Last season’s finalists Rajasthan Royals (RR) ended a three-match shedding streak in type, hammering Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by nine-wickets in an IPL 2023 match on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday to rise to 3rd spot on the IPL 2023 Points Table. RR gained the match with greater than six overs to spare to massive an enormous enhance to their web run-rate which had taken a dent after 4 losses of their final 5 matches.
RR now have 12 factors in 12 matches – identical as Mumbai Indians (MI) – however their NRR is 0.633 as in comparison with -0.255 of Rohit Sharma’s facet. MI can transfer again into the third spot if they will beat table-toppers Gujarat Titans in Match No. 57 of the IPL 2023 on Friday night time.
IPL 2023 Points Table – Rajasthan Royals replaces MI at No.3. pic.twitter.com/smpSWYlq6l
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) May 11, 2023
GT is main the desk with 16 factors from 11 matches whereas MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings are in second place with 15 factors from 12 matches. KKR, in the meantime, have slipped to the seventh place and have 10 factors from 12 matches. The Playoffs qualification possibilities of Nitish Rana’s facet have considerably diminished as they will solely attain a most of 14 factors from their remaining matches which could not show to be sufficient.
RR opener Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed the quickest fifty within the historical past of the IPL, reaching the landmark in solely 13 balls in opposition to KKR on Thursday night time. Jaiswal remained unbeaten on 98 off 47 balls with 5 sixes and 12 fours and virtually took away the IPL 2023 Orange Cap from chief and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Faf du Plessis.
__#Jaiswal‘s unbeaten 98 has him simply 1 run away from #Faf on the high with 576 runs_
Iyer’s half-century helps him to ninth place with 371 run_
Race for the #OrangeCap is getting intense__ #KKRvsRR #RRvsKKR #RRvKKR #IPL2023 #TATAIPL #IPL #RajasthanRoyals #RR #HallaBol__ pic.twitter.com/p3EiS8Do83
— Criconthego (@criconthego) May 11, 2023
While Du Plessis has 576 runs in 11 matches up to now, Jaiswal now has 575 runs from 12 matches with 1 century and 4 fifties to his identify. GT opener Shubman Gill is within the third spot with 469 runs in 11 matches and may add to his tally as he faces MI on Friday night time.
Yuzvendra Chahal takes Purple Cap
RR leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal created historical past on Thursday night time by changing into the very best wicket-taker within the historical past of the Indian Premier League. Chahal surpassed the file of former Chennai Super Kings all-rounder Dwayne Bravo and went on to say 4/25 in opposition to KKR on the Eden Gardens.
IPL 2023 purple cap .
Yuzvendra Chahal turns into the purple cap holder.#Cricket #CricketNews #CricketTwitter #IPL #IPL2023 #RRvsKKR #KKRvsRR #YashasviJaiswal pic.twitter.com/qf4eUqTlsk
— CricInformer (@CricInformer) May 11, 2023
Chahal’s sensible present helped him zoom to the highest within the Purple Cap race. The leggie now has 21 wickets in 12 matches in IPL 2023 forward of GT pacer Mohammad Shami, who has 19 wickets in 11 matches.
GT leg-spinner Rashid Khan and CSK pacer Tushar Deshpande even have 19 wickets from 11 and 12 matches respectively. Shami and Rashid can add to their wickets tally as they tackle MI on Friday night time.
