New Delhi. In IPL 2024, Rajasthan Royals will face Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens on Tuesday evening. Both the teams are performing well this season. Rajasthan is first in the points table and Kolkata is second. So in a way it is a battle of the table topper. This match will also be special for Yuzvendra Chahal. If he takes two wickets against KKR, he will complete 200 wickets in IPL history. With this, he will become the first bowler to take 200 wickets in the league.
Yuzvendra Chahal has been playing in IPL since 2013. He has played a total of 151 matches in the last 12 years. In this he has taken 198 wickets. Before Rajasthan Royals, he has also played for Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians in IPL. West Indies’ Dwayne Bravo (183) is at second place in terms of taking most wickets in IPL. Piyush Chawla, playing for Mumbai Indians this season, is at third place with 181 wickets. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Amit Mishra are in the top 5 with 10 wickets each.
Yuzvendra Chahal has purple cap
Chahal also has the Purple Cap in IPL 2024. He has taken a total of 11 wickets in the 6 matches played so far. His best performance this season is 3 wickets for 11 runs. Jasprit Bumrah and Mustafizur Rahman are lagging behind him in the race for the Purple Cap with 10 wickets each. At the same time, Virat Kohli has the Orange Cap. He had scored 42 runs against Hyderabad last Monday. With this he has scored 361 runs in the tournament. Riyan Parag with 284 runs and Sanju Samson with 264 runs are in second and third place.
