IPL 9: Points table, Purple Cap, Orange Cap and fixtures after the MI v KXIP match 21

Published - 26 Apr 2016, 14:15 IST | Updated - 26 Apr 2016, 14:15 IST

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The 9^th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has now almost reached the mid-way stage and from here no teams can afford to lose matches. A defeat from here would only make things tougher for the sides on their road to the qualifiers. Such has been the case with the Kings XI Punjab, who were handed over their 5th defeat in the season by Mumbai Indians last night. Only if they afford to win all their following games, they can make it to the playoffs.

The Mumbai Indians with their win last night have swapped places with the RCB in the points table but have a poorer run rate of -0.268. The table stands pretty much the same apart from that. The key point to notice is that Mumbai have played the most number of matches, that is 7 matches for their 6 points. The Kolkata Knight Riders sit comfortably at the top of the table with 8 points and a healthy net run rate, followed by the Gujarat Lions, Delhi Daredevils, and the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

TEAMS	MAT	WON	PTS	NET RR
Kolkata Knight Riders	5	4	8	0.922
Gujarat Lions	5	4	8	0.034
Delhi Daredevils	4	3	6	0.32
Sunrisers Hyderabad	5	3	6	0.276
Mumbai Indians	7	3	6	-0.268
Royal Challengers Bangalore	5	2	4	0.23
Rising Pune Supergiants	5	1	2	0.003
Kings XI Punjab	6	1	2	-1.174

The Orange Cap is still with the RCB skipper Virat Kohli, who has been in scintillating form this season with 367 runs. He is followed by Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner, who will have a chance to get it back tonight in the game against Rising Pune Supergiants. Rohit Sharma’s duck in the other game saw a dip in his average. On the other hand, a good knock by Ambati Rayudu against the Kings XI has seen him break into the top ten with 217 runs.

Player	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50
Virat Kohli	RCB	5	367	100*	91.75	143.92	1	3
David Warner	SRH	5	294	90*	98	168	0	4
AB de Villiers	RCB	5	269	83	53.8	170.25	0	3
Gautam Gambhir	KKR	5	237	90*	79	123.43	0	2
Rohit Sharma	MI	7	230	84*	38.33	135.29	0	3
Ajinkya Rahane	RPS	5	223	67	55.75	132.73	0	3
Ambati Rayudu	MI	7	217	65	36.16	121.91	0	2
Quinton de Kock	DD	4	193	108	64.33	175.45	1	1
Aaron Finch	GL	5	191	74	63.66	135.46	0	3
FAF du Plessis	RPS	5	176	69	35.2	124.82	0	2

In the bowling department, the Purple Cap is with Mumbai’s Mitch McClenaghan, who with his 2 wickets in the match against Kings XI has strengthened his position at the top with 11 wickets. His bowling partner Jasprit Bumrah has made his way to the second spot with a 3-wicket haul against the Kings. The duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mustafizur Rahman follow next. Kings XI bowlers Mohit Sharma and Sandeep Sharma have also made it to the top 10, though their team has been underperforming. Mustafizur Rahman has the best economy rate among all the bowlers with 5.75 and Amit Mishra follows him with an economy of 6.

Player	Team	Mat	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ
MJ McClenaghan	MI	7	26.3	215	11	8.11
Jasprit Bumrah	MI	7	26	212	8	8.15
B Kumar	SRH	5	20	167	8	8.35
Mustafizur Rahman	SRH	5	20	115	7	5.75
Amit Mishra	DD	4	12	72	7	6
Mohit Sharma	KXIP	6	18.5	144	7	7.64
M Ashwin	RPS	5	18	144	7	8
SR Watson	RCB	5	19.3	157	7	8.05
Sandeep Sharma	KXIP	6	19	121	6	6.36
DJ Bravo	GL	5	19	173	6	9.1