Shimron Hetmyer lived up to his Rs 8.5 crore price tag with a six-hitting exhibition before Yuzvendra Chahal and Trent Bout displayed their wizardry with the ball as Rajasthan Royals outwitted Lucknow Super Kings by three runs in an IPL game on Sunday. In another match, openers Prithvi Shaw and David Warner's fearless batting laid the foundation as Delhi Capitals out-batted Kolkata Knight Riders by 44 runs to notch up their second win in the IPL. These two matches had seen some movement in the IPL 2022 Points Table.
Let's have a look at the IPL 2022 Points Table:
After edging LSG, Rajasthan Royals rose to top spot to upstage two-time winners KKR, who slipped to second in the standing after suffering a massive 44-run loss to DC.
Gujarat Titans sit third on table followed by RCB on fourth. LSG tumble to fifth after RR jolt while DC grab sixth spot. Meanwhile, PBKS, SRH, MI, CSK are placed 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th respectively on IPL points table.
Teams, Match, Win, Loss, Point, Run Rate
Rajasthan Royals, 4, 3, 1, 6, +0.951
Kolkata Knight Riders, 5, 3, 2, 6, +0.446
Gujarat Titans, 3, 3, 0, 6, +0.349
Royal Challengers Bangalore, 4, 3, 1, 6, +0.294
Lucknow Super Giants, 5, 3, 2, 6, +0.174
Delhi Capitals, 4, 2, 2, 4, +0.476
Punjab Kings, 4, 2, 4, 4, +0.152
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
The Rajasthan Royals opener continues to lead the run-scorers list. Buttler has extended his lead at the top and has 218 runs in 4 matches with 1 hundred and 1 fifty. The England wicketkeeper had a rare failure against LSG, scoring 13 off 11 balls. Quinton de Kock of Lucknow Super Giants moved back up to 2nd place with 188 runs in 5 matches after scoring 39 off 32 balls with two fours and 1 six against RR. Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill is in 3rd place with 180 runs.
Purple Cap
Buttler’s Rajasthan Royals teammate Yuzvendra Chahal is now new holder of the Purple Cap. The Royals leg-spinner picked up 4/41 against LSG to move into top spot with 11 wickets in 4 matches at an average of just 9.45. KKR’s Umesh Yadav slipped down one spot after claiming just one wicket against DC. Umesh now has 10 wickets in 5 matches. DC chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav is currently in third place now with 10 wickets in 4 matches after picking up 4/35 against KKR.
