Chasing 172 in 20 overs was not a hard task for Kings XI Punjab with an in-form KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal. Moreover, they had Chris Gayle this time in the playing XI who made a strong comeback. Rahul remained unbeaten with 49-ball 61* as Gayle scored a 45-ball 53 and Agarwal added a 25-ball 45. KL thus did not only help KXIP complete the chase but he also managed to retain his position at the top of the IPL 2020 Orange Cap table. Mayank Agarwal is at second place.
Earlier in the day Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 171 for the loss of and Virat Kohli ended as the highest scorer with 48 runs off 39 balls to his name. Kohli hence is occupying the 4th spot in the following list followed the young opener Devdutt Padikkal at 8th who scored 18 off 12 today against KXIP. Chris Morris had a run-fest at the end of RCB innings and he added an unbeaten 25 in just eight balls. Shivam Dube (23) and Aaron Finch (20) were the other RCB contributors.
Here is the updated Orange Cap table after RCB vs KXIP Match 31:
| IPL 2020 Orange Cap Updated | ||||||||||
| Position | Player | Team | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR |
| 1 | KL Rahul | Kings XI Punjab | 8 | 8 | 2 | 448 | 132* | 74.66 | 336 | 133.33 |
| 2 | Mayank Agarwal | Kings XI Punjab | 8 | 8 | 0 | 382 | 106 | 47.75 | 237 | 161.18 |
| 3 | Faf du Plessis | Chennai Super Kings | 8 | 8 | 2 | 307 | 87* | 51.16 | 209 | 146.88 |
| 4 | Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 8 | 8 | 3 | 304 | 90* | 60.8 | 240 | 126.66 |
| 5 | Shreyas Iyer | Delhi Capitals | 8 | 8 | 1 | 298 | 88* | 42.57 | 220 | 135.45 |
| 6 | David Warner | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 | 8 | 0 | 284 | 60 | 35.5 | 233 | 121.88 |
| 7 | Jonny Bairstow | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 | 8 | 0 | 280 | 97 | 35 | 217 | 129.03 |
| 8 | Devdutt Padikkal | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 8 | 8 | 0 | 261 | 63 | 32.62 | 204 | 127.94 |
| 9 | Shikhar Dhawan | Delhi Capitals | 8 | 8 | 1 | 258 | 69* | 36.85 | 193 | 133.67 |
| 10 | Shubman Gill | Kolkata Knight Riders | 7 | 7 | 1 | 254 | 70* | 42.33 | 213 | 119.24 |
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