IPL 9: Points table, Purple Cap, Orange Cap and fixtures after the SRH v RPS Match 40

Published - 11 May 2016, 15:10 IST | Updated - 11 May 2016, 15:10 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. The Sunrisers Hyderabad successfully defended a modest total of 137 against the Rising Pune Supergiants to make it to the top of the points table with 14 points. The Supergiants, on the other hand, did no good to their position and still remain at the 7th spot. Gujarat Lions are also on 14 points but with a poorer net run rate. Kolkata Knight Riders follow in next with 12 points. Mumbai Indians will lock horns with the Royal Challengers Bangalore tonight. If RCB win, they will swap places with the Mumbai Indians in the points table.

If Mumbai wins tonight, they will move into the top 4 and displace Delhi Daredevils from the 4th spot.

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
DD	9	5	10	0.309
MI	10	5	10	-0.447
RCB	9	4	8	0.032
RPS	11	3	6	0.087
KXIP	10	3	6	-0.567

Virat Kohli tops the list of Orange Cap with a country mile lead with 561 runs to his name. He will have a good chance to reach the 600-run mark in the match against Mumbai Indians tonight at Bengaluru. He is followed by Sunrisers skipper David Warner who has 469 runs to his name thus far. He could not get a good score against Supergiants and trails by 92 runs from the top placed Kohli.

Ajinkya Rahane secured a duck in his last attempt but continues to be on the 3rd spot. Shikhar Dhawan rose to the 7th spot with 343 runs. Rohit Sharma will have a chance to rise up in the Orange Cap list in the match against RCB.

Players in the race for the Orange Cap:

Player	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR
Virat Kohli	RCB	9	561	108*	80.14	142.02
David Warner	SRH	10	469	92	58.62	160.06
Ajinkya Rahane	RPS	11	417	74	46.33	129.5
Gautam Gambhir	KKR	10	398	90*	49.75	122.46
Rohit Sharma	MI	10	388	85*	55.42	137.58
AB de Villiers	RCB	9	385	83	42.77	164.52
Shikhar Dhawan	SRH	10	343	82*	57.16	117.06
Robin Uthappa	KKR	10	327	72	32.7	135.68
Murali Vijay	KXIP	10	318	89	31.8	126.69
Quinton de Kock	DD	8	297	108	42.42	149.24

Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked up a wicket against the Supergiants to rise to the top of Purple Cap list. Kumar, Andre Russell, Shane Watson and Mitch McClenaghan have 14 wickets to their names but a better economy gives Bhuvneshwar the Purple Cap. If Mitch McClenaghan picks up a wicket tonight, he will rise to the top spot. If RCB’s all-rounder Shane Watson bags another wicket, he took will have the chance to make it to the top spot.

The Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore match is sure to see a new purple cap holder if either of these two bowlers take a wicket tonight.

Players in the race for the Purple Cap:

Player	Team	Mat	Runs	Wkts	Econ
B Kumar	SRH	10	291	14	7.65
Andre Russell	KKR	10	248	14	7.75
Shane Watson	RCB	9	274	14	7.94
MJ McClenaghan	MI	10	313	14	8.12
Mustafizur R	SRH	10	229	13	6.18VI
DJ Bravo	GL	10	339	12	8.92
J Bumrah	MI	10	310	11	8.15
Dhawal Kulkarni	GL	9	210	10	7
Amit Mishra	DD	9	219	10	7.3
Sandeep Sharma	KXIP	10	262	10	7.48