The race to end because the main run-getter within the ongoing seventeenth version of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has intensified with a number of gamers staking a declare one after the opposite. While Virat Kohli is on the helm with 542 runs to his title, a whirlwind 89 off 30 has helped Travis Head transfer extraordinarily shut to the table-topper.
Head, as he has been doing this season, turned loads of heads on Wednesday (May 8), when he smashed eight fours and as many sixes to hand Sunrisers Hyderabad their seventh win of the continued version of the cash-rich league.
The southpaw batted at a strike price of 296.66 and ripped Lucknow Super Giants’ bowling assault to shreds. He has now gathered 533 runs to his credit score and is simply inches away from surpassing Kohli.
Notably, each Head and Kohli have three video games left within the league stage; due to this fact, a tug of struggle, is on the playing cards. On the opposite hand, Ruturaj Gaikwad has additionally discovered a resurgence after a sluggish begin and is among the many prime contenders to bag the Orange Cap on the finish of the season.
The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper is only a run behind Kohli and might fairly simply run away with a sizeable lead on the prime if his kind stays the way in which it’s for the time being.
Orange Cap Leaderboard:
| S. No. | Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | Strike price | Highest | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| 1. | Virat Kohli | 11 | 11 | 542 | 67.75 | 148.08 | 113* | 1 | 4 | 48 | 24 |
| 2. | Ruturaj Gaikwad | 11 | 11 | 541 | 60.11 | 147.01 | 108* | 1 | 4 | 57 | 16 |
| 3. | Travis Head | 11 | 11 | 533 | 53.30 | 201.89 | 102 | 1 | 4 | 61 | 31 |
| 4. | Sanju Samson | 11 | 11 | 471 | 67.28 | 163.54 | 86 | 0 | 5 | 44 | 23 |
| 5. | Sunil Narine | 11 | 11 | 461 | 41.90 | 183.66 | 109 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 32 |
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