Chance for Suryakumar and Rahul to close in on top three in IPL 2025 Orange Cap race
Noor Ahmad is back to being joint at the top with Prasidh Krishna on the IPL 2025 Purple Cap table
ESPNcricinfo staff
21-May-2025 • 9 hrs ago
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) continued to lose in IPL 2025, the latest coming against Rajasthan Royals (RR), but there's good news for them on the Purple Cap list. Here's how things stand on the leaderboards for the highest wicket-takers and highest run-getters this season.
Prasidh Krishna of Gujarat Titans (GT) took one wicket on Sunday to get to 21 wickets, and CSK's Noor Ahmad joined him there after returning 1 for 42 from three overs against RR. For Noor, though, such expensive figures was of no help, as he continued to remain behind Prasidh on the table with an inferior economy rate as well as average. Prasidh is going at 7.85 and 17.57, while Noor's corresponding figures are 8.41 and 18.42.
Josh Hazlewood, who hasn't played for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) since April 27 and may or may not play a role in the remainder of the tournament as he recovers from a shoulder injury, is still in third place with 18 wickets. But Trent Boult could go past him and close in on the table-toppers when Mumbai Indians (MI) play Delhi Capitals (DC) tonight, though there is rain around and the game could be affected.
Suryakumar Yadav will get a chance to close in on the top three on the Orange Cap list if the MI vs DC game goes ahead, and goes ahead for long enough. He is at No. 4 currently with 510 runs, but the table-topper, GT's B Sai Sudharsan, is over 100 runs away with 617, and second-placed Shubman Gill is also quite a distance away from Suryakumar with 610 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored 36 in 19 balls in RR's win over CSK, is at third with 559 runs.
Also in action tonight will be KL Rahul, the DC batting frontman, but he is further behind Suryakumar at No. 7 with 493 runs.
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