Hyderabad: Virat Kohli of the Royal Challengers Bangalore leads the IPL race. Even as his half-century against Sunrisers Hyderabad was heavily criticized yesterday, Kohli was way ahead of his opponents with 430 runs in nine matches. Kohli has crossed 400 runs in the IPL for the 10th season after 2011. Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaekwad is second with 349 runs in eight matches.
Pen Travis Hyderabad and Abhishek Sharma had a chance to advance, but both failed to score yesterday, leaving the top ten unchanged. Head, who was dismissed for just one run against RCB, is fifth with 325 runs from seven matches. Abhishek Sharma, who scored 31 runs, overtook Jos Buttler and Sunil Narine to reach the twelfth position with 288 runs.
The only goal is the Orange Cap and a place in the World Cup squad, fans against Kohli who played the Test against Hyderabad
Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant (342) is at the third position and Gujarat Titans player Sai Sudarshan (334) is at the fourth position. Ryan Parag (318) is sixth while Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson (314) is seventh. Shivam Dubey (311), Shubman Gill (304) and Rohit Sharma (303) are the other players in the top ten.
RCB won by 35 runs in the match at Hyderabad’s home ground yesterday. RCB player Rajat Patidar completed his half century in 20 balls while Virat Kohli scored 32 runs in 16 balls in the powerplay and completed his half century in 41 balls. Kohli’s ‘Test’ innings, which scored 51 runs off 43 balls, was widely criticised.
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