IPL 2024: Rohit Sharma's big leap in the race for Orange Cap, comes close to Kohli

Indian batsmen are in great form in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. So far this season, all Indian batsmen are in the top 8 in the Orange Cap list. This has never happened before. Meanwhile, former Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Rohit Sharma scored the second century of his IPL career while batting brilliantly against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Sunday. With the help of this century, Rohit has taken a huge leap into the top 5 in the Orange Cap list.

In this match, Rohit played an unbeaten inning of 105 runs in 63 balls with the help of 11 fours and five sixes. With this, he has scored 261 runs in six matches and has come at number 5 in the list of batsmen scoring the most runs this season. At the top of this list is former Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli. Kohli has scored 319 runs in six matches at an excellent average of 79.75. During this period his strike rate has been 141.78.

With 58 runs to go, Rohit trails Kohli in the race for the Orange Cap. In second place on this list is the name of Rajasthan Royals (RR) player Riyan Parag. In six games, Parag has amassed 284 runs at an average of 71. His strike rate over this time has been 155.19. Sanju Samson holds the third position. In six games, Samson has amassed 264 runs at an average of 66. Right now, Rohit Sharma is ranked number five.

After 12 years, Rohit has finally scored a century in the IPL. He had previously faced the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and played an undefeated inning of 109 runs in the 2012 IPL. Rohit wasn't the captain even back then. Even with Rohit's century, Mumbai Indians were defeated by 20 runs.