IPL 9: Points table, Purple Cap, Orange Cap and fixtures after the RCB v MI Match 41

Published - 12 May 2016, 13:37 IST | Updated - 12 May 2016, 13:37 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 registered a comfortable win against the Royal Challengers Bangalore to move to the 4^th spot in the points table with 12 points. 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. Kolkata Knight Riders follow in next with 12 points.

The Royal Challengers Bangalore lost the crucial match against the Mumbai Indians and continue to be on the 6^th spot with 8 points. They need to win their remaining matches to stay in the hunt for the playoffs. Sunrisers Hyderabad will lock horns with the Delhi Daredevils at Hyderabad in a bid to consolidate their top position.

IPL 9 Points Table:

Teams	MAT	WON	PTS	Net RR
SRH	10	7	14	0.558
GL	11	7	14	-0.138
KKR	10	6	12	0.206
MI	11	6	12	-0.346
DD	9	5	10	0.309
RCB	10	4	8	-0.041
RPS	11	3	6	0.087
KXIP	10	3	6	-0.567

Virat Kohli tops the list of Orange with a country mile lead with 568 runs to his name. He could add just 7 runs in the game against the Mumbai Indians. He is followed by Sunrisers skipper David Warner who has 469 runs to his name thus far. He will have his opportunity to minimize that lead in the match against the Delhi Daredevils. He could not get a good score against Supergiants and trails by 99 runs from the top placed Kohli.

His team-mate AB de Villiers added 24 to his tally and is placed at the 5^th position. Rohit Sharma has jumped to the 4^th position with 413 runs in 11 matches.

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	10	469	92	58.62	160.06
Ajinkya Rahane	RPS	11	417	74	46.33	129.5
Rohit Sharma	MI	11	413	85*	51.62	134.96
AB de Villiers	RCB	10	409	83	40.9	156.7
Gautam Gambhir	KKR	10	398	90*	49.75	122.46
Shikhar Dhawan	SRH	10	343	82*	57.16	117.06
Lokesh Rahul	RCB	8	332	68*	55.33	143.1
Robin Uthappa	KKR	10	327	72	32.7	135.68
Ambati Rayudu	MI	11	321	65	32.1	118.88

Mumbai Indians pacer Mitch McClenaghan picked up an important wicket of Virat Kohli in the match against RCB to take back the Purple Cap. He has 15 wickets to his tally. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Andre Russell and Shane Watson follow in next with 14 wickets. Sunrisers Hyderabad pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mustafizur Rahman will have a chance to take hold of the Purple cap when they play the Delhi Daredevils at home in Hyderabad.

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	11	348	15	8.18
B Kumar	SRH	10	291	14	7.65
Andre Russell	KKR	10	248	14	7.75
Shane Watson	RCB	10	312	14	8.32
Mustafizur R	SRH	10	229	13	6.18VI
DJ Bravo	GL	10	339	12	8.92
J Bumrah	MI	11	338	11	8.04
Dhawal Kulkarni	GL	9	210	10	7
Amit Mishra	DD	9	219	10	7.3
Sandeep Sharma	KXIP	10	262	10	7.48