With just 10 match days remaining in the league phase, Klaasen (Sunrisers Hyderabad) remains the tournament’s leading run-scorer on 508.
He is closely followed by Sai Sudarshan (Gujarat Titans) on 501, in the race for the orange cap.
A brilliant unbeaten 105 by Virat Kohli of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru against Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday lifted the Indian great to third place on 484 runs.
- Heinrich Klaasen (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – 508 runs
- Sai Sudarshan (Gujarat Titans) – 501
- Virat Kolhi (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) – 484
- Abhishek Sharma (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – 481
- KL Rahul (Delhi Capitals) – 477
The hard-hitting Ryan Rickelton of the Mumbai Indians sits 12th with 382 runs, and third for most sixes (33) in the competition.
Topping the six-hitting chart is teenage star Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Rajasthan Royals) with 40, followed by Abhishek Sharma (Sunrisers Hyderabad) on 37.
In terms of batting averages, South Africans also feature prominently.
Rinku Singh (Kolkata Knight Riders) is out in front on 71.50, followed by South Africa’s Quinton de Kock (Mumbai Indians) and Prashant Veer (Chennai Super Kings) who both have an average of 66. De Kock, however, has played just three innings.
Klaasen (50.80 average) is ninth, Rickelton (47.75) is 12th and David Miller (Delhi Capitals, 43.50) is 15th.
On the bowling front, Proteas spearhead Rabada has enjoyed another superb campaign, claiming 21 wickets for the for Gujarat Titans, to sit just one behind leader Bhuvneshwar Kumar of Bengaluru.
Anshul Kamboj of the Chennai Super Kings is third with 19 wickets in the race for the purple cap.
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) – 22 wickets
- Kagiso Rabada (Gujarat Titans) – 21
- Anshul Kamboj (Chennai Super Kings) – 19
- Eshan Malinga (Sunrisers Hyderabad), Prince Yadav (Lucknow Super Giants), Kartik Tyagi (Kolkata Knight Riders) & Rashid Khan (Gujarat Titans) – 16
Corbin Bosch (Mumbai Indians) boasts the best strike rate of 7.85, and lies second behind Jason Holder (Gujarat) in terms of bowling average, with 12.14 compared to 10.92.
Bosch, though, like De Kock, has only featured in three matches thus far.
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