IPL 2018: IPL XI at halfway stage

Middle order:

Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli (Source: BCCI)

The Indian cricket team captain has been in good form and has scored two half-centuries. Kohli has scored 249 runs in six matches with an average of 49.80 and has a strike rate of 136.81. Both his half-centuries came in a losing cause and he will look to change that in the games to come. Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina are competing hard against each other to be the highest run scorer in IPL with Virat trailing the southpaw by just two runs after the sixth match of each team.

Matches Played: 6 Runs: 249, Average: 49.80, Strike rate: 136.81

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Ambati Rayudu

Ambati Rayudu (Source: BCCI)

Ambati Rayudu is the current orange cap holder of the tournament with 329 runs. Rayudu has been in sublime form and has donned the role of the opener for CSK wonderfully. In six outings, he scored half-centuries against SRH and RCB. When other batsmen were struggling against SRH bowlers, Rayudu took the attack to the Sunrisers bowlers scoring 79 runs off just 37 balls and helped his side set a target of 183.

Matches Played: 7, Runs: 329, Average: 47.00, Strike rate: 154.46

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AB de Villiers

AB de Villiers (Source: BCCI)

AB de Villiers has been in ominous form scoring three half-centuries in six matches. With a match in hand, ABD is just 39 runs behind Ambati Rayudu in the race for orange cap and will look to get it in the next match. In the six matches that he played, he scored 280 runs and has an average of 56.00. He has scored runs at an insane strike rate of 184.01, just behind Andre Russell and Dwayne Bravo.

Matches Played: 6, Runs: 280, Average: 56.00, Strike rate: 184.21

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Notable Mention:

Kane Williamson has led the Sunrisers even in the batting department. With Shikhar's injury, the whole responsibility is now on Williamson's shoulders and he rose to the occasion for SRH with 259 runs from seven outings.