Despite losing the last match of the league stage in the Indian Premier League [Images] Twenty20 tournament, Rajasthan Royals [Images] finished on top of the table with 22 points from 14 matches. Kings XI Punjab finished second with 20 points.
In the first semi-final on Friday, the Rajasthan Royals will take on fourth-placed Delhi Daredevils [Images], while, on Saturday, second-placed Kings XI Punjab meet Chennai Super Kings in the second semi-final.
Shaun Marsh of Kings XI Punjab hit a super century against Rajasthan Royals in the last league match to emerge on top in the batsmen's standings for the Orange Cap with a score of 593 runs from 10 matches. Delhi Daredevils' Gautam Gambhir [Images], who was in the lead for a while, is in second place with 523 runs. Mumbai Indians' [Images] Sanath Jayasuriya is in third place with 514 runs.
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Sohail Tanvir of Rajasthan Royals continues to lead the bowlers' standings for the Purple Cap with 21 wickets from nine matches. S. Sreesanth [Images] of Kings XI Punjab is in the second spot with 19 wickets from 14 games. Rajasthan Royals' captain Shane Warne [Images] is in the third place with 17 wickets, the same as fourth placed Piyush Chawla of the Kings XI Punjab but Warne's economy of 7.93 is better than 8.31 of Chawla.
A look at the players' performances after the league stage:
IPL Statistics Highest innings totals
| Total | Overs | For | Vs | Venue | Match |
|---|
| 240-5 | 20 | Chn | Moh | Mohali | 2nd |
| 222-3 | 20 | Kol | Ban | Bangalore | 1st |
| 221-3 | 20 | Moh | Jai | Mohali | 56th |
| 217-7 | 19.5 | Jai | Hyd | Hyderabad | 9th |
| 214-5 | 20 | Hyd | Jai | Hyderabad | 9th |
| 211-5 | 20 | Jai | Chn | Chennai | 49th |
| 208-5 | 20 | Chn | Mum | Chennai | 8th |
| 207-4 | 20 | Moh | Chn | Mohali | 2nd |
| 204-4 | 20 | Kol | Hyd | Hyderabad | 32nd |
| 202-7 | 20 | Mum | Chn | Chennai | 8th |
| 201-7 | 20 | Chn | Jai | Chennai | 49th |
Lowest innings totals (excluding shortened matches)
| Total | Overs | For | Vs | Venue | Match |
|---|
| 67 | 15.2 | Kol | Mum | Mumbai | 38th |
| 82 | 15.1 | Ban | Kol | Bangalore | 1st |
| 103 | 16.2 | Jai | Mum | Mumbai | 27th |
| 109 | 19 | Chn | Jai | Jaipur | 24th |
| 110 | 18.4 | Hyd | Kol | Kolkata | 4th |
| 110 | 17.5 | Del | Kol | Kolkata | 35th |
| 112-8 | 20 | Chn | Ban | Chennai | 46th |
| 116-9 | 20 | Mum | Moh | Mohali | 10th |
Highest individual innings
| Batsman | Score | For | Vs | Venue | Match |
|---|
| BB McCullum | 158* | Kol | Ban | Bangalore | 1st |
| A Symonds | 117* | Hyd | Jai | Hyderabad | 9th |
| MEK Hussey | 116* | Chn | Moh | Mohali | 2nd |
| SE Marsh | 115 | Moh | Jai | Mohali | 56th |
| ST Jayasuriya | 114* | Mum | Chn | Mumbai | 36th |
| AC Gilchrist | 109* | Hyd | Mum | Mumbai | 14th |
| V Sehwag | 94* | Del | Hyd | Hyderabad | 7th |
| KC Sangakkara | 94 | Moh | Mum | Mohali | 10th |
| SC Ganguly | 91 | Kol | Hyd | Hyderabad | 32nd |
| GC Smith | 91 | Jai | Chn | Chennai | 49th |
Leading run-scorers
| Batsman | For | Mts | Runs | Hs | Avg | 100s | 50s | SR |
|---|
| SE Marsh | Moh | 10 | 593 | 115 | 74.12 | 1 | 5 | 139.85 |
| G Gambhir | Del | 13 | 523 | 86 | 43.58 | 0 | 5 | 143.68 |
| ST Jayasuriya | Mum | 14 | 514 | 114* | 42.83 | 1 | 2 | 166.34 |
| AC Gilchrist | Hyd | 14 | 436 | 109* | 33.53 | 1 | 3 | 137.10 |
