IPL 2021 Stats: Point Table, Orange Cap Player List, Purple Cap Player List after KKR vs PBKS today's IPL match

A fighting knock from KL Rahul and bowlers’ fightback towards the end led Punjab Kings to a much needed victory over high flying Kolkata Knight Riders. Chasing a testing target of 166, PBKS got off to a strong start from Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul. Despite some hiccups in the middle overs and at the end, Punjab reached the target with 3 balls remaining. Earlier, KKR looked set for 180 plus score at one time but were reduced to 165 thanks to some excellent death bowling by the Kings.

IPL Point Table after KKR vs PBKS match

Punjab Kings have moved to 5^th place in the points table now after the victory over KKR. Kolkata Knight Riders though, remain at 4^th position but they need to win their next two games to give themselves a chance to qualify. With Punjab’s victory, Delhi Capitals have also qualified for playoffs now. Delhi is the second team to qualify for the playoffs of IPL 2021 after Chennai Super Kings who are currently on top of the table.

Team	Matches	Wins	Losses	Net Run Rate	Points
Chennai Super Kings	11	9	2	+1.002	18
Delhi Capitals	11	8	3	+0.562	16
Royal Challengers Bangalore	11	7	4	-0.200	14
Kolkata Knight Riders	12	5	7	+0.302	10
Punjab Kings	12	5	7	-0.236	10
Mumbai Indians	11	5	6	-0.453	10
Rajasthan Royals	11	4	7	-0.468	8
Sunrisers Hyderabad	11	2	9	-0.490	4

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Orange Cap List after KKR vs PBKS IPL match

The Orange Cap list has changed again as Man of the Match of KKR vs PBKS game KL Rahul has moved to the top of the list. Rahul scored a match winning 67 off 55 balls to take Punjab across the line. Shikhar Dhawan is 2^nd in the list while Sanju Samson occupies the third position currently. CSK’s openers Faf du Plessis and Ruturaj Gaikwad are 4^th and 5^th on the list respectively. Rahul and Samson are the only batsmen in the top 5 to average over 50.

Player	Matches	Runs	Bat Avg.	Strike Rate	Highest Score
KL Rahul	11	489	54.33	130.74	91*
Shikhar Dhawan	11	454	45.40	130.45	92
Sanju Samson	11	452	50.22	141.25	119
Faf du Plessis	11	435	48.33	138.09	95*
Ruturaj Gaikwad	11	407	40.70	134.76	88*

Purple Cap List after KKR vs PBKS IPL match today

With figures of 3-32 in the last match, left arm seamer Arshdeep Singh moves to 3^rd place in the Purple cap list. PBKS bowler has been in superb wicket taking form this season and he continues to impress. Mohammed Shami also bowled well and is 5^th on the list. KKR mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy too had a good game with figures of 2-24. Harshal Patel continues to top the list with 26 wickets to his name while Avesh Khan is 2^nd on the list.

Player	Matches	Wickets	Bowl. Avg.	Econ. Rate	Best Figures
Harshal Patel	11	26	13.30	8.57	5/27
Avesh Khan	11	18	16.66	7.31	3/13
Arshdeep Singh	10	16	16.56	7.71	5/32
Jasprit Bumrah	11	16	20.50	7.62	3/36
Mohammed Shami	12	15	22.26	7.47	3/21