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IPL 2016: Highest/Most Run-Scorers, Leading Wicket-Takers of the tournament

Bhuvneshwar Kumar wins the cup for Sunrisers Hyderabad

Virat Kohli was in terrific form throughout this tournament and he finishes the tournament with the Orange Cap. He has over 900 runs with seven half-centuries and four centuries, truly pushing the boundaries of consistency. Additionally, Kohli overtakes Suresh Raina as the leading run-scorer in all seasons combined.

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner finishes the season in the second spot with over 800 runs at an average of 60.57. He has the most fifties of IPL and is the sole leader of the highest number of fifties in all nine seasons combined.

AB de Villiers unbeaten 129 is the highest individual score of the tournament and he is at number three in the leading run-scorers chart. Krunal Pandya was terrific with the bat for Mumbai Indians throughout the tournament, having the best batting strike rate (191.12) of the tournament.    

Highest Run-Scorers

Positon

Player

Matches

Innings

NO

Runs

High score

Average

Balls faced

Strike rate

1

 Virat Kohli

16

16

4

973

113

81.08

640

152.03

2

 David Warner

17

17

3

848

93*

60.57

560

151.42

3

 AB de Villiers

16

16

3

687

129*

52.84

407

168.79

4

 Shikhar Dhawan

17

17

4

501

82*

38.53

429

116.78

5

 Gautam Gambhir

15

15

2

501

90*

38.53

411

121.89

6

 Rohit Sharma

14

14

3

489

85*

44.45

368

132.88

7

 Ajinkya Rahane

14

14

3

480

74

43.63

379

126.64

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

15

15

1

399

75

28.50

312

127.88

 

Bhuvneshwar Kumar finishes IPL 2016 with the Purple Cap. He took charge from ball one and has been excellent throughout the tournament along with Mustafizur Rahman. Royal Challengers Bangalore had two players in the running for the Purple Cap with Yuzvendra Chahal finishing the tournament in the second place with 21 wickets.

Adam Zampa took six wickets against Sunrisers Hyderabad during the league game at Vishakhapatnam to claim the best bowling figures of the tournament. Zampa also has the best bowling average of the tournament with figures of 9.58 while Mitchell Marsh has an economy of 5.00 and is the finest of the tournament.

Top Wicket-Takers

Position

Player

Matches

Innings

Overs

Runs

Wickets

BBI

Average

Economy

1

 Bhuvneshwar Kumar

17

17

66.0

490

23

4/29

21.30

7.42

2

 Yuzvendra Chahal

13

13

49.1

401

21

4/25

19.09

8.15

3

 Shane Watson

16

16

56.3

485

20

4/29

24.25

8.58

4

 Dhawal Kulkarni

14

14

49.0

364

18

4/14

20.22

7.42

5

 Mustafizur Rahman

16

16

61.0

421

17

3/16

24.76

6.90

6

 Mitchell McClenaghan

14

14

53.2

436

17

4/21

25.64

8.17

7

 Dwayne Bravo

15

15

56.0

494

17

4/22

29.05

8.82

8

 Sandeep Sharma

14

14

50.0

366

15

2/11

24.40

7.32

9

 Jasprit Bumrah

14

14

52.0

406

15

3/13

27.06

7.80

10

 Andre Russell

12

12

36.3

291

15

4/20

19.40

7.97

 

Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and chose to bat first.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing XI:

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

Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI:

David Warner (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Moises Henriques, Yuvraj Singh, Ben Cutting, Naman Ojha (WK), Deepak Hooda, Bipul Sharma, Mustafizur Rahman, Barinder Sran, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Mustafizur Rahman was back in the side for SRH and replaced Trent Boult, who had played only one game in this edition of IPL.

Sunrisers Hyderabad started well with Warner and Shikhar Dhawan putting 63 runs for the first wicket. Moises Henriques had a forgetful final with the bat whereas Yuvraj Singh scored 38 runs off 23 balls.

Wickets fell soon after with Sunrisers Hyderabad losing four wickets in quick succession including the crucial wicket of David Warner. Ben Cutting stepped up and played a splendid cameo 39 runs in just 15 balls to propel Sunrisers Hyderabad’s score past the 200-mark.

Yuzvendra Chahal took a wicket while Shane Watson had an off day against SRH. He holds the record for most runs conceded in a single innings with 61 runs in the final.

Chasing 209, Royal Challengers Bangalore was underway with all guns blazing. Chris Gayle was on fire and smashed Sran all over the park in the early overs. Kohli and Gayle put 114 runs for the first wicket with Gayle slashing 76 runs in just 38 balls.

Royal Challengers Bangalore captain continued his supreme form and scored yet another fifty but fell right after to Sran. Bipul Sharma removed AB de Villiers and brought Hyderabad back into the game.

Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers made a wonderful comeback in the latter part of the game. Other than the openers, no other RCB player could get past the 20-run mark. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was excellent in this game as well and won the cup for Sunrisers Hyderabad with a fantastic second spell.

We have a new champion, Sunrisers Hyderabad it is.

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