Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated Kolkata Knight Riders' (KRR) in the 22nd match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) on Monday and the tournament is in full swing where close where high-scoring encounters between teams are taking place but apart from that, the race for most runs and wickets is also getting interesting with every match played.
As of now, 22 matches have been played where we have seen record-breaking matches like Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians, where the highest total in an IPL innings was scored by the former and individual displays like Romario Shephard going berserk against Delhi Capitals’ Anrich Nortje, making him enter the unwanted record list.
At the batting charts, Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) legend Virat Kohli, which comes as no surprise, is at the top in the race for the Orange Cap with 316 runs to his name in five innings while Sunrisers Hyderabad's (SRH) Heinrich Klassen has hit 17 sixes in four matches.
In the bowling charts, Chennai Super Kings’ Mustafizur Rahman stays on the top with nine scalps to his name while Rajasthan Royals’ Yuzvendra Chahal is second. However, names like Pat Cummins, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell Starc and others are nowhere to be seen.
Most runs
1- Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) — 316 runs
2- Bhardwaj Sai Sudharsan (Gujarat Titans) — 191 runs
3- Riyan Parag (Rajasthan Royals) — 185 runs
4- Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans) — 183 runs
5- Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals) — 178 runs
Most wickets
1- Mustafizur Rahman (Chennai Super Kings) — 9
2- Yuzvendra Singh Chahal (Rajasthan Royals) — 8 wickets
3- Gerald Coetzee (Mumbai Indians) — 7 wickets
4- Mohit Mahipal Sharma (Gujarat Titans) — 7 wickets
5- Khaleel Khursheed Ahmed (Delhi Capitals) — 7 wickets
Most sixes
1- Heinrich Klaasen (Sunrisers Hyderabad) — 17
2- Abhishek Sharma (Sunrisers Hyderabad) — 15
3- Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants) — 15
4- Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) — 14
5- Tristan Stubbs (Delhi Capitals) — 14