Cricket News Desk. After just one match in the IPL, there has hardly been as much change in the race for the Orange Cap and Purple Cap as it was after the victory of Mumbai Indians. In IPL 2024, on Thursday, Mumbai Indians defeated Punjab Kings by 9 runs in a very exciting match. After this match, Jasprit Bumrah, who won the Player of the Match award, has become the leader in the race for the Purple Cap. Rohit Sharma has also taken a big leap in the race for Orange Cap.

The 32nd match of IPL 2024 took place on Thursday between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings. Batting first, Mumbai team scored 192 runs for 7 wickets. Suryakumar Yadav scored the maximum runs for his side. He played an innings of 78 runs in 53 balls. Rohit Sharma was the second top scorer of the team. He scored 36 runs on 25 balls.

Thanks to this innings, Rohit Sharma has jumped 3 places and reached the top-3 in the Orange Cap race. In this list of highest run scorers, Virat Kohli is number one with 361 runs. Rajasthan Royals’ 22-year-old batsman Riyan Parag (318) is in second place. After these two, there is Rohit Sharma who has scored a total of 297 runs in the tournament. Sunil Narayan (276) and Shubman Gill (276) are at fourth and fifth position in the Orange Cap race.

Bumrah snatched the purple cap from UG
After this match the race for the Purple Cap has completely changed. Jasprit Bumrah gave 3 blows against Punjab Kings. With this he snatched the purple cap from Yuzvendra Chahal. Bumrah now has a total of 13 wickets in the tournament. He is now the highest wicket taker bowler. Yuzvendra Chahal (12) has now slipped from first to second place. Gerald Coetzee, who sent 3 Punjab batsmen to the pavilion, also increased his number of wickets to 12. In this way, two bowlers in the list of highest wicket takers are from Mumbai Indians.