Two-time former champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) remained in hunt for a playoffs berth within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season with their complete five-wicket win over Punjab Kings on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Monday evening. KKR turned the fifth crew to achieve 10 factors on the IPL 2023 Points Table and leapfrogged into fifth place with their win.
Apart from Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan-owned KKR, Rajasthan Royals (RR), Royal Challengers (RCB), Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Mumbai Indians (MI) have 10 factors presently. One out of RCB or MI will rise to 12 factors and transfer to no less than third on the Points Table on Tuesday evening as they two sides face off in match no. 54 on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
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Defending champions Gujarat Titans (GT) preserve their lead on the high of the desk with 16 factors with MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in second spot with 13 factors. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) are in third place on the factors desk with 11 factors whereas RR are fourth. However, all the ten groups have the chance to guide their Playoffs berth within the subsequent couple of weeks.
Faf du Plessis retains Orange Cap
RCB skipper Faf du Plessis continues to steer the batting charts with 511 runs in 10 matches with 5 fifties to his identify. RR opener Yashasvi Jaiswal is in second spot and has scored 477 runs in 11 matches with 1 hundred and three fifties whereas GT opener Shubman Gill is in third place with 469 runs in 11 video games thus far.
PBKS skipper Shikhar Dhawan and KKR batter Rinku Singh moved as much as ninth and tenth place within the Orange Cap race after Monday evening. Dhawan, who scored his fiftieth IPL fifty, has 349 runs in 8 matches with three fifties this season whereas Rinku has scored 337 runs in 11 matches with two fifties to his identify and a strike-rate of over 151.
Varun Chakravarthy rises to 5th in Purple Cap race
KKR off-spinner Varun Chakravarthy claimed 3/26 in his 4 overs in opposition to PBKS to rise to fifth place within the Purple Cap race. Chakravarthy now has 17 wickets in 11 matches – similar as MI leg-spinner Piyush Chawla in fourth place and RR leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal in sixth place.
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GT pacer Mohammad Shami continues to carry the Purple Cap with 19 wickets in 11 matches at a mean of 16.36 whereas GT leg-spinner Rashid Khan and CSK pacer Tushar Deshpande are in second and third place with 19 wickets as effectively.
