IPL 2015: Top Run-Scorers, Leading Averages and More After May 10 Fixtures

Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings both picked up vital wins on a remarkable day of action in the Indian Premier League.

A stunning unbeaten knock of 133 from 59 balls from AB de Villiers helped Bangalore beat Mumbai Indians and move into a top-four spot. Virat Kohli, who was unbeaten on 82, brilliantly assisted the South African star as they totted up a gargantuan 235 runs in their 20 overs, eventually winning by 39 runs.

Later on in the day, Chennai beat Rajasthan Royals by 12 runs to go back to the top of the table. A superb spell of bowling from Ravindra Jadeja, who picked up figures of four wickets for just 11 runs conceded, backed up a fine effort of 81 from Brendon McCullum with the bat for the Super Kings.

Here are how some staggering displays have affected various individual classifications and a closer examination of some standout performers.   

Top 10 Run-Scorers

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Player	Team	Runs
Ajinkya Rahane	Rajasthan	461
AB de Villiers	Bangalore	436
David Warner	Hyderabad	423
Brendon McCullum	Chennai	419
Virat Kohli	Bangalore	417
Rohit Sharma	Mumbai	376
Chris Gayle	Bangalore	370
Shreyas Iyer	Delhi	349
Lendl Simmons	Mumbai	345
JP Duminy	Delhi	341

Top 10 Batting Averages

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Player	Team	Innings	Runs	Average
AB de Villiers	Bangalore	10	436	62.28
Virat Kohli	Bangalore	11	417	52.12
Ajinkya Rahane	Rajasthan	11	461	51.22
Quinton de Kock	Delhi	1	50	50.00
Moises Henriques	Hyderabad	6	191	47.75
Jagadeesha Suchith	Mumbai	5	47	47.00
Chris Gayle	Bangalore	9	370	56.25
Yusuf Pathan	Kolkata	10	216	43.20
Lendl Simmons	Mumbai	9	345	43.12
Andre Russell	Kolkata	9	287	41.00

Top 10 Strike Rates

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Player	Team	Runs	Strike Rate
Andre Russell	Kolkata	287	197.93
Pawan Negi	Chennai	93	182.35
AB de Villiers	Bangalore	436	180.16
Deepak Hooda	Rajasthan	140	172.83
Kieron Pollard	Mumbai	309	168.85
Brendon McCullum	Chennai	419	165.61
Chris Gayle	Bangalore	370	157.54
Harbhajan Singh	Mumbai	105	156.71
David Warner	Hyderabad	423	156.66
Ambati Rayudu	Mumbai	233	147.46

Minimum 50 runs scored. Statistics courtesy of the official IPL website.

Top 10 Wicket-Takers

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Player	Team	Wickets
Dwayne Bravo	Chennai	19
Ashish Nehra	Chennai	17
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	Hyderabad	17
Mitchell Starc	Bangalore	16
Lasith Malinga	Mumbai	16
Imran Tahir	Delhi	15
Nathan Coulter-Nile	Delhi	15
Yuzvendra Chahal	Bangalore	15
Anureet Singh	Punjab	13
Harbhajan Singh	Mumbai	12

Top 10 Bowling Figures

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Player	Team	Date	Opponent	Figures
Ashish Nehra	Chennai	April 22	Bangalore	4/10
Ravindra Jadeja	Chennai	May 10	Rajasthan	4/11
Mitchell Starc	Bangalore	May 6	Punjab	4/15
JP Duminy	Delhi	April 18	Hyderabad	4/17
Sunil Narine	Kolkata	May 9	Punjab	4/19
Nathan Coulter-Nile	Delhi	May 1	Punjab	4/20
Lasith Malinga	Mumbai	April 25	Hyderabad	4/23
Sandeep Sharma	Punjab	April 18	Kolkata	4/25
Sreenath Aravind	Bangalore	May 6	Punjab	4/27
Imran Tahir	Delhi	April 12	Rajasthan	4/28

Top 10 Economy Rates

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Player	Team	Overs	Wickets	Economy
Jayant Yadav	Delhi	4.0	1	4.75
Gurkeerat Mann Singh	Punjab	3.0	2	5.66
Suresh Raina	Chennai	7.0	1	5.85
Ravichandran Ashwin	Chennai	22.0	8	6.09
Mitchell Starc	Bangalore	26.0	16	6.19
Parvez Rasool	Hyderabad	5.0	1	6.20
Sandeep Sharma	Punjab	42.0	11	6.85
Brad Hogg	Kolkata	21.0	9	6.85
Sunil Narine	Kolkata	28.0	6	7.00
Sreenath Aravind	Bangalore	8.0	5	7.00

Minimum three overs bowled. Statistics courtesy of the official IPL website.

Standout Performers

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Awesome AB de Villiers

By his own impeccable standards, Royal Challengers Bangalore star AB de Villiers has been a little disappointing in the IPL this year. But the South African sensation produced his best innings of the tournament so far on Sunday with a simply stunning unbeaten 133 from 59 balls.

It was another inning which saw De Villiers play superbly all around the wicket. As noted here by Broken Cricket, there are few chinks in AB’s armour:

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AB Strong ZONE!! Said this Many times and He Proves again #MIvsRCB pic.twitter.com/XbPSUZOUrm

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) May 10, 2015"

Bangalore have promoted De Villiers to third in the batting order recently, and it’s a shift which has yielded mixed success so far. But this was a timely indicator of the kind of damage he can do when he gets a bit more time at the crease.

Alongside Virat Kohli—the two made a magnificent 215-run partnership—AB cut loose, as Bangalore surged to a final mammoth total of 235 for one. De Villiers went to his century with an enormous six from just 47 balls. As noted by by ESPNcricinfo, he made it all look so easy:

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AB de Villiers making a Twenty20 century seem oh-so-easy. Doesn't even seem like he is batting at top gear http://t.co/YB4cFzLNk1 #IPL2015

— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) May 10, 2015"

After winning here, De Villiers’ side are in a brilliant position to cement their status in the playoffs of this competition. From a neutral standpoint, the longer this unique player stays in this tournament, the better.

Mature Innings from Brendon McCullum

So often we’re used to seeing Brendon McCullum come out swinging from the hip for the Chennai Super Kings, but after the early losses of Dwayne Smith and Suresh Raina in their match against Rajasthan Royals, the New Zealander knew he had to go about his business with a bit more maturity.

He paced his innings brilliantly, scoring at about a run-a-ball for his half-century before upping the ante with the finishing post in sight. Eventually he was dismissed for 81 from 61 deliveries, a knock which included seven fours and fours sixes.

As noted by Freddie Wilde of ESPNcricinfo, it was a tremendous innings:

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That was a fantastic innings from Brendon McCullum. He knows how to bat on this pitch. #IPL #CSKvRR #CSK #RR

— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket) May 10, 2015"

It was a side of McCullum’s make-up which we may have to see a little more of as we approach the business end of this competition. Both he and Smith love to play with aggression at the top of the order, but if there’s an early wicket, sometimes a bit of time to regroup can be a platform for some brisker scoring later in the innings.

McCullum enabled his team to do exactly that here, and while we all enjoy his knocks of brute power, for a player of his experience, this kind of composure is something many would be keen to see a lot more of.