IPL 2025: Top Run-Scorers & Wicket-Takers After Four Rounds
Orange Cap IPL 2025: Nicholas Pooran Still Leads The Way
The Lucknow Super Giants have made a mixed start to their 2025 Indian Premier League campaign, currently sitting in mid-table with two wins and two defeats in their first four games, while maintaining a net run rate of +0.048.
However, despite their erratic form, one player who has shone for LSG over the early stages of the season is master blaster Nicholas Pooran. The West Indian wicket-keeper batsman is the only player to have surpassed 200 runs in the competition, doing so in just four innings.
The most impressive part of Pooran’s performances to date is that, despite scoring just 12 runs in his last match, he still has a staggering strike rate of 218.47, having already smashed 18 fours and 16 sixes.
Pooran has struck the most sixes (16) and the most cumulative boundaries (34) in the IPL to date!
However, his advantage atop the leading run-scorer standings is far from secure. After Surya Kumar Yadav’s knock against RCB on Monday, the Mumbai Indians’ batter is now up to 199 runs, two behind Pooran, though he has played a game more.
Gujarat Titans’ opener Sai Sudharsan is also in the mix, currently on 191 runs at an average of 47.75, while the West Indian’s teammate Mitchell Marsh currently has 184 runs to his name and has struck the second-most boundaries in the competition to date (32).
IPL 2025 Orange Cap Standings
| POS | Player | Runs | Mat | Inns | NO | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicholas Pooran | 201 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 75 | 50.25 | 92 | 218.47 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 16 |
| 2 | Surya Kumar Yadav | 199 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 67 | 49.75 | 132 | 150.75 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 |
| 3 | Sai Sudharsan | 191 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 74 | 47.75 | 127 | 150.39 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 |
| 4 | Mitchell Marsh | 184 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 72 | 46.00 | 99 | 185.85 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 10 |
| 5 | Jos Buttler | 166 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 73* | 55.33 | 99 | 167.67 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 |
| 6 | Virat Kohli | 164 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 67 | 54.67 | 114 | 143.85 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 |
| 7 | Rajat Patidar | 161 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 40.25 | 92 | 175.00 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 |
| 8 | Shreyas Iyer | 159 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 97* | 159.00 | 77 | 206.49 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 13 |
| 9 | Heinrich Klaasen | 152 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 30.40 | 90 | 168.88 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | N Tilak Varma | 151 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 37.75 | 113 | 133.62 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 |
Pooran will have the opportunity to open some daylight between himself and the chasing pack on Tuesday, when he travels with the team to face the Knight Riders, and our experts fancy his chances here based on their KKR vs. LSG prediction.
Purple Cap IPL 2025: Hardik Pandya Draws Level With Noor Ahmad
Over to the top bowler standings, and in this section, things are really heating up. Chennai Super Kings spinner Noor Ahmad has donned the Purple cap since his second match in the competition, but his lead in the standings was wiped out on Monday afternoon.
Despite Mumbai Indians’ dismal campaign to date, their skipper Hardik Pandya has surged up the leading wicket-taker standings in the last week, bagging seven scalps in his last two games, including a career-best 5/36 against LSG last Friday.
Pandya is now level with Ahmad on 10 wickets apiece, but the MI skipper has played a game more!
Behind the leading duo, there is a whole host of players within striking distance of the top spot, led by Mohammed Siraj and Mitchell Starc, who have taken nine wickets each, with the latter doing so in just three matches in the competition.
Josh Hazlewood’s 2/37 against Mumbai on Monday has taken him to eight wickets in total, level with Sai Kishore and Khaleel Ahmed, while Krunal Pandya’s 4/45 in the last match has brought him into the top 10 on the leaderboard, now on seven wickets in four games.
IPL 2025 Purple Cap Standings
| POS | Player | Wkts | Mat | Inns | Ov | Runs | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noor Ahmad | 10 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 118 | 18/4 | 11.8 | 7.86 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Hardik Pandya | 10 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 120 | 36/5 | 12.0 | 8.57 | 8.40 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Mohammed Siraj | 9 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 124 | 17/4 | 13.8 | 7.75 | 10.66 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Mitchell Starc | 9 | 3 | 3 | 11.4 | 104 | 35/5 | 11.6 | 8.91 | 7.77 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Sai Kishore | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 113 | 30/3 | 14.1 | 7.06 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Khaleel Ahmed | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 120 | 29/3 | 15.0 | 7.50 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Josh Hazlewood | 8 | 4 | 4 | 15.5 | 123 | 21/3 | 15.4 | 7.76 | 11.87 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Shardul Thakur | 7 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 132 | 34/4 | 18.9 | 10.15 | 11.14 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Krunal Pandya | 7 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 134 | 45/4 | 19.1 | 10.30 | 11.14 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Kuldeep Yadav | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 72 | 22/3 | 12.0 | 6.00 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 |
Ahmad is back in action on Tuesday against Punjab, and our PBKS vs. CSK prediction is available now to view, while Siraj can close the gap to the top on Wednesday when GT vs. RR at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
