The Kings XI Punjab continued their rise in the Indian Premier League points table by recording their fifth consecutive win of the season on Saturday. KXIP defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets to bring their points table to 12 in 12 games. It was a clinical performance by the KXIP bowlers as they managed to restrict KKR to just 149. Then Chris Gayle and Mandeep Singh reached fifty to secure KXIP’s victory. With the victory, KXIP advances to fourth place ahead of Kolkata Knight Riders, who have 12 points from the same number of games but a lower net execution rate.
There is no other move in the top four other than this one. The bottom half of the table is the one where the teams keep going up and down.
On Friday, the Mumbai Indians regained the top position of the Delhi Capitals when they inflicted a blow to their arch rivals Chennai Super Kings in the 13th season of the Indian Premier League. MI has 14 points from 11 games and leads the IPL 2020 rankings due to better execution rate. DC are seconds with the same number of points as MI.
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s campaign is all but over, as they lost their seventh game of the season. SRH is in seventh position with 8 points, tied with Chennai Super Kings, last classified.
The Royals moved up to sixth place in the standings after defeating MI.
Orange cap
KL Rahul continues to maintain possession of the Orange Cap with a total of 595 runs at a solid 59.50 average.
Joining him is Shikhar Dhawan with 471 runs, who lit up the 2020 IPL by becoming the only hitter in history to crush consecutive centuries in the league. Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis and Mayank Agarwal are third, fourth and fifth respectively.
Purple cap
Delhi Capitals pacemaker Kagiso Rabada is still a bit ahead with 23 wickets and has the Purple Cap. Mohammad Shami is second with 20 wickets, while Jofra Archer with 17 scalps is third.
Jasprit Bumrah with 17 wickets remains fourth. RCB spinner Yuzvendra Chahal ranks fifth with 15 wickets.
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