After 56 games, the league stage of the Indian Premier League has come to an end, and the last game on Tuesday decided the final team to advance to the playoffs. Sunrisers Hyderabad crushed defending champion Mumbai Indians in Sharjah to become the fourth and final team to reach the top four, which currently stands like this: Mumbai Indians, with 18 points, finish first, followed by Delhi Capitals in second place with 16 points. SRH, due to a better Net Running Rate which was reinforced by their 10 wickets victory, outscored the Royal Challengers Bangalore with three, while Virat Kohli’s team took fourth place in the points table.
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The classification of the eliminated teams is as follows. Kolkata Knight Riders, who needed MI to beat SRH on Tuesday to advance to the playoffs, finish fifth, followed by Kings XI Punjab in sixth and Chennai Super Kings in seventh. Rajasthan Royals, with 12 points at a net execution rate of -0.569, take home the wooden spoon.
The 2020 IPL playoffs will resume on Thursday, with the Mumbai Indians facing Delhi Capitals and the winner of the match sealing a spot in the final. RCB and Sunrisers will headline the tie on Friday, and the losing team will return home. The losing team of the first Qualifier will face the winning team of the qualifier in Qualifier Two, whose winner will face the winner of Qualifier 1 in the summit clash next Tuesday.
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Orange cap
At the end of the league stage, it is still Kings XI Punjab captain KL Rahul, who has the Orange Cap for his 670 runs with an average of 55.83. Closing the gap at the top is SRH captain David Warner, whose half-century undefeated (85 *) on Tuesday helped the team shoot 150 and bring his tally to 529 runs.
Delhi Capitals starter Shikhar Dhawan is third and just a few runs behind Warner at 525. RCB’s starting hitter young Devdutt Padikkal is fourth with 472 runs, just one place ahead of his captain Virat Kohli, who has 460 runs.
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Purple cap
Kagiso Rabada’s slim lead over Jasprit Bumrah at the top means he continues to hold the Purple Cap with 25 wickets, ahead of IM pacer’s 23 count.
Jofra Archer, Yuzvendra Chahal and Trent Boult place third, fourth and fifth with 20 wickets each. Barring the Rajasthan Royals pacemaker, all four have a chance to improve their wicket counts once the playoffs are underway.
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