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

Adam Zampa took eleven wickets in just four matches

Rising Pune Supergiants played Delhi Daredevils on 17 May 2016. Rising Pune Supergiants is out of the playoff contention. After a below-par tournament, Pune wanted to finish IPL 2016 on a high. While Delhi Daredevils had a lot to play for. It was a crucial game for a win would launch Delhi into the top four.

Rising Pune Supergiants won the toss and chose to field first.

Zaheer Khan said, "Would have batted first. Have asked the guys to be flexible. Shreyas Iyer, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Shami return."

MS Dhoni said, "Looks a good surface, also a bit of rain forecast for later on in the day. Will have to be more consistent. M Ashwin is replaced by Deepak Chahar."

Delhi Daredevils Playing XI:

Quinton de Kock(WK), Shreyas Iyer, Karun Nair, Sanju Samson, Rishabh Pant, Jean-Paul Duminy, Chris Morris, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Amit Mishra, Zaheer Khan(C), Mohammed Shami.

Rising Pune Supergiants Playing XI:

Ajinkya Rahane, Usman Khawaja, George Bailey, Saurabh Tiwary, MS Dhoni(w/c), Thisara Perera, Irfan Pathan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Adam Zampa, Ashok Dinda, Deepak Chahar.

Deepak Chahar played his debut IPL game.

Delhi Daredevils was off to a wobbly start. DD lost two wickets early. The situation never improved for Delhi. None took command of the situation. Too many dot balls were the problem.

Pune had an easy target. RPS had to chase down only 122 runs. Pune started great. Rahane was consistent yet again. Chris Morris removed Khawaja but that didn’t make any difference. Geroge Bailey backed Rahane well. 

There was drama at Vishakhapatnam. It rained and the match was called off. RPS won the match by 19 runs (D/L).

Virat Kohli is the leading run-scorer. Quinton de Kock stays at number eight. Rahane moves up to the fourth spot.

IPL 2016 Highest Run-Scorers

Positon	Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	High score	Average	Balls faced	Strike rate
1	Virat Kohli	12	12	3	752	109	83.55	508	148.03
2	AB de Villiers	12	12	2	597	129*	59.70	344	173.54
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	12	12	2	449	90*	44.90	360	124.72
7	Shikhar Dhawan	12	12	4	402	82*	50.25	352	114.20
8	Quinton de Kock	11	11	1	383	108	38.30	266	143.98
9	Murali Vijay	12	12	1	378	89	34.36	315	120.00
10	Ambati Rayudu	13	12	1	334	65	30.36	278	120.14

 

Ashok Dinda removed dangerous Quinton de Kock early. He even bowled a wicket maiden. Zampa had a great game too. He picked up two wickets.

.@zamps63 once again being the pick of the bowlers and finishing with figures of 3/21! #DumKaNayaRang #RPSvDD pic.twitter.com/teHLuj6KBQ

— Pune Supergiants (@RPSupergiants) May 17, 2016

Delhi’s bowlers didn’t have much to bowl at. Pune was in control from the start. Rain or no rain, it was always going to be Rising Pune Supergiants.

Mitchell McClenaghan has the most wickets in the tournament. Chris Morris enters the chart at number nine.

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	Andre Russell	12	12	36.3	291	15	4/20	19.40	7.97
4	Mustafizur Rahman	12	12	45.0	300	14	3/16	21.42	6.66
5	Jasprit Bumrah	13	13	48.0	364	14	3/13	26.00	7.58
6	Shane Watson	12	12	42.3	361	14	3/24	25.78	8.49
7	Sandeep Sharma	12	12	43.0	308	13	2/11	23.69	7.16
8	Amit Mishra	12	12	39.0	290	13	4/11	22.30	7.43
9	Chris Morris	11	11	41.0	277	12	2/30	23.08	6.75
10	Yuzvendra Chahal	9	9	34.1	267	12	3/19	22.25	7.81

 

We’ve seen some fantastic fielding IPL 9. AB de Villiers has the most catches in the tournament. Naman Ojha has the most dismissals as a wicketkeeper.