IPL 2024 Points Table, Orange Cap & Purple Cap Standings After RCB vs PBKS: Virat Kohli Highest Scorer, RCB Jumps 3 Places – News18

Virat Kohli on Sunday played a stupendous knock on a tacky Chinnaswamy track while Dinesh Karthik unleashed the finisher in himself as the Royal Challengers Bengaluru registered a four-wicket victory over Punjab Kings Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match no.6. Chasing 177, Kohli conducted it to near-perfection as RCB made 178 for six with four balls to spare to register their first win of this IPL.

RCB needed 47 off the last 4 overs when Karthik joined forces with ‘Impact Player’ Mahipal Lomror to carry the team past the rope with some sensible cricket. The veteran wicketkeeper-batter showed that he can seamlessly switch from microphone to willow as he walloped Harshal Patel and Arshdeep Singh with minimum fuss to finish it in style.

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Points Table Update

The victory let the RCB jump from 9^th place to 6^th with 2 points and a Net Run Rate (NRR) of -0.180. Despite losing the game in Bengaluru on Monday night, Punjab are ahead of RCB in the tally, securing the fifth spot with as many points but with a better NRR of +0.025.

Rajasthan Royals continue to be the table topper with 2 points and the best NRR, +1.000. Chennai Super Kings are placed second followed by Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders.

Orange Cap

Kohli took the Purple Cap following his ravishing 77-run innings against Punjab. He is leading the charts with a total of 96 runs in 2 games. Sam Curran is currently the second on the list of top scorers with 86 runs in games, followed by Sanju Samson (82), Shikhar Dhawan (67) and Dinesh Karthik (66).

Purple Cap

Punjab Kings bowlers Harpreet Brar and Kagiso Rabada picked up 2 wickets each against RCB on Monday night to grab the 3^rd and 4^th spot respectively, on the Purple Cap list. Chennai Super Kings’ Mustafizur Rahman continues to lead the tally with 4 wickets, followed by Jasprit Bumrah who has 3 wickets to his credit. Sunrisers Hyderabad’s T Natarajan is placed 5^th with 3 wickets.