Indian Premier League 2021: Orange Cap and Purple Cap after SRH vs CSK

Sep 30, 2021

Indian Premier League 2021: Orange Cap and Purple Cap after SRH vs CSK Image

Orange Cap

For the third successive time, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Faf du Plessis walked off the Powerplay without being separated. Against Sunrisers Hyderabad, they added 75 for the opening stand before Gaikwad fell to Jason Holder on 45. Gaikwad has now breached the 400-run mark, and is at the fifth position in run-scoring charts.

Du Plessis' contribution was worth 41, and he maintained his place at third place. Du Plessis has now 435 runs in 11 games. Delhi Capitals' Shikhar Dhawan is the current Orange Cap holder. He has amassed 454 runs in 11 matches.

Batters M R SR
Shikhar Dhawan 11 454 130.46
Sanju Samson 11 452 141.25
Faf du Plessis 11 435 135.1
KL Rahul 10 422 132.29
Ruturaj Gaikwad 11 407 137.12


Purple Cap

Rashid Khan picked a wicket against the Super Kings to reach joint fourth place, along with Mohammed Shami and Chris Morris. All three of them have taken 14 wickets each. At third place is Jasprit Bumrah, with 16. With 18 wickets in 11 games, Avesh Khan is second. Royal Challengers Bangalore's Harshal Patel continue to remain the leading wicket-taker of the tournament.

Bowlers M O WKTS AVG
Harshal Patel 11 40.2 26 13.31
Avesh Khan 11 41 18 16.67
Jasprit Bumrah 11 43 16 20.5
Mohammed Shami 11 40.4 14 22.21
Chris Morris 10 37 14 24.86
Rashid Khan 10 40 14 18.92