IPL 9: Points table, Purple Cap, Orange Cap and fixtures after the RPS v SRH match 22

Published - 27 Apr 2016, 14:37 IST | Updated - 27 Apr 2016, 14:37 IST

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IPL 9 has reached its midway stage with almost each time trying to nose ahead of the other. A win can help the sides from the bottom four to jump to the top 4. With the Rising Pune Supergiants registering a key win against the Sunrisers Hyderabad, they have swapped places with the Royal Challengers Bangalore to get to the 6th place.

The Sunrisers maintain their 4th spot with 6 points despite their defeat. Delhi Daredevils will stand a chance to jump to the 2nd place in the points table if they beat the Gujarat Lions today at Delhi.

IPL 9 Points table:

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	6	3	6	-0.086
Mumbai Indians	7	3	6	-0.268
Rising Pune Supergiants	6	2	4	0.32
Royal Challengers Bangalore	5	2	4	0.23
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 remains at the second spot following a duck in the match against the Rising Pune Supergiants. Ajinkya Rahane, who was placed at the 6th spot prior to the match against SRH, could not add a run to his tally of 223 runs and remains at the 6th spot. His opening partner, Faf du Plessis, who made 30 off 21 balls the other night has jumped two places to the number 8 spot with 206 runs in 6 matches. Aaron Finch from Gujarat Lions and Quinton de Kock from Delhi Daredevils will have a chance to climb up the ladder in the race to the Orange Cap.

Players in the race for the Orange Cap:

Player	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR
Virat Kohli	RCB	5	367	100*	91.75	143.92
David Warner	SRH	6	294	90*	73.5	164.24
AB de Villiers	RCB	5	269	83	53.8	170.25
Gautam Gambhir	KKR	5	237	90*	79	123.43
Rohit Sharma	MI	7	230	84*	38.33	135.29
Ajinkya Rahane	RPS	6	223	67	44.6	128.9
Ambati Rayudu	MI	7	217	65	36.16	121.91
Faf du Plessis	RPS	6	206	69	34.33	127.16
Aaron Finch	GL	5	191	74	63.66	135.46
Quinton de Kock	DD	4	193	108	64.33	175.45

In the bowling department, the Purple Cap is with Mumbai’s Mitch McClenaghan and is followed by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who added a wicket to his tally after his maiden wicket opening over against the Rising Pune Supergiants. Mustafizur Rahman, his bowling partner, went wicketless against Supergiants and has slipped to the 4th spot following a poorer economy rate compared to Amit Mishra. RPS all-rounder Thisara Perera has made it to the 10th spot with 6 wickets in 4 matches. Gujarat Lions bowlers Pravin Tambe (13th spot) and Dwayne Bravo (11th spot) will have a chance to break into the top 10 against the Delhi Daredevils.

Players in the race for the Purple Cap:

Player	Team	Mat	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ
MJ McClenaghan	MI	7	26.3	215	11	8.11
B Kumar	SRH	6	23	184	9	8
Jasprit Bumrah	MI	7	26	212	8	8.15
Amit Mishra	DD	4	12	72	7	6
Mustafizur Rahman	SRH	6	22	136	7	6.18
Mohit Sharma	KXIP	6	18.5	144	7	7.64
M Ashwin	RPS	6	19	150	7	7.89
SR Watson	RCB	5	19.3	157	7	8.05
Sandeep Sharma	KXIP	6	19	121	6	6.36
Thisara Perera	RPS	4	14.1	124	6	8.75