The Punjab Kings XI defeated the Mumbai Indians from first place in the Indian Premier League points table on Thursday. KXIP outscored Royal Challengers Bangalore by 97 runs at Dubai International Stadium and outscored MI due to better race pace. KXIP captain KL Rahul played a brilliant 132-run hit to propel his team past the 200-run mark and then the players restricted RCB to just 109. The victory secured a healthy net run rate for KXIP.
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IMs are now in second position with two points. They had taken first place on the IPL points table after crushing Kolkata Knight Riders by 49 runs on Wednesday in their second game of the season at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Rohit Sharma scored 80 runs to propel IM to a score of 195 while batting first. They then defended the total well and restricted KKR to just 146 runs. With that victory, they took two points in two games.
Third are the Rajasthan Royals, who also have two points from two games. He had secured a 16-run victory in his first game of the season against Chennai Super Kings. RR mounted a sensational 74-run hit from Sanju Samson and a late bloom from Jofra Archer to score 217/8 in 20 overs. Faf du Plessis scored 72 runs for CSK, but it wasn’t enough to chase the total.
On Sunday, Delhi Capitals claimed victory over Kings XI Punjab by virtue of a Super Over. The match was so close that at the end of the 40 overs, the score was identical but the Capitals prevailed in the Super Over. They are in fourth position.
CSK has slipped to fifth position, while RCB is sixth after losing to KXIP.
IPL 2020 Orange Caps List
KL Rahul played a magnificent blow against RCB and has snatched the Orange Cap from Faf du Plessis after scoring 153 runs. The CSK hitter has looked splendid this season. He has played two special strokes for CSK in two games and is second on the Orange Cap list with 130 runs. It is followed by Mayank Agarwal, who has 115 runs. Rohit Sharma is in fourth place with 92 runs. There have been some solid batting performances already in the IPL despite only five games being played. Ambati Rayudu’s entries for the Chennai Super Kings in the season opener against the Mumbai Indians have been one of the most memorable.
Here is the list of orange tapas:
2020 IPL Purple Caps List
Mohammad Shami has been dangerous with the ball in both games he has played so far. He is the current Purple Cap holder with 4 wickets but a better average of 8. Yuzvendra Chahal, Sheldon Cottrel and Ravi Bishnoi are in second, third and fourth respectively with four wickets each.
Here’s the Purple Cap list: –
Sam Curran leads the CSK line and is in fifth position with four wickets. Shivam Dube chose two wickets on Thursday and ranks sixth. Lungi Ngidi did not have a good start against RR, but is seventh in the race with four wickets.
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