In an exhilarating encounter on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, the Lucknow Tremendous Giants managed to defend a complete of 154 in opposition to the Rajasthan Royals, spoiling their homecoming after virtually 4 years. On the brilliant aspect, the Orange Cap record has seen two vital adjustments after tonight’s encounter.
Wooden returns on the high
In a relatively shocking flip of occasions, Mark Wooden has returned because the Purple Cap holder regardless of not taking part in tonight’s recreation. Earlier than the sport began, Yuzvendra Chahal held the Purple Cap. Nevertheless, he ended the sport wicketless and in addition went for 41 runs in his 4 overs. Thus, his economic system has now worsened. Chahal’s economic system is 8.25 whereas Wooden’s economic system is 8.12. Moreover, Wooden has performed lesser video games than Chahal.
So, technically, the Purple Cap has gone again to Mark Wooden. That’s one thing actually shocking and has not been seen a lot within the historical past of the sport. Wooden and Chahal each have 11 wickets, however Wooden received due to a greater economic system. He’s now the number one bowler on the Purple Cap record.
Ashwin breaks into the highest 10
Ravichandran Ashwin is without doubt one of the greatest in enterprise and it was solely a matter of time earlier than we noticed him within the high 10 names for the Purple Cap. He has been like that gradual and regular turtle that beat the rabbit within the race, selecting 1 or 2 wickets each recreation for Rajasthan Royals. Not solely was Ashwin economical in tonight’s encounter, however he additionally scalped two essential wickets of in-form Kyle Mayers and Deepak Hooda.
Ashwin was finally the ‘Bowler of the Day’ together with his figures of two for 23 in 4 overs. Ashwin has now climbed as much as the sixth spot with 8 wickets in 6 video games for Rajasthan Royals. His entry has meant that Varun Chakravarthy has been proven out of the highest 10.
Purple Cap record after RR vs LSG Match 26:
| Rank | Bowler Title | Group | Matches Performed | Wickets | Greatest Bowling | Financial system |
| 1. | Mark Wooden | Lucknow Tremendous Giants | 4 | 11 | 5/14 | 8.12 |
| 2. | Yuzvendra Chahal | Rajasthan Royals | 6 | 11 | 4/17 | 8.25 |
| 3. | Rashid Khan | Gujarat Titans | 5 | 11 | 3/31 | 8.30 |
| 4. | Mohammed Shami | Gujarat Titans | 5 | 10 | 3/25 | 8.35 |
| 5. | Tushar Deshpande | Chennai Tremendous Kings | 5 | 10 | 3/45 | 11.40 |
| 6. | Ravichandran Ashwin | Rajasthan Royals | 6 | 8 | 2/23 | 6.75 |
| 7. | Ravi Bishnoi | Lucknow Tremendous Giants | 6 | 8 | 3/28 | 6.97 |
| 8. | Mohammed Siraj | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 5 | 8 | 3/22 | 7.00 |
| 9. | Arshdeep Singh | Punjab Kings | 5 | 8 | 3/19 | 8.29 |
| 10. | Piyush Chawla | Mumbai Indians | 5 | 7 | 3/22 | 7.15 |
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