Five-time champions Mumbai Indians' season of woes just got a tad worse after they followed another high-profile team Chennai Super Kings to lose their fourth match on the bounce as Royal Challengers Bangalore cantered to an easy seven-wicket win in an IPL match on Saturday.
It was Suryakumar Yadav's unbeaten 68 that gave Mumbai Indians a respectable total of 151 for 6 but that was never going to be enough as young Anuj Rawat (66 off 47 balls) struck his maiden IPL fifty, anchoring the team to the target in just 18.3 overs.
Earlier, IPL sentimental favourites Chennai Super Kings slumped to their fourth successive defeat with young Abhishek Sharma's 50-ball-75 guiding Sunrisers Hyderabad to their maiden eight-wicket win. The 21-year-old Sharma took the attack to the opposition with a blistering first IPL half-century which was studded with five fours and three sixes, to help Sunrisers easily chased down the target of 155 with 14 balls to spare.
Let's have a look at the IPL points table after the conclusion of both the matches:
Although, there wasn't any big shuffle in the points table, KKR continued to grab the coveted top spot with six points from four matches, while Gujarat Titans are chasing them in second place, with as many points but from three games. RCB jumped to third with their victory against MI as they registered their third win of the season. Lucknow Super Giants are in behind them at fourth, while Rajasthan Royals complete the top half of the season.
Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals are sixth and seventh respectively, while SRH opened their winning account to move up to eighth spot. Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings are yet to win a match and are ninth and tenth respectively.
Teams, Match, Win, Loss, Point, Run Rate
Kolkata Knight Riders, 4, 3, 1, 6, +1.103
Gujarat Titans, 3, 3, 0, 6, +0.349
Royal Challengers Bangalore, 4, 3, 1, 6, +0.294
Lucknow Super Giants, 4, 3, 1, 6, +0.256
Rajasthan Royals, 3, 2, 1, 4, +1.218
Punjab Kings, 4, 2, 4, 4, +0.152
Delhi Capitals, 3, 1, 2, 2, -0.116
Sunrisers Hyderabad, 3, 1, 2, 2, -0.889
Mumbai Indians, 4, 0, 4, 0, -1.181
Chennai Super Kings, 4, 0, 4, 0, -1.211
Orange Cap Race
os Buttler continues to lead the run-scoring charts, with 205 runs to his name. Shubman Gill, with his back-to-back half-centuries, has shot up to second place with 180 runs. Liam Livingstone is in third, while Quinton de Kock and Ishan Kishan, with 149 runs each, are fourth and fifth respectively.
Purple Cap Race
Umesh Yadav, with nine scalps in four matches, continues to lead the hunt for the Purple Cap. Wanindu Hasaranga, with his two wickets against MI, moved up to the second spot with eight in his tally so far this season. Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Chahar and Avesh Khan have seven wickets each and they occupy third, fourth and fifth places respectively.
