Season awards

Indian Premier League 2021

🏆 Champions: Chennai Super Kings · runner-up Kolkata Knight Riders

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Most Valuable Player

HV Patel

Impact 762.3

Bat 71.9 · Bowl 690.4

Highest total Player Impact (batting + bowling)

Orange Cap

RD Gaikwad

635 runs

Avg 45.36 · SR 136.3 · HS 101

Most runs in the tournament

Purple Cap

HV Patel

32 wickets

Econ 8.15 · Avg 14.34 · Best 5/27

Most wickets in the tournament

Most Sixes

KL Rahul

30 sixes

626 runs

Most sixes hit

Best Strike Rate

SO Hetmyer

168.1 SR

242 runs in 12 inn

Best strike rate (min 60 balls)

Best Economy

Harpreet Brar

6.04 econ

5 wkts in 23.0 ov

Best economy (min 15 overs)

Most POM awards

RD Gaikwad

4 awards

Most Player-of-the-Match awards

Emerging Player

Rashid Khan

Impact 524.2

Age 23 · 9th overall

Highest impact under age 23

Phase MVPs

T20 · powerplay / middle / death

The standout batter and bowler in each phase of the innings across the season.

Powerplay

Overs 1–6

Batter

PP Shaw

SR 171.4 · 206 balls

353 runs

Bowler

DL Chahar

Econ 8.38 · 40 ov

10 wkts

Middle

Overs 7–15

Batter

GJ Maxwell

SR 137.9 · 240 balls

331 runs

Bowler

YS Chahal

Econ 7.02 · 42 ov

13 wkts

Death

Overs 16–20

Batter

AB de Villiers

SR 221.5 · 93 balls

206 runs

Bowler

HV Patel

Econ 9.23 · 26 ov

21 wkts