 "IPL 2024 points table: RCB and CSK rankings; Orange and purple cap holders")
Royal Challengers Bengaluru qualify for the IPL 2024 Playoffs after beating Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 27 runs at M Chinnaswamy Stadium on May 18 (Saturday). RCB's comeback into the IPL 2024 is etched in the tournament's history as the comeback as Faf du Plessis' side qualified for the playoffs after winning six matches in a row.
Meanwhile, RCB finished at the 4th spot with 14 points in 14 games. Chennai ended their IPL 2024 campaign with 14 points in 14 matches but a net runrate of 0.392 against RCB's 0.459.
RCB needed to win the match by 18 or more runs while defending a target and they did that.
| IPL Points Table 2024 | |||||||
| Rank | Teams | Mat | W | L | NR(No Result) | Pts. | NRR |
| 1 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 1.428 |
| 2 | Rajasthan Royals | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0.273 |
| 3 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0.406 |
| 4 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.459 |
| 5 | Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.392 |
| 6 | Delhi Capitals | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | -0.377 |
| 7 | Lucknow Super Giants | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | -0.667 |
| 8 | Gujarat Titans | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 12 | -1.063 |
| 9 | Punjab Kings | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 10 | -0.347 |
| 10 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | -0.318 |
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RCB batter Virat Kohli has the orange cap as he has scored 708 runs in 14 matches.
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| IPL 2024 highest run-getters | |||||||||||||
| POS | PLAYER | MAT | INNS | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S |
| 1 | Virat Kohli RCB | 14 | 14 | 3 | 708 | 113* | 64.36 | 455 | 155.6 | 1 | 5 | 59 | 37 |
| 2 | Ruturaj Gaikwad CSK | 14 | 14 | 3 | 583 | 108* | 53 | 413 | 141.16 | 1 | 4 | 58 | 18 |
| 3 | Travis Head SRH | 11 | 11 | 1 | 533 | 102 | 53.3 | 264 | 201.89 | 1 | 4 | 61 | 31 |
| 4 | Riyan Parag RR | 13 | 12 | 3 | 531 | 84* | 59 | 348 | 152.58 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 31 |
| 5 | Sai Sudharsan GT | 12 | 12 | 1 | 527 | 103 | 47.91 | 373 | 141.28 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 16 |
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| IPL 2024 highest wicket-takers | ||||||||||||
| POS | PLAYER | MAT | INNS | OV | RUNS | WKTS | BBI | AVG | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
| 1 | Harshal Patel PBKS | 13 | 13 | 45 | 428 | 22 | 15/03 | 19.45 | 9.51 | 12.27 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Jasprit Bumrah MI | 13 | 13 | 51.5 | 336 | 20 | 21/05 | 16.8 | 6.48 | 15.55 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Varun Chakaravarthy KKR | 12 | 12 | 44 | 367 | 18 | 16/03 | 20.38 | 8.34 | 14.66 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Tushar Deshpande CSK | 13 | 13 | 48 | 424 | 17 | 27/04 | 24.94 | 8.83 | 16.94 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Yuzvendra Chahal RR | 13 | 13 | 50 | 469 | 17 | 11/03 | 27.58 | 9.38 | 17.64 | 0 | 0 |