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Numbers one to five on the Orange Cap table look exactly like they did after Sunday’s double-header: Abhishek Sharma (Sunrisers Hyderabad, 440 runs); KL Rahul (Delhi Capitals, 433 runs); Heinrich Klaasen (Sunrisers Hyderabad, 425 runs); Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Rajasthan Royals, 404 runs); B Sai Sudharsan (Gujarat Titans, 385 runs). But moving fast past the big group of players in the 300-plus runs bracket – there were nine of them before Monday – is MI’s Ryan Rickelton.
Rickelton has had a good season. Not as consistent as some of the other big run-getters, perhaps, with three single-digit scores, but when he has got it right, he has been scintillating. Last night was one of those occasions, when Rickelton smashed 83 in just 32 balls to hurry MI past LSG, and take his tally for the season to 380 runs, and the No. 6 position on the table. No other batter from either MI or LSG are in the top 20 at this stage.
Rahul, meanwhile, is in action on Tuesday night against Chennai Super Kings (CSK), and just a couple of fours will take him to the top of the table.
It wasn’t a particularly good night for bowlers – it was played at the Wankhede, after all – with just nine wickets falling, and Prince Yadav, the LSG quick, missed a chance to close in on the top five as he went wicketless.
Like Rahul on the Orange Cap table, Kamboj can take a lead at the top of the Purple Cap table tonight with a wicket.
