(22 May) IPL 2024 Orange Cap, Purple Cap: For the fourth time in history, KKR have made it to the IPL Final and they are highly rated contenders to lift the trophy this year. Kolkata Knight Riders dominated over Sunrisers Hyderabad in a low-scoring contest to cement their spot in the TATA IPL 2024 Final. We have brought to you the full updated lists of Players With the Most Runs (Orange Cap) and Most Wickets (Purple Cap) after KKR vs SRH Qualifier 1.
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The valiant efforts from Rahul Tripathi went in vain as after his unfortunate runout, SRH posted a below-par score, and that led KKR to seal the ticket for the finals. However, Pat Cummins said “You have those days in T20 cricket where things don’t quite work out. We gotta keep this behind and move on quickly.”
KKR vs SRH IPL 2024 Qualifier 1 Match Summary
Pat Cummins won the toss and eagerly chose to bat first, banking on the tried-and-true strength that has brought them success all season! However, Shreyas Iyer saw the pitch differently and boldly declared he would have opted to bowl first. As the game kicked off, the left-arm pacer swung the ball away from the middle, and he got Travis Head! What a start! This has been the dramatic story for Travis Head in the last two games in IPL 2024—falling to a left-arm bowler’s outswinger on the stumps in the very first over.
Starc struck early, chopping down Head in the very first over! Then, in the second over, Vaibhav Arora took out Abhisekh Sharma, putting SRH on the back foot right from the start. Enter Rahul Tripathi, who hadn’t found a spot in the playing XI during the league stage. Given his chance, he emerged as SRH’s savior, finding the boundaries during the powerplay. Starc, on fire, nabbed two more back-to-back wickets in his third over, leaving SRH reeling.
But Heinrich Klaasen stepped up to the crease, and together with Tripathi, they stitched a rapid 60-run partnership. Despite the early damage, SRH rocketed past 100 in just 11 overs! Klaasen eventually fell to Varun Chakaravarthy, caught deep for a personal score of 32. Then, Abdul Samad entered the fray, smashing Sunil Narine for two massive sixes! However, an unfortunate runout sent the in-form Rahul Tripathi back to the pavilion.
Pat Cummins added a vital 30 runs towards the end, injecting some life into the match that seemed to be swinging towards the Kolkata Knight Riders. SRH set a fighting 160-run target for KKR on a good batting wicket, ensuring an exciting contest ahead!
KKR opened their account with a second ball four! Gurbaz and Narine collected 20 runs in the second over and soon T Natarajan drew to the first blood dismissing Gurbaz. Venkatesh Iyer got the promotion and absolutely thrived on the opportunity. KKR already scored 63 in the batting powerplay where SRH kept Sunil Narine silent and got him just after the powerplay.
Skipper Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer then unleashed a relentless assault in the following overs, taking the game completely out of the Sunrisers’ reach. With KKR needing just 20 runs off 7 overs, Shreyas Iyer lit up the stadium, smashing Head for SIX, FOUR, SIX, SIX! What a sensational finish! Kolkata sealed the match in style, winning by 8 wickets with a whopping 38 balls to spare!
Down below is the updated list of players with the most runs and the most wickets in the TATA IPL 2024:
Most Runs: TATA IPL 2024 Stats – Player Rankings 1-10
Abhishek Sharma is now in the TOP 10 with 470 runs. He has scored those runs with a strike rate of over 207 which is second best of the season. Travis Head hasn’t been able to open his account in the last two matches but still, he is ranked 3rd in the most runs tally.
Virat Kohli is still right at the top holding the Orange Cap with 708 runs in 14 matches and counting. RCB have qualified for the playoffs and he is definitely going to add a few numbers to his name. He is averaging over 64 in the current season of IPL which is the best of the season.
| POS | PLAYER | MAT | RUNS | HS | AVG | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virat Kohli | 14 | 708 | 113* | 64.36 | 155.60 | 1 | 5 | 59 | 37 |
| 2 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | 14 | 583 | 108* | 53.00 | 141.16 | 1 | 4 | 58 | 18 |
| 3 | Travis Head | 13 | 533 | 102 | 44.42 | 199.62 | 1 | 4 | 61 | 31 |
| 4 | Riyan Parag | 14 | 531 | 84* | 59.00 | 152.58 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 31 |
| 5 | Sai Sudharsan | 12 | 527 | 103 | 47.91 | 141.28 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 16 |
| 6 | K L Rahul | 14 | 520 | 82 | 37.14 | 136.12 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 19 |
| 7 | Sanju Samson | 14 | 504 | 86 | 56.00 | 156.52 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 23 |
| 8 | Nicholas Pooran | 14 | 499 | 75 | 62.38 | 178.21 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 36 |
| 9 | Sunil Narine | 14 | 482 | 109 | 37.08 | 179.85 | 1 | 3 | 50 | 32 |
| 10 | Abhishek Sharma | 14 | 470 | 75* | 36.15 | 207.04 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 41 |
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Most Wickets: TATA IPL 2024 Stats – Player Rankings 1 – 10
Varun Chakaravarthy is heading close to the top spot as he scalped two important wickets in Qualifier 1 against SRH. He is now ranked third with 20 wickets in 14 matches at an economy of around 8 runs an over.
The list is led by Harshal Patel of Punjab Kings with 24 wickets. Jasprit Bumrah holds the second spot with 20 wickets but has a much better economy rate and average than Varun Chakaravarthy.
| POS | PLAYER | MAT | OV | RUNS | WKTS | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harshal Patel | 14 | 49.0 | 477 | 24 | 9.73 | 12.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Jasprit Bumrah | 13 | 51.5 | 336 | 20 | 6.48 | 15.55 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Varun Chakaravarthy | 14 | 48.0 | 393 | 20 | 8.18 | 14.40 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Arshdeep Singh | 14 | 50.2 | 505 | 19 | 10.03 | 15.89 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | T Natarajan | 12 | 46.2 | 423 | 18 | 9.12 | 15.44 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Tushar Deshpande | 13 | 48.0 | 424 | 17 | 8.83 | 16.94 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Yuzvendra Chahal | 13 | 50.0 | 469 | 17 | 9.38 | 17.64 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Harshit Rana | 12 | 38.1 | 359 | 17 | 9.40 | 13.47 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Khaleel Ahmed | 14 | 50.0 | 479 | 17 | 9.58 | 17.64 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Mukesh Kumar | 10 | 35.3 | 368 | 17 | 10.36 | 12.52 | 0 | 0 |
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