IPL 2022 Points Table, Orange Cap, Purple Cap: The doubleheader Saturday of the Indian Premier League (IPL) completed with two low scoring matches between Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
The afternoon fixture between GT and KKR was convincingly bagged by Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans (GT) by eight runs after defending a median whole of 156 runs.
KKR restricted GT to a low rating and it was reckoned that Shreyas Iyer and Co would chase down the goal simply. However, Gujarat flexed their wonderful bowling efficiency and defeated KKR, even in a low scoring match.
Meanwhile, within the second fixture between SRH and RCB, Kane Williamson received the toss and invited RCB to bat first. South African pacer Marco Jansen rattled by means of the highest order of the Royal Challengers Bangalore and scalped the wickets of Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli and Anuj Rawat in only a single over.
T Natarajan got here in to assist Marco Jansen and he too scalped three wickets and cramped RCB to a scanty whole of 68 runs. The whole was chased down by SRH in eight overs and took two essential score factors together with a wholesome bounce within the web run charge.
This article will take you thru IPL 2022: Points Table, Orange Cap, Purple Cap after SRH vs RCB match.
IPL 2022: Points Table:
Kane Williamson and his troops moved to the second spot following a monstrous win towards Royal Challengers Bangalore. The 9 wickets win that too with 12 overs to spare giving them a wholesome edge over others within the web run charge part, which now reads 0.691.
Despite the loss, RCB stays within the high 4 positions within the factors desk with 10 factors from eight matches. Their web run charge has slumped all the way down to -0.472.
Gujarat as soon as once more claimed their high spot following the win over KKR, earlier within the day. GT are actually positioned within the first place with 12 factors in seven IPL 2022 matches.
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IPL 2022: Orange Cap:
Owing to the 2 low scoring encounters, the Orange Cap tally hasn’t seen large disturbance. Hardik Pandya jumped over KL Rahul and claimed the second spot following his 49-ball 67 towards KKR.
Meanwhile, Jos Buttler (491) stays in his first place adopted by Hardik Pandya (295), KL Rahul (265), Faf du Plessis (255), Prithvi Shaw (254) and Shreyas Iyer (248).
IPL 2022 Purple Cap:
SRH pacer T Natarajan takes a leap to achieve second within the Purple Cap race. Natarajan scalped three wickets towards RCB that helped him bounce over Kuldeep Yadav. The speedster has now 15 wickets in seven matches.
Meanwhile, Yuzvendra Chahal continues to guide the race with 18 wickets in seven matches, adopted by T Natarajan (15 wickets), Kuldeep Yadav (13 wickets), Dwayne Bravo (12 wickets) and Umesh Yadav (11 wickets).
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