New Delhi. An interesting race for the Orange Cap is going on in IPL 2024. The player who had snatched the orange cap of the tournament from Virat Kohli a day earlier. Now he has slipped to second place. Virat Kohli has once again snatched this cap from 22 year old Riyan Parag. As soon as Virat Kohli took his first run against Lucknow Supergiants on Tuesday, the Orange Cap (most runs) of IPL 2024 became his name. Like the Orange Cap, there is an interesting race going on for the Purple Cap (most wickets). India’s fastest bowlers Mayank Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal and Mohit Sharma are very strong in this race.
After the match played between Lucknow Supergiants and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB vs LSG) in IPL 2024, the Orange Cap has been named after Virat Kohli. RCB’s star batsman Kohli scored 22 runs in this match. With this, he has become the first batsman to score 200 runs in the Indian Premier League 2024. Virat Kohli now has 203 runs from 4 matches in the tournament. His average is 67.66 and strike rate is 140.97.
Virat Kohli has snatched this orange cap from Riyan Parag. Ryan Parag had taken his total runs in the tournament to 181 runs by scoring a half-century a day earlier. Although Kohli also had the same number of runs, but due to better average and strike rate, the Orange Cap went to Riyan Parag. Riyan Parag of Rajasthan Royals scored 54 runs in 39 balls against Mumbai Indians.
Despite the excellent performance of Virat Kohli, the condition of Royal Challengers Bangalore is bad in the IPL points table. RCB team has played 4 matches in IPL 2024, out of which it has lost 3. In this way, RCB has slipped to ninth position in the points table with 2 points. Only Mumbai Indians are below RCB, who are still looking for their first win in the tournament. Rajasthan Royals remains at number one in the points table after scoring a hat-trick of wins.
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Tags: IPL, IPL 2024, rcb, Virat Kohli
FIRST PUBLISHED: April 3, 2024, 06:57 IST