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IPL 2024: Virat Kohli Secures Orange Cap with Stellar Fifty against Punjab Kings

IPL 2024: Virat Kohli Secures Orange Cap with Stellar Fifty against Punjab Kings

The Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Punjab Kings by four wickets in the sixth match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match. Virat Kohli played a brilliant innings on a sticky Chinnaswamy surface, and Dinesh Karthik unleashed his inner finisher. After chasing 177, Kohli played it almost perfectly as RCB scored 178 for six with four balls remaining to win their first IPL match.

Karthik teamed up with “Impact Player” Mahipal Lomror to carry the team across the line with some sensible cricket, as RCB required 47 off the final 4 overs. In order to complete it in style, the seasoned wicketkeeper-batter demonstrated his ability to move from microphone to willow with ease as he easily defeated Arshdeep Singh and Harshal Patel.

In response to his outstanding 77-run performance against Punjab, Kohli was awarded the Orange Cap. With 96 runs scored in just two games, he is at the top of the leaderboard. With 86 runs in games, Sam Curran is presently ranked second among all scorers, ahead of Sanju Samson (82), Shikhar Dhawan (67), and Dinesh Karthik (66).

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 List of leading run scorers in IPL 2024:

Player Team Matches Runs Average Strike Rate HS
Virat Kohli RCB 2 98 49.00 142.02 77
Sam Curran PBKS 2 86 43.00 134.37 63
Sanju Samson RR 1 82 157.69 82*
Shikhar Dhawan PBKS 2 67 33.50 126.41 45
Andre Russell KKR 1 64 256.00 64*

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