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IPL 2016: Highest/Most Run-Scorers, Leading Wicket-Takers after Gujarat Lions vs Kolkata Knight Riders (GL vs KKR)

Suresh Raina becomes the second player to score 4000 runs in IPL

Gujarat Lions played Kolkata Knight Riders on 19 May 2016 at Kanpur. Both the teams needed a win to seal the spot for the playoffs. Gujarat Lions was just outside the top-four and wanted a win to get back into the action. Kolkata Knight Riders was in number three and needed a win to charge into the top-two.

Gujarat Lions won the toss and chose to bowl first.

See also: GL vs KKR, IPL 2016 Results, Match Highlights & Updated Points Table

Gujarat Lions Playing XI:

Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina(C), Ravindra Jadeja, Aaron Finch, Dinesh Karthik(WK), Dwayne Bravo, Eklavya Dwivedi, Praveen Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shadab Jakati.

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI:

Robin Uthappa(WK), Gautam Gambhir(C), Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Suryakumar Yadav, Shakib Al Hasan, Jason Holder, Piyush Chawla, Sunil Narine, Ankit Rajpoot, Morne Morkel.

Kolkata Knight Riders lost wickets at regular intervals. KKR never looked settled. Yusuf Pathan was the only player to score over thirty runs. It was a below par batting performance from Kolkata Knight Riders.  

Gujarat Lions came into to bat needing just 124 runs. GL was off to a wobbly start. Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum departed early. Gujarat Lions captain stepped up and took charge along with Aaron Finch.

In the end, it was an easy victory for Gujarat Lions.

Virat Kohli holds the orange cap with over 800 runs. Gautam Gambhir stays at number six.

IPL 2016 Highest Run-Scorers

Positon

Player

Matches

Innings

NO

Runs

High score

Average

Balls faced

Strike rate

1

 Virat Kohli

13

13

3

865

113

86.50

558

155.01

2

 AB de Villiers

13

13

2

597

129*

54.27

346

172.54

3

 David Warner

12

12

2

567

92

56.70

364

155.76

4

 Ajinkya Rahane

13

13

3

461

74

46.10

364

126.64

5

 Rohit Sharma

13

13

3

459

85*

45.90

351

130.76

6

 Gautam Gambhir

13

13

2

457

90*

41.54

368

124.18

7

 Shikhar Dhawan

12

12

4

402

82*

50.25

352

114.20

8

 Murali Vijay

13

13

1

394

89

32.83

323

121.98

9

 Quinton de Kock

11

11

1

383

108

38.30

266

143.98

10

 Robin Uthappa

13

13

0

358

72

27.53

265

135.09

 

Dwayne Smith was excellent with the ball for Gujarat Lions. He took four wickets giving away just eight runs in his spell of four overs. Jakati had a good game too.

Kolkata needed some splendid performances with the ball. It didn’t happen, though. It was an ordinary bowling performance from the Kolkata Knight Riders team. Gujarat Lions dominated right from ball one and didn’t offer KKR bowlers much.

Mitchell McClenaghan holds the purple cap with the most wickets in the tournament so far. Andre Russell stays at number five.

IPL 2016 Top Wicket-Takers

Position

Player

Matches

Innings

Overs

Runs

Wickets

BBI

Average

Economy

1

 Mitchell McClenaghan

13

13

49.3

398

17

4/21

23.41

8.04

2

 Bhuvneshwar Kumar

12

12

46.0

355

16

4/29

22.18

7.71

3

 Yuzvendra Chahal

10

10

37.1

292

16

4/25

18.25

7.85

4

 Shane Watson

13

13

44.3

368

16

3/24

23.00

8.26

5

 Andre Russell

12

12

36.3

291

15

4/20

19.40

7.97

6

 Mustafizur Rahman

12

12

45.0

300

14

3/16

21.42

6.66

7

 Sandeep Sharma

13

13

46.0

337

14

2/11

24.07

7.32

8

 Jasprit Bumrah

13

13

48.0

364

14

3/13

26.00

7.58

9

 Amit Mishra

12

12

39.0

290

13

4/11

22.30

7.43

10

 Dwayne Bravo

12

12

45.0

414

13

4/22

31.84

9.20

 

RCB’s AB de Villiers has the most catches in the tournament so far. While Naman Ojha has the most dismissals as a wicketkeeper in IPL 2016.

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