IPL 9: Points table, Purple Cap, Orange Cap and fixtures after the RPS v RCB match 16

Published - 23 Apr 2016, 01:25 IST | Updated - 23 Apr 2016, 01:25 IST

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The ninth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 9) if off the mark though not with a bang but promises to intensify things as it progresses. We are in a position where the first quarter of the league has been played, all teams have at least played four matches (except Delhi Daredevils who have played three) while Mumbai Indians are done with five.

Kolkata Knight Riders sit at the top of the table with 6 points after 4 games with 3 wins. Gujarat Lions at the second spot have also won 3 matches out of 4 but have a negative Net Run Rate: -0.036 while KKR have maintained a NRR of +1.075. Royal Challengers Bangalore (2/4), DD (2/3), Sunrisers Hyderabad (2/4), Mumbai Indians (2/5) follow them up with 4 points in their account. The two teams right at the bottom are the Rising Pune Supergiants at number seven with just one victory in four matches and the Kings XI Punjab who have also won one out of four.

Nothing much can be said about the teams that will end the league as top four, but those at the top certainly have an advantage while the ones on the other end, have the fear of languishing at the bottom of the table even at the decisive phase of the IPL.

IPL 9 Points table:

Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Points	NRR	For	Against
Kolkata Knight Riders	4	3	1	0	0	6	1.075	573/69.4	566/79.1
Gujarat Lions	4	3	1	0	0	6	-0.036	608/75.4	604/74.5
Royal Challengers Bangalore	4	2	2	0	0	4	0.371	773/80.0	717/77.1
Delhi Daredevils	3	2	1	0	0	4	0.249	403/52.4	401/54.1
Sunrisers Hyderabad	4	2	2	0	0	4	0.08	606/72.2	650/78.2
Mumbai Indians	5	2	3	0	0	4	-0.536	765/97.1	775/92.1
Rising Pune Supergiants	4	1	3	0	0	2	0.084	613/74.4	623/76.4
Kings XI Punjab	4	1	3	0	0	2	-1.155	563/78.4	568/68.2

RCB skipper Virat Kohli with his knock of 80 against the Supergiants took over the Orange Cap from SRH captain David Warner. AB de Villiers who played another scintillating knock has jumped into the contest as well and is right behind Virat on the list. The highest run-getter in this IPL has been changing with almost every game as no single batsman has managed a big lead and it certainly spices up the contest. Warner will be on the field tomorrow against the Kings XI and will need to score 33 runs to take over Kohli.

Players in the race for the Orange Cap:

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	4s	6s
Virat Kohli	RCB	4	4	267	80	66.75	192	139.06	3	24	8
AB de Villiers	RCB	4	4	249	83	62.25	142	175.35	3	25	12
David Warner	SRH	4	4	235	90*	117.5	144	163.19	3	22	9
Gautam Gambhir	KKR	4	4	226	90*	113	187	120.85	2	25	2
Aaron Finch	GL	4	4	191	74	63.66	141	135.46	3	26	3
Quinton De Kock	DD	3	3	184	108	92	103	178.64	1	25	5
Faf du Plessis	RPS	4	4	172	69	43	132	130.3	2	14	7
Rohit Sharma	MI	5	5	165	84*	41.25	120	137.5	2	16	5
Ajinkya Rahane	RPS	4	4	156	66*	52	116	134.48	2	21	3
Suresh Raina	GL	4	4	146	75	36.5	106	137.73	1	14	3

Sunrisers and India swing bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar wears the Purple Cap at the moment with 7 wickets in 4 matches. He produced his best bowling figures in IPL 9 in the match against Gujarat and took it over from Mitchell McClenaghan who also has equal number of wickets but from 5 matches and Bhuvi has an edge in the economy rate as well. Shane Watson with 2/31 in the match against RPS has moved to number 3 while Murugan Ashwin who was in the race thus far and had a great chance of wearing the Purple Cap again didn’t find any success tonight and has dropped down to the 4th position.

Players in the race for the Purple Cap:

Player	Team	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Econ
B Kumar	SRH	4	16	0	130	7	18.57	8.12
MJ McClenaghan	MI	5	18.3	0	152	7	21.71	8.21
M Ashwin	RPS	4	14	0	112	6	18.66	8
SR Watson	RCB	4	16	0	126	6	21	7.87
DJ Bravo	GL	4	15	0	130	6	21.66	8.66
A Mishra	DD	3	8	0	48	5	9.6	6
Mustafizur Rahman	SRH	4	16	0	106	5	21.2	6.62
AD Russell	KKR	4	12	0	113	5	22.6	9.41
JJ Bumrah	MI	5	18	0	144	5	28.8	8
KW Richardson	AUS	2	6	0	38	4	9.5	6.33