IPL 9: Points table, Purple Cap, Orange Cap and fixtures after the MI v KXIP Match 43

Published - 14 May 2016, 14:19 IST | Updated - 14 May 2016, 14:19 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. Mumbai Indians suffered a crushing defeat against the Kings XI Punjab to slip to the 5^th spot in the points table with 12 points. Kings XI Punjab, on the other hand, have moved up from the last spot to the 7^th spot after their long stay at the bottom of the points table. 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 and the Kolkata Knight Riders follow in next with 12 points.

The Royal Challengers Bangalore will take on Gujarat Lions and hope to keep their chances of making it to the playoffs alive. They need to win their remaining matches to stay in the hunt for the playoffs.

IPL 9 Points Table:

Teams	MAT	WON	PTS	Net RR
SRH	11	7	14	0.417
GL	11	7	14	-0.138
DD	10	6	12	0.376
KKR	10	6	12	0.206
MI	12	6	12	-0.435
RCB	10	4	8	-0.041
KXIP	11	4	8	-0.384
RPS	11	3	6	0.087

Virat Kohli tops the list of Orange with a lead with 568 runs to his name. He could add just 7 runs in the game against the Mumbai Indians. He will have his opportunity to extend the lead a little more in the match against Gujarat Lions at home today. He is followed by Sunrisers skipper David Warner who has 515 runs to his name thus far. Rohit Sharma has moved to the third spot with 428 runs to his name and is followed by Rising Pune Supergiants opener Ajinkya Rahane with 417 runs.

AB de Villiers is at the 5^th spot with 409 runs in 10 matches. He will have a chance to add to his tally today at Bengaluru.

Players in the race for the Orange Cap:

Player	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR
Virat Kohli	RCB	10	568	108*	71	141.29
David Warner	SRH	11	515	92	57.22	159.44
Rohit Sharma	MI	12	428	85*	47.55	129.69
Ajinkya Rahane	RPS	11	417	74	46.33	129.5
AB de Villiers	RCB	10	409	83	40.9	156.7
Gautam Gambhir	KKR	10	398	90*	49.75	122.46
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	8	332	68*	55.33	143.1

Mumbai Indians pacer Mitch McClenaghan picked up a couple of wickets, in a losing cause, though, to extend his lead on the top with 17 wickets. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Andre Russell and Shane Watson follow in next with 14 wickets. RCB’s Shane Watson will have a chance to take hold of the Purple cap when they play the Gujarat Lions. Andre Russell, too, will have his go at the Purple Cap in the night game against the Rising Pune Supergiants at Kolkata.

Kings XI Punjab bowler Sandeep Sharma has moved to the 6^th 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
B Kumar	SRH	11	323	14	7.69
Andre Russell	KKR	10	248	14	7.75
Shane Watson	RCB	10	312	14	8.32
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	10	339	12	8.92
J Bumrah	MI	12	351	11	7.97