NEW DELHI – A marauding Faf du Plessis and emerging power-hitters including Rinku Singh have helped make team totals over 200 the new normal in this high-scoring edition of the Indian Premier League.
The 38-year-old South African Du Plessis, captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore, leads the batting charts with 576 runs at a destructive strike rate of over 157 and 32 sixes.
This season does not finish until the end of the month but it has already witnessed 30 innings totalling 200 or above.
That happened on 18 occasions in the entire edition last year.
Du Plessis hit 65 on Tuesday and forged a 120-run stand with Glenn Maxwell — but opponents Mumbai Indians still reached…
