IPL 9: Points table, Purple Cap, Orange Cap and fixtures after the league stage

Published - 23 May 2016, 13:11 IST | Updated - 23 May 2016, 13:11 IST

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IPL 9 has now reached its business end. The league stages has finally ended and the top four teams are now ready to lock horns in the playoffs. Gujarat Lions and Royal Challengers Bangalore are the top two teams who will get two attempts at the final berth. They will play the Qualifier 1 at Bengaluru tomorrow. Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad will face the heat of the Eliminator. The winner of Eliminator will compete with the loser of the Qualifier 1 in the Qualifier 2 at Delhi in a bid to play the finals against the winner of Qualifier 1.

IPL 9 Points Table:

Teams	MAT	WON	PTS	Net RR
GL	14	9	18	-0.374
RCB	14	8	16	0.932
SRH	14	8	16	0.245
KKR	14	8	16	0.106
MI	14	7	14	-0.146
DD	14	7	14	-0.155
RPS	14	5	10	0.015
KXIP	14	4	8	-0.646

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Virat Kohli remained the undisputed holder of the Orange Cap after the league stages with an aggregate of 919 runs in 14 matches. He is way ahead of the second placed David Warner, who has 658 runs to his name. Kohli struck his 10th half century of the season in the last league game to ensure that his side finishes among the top two. His teammate AB de Villiers could add only 6 to his tally and is placed at the 3rd spot with 603 runs.

Players in the race for the Orange Cap:

Player	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR
Virat Kohli	RCB	14	919	113	91.9	152.4
David Warner	SRH	14	658	92	54.83	150.91
AB de Villiers	RCB	14	603	129*	50.25	170.33
Rohit Sharma	MI	14	489	85*	44.45	132.88
Ajinkya Rahane	RPS	14	480	74	43.63	126.64
Gautam Gambhir	KKR	14	473	90*	39.41	123.49
Shikhar Dhawan	SRH	14	463	82*	46.3	118.71
Murali Vijay	KXIP	14	453	89	34.84	124.45
Quinton de Kock	DD	13	445	108	37.08	136.08
Suresh Raina	GL	13	397	75	33.08	133.22

Mitch McClenaghan was finally displaced from the top stop of the Purple cap list. RCB’s Yuzvendra Chahal bagged another 3-wicket haul to take the Purple Cap with 19 wickets to his name. Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar had earlier bagged 2 wickets against the Kolkata Knight Riders to claim the Purple Cap for a brief while before Chahal became the proud owner of it. Mitch McClenaghan has 17 wickets to his name and is placed at the 3rd spot. Chahal and Bhuvi will be in action during the playoffs that will kick start tomorrow.

Players in the race for the Purple Cap:

Player	Team	Mat	Runs	Wkts	Econ
Yuzvendra Chahal	RCB	11	324	19	7.87
B Kumar	SRH	14	419	18	7.75
MJ McClenaghan	MI	14	436	17	8.17
Mustafizur R	SRH	14	356	16	6.71
Shane Watson	RCB	14	395	16	8.14
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