IPL 2021 Stats: Point Table, Orange Cap Player List and Purple Cap Player List after RR vs RCB today's IPL match

With a scintillating victory over Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore have made a statement that they will be a dangerous team going ahead in the competition. Chasing a target of 150, RCB had a good start with Kohli and Padikkal making full use of powerplay restrictions. Despite losing the openers in quick succession, wicketkeeper Bharat and Maxwell ensured the team got over the line comfortably in the end. Earlier, RR scored a below par 149/9 on a good batting surface despite a flying start from their openers.

IPL Point Table after RR vs RCB match

Royal Challengers have strengthened their position in the top 4 with two successive wins. They will now be eyeing a top two finish. With 7 wins in 11 matches, they comfortably sit at 3^rdposition in the points table and will be looking to qualify for playoffs for second successive year. Meanwhile, things are not looking good for the Royals as they have lost 7 games. One more loss could get them out of the playoffs race.

Team	Matches	Wins	Losses	Net Run Rate	Points
Chennai Super Kings	10	8	2	+1.069	16
Delhi Capitals	11	8	3	+0.562	16
Royal Challengers Bangalore	11	7	4	-0.200	14
Kolkata Knight Riders	11	5	6	+0.363	10
Mumbai Indians	11	5	6	-0.453	10
Punjab Kings	11	4	7	-0.288	8
Rajasthan Royals	11	4	7	-0.468	8
Sunrisers Hyderabad	10	2	8	-0.501	4

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Orange Cap List after RR vs RCB IPL match

Shikhar Dhawan holds the Orange Cap but Sanju Samson and KL Rahul are not far away. Samson is just two runs behind Dhawan in the list with 452 runs to his name. KL Rahul is third while CSK openers Faf du Plessis and Ruturaj Gaikwad are 4^th and 5^th respectively. Given that CSK have a match against SRH tonight, both these can go further up in the list. Also, Glenn Maxwell is making great strides and has moved up to 6^th position with his good batting form.

Player	Matches	Runs	Bat Avg.	Strike Rate	Highest Score
Shikhar Dhawan	11	454	45.40	130.45	92
Sanju Samson	11	452	50.22	141.25	119
KL Rahul	10	422	52.75	132.28	91*
Faf du Plessis	10	394	49.25	141.21	95*
Ruturaj Gaikwad	10	362	40.22	137.12	88*

Purple Cap List after RR vs RCB IPL match today

Harshal Patel has further strengthened his top position with 3 wickets in the last game vs Rajasthan Royals. Avesh Khan and Jasprit Bumrah are 2^nd and 3^rd in the Purple cap list respectively. PBKS fast bowler Mohammed Shami has moved up the list while Morris’ poor form has pushed him down to 5^th on the list. RR seamer Mustafizur Rahman has been in good form this season and has moved to 10^th position.

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
Jasprit Bumrah	11	16	20.50	7.62	3/36
Mohammed Shami	11	14	22.21	7.64	3/21
Chris Morris	10	14	24.85	9.40	4/23