pacer Mitch McClenaghan went wicketless against the Gujarat Lions but continues to be on the top of Purple Cap list with 17 wickets. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will take the purple cap if he picks up a couple of wickets in the match against the Knight Riders today. Yuzvendra Chahal, too, is on 16 wickets with Kumar and will have his opportunity if he plays against the Delhi Daredevils in the last league game tonight. His teammate Shane Watson will be in the frame as well. The former Australian all-rounder has 16 wickets to his name as well.

Players in the race for the Purple Cap:

Player	Team	Mat	Runs	Wkts	Econ
MJ McClenaghan	MI	14	436	17	8.17
B Kumar	SRH	13	388	16	7.76
Yuzvendra Chahal	RCB	10	292	16	7.85
Shane Watson	RCB	13	368	16	8.26
Mustafizur R	SRH	13	324	15	6.61
Sandeep Sharma	KXIP	14	366	15	7.32
J Bumrah	MI	14	406	15	7.8
Andre Russell	KKR	12	291	15	7.97
DJ Bravo	GL	13	436	15	8.89
Dhawal Kulkarni	GL	12	318	14	7.75