Indian Premier League 2021: Orange Cap, Purple Cap after KKR vs SRH

Oct 03, 2021

Indian Premier League 2021: Orange Cap, Purple Cap after KKR vs SRH Image

Most Runs/Orange Cap

After scoring 35-ball 39 against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Match 48 of the IPL 2021, K.L. Rahul pipped Ruturaj Gaikwad to reclaim Orange Cap. He now has 528 runs at 129, while Gaikwad has 508 at 140. Sanju Samson (480), Shikhar Dhawan (462), and Faf du Plessis (460) occupy the next three places. Mayank Agarwal, who scored 57 against Bangalore, is at sixth, with 429 at 142.

Bangalore's Glenn Maxwell (407 at 145) and Virat Kohli (357 at 121) sit at seventh and eighth places respectively.  

Batters M R AVG SR
KL Rahul 12 528 52.8 129.1
Ruturaj Gaikwad 12 508 50.8 140.33
Sanju Samson 12 480 48 139.53
Shikhar Dhawan 12 462 42 130.14
Faf du Plessis 12 460 46 137.72
Mayank Agarwal 11 429 42.9 142.05
Glenn Maxwell 12 407 40.7 145.36
Virat Kohli 12 357 32.45 121.43

Most Wickets/Purple Cap

Despite remaining wicketless against Punjab, Harshal Patel remained at the top of the wickets list by some distance. He has bagged 26 wickets so far, five more than second-placed Avesh Khan. Mohammed Shami, who returned 3-39, jumped to third place, with 18 wickets. Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh are next to them, with 17 and 16 scalps respectively. 

Bowlers M O WKTS AVG 4-FERS 5-FERS
Harshal Patel 12 44.2 26 14.35 1 1
Avesh Khan 12 45 21 15 - -
Mohammed Shami 13 48.4 18 20.72 - -
Jasprit Bumrah 12 47 17 21 - -
Arshdeep Singh 11 37.2 16 19.19 - 1
Rashid Khan 11 44 14 19.5 - -
Yuzvendra Chahal 12 41 14 21.21 - -