IPL 2020 orange cap: Shubman Gil's winning knockout puts him in seventh place, but a new leader will SOON appear

After an all-round effort from the bowlers, the Calcutta knights racers rode shubman Gills unbeaten 70 off 62 balls to post their first win in the IPL 2020. when they beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by seven wickets in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.

Despite Sunil Narine losing, just for a second, Gill did not shy away from his natural game and continue to tick on the dashboard, in the process stitching together a 92-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Eoin Morgan.

The 21-year-old rookie moved up to seventh on the IFL 2020 orange caps list with a combined score of 77 runs from two games. He was dismissed for seven runs in his debut match against the reigning Champions Mumbai Indians on Wednesday.

However, the new member of the top 5 is Manish Pandey SRH with 85 tracks from two games. Pandey, who is in fifth position, followed up his 33-ball 34 against Royal rivals Bangalore with 51 off 38 balls on Saturday.

Although both of his strikes came for losing reasons, Pandey mostly secured the number 3 spot in the SRG squad.

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