Nitish Rana the Kolkata Knight Riders batsman raced to the top of Orange cap leaderboards overtaking Sanju Samson after hitting 57 of 47 balls against Mumbai Indians.
Nitish Rana overtook Sanju Samson who hit a blistering ton the other night. Rana added 57 to his previous score of 80 against Sunrisers Hyderabad which sets him at the top with 137 runs 18 ahead of Sanju Samson.
His fighting knock of 57 came in a losing cause as KKR lost their way after getting a great start of 72 without loss after 8.4 overs, chasing a mere 153 the chase went south for KKR after losing Shubhman Gill to Rahul Chahar as the spinner ran through the KKR top order finishing with figures of 4-27 in his 4 overs.
An amazing display of death bowling by Bumrah and Boult meant KKR fell short by 11 runs after getting the chase down to 31 off the last five overs.