IPL 2022 Orange Cap: Jos Buttler became the boss of the runs, Ishan Kishan snatched the crown, all these batsmen involved in the race

Jos Buttler has scored 205 runs after 3 matches with 1 century and a half-century.

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Orange cap in IPL once again like every season (IPL Orange Cap) The race has started. Orange cap means highest run scorer award. Like the last 14 seasons, in IPL 2022 too, many big batsmen are making their claim in this race, in which some famous and some new names are giving tough competition to each other after the initial matches. There are changes in the top 5 after almost every match and Rajasthan Royals-Royal Challengers Bangalore (RR vs RCB) After the competition, the biggest change at the moment has been at the top. For the past few days, Mumbai Indians’ young star opener Ishan Kishan, who is running at number one, has been snatched from his chair and has been captured by Rajasthan’s Jos Buttler. (Jos Buttler) has.

On Tuesday, 5 April, Jos Buttler scored an unbeaten 70 in a struggling innings against Bangalore, on the basis of which his team scored 169 runs. Butler hit 6 sixes during his innings. Although his team could not win, Butler has won the race for some time for the time being. Butler now has 205 runs in 3 innings. He left behind Ishan Kishan (135). Ishan can overtake Butler in the match against Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday, 6 April.

Du Plessis also in top-3

Chennai Super Kings’ star batsman Rituraj Gaikwad, who won the Orange Cap last year, may not have started this season well, but his former teammate Faf du Plessis is showing the power of the bat this time too. Du Plessis, who was appointed the captain of RCB, has finished third behind Butler and Ishan Kishan in the Orange Cap race after the match against Rajasthan. Du Plessis played an innings of 29 runs against Rajasthan, after which he has become 122 runs.

Butler No. 1 in the race for sixes

Apart from the Orange Cap, the race for sixes and fours is also going on equally fast in the IPL and here also the legendary batsman like Butler continues to shine. Buttler did not hit a single boundary in the match between Rajasthan and Bangalore, due to which he is behind Ishan Kishan (16) in this matter with 14 fours, but he took it for sixes. Butler hit 6 sixes, due to which his highest number of sixes has gone up to 14 and leaving Kolkata Knight Riders superstar Andre Russell (11 sixes) behind to come to the first place.

Check out the full details of the Orange Cap race in IPL 2022 in this list

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