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After Delhi Capitals’ stellar win over the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, it is KL Rahul who broke into the top 10 amongst the highest run-scorers for the season after his phenomenal unbeaten knock of 93 at his home ground at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday.

Despite missing the first two games of the season, Rahul has jumped up to join the likes of Rajat Patidar and Virat Kohli, who had brief cameos against DC in the first innings. Rahul currently stands at 8th in the run-scoring charts, just behind the likes of Kohli and Patidar, who have 186 runs each in the season.

Rahul’s innings was a prime example of risk management as he started at a slower tempo before shifting the gears seamlessly.

The way Rahul, who was dropped on five by Rajat Patidar off Yash Dayal, dealt with leg-spinner Suyansh Sharma and pacer Josh Hazlewood underlined his intelligent approach.

He was prudent against Suyansh, waiting for his chances to score runs on a sluggish track and carted him for a lone six — a sweep over mid-wicket.

But once Hazlewood returned for his second spell, Rahul used the extra pace to good effect to manufacture big shots such as a scorching six over the bowlers’ head.

The top spot in the race to the orange cap belongs to none other than Nicholas Pooran of the Lucknow Super Giants, who continues to showcase his exemplary power-hitting abilities, having scored 288 runs in just five games so far. Following him is Gujarat Titans’ ever-reliant Sai Sudharsan, who has also been just as brilliant with his classy batting displays.

Orange Cap Standings After RCB vs DC Match
Rank	Player Name	Team	Matches	Runs
1	Nicholas Pooran	LSG	5	288
2	Sai Sudharsan	GT	5	273
3	Mitchell Marsh	LSG	5	265
4	Jos Buttler	GT	5	202
5	Suryakumar Yadav	MI	5	199
6	Rajat Patidar	RCB	5	186
7	Virat Kohli	RCB	5	186
8	KL Rahul	DC	3	185
9	Ajinkya Rahane	KKR	5	184
10	Sanju Samson	RR	5	178

In tomorrow’s game, the Kolkata Knight Riders will be on the road when they take on Chennai Super Kings at the Chepauk Stadium, and Ajinkya Rahane will be eyeing a big knock to take him up the batting leaderboard.

(with PTI Inputs)