Rajasthan Royals (RR) faced Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the 65th match of the Indian Premier League 2024 on Wednesday, May 15, at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. RR won the toss and elected to bowl.
RR didn’t have a decent start and lost their first wicket for just four runs. Riyan Parag was one of the five batters who breached the double-digit mark and scored 48 runs off 34 deliveries.
RR posted a total of 144 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs. Sam Curran, Harshal Patel, and Rahul Chahar took two wickets each for PBKS.
PBKS lost four wickets in the powerplay and managed just 39 runs. By the time the eighth over was completed, PBKS had lost four wickets and put 48 runs on the board. Sam Curran and Jitesh Sharma added 63 runs for the fifth wicket and took the team’s total beyond 100 runs.
Curran remained unbeaten on 63 runs off 41 deliveries and helped PBKS reach the target of 145 runs in 18.5 overs with five wickets in hand. Avesh Khan and Yuzvendra Chahal took two wickets each for RR.
IPL 2024 Most Runs List
Virat Kohli is still the Orange Cap holder and has amassed 661 runs in 13 innings at a strike rate of 155.16.
Ruturaj Gaikwad is still in second position, having scored 583 runs in 13 matches at an average of 58.30.
Travis Head is still the third-highest run-scorer and has 533 runs to his name in 11 games at a strike rate of 201.89.
Riyan Parag has jumped to fourth place from sixth with 531 runs in 12 innings at an average of 59.
Sai Sudharsan has slipped to fifth place from fourth and has scored 527 runs in 12 matches at an average of 47.90.
Sanju Samson has moved to sixth place from fifth and has amassed 504 runs in 13 games at a strike rate of 156.52.
KL Rahul is still in seventh place and has made 465 runs in 13 innings at an average of 35.76.
Sunil Narine is still in eighth position and has 461 runs to his name in 12 innings at a strike rate of 182.93.
Rishabh Pant is still in ninth place and has scored 446 runs in 13 games at a strike rate of 155.40.
Philip Salt is still in 10th position and has scored 435 runs in 12 matches at a strike rate of 182.
IPL 2024 Most Wickets List
Harshal Patel is the Purple Cap holder with 22 wickets in 13 innings at an economy of 9.51.
Jasprit Bumrah has slipped to second place from first and has taken 20 wickets in 13 innings at an average of 16.80.
Varun Chakravarthy is still in third place and has 18 wickets to his name in 12 innings at an economy of 8.34.
Mukesh Kumar is still in fourth place and has 17 wickets in 10 matches at a strike rate of 12.52.
Arshdeep Singh has jumped to fifth position from ninth and has picked up 17 wickets in 13 matches at an average of 27.52.
Yuzvendra Chahal has jumped to sixth place and has taken 17 wickets in 13 games at an economy of 9.38.
Khaleel Ahmed has slipped to seventh place from fifth and has 17 wickets to his name in 14 matches at a strike rate of 17.64.
Harshit Rana has moved to eighth position from sixth and has scalped 16 wickets in nine innings at an average of 20.75.
Kuldeep Yadav has slipped to ninth place from seventh and has picked up 16 wickets in 11 innings at an economy of 8.65.
Tushar Deshpande has moved to 10th place from eighth position and has 16 wickets to his name in 12 matches at an economy of 8.52.
