Vikrant Shekhawat : May 11, 2022, 08:41 AM
IPL 2022 Orange Cap: Gujarat Titans has become the first team to reach the IPL 2022 playoffs. Gujarat achieved this feat by defeating Lucknow Super Giants by 62 runs on Tuesday. Opener Shubman Gill was instrumental in this victory of Gujarat, who played a half-century innings. He got the man of the match for his innings. Thanks to his innings, Gill has now reached the race for the Orange Cap.Shubman Gill enters Orange Cap raceGill held an end against the Lucknow Super Giants and played a brilliant innings of 63 runs in 49 balls. During this he hit 7 fours. Gill now has 384 runs in 12 matches in IPL 2022 and has reached number four in the Orange Cap race. Rajasthan Royals opener Jos Buttler remains in the list of highest run-scorers in IPL 2022. After that Butler still remains at the top of the race for the IPL 2022 Orange Cap. Butler has scored 618 runs in 11 matches. In this he has also scored three centuries and three half-centuries. Although Gill is also not far away from him now.Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul has so far scored 459 runs in 12 matches. Apart from Rahul, Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis remains at number three with 389 runs in 12 matches. Du Plessis's Gill has now reached number four. Apart from him, Shikhar Dhawan of Punjab Kings also remains in the top-5 with 381 runs in 11 matches. David Warner of Delhi Capitals is out of the top-5. Warner has 375 runs in 9 matches.