IPL 2024 Orange Cap Update: Abhishek Sharma Climbs to Fifth as SRH Triumph over CSK

IPL 2024 Orange Cap Update: Abhishek Sharma Climbs to Fifth as SRH Triumph over CSK

In their IPL 2024 match, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Chennai Super Kings by six wickets on Friday in Hyderabad, thanks in large part to Abhishek Sharma 37-run performance off 12 balls. Thanks to his knock, the 23-year-old moved up to the top five in the Orange Cap competition with 161 runs in four games.

Riyan Parag of RR is second with 183 runs, while Virat Kohli remains first in the IPL 2024 Orange Cap standings with 203 runs. Heinrich Klaasen, the SRH wicketkeeper-battler, hit 10 runs off of 11 deliveries on Friday to maintain his undefeated record. Shubman Gill (164), the captain of GT, is not far behind him in third place with 177 runs. As for the IPL 2024 Orange Cap race, Sharma is now in sixth place.

On Friday, Aiden Markram got a half-century, smacking 50 off 36 balls as SRH came to 166/4 in 18.1 overs in their chase of 166 runs. Shivam Dube’s 45 runs off 24 balls helped CSK score 165/5 in 20 overs at the outset. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Pat Cummins, Shahbaz Ahmed, and Jaydev Unadkat were among the five wickets taken by the SRH bowlers, demonstrating their impressive cooperative effort.

“Not too bad, not equivalent to what it was against Mumbai,” remarked Markram of SRH following the game. “As the ball got softer and older, it wasn’t easy, as we saw when we bowled.” When we batted, our goal was to attack within the first ten overs and proceed accordingly.

To tell the truth, I don’t want to think too much; I just see the ball and hit it. In my opinion, you still need to respect the batter who is in when you are faced with a difficult wicket. You are free to play when things are going well, and that’s where the impact player rule kicks in. (Or if you are on a bowling or batting team?) I’ll go with batting since I’m not too sure (laughs).

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Orange Cap history

Gill claimed the Orange Cap final year with 890 runs in 17 matches. Meanwhile, Shaun Marsh won the award in the inaugural season with 616 runs, followed by Matthew Hayden getting it in 2009 with 572 runs. Sachin Tendulkar was the first Indian to win the Orange Cap, doing it in 2010 with 618 runs.