Orange And Purple Cap In IPL 2024: In every season of IPL, there is a race among the teams for the trophy and among the players to get the orange and purple caps. Any team wins the trophy when all the 11 players on the field perform brilliantly. But, Orange and Purple Cap is given to a player for scoring the most runs and taking wickets. Orange cap is the crown of batsmen and purple cap is the crown of bowlers. So let us know which players are currently fighting for the crown in IPL 2024.
Abhishek Sharma is getting closer to the Orange Cap
At present, Virat Kohli of Royal Challengers Bangalore is in possession of the Orange Cap by scoring the most runs. Kohli has scored 203 runs in 4 matches. Now Sunrisers Hyderabad’s explosive batsman Abhishek Sharma has also joined this race. Abhishek has come at fifth position with 161 runs. The second number in the list is of Rajasthan’s Riyan Parag, who scored 181 runs in 3 matches.
Then Hyderabad batsman Heinrich Klaasen is at third place and Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill is at fourth place. Klaasen has so far scored 177 runs in 4 matches, while Shubman Gill has scored 164 runs in 4 matches.
The race for Purple Cap is like this with Mohit Sharma
Gujarat Titans fast bowler Mohit Sharma is at the top position in the Purple Cap race. Mohit has taken 7 wickets in the 4 matches played so far at an average of 18.71. During this period he has spent runs at an economy of 8.18. The second number in the list is of Chennai Super Kings pacer Mustafizur Rahman. Mustafizur has taken 7 wickets in 3 matches at an average of 15.14. He has spent runs at an economy of 8.83.
Lucknow Super Giants fast bowler Mayank Yadav is also included in the Purple Cap race. Mayank has taken 6 wickets in 2 matches at an excellent average of 6.83 and he is at third place in the list. Then Yuzvendra Chahal of Rajasthan Royals is at fourth and Khalil Ahmed of Delhi Capitals is at fifth. Chahal has taken 6 wickets at an average of 9.16 and Khalil has taken 6 wickets at an average of 21.83.
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