IPL 2024: Updated points table, Orange Cap & Purple cap after Match 33 PBKS v MI

Mumbai Indians won the 33rd match of IPL 2024 against Punjab Kings by nine runs.

On April 18, the Mumbai Indians (MI) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) played the 33rd match of the IPL 2024 campaign. The Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur hosted the match. PBKS captain Sam Curran won the toss and decided to bowl first. Ishan Kishan was dismissed for eight runs early on, but Rohit Sharma (36) and Suryakumar Yadav contributed 81 runs for the second wicket to set a solid foundation for the MI hitters.

Suryakumar Yadav scored 78 runs in 53 balls, including three sixes and seven fours. Tilak Varma scored 34* runs, while Tim David added 14 runs as MI reached 192/7 in 20 overs. Harshal Patel’s three wickets in the 20th over helped PBKS regain some momentum. Punjab Kings had a horror start to their chase as Gerald Coetzee removed Prabhsimran Singh for a golden duck in the first over. Then Jasprit Bumrah rattled the PBKS top-order with wickets of Rilee Russouw and Sam Curran.

PBKS were reduced to 77/6 in no time, but then Shashank Singh (41 in 25 balls) and Ashutosh Sharma got together to do the rescue act once again. Ashutosh proved to be the star of the PBKS innings, as he made 61 in 28 balls with seven sixes and two fours, but he got out with PBKS needing 25 runs. In the end, despite the best efforts of the tail, PBKS failed to cross the finish line and were bowled out for 182 in 19.1 overs. MI won a thrilling contest by just nine runs.

IPL 2024 Updated Points Table:

Mumbai Indians managed to win a thrilling game as PBKS lost steam in the end, despite finding themselves in a position to win the game. With this win, MI moved to the seventh spot with six points from seven games and three wins. Punjab Kings are now in ninth spot with three wins from seven matches.

Rajasthan Royals (RR) reign at the No.1 position with six wins in seven matches and have 12 points to their name. KKR with eight points are in second spot with an NRR of 1.399, while CSK with the same number of points are third on the IPL 2024 points table with an NRR of 0.726.

The fourth spot is taken by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) who have eight points as well but an NRR of 0.502. LSG are in fifth spot with an NRR of 0.038 and three wins and three losses from six games.  

IPL 2024: Most Runs (Orange Cap):

Virat Kohli reigns supreme on the most runs list in IPL 2024 for the Orange Cap. He has single-handedly saved face for Royal Challengers Bengaluru with 361 runs in seven matches with one century and two fifties. The second spot is with Riyan Parag of RR, who has 318 runs with three fifties at a strike rate of 161.42. Rohit Sharma has 297 runs in seven matches with one century and a strike rate of 164.08.

The next two spots in the top five belong to Sunil Narine of Kolkata Knight Riders, who has 276 runs with one ton and one fifty but has a strike rate of 187.25. The player at No.5 is RR captain Sanju Samson, who has 276 runs as well in seven matches.

IPL 2024: Most Wickets (Purple Cap):

Thanks to his bowling figures of 3/21 for MI against PBKS, Jasprit Bumrah is now clear at No.1 for the most wickets in IPL 2024 in the race for the Purple Cap. He has 13 wickets at the economy rate of 6.07. Yuzvendra Chahal of RR is in second spot with 12 wickets to his name with an economy of 8.34.

The third spot in the race for most wickets belongs to Gerald Coetzee, who also picked three wickets in this match and now has 11 wickets to his name. Delhi’s Khaleel Ahmed is at No.4 and Kagiso Rabada of PBKS is at No.5. Both have 10 wickets each to their names.

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