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IPL 2016: Highest Run-Scorers, Wicket-Takers, Best Catch after Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

Krunal Pandya took two key wickets in a single over

Virat Kohli of Royal Challengers Bangalore pushed himself to the third spot on the leading run-scorers list. He got off to a decent start in the match against Mumbai Indians but could not capitalize on it. He is still one of the favourites to win the Orange cap this season.

Currently, Gautam Gambhir of Kolkata Knight Riders leads the chart with 226 runs at an average of 113.00. He has been consistent right from the start of IPL and played a captain’s knock against Kings XI Punjab. 

Also read: IPL 2016: Highest Run-Scorers, Wicket-Takers, Best Catch after Rising Pune Supergiants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

Rohit Sharma made his way into the top 10 with a well-placed 62 out of 44 balls. Jos Buttler had a little cameo in the middle overs. He set it up brilliantly for Kieron Pollard. His 40 out of 19 balls was crucial in the end and propelled Mumbai Indians towards victory. 

While David Warner of Sunrisers Hyderabad holds the record for most number of sixes. Quinton de Kock from Delhi Daredevils has the highest strike rate. Moreover, he is the only batsman to score a century in IPL 2016. 

IPL 2016 Highest Run-Scorers

Position

Player

Matches

Innings

NO

Runs

HS

Average

SR

1

Gautam Gambhir

4

4

2

226

90*

113.00

120.85

2

Aaron Finch

3

3

1

191

74

95.50

139.41

3

Virat Kohli

3

3

0

187

79

62.33

144.96

4

Quinton de Kock

3

3

1

184

108

92.00

178.64

5

Francois du Plessis

3

3

0

170

69

56.66

131.78

6

AB de Villiers

3

3

0

166

82

55.33

172.91

7

Rohit Sharma

5

5

1

165

84*

41.25

120

8

David Warner

3

3

1

161

90*

80.50

167.70

9

Robin Uthappa

4

4

0

134

53

33.50

127.61

10

Manan Vohra

4

4

0

129

51

32.25

140.21

 

Murugan Ashwin was the purple cap holder until today. Mitchell McClenaghan has been in excellent form right from start of the season and produced an excellent first over today. He picked up the wicket of Lokesh Rahul for his seventh wicket of the completion. This makes him the leading wicket-taker in IPL. Meanwhile, Krunal Pandya did the most damage by picking up two crucial wickets of Virat Kohli and AD de Villiers in a single over. Pandya’s variation in the bowling action was the signature moment of the match.

Dhawal Kulkarni of Gujarat Lions is still the most economical bowler and has the tournament’s best bowling average of 9.50. All eyes will be on him during Gujarat Lions vs Sunrisers Hyderabad match on 21 April 2016.

IPL 2016 Top Wicket-Takers

Position

Player

Matches

Innings

Overs

Runs

Wickets

BBI

Average

Economy

1

Mitchell McClenaghan

5

5

18.3

152

7

4/21

21.71

8.21

2

Murugan Ashwin

3

3

12.0

83

6

3/36

13.83

6.91

3

Dwayne Bravo

3

3

12.0

104

6

4/22

17.33

8.66

4

Amit Mishra

3

3

8.0

48

5

4/11

9.60

6.00

5

Jasprit Bumrah

5

5

18.0

144

5

3/31

28.80

8.00

6

Andre Russell

4

4

12.0

113

5

3/24

22.60

9.41

7

Ravindra Jadeja

2

2

8.0

48

4

2/18

12.00

6.00

8

Sandeep Sharma

4

4

11.0

71

4

2/23

17.75

6.45

9

Umesh Yadav

3

3

10.0

66

4

3/28

16.50

6.60

10

Mustafizur Rahman

3

3

12.0

87

4

2/26

21.75

7.25


We have seen some spectacular catches so far in IPL 9. Hardik Pandya of Mumbai Indians took a terrific catch against Sunrisers Hyderabad to dismiss Eoin Morgan. Andre Russel and Piyush Chawla took a tremendous catch as well. However, nothing beats the catch taken by Shane Watson and David Weise of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Watson-Weise combination is still the best catch in IPL 2016.

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