Rahul Tripathi and Aiden Markram’s effortless batting display along with the pacers magnificent show formed the cornerstone of Sunrisers Hyderbad's comfortable seven-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in their IPL match here on Friday.
The SRH pace unit comprising the likes of T Natarajan (3/37), Umran Malik (2/27), Marco Jansen (1/26) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1/37) restricted KKR for 175 for 8.
Tripathi, who smashed 71 off 37, and Aiden Markram (68 not out of 36) then produced hostile knocks to take SRH to their third successive win with 13 balls to spare For KKR, Nitish Rana scored 54 while Andre Russell was unbeaten on 49.
SRH now have three wins from five games while it was KKR's third loss in six games.
Let's have a look at the IPL 2022 Points Table after SRH vs KKR clash:
Hardik Pandya's Gujarat Titans continue to grab pole position in the points table, with eight points from five matches. Sanju Samson's Rajasthan Royals are sitting second in the table who are followed by Mayank Agarwal's Punjab Kings at third. Meanwhile KKR after SRH jolt slump to fourth. Lucknow Super Giants are fifth while Royal Challengers Bangalore are sixth. Riding on hat-trick of wins, SRH improve to seventh spot.
Rishabh Pant's Delhi Capitals are eighth, with four points from as many matches while Chennai Super Kings are ninth having won just the one match so far. The depleted Mumbai Indians continue to languish at the bottom of the table with no wins so far.
Teams, Match, Win, Loss, Point, Run Rate
Gujarat Titans, 5, 4, 1, 8, +0.450
Rajasthan Royals, 5, 3, 2, 6, +0.389
Punjab Kings, 5, 3, 2, 6, +0.239
Kolkata Knight Riders, 6, 3, 3, 6, +0.223
Lucknow Super Giants, 5, 3, 2, 6, +0.174
Royal Challengers Bangalore, 5, 3, 2, 6, +0.006
Sunrisers Hyderabad, 5, 3, 2, 6, -0.196
Delhi Capitals, 4, 2, 2, 4, +0.476
Chennai Super Kings, 5, 1, 4, 0, -0.745
Mumbai Indians, 5, 0, 4, 0, -1.072
Orange Cap
The high-profile Rajasthan Royals's opener Jos Buttler with a total of 272 runs consolidated his place on top of the Orange Cap standings after scoring 54 runs against Gujarat Titans. Meanwhile, GT skipper with his all-round show spurred to second in the standings with 228 runs while Shivam Dube came down to third. On fourth is Shubman Gill (200), who has been in great form this season, followed by RR's Shimron Hetmyer (197) on fifth.
Purple Cap
Yuzvendra Chahal is the new holder of the Purple Cap with a total of 11 wickets in four matches while KKR's Umesh Yadav slipped down one spot after just one wicket against DC as he has snared ten wickets so far in the tournament. DC chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav is currently in third place with 10 wickets in four matches following his 4/35 against KKR.