| GC Smith | Jai | 10 | 416 | 91 | 52.00 | 0 | 3 | 121.99 |
| RG Sharma | Hyd | 13 | 404 | 76* | 36.72 | 0 | 4 | 147.98 |
| V Sehwag | Del | 13 | 403 | 94* | 36.64 | 0 | 3 | 186.57 |
| SR Watson | Jai | 13 | 392 | 76* | 49.00 | 0 | 3 | 149.04 |
| MS Dhoni [Images] | Chn | 14 | 385 | 65 | 38.50 | 0 | 2 | 131.39 |
| R Dravid | Ban | 14 | 371 | 75* | 28.53 | 0 | 2 | 124.49 |
Most sixes in the tournament
| 6s | Batsman | For | Inns | Sixes/Inns |
|---|
| 31 | ST Jayasuriya | Mum | 14 | 2.21 |
| 25 | SE Marsh | Moh | 10 | 2.50 |
| 21 | V Sehwag | Del | 13 | 1.61 |
| 19 | RG Sharma | Hyd | 12 | 1.58 |
| 19 | Yuvraj Singh [Images] | Moh | 13 | 1.46 |
| 19 | AC Gilchrist | Hyd | 14 | 1.35 |
| 17 | DJ Hussey | Kol | 13 | 1.30 |
| 17 | YK Pathan | Jai | 13 | 1.30 |
| 16 | SR Watson | Jai | 13 | 1.23 |
| 15 | BB McCullum | Kol | 4 | 3.75 |
| 15 | Y Venugopal Rao | Hyd | 10 | 1.50 |
| 15 | SC Ganguly | Kol | 13 | 1.15 |
Highest Partnership for each wicket
| Wkt | Runs | Batsmen | For | Vs | Venue | Match |
|---|
| 1st | 155* | AC Gilchrist & VVS Laxman | Hyd | Mum | Mumbai | 14th |
| 2nd | 133 | G Gambhir & S Dhawan | Del | Hyd | Delhi | 37th |
| 2nd | 133 | JR Hopes & LA Pomersbach | Moh | Mum | Mumbai | 45th |
| 3rd | 121 | G Gambhir & S Dhawan | Del | Chn | Delhi | 28th |
| 4th | 113* | RV Uthappa & DJ Bravo | Mum | Kol | Kolkata | 16th |
| 5th | 95 | S Badrinath & MS Dhoni | Chn | Mum | Mumbai | 36th |
| 6th | 104 | DJ Hussey & WP Saha | Kol | Moh | Mohali | 22nd |
| 7th | 54 | TM Dilshan & MF Maharoof | Del | Jai | Jaipur | 33rd |
| 8th | 41 | P Kumar & Zaheer Khan [Images] | Ban | Jai | Bangalore | 12th |
| 8th | 41 | LR Shukla & M Kartik | Kol | Mum | Kolkata | 16th |
| 9th | 35 | R Dravid & A Kumble | Ban | Jai | Jaipur | 39th |
| 10th | 14* | R Dravid & Abdur Razzak | Ban | Jai | Jaipur | 39th |
Best bowling in a match
| Bowler | Wkts | Runs | For | Vs | Venue | Match |
|---|
| Sohail Tanvir | 6 | 14 | Jai | Chn | Jaipur | 24th |
| A Mishra | 5 | 17 | Del | Hyd | Delhi | 37th |
| L Balaji | 5 | 24 | Chn | Moh | Chennai | 31st |
| Shoaib Akhtar [Images] | 4 | 11 | Kol | Del | Kolkata | 35th |
| Sohail Tanvir | 4 | 14 | Jai | Mum | Jaipur | 53rd |
| CRD Fernando | 4 | 18 | Mum | Ban | Bangalore | 55th |
| M Ntini | 4 | 21 | Chn | Kol | Kolkata | 41st |
| Umar Gul | 4 | 23 | Kol | Moh | Kolkata | 52nd |
| GD McGrath | 4 | 29 | Del | Ban | Delhi | 17th |
| JA Morkel | 4 | 32 | Chn | Ban | Chennai | 46th |
| VY Mahesh | 4 | 36 | Del | Mum | Delhi | 50th |
Hat-tricks : 3
| Bowler | For | Vs | Venue | Match |
|---|
| L Balaji (5-24) | Chn | Moh | Chennai | 31st |
| A Mishra (5-17) | Del | Hyd | Delhi | 37th |
| M Ntini (4-21) | Chn | Kol | Kolkata | 41st |
Leading wicket-takers
| Bowler | For | Mts | Wkts | Best | Avg | SR | Econ |
|---|
| Sohail Tanvir | Jai | 9 | 21 | 6-14 | 10.00 | 10.04 | 5.97 |
| S Sreesanth | Moh | 14 | 19 | 3-29 | 22.89 | 15.84 | 8.67 |
| SK Warne | Jai | 13 | 17 | 3-19 | 20.52 | 15.52 | 7.93 |
| PP Chawla | Moh | 14 | 17 | 3-25 | 21.52 | 15.52 | 8.31 |
| RP Singh | Hyd | 14 | 15 | 3-35 | 29.46 | 20.53 | 8.61 |
| VY Mahesh | Del | 10 | 14 | 4-36 | 22.85 | 16.35 | 8.38 |
| IK Pathan | Moh | 13 | 14 | 2-18 | 23.28 | 21.00 | 6.65 |
| M Gony | Chn | 14 | 14 | 3-34 | 28.50 | 22.28 | 7.67 |
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