Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals: As this season of the Indian Premier League is progressing, the battle of the batsmen who score the most runs is becoming even more interesting. It changes after every match. The ranking of the teams is also changing. Now the league stage is almost halfway. All the teams have played their 6 to 7 matches. That means half the journey is still left. Meanwhile, in the match played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals, Sunil Narayan from KKR and Jos Buttler from RR scored centuries. With this, both these players have also been included in the list of top 10 players in the Orange Cap race.
Virat Kohli has scored the most runs in the tournament so far
The batsman who scored the most runs in this year’s league is Virat Kohli. He has played 7 matches so far this year and has scored 361 runs in his name. At second place is Riyan Parag of Rajasthan Royals, who has managed to score 318 runs after playing 7 matches. Meanwhile, by scoring a century against Rajasthan, KKR’s Sunil Narayan has managed to reach the third position. So far, he has scored 276 runs in 6 matches.
Sanju Samson reached fourth place
Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson has now reached fourth position after scoring 276 runs. Although the runs of Sanju and Sunil are equal, but Sunil’s strike rate is higher, hence he has gone ahead in the table. Whereas Rohit Sharma remains at number 5 after scoring 261 runs in 6 matches.
Jos Buttler reached number eight
If we talk further after the top 5 batsmen, Gujarat captain Shubman Gill is at sixth position after scoring 255 runs in 6 matches. Heinrich Klaasen of Sunrisers Hyderabad is in seventh place with 253 runs in 6 matches. Whereas Jos Buttler, who led his team to victory by scoring a century against KKR, now has 250 runs and has come straight to the eighth position. Chennai’s Shivam Dubey is at ninth position with 242 runs and Hyderabad’s Travis Head is at tenth position with 235 runs.
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