IPL 2024 Points Table, Orange Cap, Purple Cap: How RCB vs GT Win Affects Their Playoff Chances and Hurts Others

Captain Faf du Plessis smashed a 23-ball 64 to guide Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a convincing four-wicket victory over Gujarat Titans in an Indian Premier League match in Bengaluru on Saturday. Chasing a 148 under par, Du Plessis and Virat Kohli (42 off 27) shared 92 runs in just 35 balls to set the platform for the big win. which came in 13.4 overs. Josh Little (4/45) took four wickets for GT but the effort was not enough. Earlier, RCB produced a disciplined bowling effort to bowl out the Gujarat Titans for a modest 147.

Opting to bowl, the RCB bowlers picked up wickets at regular intervals before M Shahrukh Khan (37) and David Miller (30) shared 61 runs for the fourth wicket to steady GT’s innings.

But after the pair departed, the GT entries never had the necessary impetus.

Towards the end, Rahul Tewatia (35 off 21) did his best to up the ante but there was a lack of support from the other end.

For RCB, Yash Dayal (2/21), Vijaykumar Vyshak (2/23) and Mohammed Siraj (2/29) took two wickets each.

The victory saw RCB move from last place in the points table by jumping three places. RCB are now positioned at 7th position after moving up from 10th position. The move meant that Punjab Kings, Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians lost one place each to move to 8th, 9th and 10th place respectively. The rest of the points table remained unchanged.

Here is the updated IPL 2024 points table –

RCB’s Virat Kohli regained the Orange Cap with 542 runs to his name in 11 matches at an average of 67.75 and a strike rate of 148.08. Meanwhile, MI’s Jasprit Bumrah continues to hold the Purple Cap with 17 wickets to his name in 11 matches. His economy is 6.25.