IPL 2025 Orange and Purple Cap leaderboards: Starc misses chance to go top
There is no change in the top three, but don't bet against KL Rahul, going by his form, doing something about it soon
How to stop Nicholas Pooran?
Varun Aaron shares his insights on what bowlers can go to counter the six-hitting threat of the LSG batterHere's a look at the top run-getters and wicket-takers in IPL 2025 after Delhi Capitals' (DC) win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on Thursday night.
Orange Cap leaderboard
You'd think back-to-back innings of 77 and 93* would put KL Rahul near the top, but he's quite some distance away, 185 runs so far only good enough to place him at No. 8.
The top three remained unchanged after Match No. 24 at the IPL.
Four batters have scored runs in excess of 200 at this stage, but Nicholas Pooran of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) is still going strong at the top.
B Sai Sudharsan's Player-of-the-Match knock of 82 off 53 balls for Gujarat Titans (GT) against Rajasthan Royals (RR) has lifted him to second place.
In third place is Pooran's LSG mate, Mitchell Marsh, who has four fifties in five innings for a tally of 265 runs.
GT's Jos Buttler, who hit 36 on Wednesday to take his tally to 203, is the other 200-plus batter at the moment.
The top of the wicket-takers' list is unchanged too, with Mitchell Starc, on nine wickets before the RCB vs DC game, still at the same number after being given a walloping by Phil Salt on his way to returns of none for 35 off three overs.
The leaderboard, therefore, is still led by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) left-arm wristspinner Noor Ahmad, who has 11 wickets from five games.
He is followed by four bowlers who all have ten wickets - MI captain Hardik Pandya, CSK's Khaleel Ahmed, and the GT duo of R Sai Kishore and Mohammed Siraj.
Shardul Thakur, like Starc, has nine wickets.
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