Premier pacer Pat Cummins shone with the bat like never before, equalling the record for the fastest fifty in the IPL, including amassing 35 in an over, as Kolkata Knight Riders crushed Mumbai Indians by five wickets on Wednesday (April 6).
Cummins blazed away to his fifty in just 14 balls, joining KL Rahul on the top of the leaderboard, while opener Venkatesh Iyer batted through the innings for his unbeaten 41-ball 50, as KKR completed a chase of 162 with as many as four overs to spare.
It was unbelievable stuff from Cummins as KKR, needing 35 from 30 balls, got them all in just six deliveries with the Australian Test captain hitting six sixes and four boundaries in his 15-ball 56. KKR's victory has upstaged Rajasthan Royals (RR) from top of the IPL table.
Let's have a look at the IPL 2022 Points Table:
With the emphatic five-wicket victory over MI, KKR have surged to top of the IPL table and pushed RR to second spot. Hardik Pandya's Gujarat Titans (GT) and Mayank Agarwal's Punjab Kings (PBKS) clinch third and fourth place respectively.
Team, Match, Win, Loss, Point, Run Rate
Kolkata Knight Riders, 4, 3, 1, 4, 1.102
Rajasthan Royals, 3, 2, 1, 4, 1.218
Gujarat Titans, 2, 2, 0, 4, 0.495
Punjab Kings, 3, 2, 1, 4, 0.238
Lucknow Super Giants, 3, 2, 1, 4, 0.193
Royal Challengers Bangalore, 3, 2, 1, 4, 0.159
Delhi Capitals, 2, 1, 1, 2, 0.065
Chennai Super Kings, 3, 0, 3, 0, -1.251
Mumbai Indians, 3, 0, 3, 0, -1.029
Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2, 0, 2, 0, -1.825
Orange Cap
Rajasthan Royals' Jos Buttler remained static on top with 205 runs from three games. He is followed by Mumbai Indians' Ishan Kishan (149) in second, RCB's Faf du Plessis (122) in third, MI's Tilak Varma (121) in fourth and LSG' Deepak Hooda (119) in fifth position.
Purple Cap
KKR's Umesh Yadav leads the pack with nine scalps. Yuzvendra Chahal (7) is second, followed by Avesh Khan (7) in third, Rahul Chahar (6) in fourth and Wanindu Hasaranga (6) in fifth.
Sixer King
After raining a total of 14 sixes, RR's Jos Buttler remains on top while KKR's Andre Russel chases the English batter with 12 big ones.
