IPL 2022 Points Table, Orange Cap, Purple Cap: Punjab Kings (PBKS) returned back to the winning ways as they convincingly destroyed formidable Gujarat Titans (GT) in match number 48 of the Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 at the DY Patil Stadium, last night.
GT skipper Hardik Pandya won the flip of the coin and opted to bat first. Punjab Kings held their lines tight throughout the innings and never let Gujarat’s innings take off. The openers were sent back to the dugout during the powerplay itself pushing the batting side on the back foot right from the start of the innings.
Skipper Hardik Pandya also couldn’t score runs against Punjab’s lethal bowling unit. Barring Wriddhiman Saha and Sai Sudarshan, none of the Gujarat batters could cross 15 runs mark with their batting.
Saha scored 21 runs during the powerplay and was looking in good touch, but he was dismissed by Kagiso Rabada. While Sai Sudarshan came out to be the lone warrior for Gujarat as he scored an unbeaten 65 runs from 50 deliveries. In 20 overs Gujarat Titans managed to below-par 143 runs in the loss of eight wickets.
Punjab Kings came up with a new opening combination in Shikhar Dhawan and Jonny Bairstow, but, the move failed to fetch good results. Bairstow was dismissed at a score of 1 run. Meanwhile, Shikhar Dhawan and Bhanuka Rajapaksha stitched a match-winning partnership of 97 runs after the dismissal of Jonny Bairstow.
Following Bhanuka Rajapaksha’s innings of 40 runs, Liam Livingstone stepped into the field and was in hurry to finish the game off. Livingstone slammed 30 runs in just 10 deliveries and helped PBKS win the match in just 16 overs. Shikhar Dhawan also remained unbeaten at 62 runs.
This very article will take you through Tata IPL 2022 Points Table, Orange Cap, Purple Cap – Updated on 4th May after GT vs PBKS match.
IPL 2022 Points Table:
| S.NO | Team | Matches | Win | Loss | Points | NRR |
| 1 | LSG | 11 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 0.703 |
| 2 | GT | 11 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 0.120 |
| 3 | RR | 11 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 0.326 |
| 4 | RCB | 11 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -0.444 |
| 5 | DC | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.641 |
| 6 | SRH | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.325 |
| 7 | PBKS | 11 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -0.231 |
| 8 | KKR | 11 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -0.304 |
| 9 | CSK | 10 | 3 | 7 | 6 | -0.431 |
| 10 | MI | 10 | 2 | 8 | 4 | -0.725 |
Punjab Kings bagged their fifth victory of the season and climbed up to the fifth spot in the points table. Their net run rate was also boosted as Liam Livingstone flexed his arms and finished the game in just 16 overs. The NRR of PBKS currently is at -0.229.
On the other side, Gujarat Titans suffered their second defeat of the season after 10 matches. Despite the loss, Gujarat firmly holds its position at the top of the table with 16 points.
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IPL 2022 Orange Cap:
Punjab opening batter Shikhar Dhawan made significant gains after scoring a poised 62 runs against Gujarat Titans. Dhawan remained unbeaten in the chase which helped him to climb to the third position in the orange cap race. The southpaw has aggregated 369 runs in 10 IPL outings.
Meanwhile, Jos Buttler keeps his head high at the top position despite a couple of failures in the last few games. The second place is grabbed by Lucknow skipper KL Rahul.
IPL 2022 Purple Cap:
Experienced pacer Kagiso Rabada has made giant strides following his two consecutive four wickets haul. The PBKS pacer has jumped to the third position with a total of 17 wickets in nine matches.
Gujarat Pacer Mohammad Shami scalped the wicket of Jonny Bairstow in the match and remained at sixth position.
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