Lucknow: So far 31 matches have been played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. On Tuesday, the match between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) was played at Eden Garden. In this exciting match, Rajasthan won by 2 wickets and opener Jos Buttler played a century for them. After this match, there have been some changes in the Orange Cap, Purple Cap and points table. Some new players have made their place in its race, which includes Butler.
In this match played between KKR and RR, Kolkata, batting first, scored 223 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. Chasing the target, the team captained by Sanju Samson won by 8 wickets on the basis of Butler's unbeaten inning of 107 runs. This is the second century of the right-handed batsman in IPL 2024. Apart from him, Kolkata opener Sunil Narine also played a century and has joined the race for Orange Cap.
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If we talk about Orange Cap, then RCB's veteran batsman Virat Kohli is at the top in this race and he has maintained his hold for the last several days. Virat has scored 361 runs in 7 matches so far this season and with this he is at the top. Meanwhile, Rajasthan's young batsman Riyan Parag is also present at the second position in this list and he has scored 318 runs in 7 matches. In third place is Sunil Narine of Kolkata, who has scored 276 runs so far this season. So Butler, who scored a century in this match, has now reached the 1st position with 250 runs.
Rajasthan's star spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is at the top in the race for Purple Cap, who has taken 12 wickets in the 7 matches played so far. Apart from him, Mumbai Indians' fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is at the second position, who has 10 wickets in his name in 6 matches. Whereas CSK's Mustafizur Rahman also remains at the third position with 10 wickets. At present, there is a tough competition between these three players for the Purple Cap.
After this victory of Rajasthan, there has not been much change in the points table and RR is now at the first position in the points table with 12 points with 6 wins out of 7. So Kolkata is present at the second position with 8 points. So CSK and Sunrisers Hyderabad are present at third and fourth position respectively.
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