IPL 9: Points table, Purple Cap, Orange Cap and fixtures after the SRH v KXIP match 18

Published - 24 Apr 2016, 14:48 IST | Updated - 24 Apr 2016, 14:48 IST

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The 9^th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has now reached a stage from where no teams can afford to lose matches. A defeat from here would only make things tougher for the sides in their road to the qualifiers. Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils are looking in great form and are the teams to beat at the moment. Gujarat Lions, having suffered a massive defeat, would like to get back to winning ways. Rising Pune Supergiants and Kings XI Punjab languish at the bottom of the table with just one win so far.

KKR sit comfortably at the top with 6 points and a healthy net run rate. Three other teams are tied at 6 points with the Knights, the Delhi Daredevils (3/4), Sunrisers Hyderabad (3/5) and Gujarat Lions (3/4). SRH have played an additional game. The bottom half of the table sees Royal Challengers and Mumbai Indians tied with 4 points each. However, the Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai have played 6 matches as against RCB’s 4. Rising Pune Supergiants and Kings XI Punjab languish at the bottom of the table with just one win so far.

TEAMS	MAT	WON	LOST	TIED	N/R	PTS	NET RR
Kolkata Knight Riders	4	3	1	0	0	6	1.075
Delhi Daredevils	4	3	1	0	0	6	0.32
Sunrisers Hyderabad	5	3	2	0	0	6	0.276
Gujarat Lions	4	3	1	0	0	6	-0.036
Royal Challengers Bangalore	4	2	2	0	0	4	0.371
Mumbai Indians	6	2	4	0	0	4	-0.528
Rising Pune Supergiants	4	1	3	0	0	2	0.084
Kings XI Punjab	5	1	4	0	0	2	-1.131

Sunrisers skipper David Warner has taken over the orange cap from Virat Kohli. With a flashy half century (59 off 31 balls) against KXIP, Warner now has 294 runs in 5 matches. He has a staggering average of 98, the best among all batsmen this season. Kohli comes next with 267 runs in 4 matches. Kohli’s partner at RCB, AB de Villiers comes in next with 249 runs. Both Kohli and de Villiers will have a chance to get the orange cap when they take on Gujarat Lions.

Player	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50
DA Warner	SRH	5	294	90*	98	168	0	4
V Kohli	RCB	4	267	80	66.75	139.06	0	3
AB de Villiers	RCB	4	249	83	62.25	175.35	0	3
RG Sharma	MI	6	230	84*	46	136.9	0	3
G Gambhir	KKR	4	226	90*	113	120.85	0	2
Q de Kock	DD	4	193	108	64.33	175.45	1	1
AJ Finch	GL	4	191	74	63.66	135.46	0	3
F du Plessis	RPS	4	172	69	43	130.3	0	2
AM Rahane	RPS	4	156	66*	52	134.48	0	2
M Vohra	KXIP	5	154	51	30.8	133.91	0	1

Mumbai’s Mitch McClenaghan sits with 9 wickets in 6 matches to get the purple cap. Sunrisers bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has 8 wickets in 5 matches and is second in the list. His bowling partner Mustafizur has 7 wickets to his name and is tied with Amit Mishra’s tally of 7 wickets. 2/9 against the KXIP propelled the Bangladesh pacer to the 4^th spot. Also in the list is rookie leg spinner Murugan Ashwin, who has bagged 6 wickets so far. Ashwin will take the field against KKR on Sunday and will have a chance to climb up the ladder.

Player	Team	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ
MJ McClenaghan	MI	6	22.3	0	183	9	8.13
B Kumar	SRH	5	20	0	167	8	8.35
Amit Mishra	DD	4	12	0	72	7	6
Mustafizur Rahman	SRH	5	20	1	115	7	5.75
M Ashwin	RPS	4	14	0	112	6	8
SR Watson	RCB	4	16	0	126	6	7.87
DJ Bravo	GL	4	15	0	130	6	8.66
Sandeep Sharma	KXIP	5	15	1	101	5	6.73
AD Russell	KKR	4	12	0	113	5	9.41
JJ Bumrah	MI	6	22	0	186	5	8.45