Following Delhi Capitals’ victory over Rajasthan Royals in a thrilling Super Over, a notable shift has occurred in the list of top wicket-takers. Kuldeep Yadav has climbed to second place, just behind initial leader Noor Ahmad. On top of that development, several batsmen are gaining momentum, adding pressure for the current top three while a total of 11 bowlers have now achieved ten or more wickets in this year’s IPL season.
The leaderboard for the Purple Cap.
Noor Ahmad continues to hold the top spot with 12 wickets, a position he has maintained for quite some time now. Close behind him is Kuldeep Yadav with 11 wickets from six matches. He added one more to his tally on Wednesday night by taking 1 for 33. Clearly, left-arm wristspin has proven to be effective once again.
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In addition, Khaleel Ahmed of Chennai Super Kings and Shardul Thakur of Lucknow Super Giants each have a record of 11 wickets, but due to an additional match played, Khaleel holds a slight advantage with a better economy rate of 9.00 compared to Thakur’s 10.96.
The main focus of Wednesday night’s game was Mitchell Starc, whose collection of yorkers helped DC secure the victory in the Super Over. Despite his impressive performance, he only managed to take one wicket throughout the match. This places him among a list of bowlers who have achieved ten wickets at this point in the tournament, including Hardik Pandya from Mumbai Indians (MI), Prasidh Krishna and R Sai Kishore from Gujarat Titans (GT), and Varun Chakravarthy and Harshit Rana from Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
The final standings for Orange Cap leaderboard were updated earlier today
The current Orange Cap table remains unchanged since Wednesday morning, with Nicholas Pooran (LSG), B Sai Sudharsan (GT), and Mitchell Marsh (LSG) maintaining their top three positions. Shreyas Iyer (PBKS), Virat Kohli (RCB), and Suryakumar Yadav (MI) trail just behind them.
Following his impressive 38-run performance, KL Rahul (DC) has climbed to the seventh spot on the leaderboard. This adds to his impressive streak of runs this season, bringing his total to 238. Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR) also had a notable game against DC, scoring 51 runs and securing his third half-century this season. He now trails just behind Rahul with a total of 233 runs. Meanwhile, Sanju Samson (RR) retired hurt after scoring 31 runs and currently holds the ninth spot with a total of 224 runs.
