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IPL 2016: Highest/Most Run-Scorers, Leading Wicket-Takers after Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Kings XI Punjab (KXIP)

Gautam Gambhir scores a half-century

Kolkata Knight Riders played Kings XI Punjab on 4 May 2016 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Both Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders had won their previous games. With Murali Vijay as the new captain, Kings XI Punjab looked like a completely different side. They would be looking for a win tonight as well. KKR wanted a win to fortify their position in the top half of the table.

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and decided to bowl first.

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI:

Gautam Gambhir (C), Robin Uthappa (WK), Manish Pandey, Shakib-Al-Hasan, Suryakumar Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Andre Russell, Brad Hogg, Piyush Chawla, Morne Morkel, Umesh Yadav.

Kings XI Punjab Playing XI:

Murali Vijay (C), Manan Vohra, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, David Miller, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Wriddhiman Saha(WK), Axar Patel, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, Swapnil Singh.

Also Read: IPl 2016: Highest/Most Run-Scorers, Leading Wicket-Takers after Delhi Daredevils (DD) vs Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS)

Brad Hogg played instead of Sunil Narine.

Kolkata Knight Riders started off brilliantly. Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa scored half-centuries each. They put up a hundred runs for the first wicket.

Kings XI Punjab lost three wickets in the first four overs. Glen Maxwell came in and scored a brilliant half-century in just 29 balls. Axar Patel played a brilliant little came but Kings XI Punjab fell short of the target by seven runs.

Virat Kohli still holds the Orange Cap with over 400 runs. Gautam Gambhir fired himself to number two. While Robin Uthappa moved to number six.

IPL 2016 Highest Run-Scorers

Positon

Player

Matches

Innings

NO

Runs

HS

Average

SR

1

 Virat Kohli

7

7

1

433

100*

72.16

137.02

2

 Gautam Gambhir

9

9

2

393

90*

56.14

123.19

3

 David Warner

7

7

2

386

92

77.20

168.55

4

 Rohit Sharma

9

9

3

383

85*

63.83

137.27

5

 AB de Villiers

7

7

0

320

83

45.71

163.26

6

 Robin Uthappa

9

9

0

313

72

34.77

135.49

7

 Ajinkya Rahane

8

8

1

280

67

40.00

125.56

8

 Ambati Rayudu

9

8

0

271

65

33.87

124.88

9

 Steve Smith

8

7

1

270

101

45.00

153.40

10

 Suresh Raina

9

9

0

252

75

28.00

127.27

 

Kings XI Punjab bowlers were hit all over the park by KKR in the first ten overs. KXIP bowled well in the latter half of the innings.

Axar Patel and Sandeep Sharma stood tall in today’s match. Sandeep Sharma bowled an excellent final over and restricted KKR to only 164.  

Andre Russel dismissed Stoinis in the first over. He even removed Vohra for a nought. KKR had a magnificent start. Chawla dismissed dangerous Maxwell. Russel picked up four wickets today. That is his IPL best.

We have a big change in the leading wicket-takers chart. Andre Russell is the new Purple Cap holder for IPL 2016.

IPL 2016 Top Wicket-Takers

Position

Player

Matches

Innings

Overs

Runs

Wickets

BBI

Average

Economy

1

 Andre Russell

9

9

29.0

227

13

4/20

17.46

7.82

2

 Mitchell McClenaghan

9

9

34.3

275

13

4/21

21.15

7.97

3

 Jasprit Bumrah

9

9

34.0

275

11

3/26

25.00

8.08

4

 Mohit Sharma

8

8

26.5

215

10

3/23

21.50

8.01

5

 Bhuvneshwar Kumar

7

7

27.0

220

10

4/29

22.00

8.14

6

 Umesh Yadav

8

8

24.0

216

10

3/28

21.60

9.00

7

 Dwayne Bravo

8

8

31.0

286

10

4/22

28.60

9.22

8

 Amit Mishra

7

7

22.0

154

9

4/11

17.11

7.00

9

 Shane Watson

7

7

26.3

228

9

2/25

25.33

8.60

10

 Mustafizur Rahman

7

7

26.0

170

8

2/9

21.25

6.53

 

RCB’s AD de Villiers has the most catches in the tournament so far. Parthiv Patel is the most successful wicketkeeper in IPL 9 with ten wickets. Rising Pune Supergiants captain MS Dhoni follows Parthiv Patel at number two.

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