IPL 2017: Top Run-Scorers, T20 Averages, Bowling Figures and More
David Warner hit a sensational knock of 126 on Sunday to become the 2017 Indian Premier League's leading run-scorer.
Warner's century helped the Sunrisers Hyderabad set a target of 209 for three, which the Kolkata Knight Riders were unable to catch. They could only muster 161 for seven, granting Hyderabad a 48-run victory.
Andrew Tye's 17 for five remain the best bowling figures in the IPL so far this year, but Sandeep Sharma shot to fourth on the list with a 20 for four on Sunday.
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Sharma's sensational performance helped Kings XI Punjab limit the Delhi Daredevils to just 67 runs, a tally they easily surpassed in under eight overs to hand them a 10-wicket victory.
Here are the top run-scorers and averages in the IPL this year:
| 1 | David Warner | 9 | 9 | 2 | 459 | 126 | 65.57 | 304 | 150.98 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Gautam Gambhir | 10 | 10 | 3 | 387 | 76* | 55.28 | 286 | 135.31 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Robin Uthappa | 10 | 9 | 0 | 384 | 87 | 42.66 | 225 | 170.66 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Shikhar Dhawan | 9 | 9 | 0 | 341 | 77 | 37.88 | 277 | 123.10 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Steve Smith | 8 | 8 | 2 | 320 | 84* | 53.33 | 235 | 136.17 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Chris Lynn | 2 | 2 | 1 | 125 | 93* | 125.00 | 65 | 192.30 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Martin Guptill | 2 | 2 | 1 | 73 | 50* | 73.00 | 38 | 192.10 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Kane Williamson | 4 | 4 | 1 | 204 | 89 | 68.00 | 117 | 174.35 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Moises Henriques | 8 | 7 | 4 | 200 | 55* | 66.66 | 142 | 140.84 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | David Warner | 9 | 9 | 2 | 459 | 126 | 65.57 | 304 | 150.98 | 1 | 3 |
Warner produced an outstanding effort on Sunday as the Sunrisers beat the league leaders to move within one point of them.
The Australian hit a half-century off just 20 balls as Hyderabad piled on the runs quickly.
Kolkata had a golden opportunity to kill off his momentum when he hit a high ball in the 10th over, but it was dropped over the boundary by Chris Woakes for a six.
As cricket commentator Ayaz Memon noted, the Knight Riders would likely regret handing him a lifeline:
So it proved—by 43 balls faced he had a ton, and he continued for 26 more runs after that.
As demonstrated by ESPNcricinfo's Freddie Wilde, Warner fared well against Kolkata's pacers and even better against their spinners:
The knock took him to 459 runs overall, 64 runs ahead of nearest rival Gautam Gambhir after he managed just 11.
His team-mate Robin Uthappa was excellent, though, and sits just three runs behind having scored 53 on Sunday, his fifth half-century of the season.
Cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle was impressed:
Meanwhile, here are the top bowling figures and wicket-takers:
| 1 | Andrew Tye | 4.0 | 0 | 5/17 | 4.25 | 4.80 |
| 2 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 4.0 | 0 | 5/19 | 4.75 | 4.80 |
| 3 | Samuel Badree | 4.0 | 1 | 4/9 | 2.25 | 6.00 |
| 4 | Sandeep Sharma | 4.0 | 0 | 4/20 | 5.00 | 6.00 |
| 5 | Chris Morris | 4.0 | 0 | 4/26 | 6.50 | 6.00 |
| 1 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 9 | 9 | 36.0 | 232 | 20 | 5/19 | 11.60 | 6.44 | 10.80 |
| 2 | Imran Tahir | 9 | 9 | 35.0 | 282 | 13 | 3/18 | 21.69 | 8.05 | 16.15 |
| 3 | Andrew Tye | 6 | 6 | 21.0 | 141 | 12 | 5/17 | 11.75 | 6.71 | 10.50 |
| 4 | Rashid Khan | 9 | 9 | 36.0 | 249 | 12 | 3/19 | 20.75 | 6.91 | 18.00 |
| 5 | Chris Morris | 8 | 8 | 27.0 | 204 | 12 | 4/26 | 17.00 | 7.55 | 13.50 |
Sharma played a key role in an exceptional performance with ball in hand by Punjab on Sunday, who bowled Delhi all out for 67.
Sam Billings fell in the first over for a duck, while Sanju Samson and Shreyas Iyer managed just five and six each before they too were out, the latter caught and bowled by Sharma.
Former cricketer Aakash Chopra was amazed:
He was reintroduced later in the innings, where Kagiso Rabada would send a neat delivery from Sharma straight to Shaun Marsh.
Tye will unfortunately miss the rest of IPL 10 after dislocating his shoulder on Saturday against Mumbai Indians, according to ESPNcricinfo.
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