IPL 2024 Updated Points Table After DC vs RR Game, Orange Cap, Purple Cap: DC Takes Big Leap, Into Mid-Table Race | cricket news

The race for the IPL 2024 playoffs has now become more interesting. Second-placed Rajasthan Royals suffered another defeat as their entry into the playoffs was halted once again. They lost to Delhi Capitals by 20 runs and were left with 16 points in the 11th game. Delhi Capitals took a huge lead and are at fifth position with 12 points from 12 matches. Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Virat Kohli (542) remains the top run-scorer and holds the Orange Cap. Jasprit Bumrah (18 wickets) of Mumbai Indians is the highest wicket taker and has the Purple Cap.

Delhi Capitals kept their hopes of reaching the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 playoffs alive with a 20-run win over Rajasthan Royals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday, riding on the brilliant bowling of Kuldeep Yadav and Mukesh Kumar. Jake Fraser-McGurk and Abhishek Porel scored half-centuries in contrasting fashion, while Tristan Stubbs scored 41 off 20 balls to take Delhi Capitals to 221/8, followed by Kuldeep and Mukesh with decisive spells of 2-25 and 2-30 respectively. Throw. Restricting Rajasthan Royals to 201/8.

With this win, DC has moved up to fifth place in the points table and is now tied with Lucknow Super Giants, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings with 12 points. This is the second time in a row that RR, despite a brilliant 86-run knock from skipper Sanju Samson, has failed to complete the chase and will have to wait more to seal their place in the playoffs.

Khalil Ahmed dismissed Yashasvi Jaiswal in his first over with a slow bouncer at mid-off. Sanju Samson led the way with superb timing of his lofts, drives, flat-batted smashes, punches, flicks and accurately penetrating the gaps in the covers to hit five fours and three sixes in the power-play.

But RR lost Jos Buttler in the last over of the six-over stage as he clipped his stumps off Axar Patel, meaning his dropped catch by Tristan Stubbs did not prove costly for DC. Together with Akshar and Kuldeep, DC scored at a slow pace conceding 25 runs in 7-10 overs, although Riyan Parag got two sixes and a four.

That effort was successful as Parag was caught on a slower ball from Rasikh Salam which hit the top of the off stump. Samson brought up his fifth IPL 2024 half-century in 28 balls, clearing his front leg and hitting a six over long-on to Kuldeep on a free hit. Samson, sitting deep in the crease, hit Rasikh for a six over long-on, after which he cut and mashed and hit a four and a six respectively.

When 91 were needed off 42 balls, Samson bowled Ishant to cover for four runs, before Shubham Dubey punched the fast bowler for four and six runs respectively to take 17 runs in the 14th over. hit. Khaleel gave four wides for 11 runs in the 15th over, which meant 63 runs off 30 balls for RR to win.

Samson’s brilliant innings ended in dramatic circumstances when Shai Hope took a strong catch at long-on off Mukesh, a few millimeters away from the boundary rope. Although he went to the umpire to protest, it was in vain as Samson was out on 86.

From there, DC came back into the match as Shubham Dubey holed out to long-on off the bowling of Khaleel. Kuldeep trapped Donovan Ferreira LBW and dismissed Ravichandran Ashwin at long-on in his final over. Despite the penalty of slow over rate in the final over, where DC could field only four fielders outside the 30-yard circle, Mukesh dismissed Rovman Powell, which was enough to give DC a crucial win.

With IANS inputs