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IPL 2016: Highest/Most Run-Scorers, Leading Wicket-Takers after Gujarat Lions vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Qualifier 1

AB de Villiers guides RCB into the finals

We are into the IPL Playoffs, the first Qualifier was played in Bangalore on 24 May 2016. The winner of the match will head into the finals. Gujrat Lions played Royal Challengers Bangalore at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Royal Challengers Bangalore coming off a series of wins should have been very confident ahead of the match, included among those wins was a win against Gujarat Lions at Bangalore. 

Also read : Qualifier 1: GL vs RCB, IPL 2016 Results, Match Highlights & Upcoming playoffs schedule

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to field first.

Suresh Raina hinted, "It would be difficult for us especially with Virat batting second."

Gujarat Lions Playing XI:

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

Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing XI:

Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, KL Rahul (WK), Shane Watson, Sachin Baby, Stuart Binny, Chris Jordan, Sreenath Aravind, Iqbal Abdulla, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Aaron Finch and Brendon McCullum departed early, thanks to Iqbal Abdulla. Gujarat Lions captain Suresh Raina came in next but couldn’t last long, the innings needed a lot of rebuilding.

Dwayne Smith steadied the ship and scored a brilliant half-century. Dinesh Karthik supported Smith and they . No other batsman made it into the twenties apart from Dinesh Karthik and Dwayne Smith.

Dwivedi’s cameo at the end propelled Gujarat’s score to 158. Overall, it was an ordinary batting performance from the Lions.

Royal Challengers Bangalore lost Virat Kohli for a nought. Soon, RCB lost three wickets in the first four overs. Lokesh Rahul went for a duck as well. Gujarat Lions rocked Royal Challengers Bangalore’s boat early on.

AB de Villiers played a fantastic knock. He scored a brilliant half-century and moved to the second spot in the run-scorers chart. Abdulla played a brilliant knock as well. He supported de Villiers well. Royal Challengers Bangalore cruise to victory and are in the finals of IPL 2016.  

Virat Kohli holds the Orange Cap. Suresh Raina is at number ten.

Highest Run-Scorers

Positon

Player

Matches

Innings

NO

Runs

High score

Average

Balls faced

Strike rate

1

Virat Kohli

15

15

4

919

113

83.54

605

151.90

2

AB de Villiers

15

15

3

682

129*

56.83

401

170.07

3

David Warner

14

14

2

658

92

54.83

436

150.91

4

Rohit Sharma

14

14

3

489

85*

44.45

368

132.88

5

Ajinkya Rahane

14

14

3

480

74

43.63

379

126.64

6

Gautam Gambhir

14

14

2

473

90*

39.41

383

123.49

7

Shikhar Dhawan

14

14

4

463

82*

46.30

390

118.71

8

Murali Vijay

14

14

1

453

89

34.84

364

124.45

9

Quinton de Kock

13

13

1

445

108

37.08

327

136.08

10

Suresh Raina

14

14

1

398

75

30.61

307

129.64

 

Shane Watson had a great day. He picked up four wickets today. Chahal took the crucial wicket of Dwayne Smith. Abdulla and Chris Jordan took two wickets each.

Dhawal Kulkarni struck gold for the Lions. He took four wickets in his spell. It brought Gujarat Lions right back into the game. Other thanKulkarni’s brilliance, there was nothing extraordinary from Gujarat’s bowlers. It was all AB de Villiers today.

We have a new Purple Cap holder. Shane Watson leads the wicket-takers chart with 20 wickets. Yuzvendra Chahal follows Watson. He too has 20 wickets to his name. Dhawal Kulkarni moves to the third spot.

 

Top Wicket-Takers

Position

Player

Matches

Innings

Overs

Runs

Wickets

BBI

Average

Economy

1

 Shane Watson

15

15

52.3

424

20

4/29

21.20

8.07

2

 Yuzvendra Chahal

12

12

45.1

366

20

4/25

18.30

8.10

3

 Dhawal Kulkarni

13

13

45.0

332

18

4/14

18.44

7.37

4

 Bhuvneshwar Kumar

14

14

54.0

419

18

4/29

23.27

7.75

5

 Mitchell McClenaghan

14

14

53.2

436

17

4/21

25.64

8.17

6

 Mustafizur Rahman

14

14

53.0

356

16

3/16

22.25

6.71

7

 Sandeep Sharma

14

14

50.0

366

15

2/11

24.40

7.32

8

 Jasprit Bumrah

14

14

52.0

406

15

3/13

27.06

7.80

9

 Andre Russell

12

12

36.3

291

15

4/20

19.40

7.97

10

 Dwayne Bravo

14

14

52.0

462

15

4/22

30.80

8.88

 

RCB’s AB de Villiers has the most catches in the tournament. He took eighteen catches so far. Naman Ojha has the most dismissals as a wicketkeeper. He has eighteen dismissals to his name as well.

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