INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Orange Cap continues to change heads after most match at this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL), while the Purple Cap holder remains
pretty much intact.
On Saturday night, Virat Kohli reclaimed the Orange Cap after Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) beat Chennai Super
Kings (CSK).
It didn’t take Virat Kohli long to take back the honor, after B Sai Sudharsan, the Gujarat Titans (GT) opener, won it back
from Kohli on Friday.
But Kohli snatched it right back when he scored 62 in 33 balls for RCB against CSK at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium
There’s not much between them: Kohli is on 505 runs from 11 innings, while Sai Sudharsan is one run behind, from one fewer innings.
The
line-up below them remains unchanged: Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians, 475 runs), Jos Buttler (GT, 470 runs), Shubman Gill (GT, 465 runs),
Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rajasthan Royals, 439 runs) and Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants, 404 runs).
Now, while Kohli is the top run-getter,
RCB’s next most prolific run-scorer is Devdutt Padikkal with just 247 runs, down at No
26.
The Purple Cap table has not seen this dynamic in the top three and although Josh Hazlewood didn’t play the game against CSK, he
remains one wicket behind table-topper Prasidh Krishna of GT
Prasidh has 19 wickets from ten games, while Hazlewood has 18 from ten.
Khaleel Ahmed’s wicketless – and very expensive – outing meant
he remained at 14 wickets for the season, but his team-mate Noor Ahmad got back on level terms with MI’s Trent Boult at 16 wickets to be
joint-third.
Krunal Pandya picked up one wicket for RCB against CSK, and that took him to 14, the same as Khaleel as well as GT’s
Mohammed Siraj and Delhi Capitals’ Mitchell Starc.
Sunday’s double-header
Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Rajasthan Royals in
today’s match at Eden Gardens
The first of two matches will get underway at 2pm Kabul time.
The second match of the day will see Punjab Kings play Lucknow Super Giants
at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala
This match will start at 6pm.
Both matches will be broadcast live and exclusively on TINS Television across Afghanistan
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