IPL 2024 Points Table: Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeated Mumbai Indians (MI) by 9 wickets in the IPL 2024 match played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on Monday (April 22). After winning the toss and batting first, Mumbai scored 179 runs after losing 9 wickets on the basis of innings of Tilak Verma (65) and Nehal Wadhera (49).

In response, Rajasthan won with the loss of just 1 wicket with 1.2 overs remaining. Opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal returned to form and played a stormy innings of 104 not out. Apart from this, Jos Buttler scored 35 runs and captain Sanju Samson scored 38 unbeaten runs.

Mumbai Indians' hopes of reaching the IPL 2024 playoffs have suffered a setback. Mumbai is currently at seventh position in the points table with 6 points in 8 matches. This is the team's fifth defeat of the season and the net run rate has become -0.227. This means that Mumbai will have to win its remaining matches and if it loses any match, it will have to depend on the result of the other team.

On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals' strong performance continues. With seven wins in eight matches, Rajasthan has 14 points and one more win will be enough to secure their place in the playoffs.

Who has the orange and purple cap?

The Orange Cap for the most runs is adorned by Virat Kohli of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Kohli has so far scored 379 runs in 7 matches at an average of 63.17, which includes one century and two half-centuries. Travis Head of Sunrisers Hyderabad is in second place with 324 runs in 6 matches.

The Purple Cap is occupied by Jasprit Bumrah of Mumbai Indians. Bumrah has taken 13 wickets in 8 matches so far.