Mumbai: Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson, who was second in the IPL run chase, has slipped to eighth. Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Heinrich Klaasen scored 80 runs in 34 balls yesterday against Mumbai Indians and is on the first place in the run rate. Klaasen wore the Orange Cap after scoring 143 runs in two matches at a dreamy strike rate of 226.98 at an average of 143.
Virat Kohli is second with 98 runs in two matches, but youngsters Abhishek Sharma with 95 runs and Thilak Verma with 89 runs are right behind Kohli. Abhishek Sharma also has a strike rate of 226.19 like Klaasen while Thilak Verma has a strike rate of 167.92.
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Sam Curran is fifth with 86 runs in two games and Shivam Dubey is sixth with 85 runs in two games while Rachin Ravindra is seventh with 83 runs. Sanju Samson, who has played only one match, is eighth with 82 runs. If he scores 17 runs against Delhi today, Sanju can rise to second place again.
Sai Sudarshan with 82 runs and Rohit Sharma with 69 runs are the other players in the top ten. It is also noteworthy that Abhishek Sharma does not have the best strike rate among the top ten players. Rachin Ravindra at number seven is leading the way with a strike rate of 237.14. Sanju has a strike rate of 157.69 while Kohli, who is second in the run-getter, has a strike rate of 142.03 and Rohit has a strike rate of 168.29.
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Last Updated Mar 28, 2024, 11:31 AM IST
2024-03-28 06:01:37
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