Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) took an enormous step in the direction of securing a IPL 2023 Playoffs berth with their five-run win over Mumbai Indians (MI) on the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday. LSG jumped to 3rd place on the IPL 2023 Points with 15 factors from 13 matches – similar as MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings with one match remaining.
A win for LSG of their final match in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Saturday will take them to 17 factors and guarantee them of a Playoffs berth for a second successive 12 months. Five-time champions Mumbai Indians are additionally not out of Playoffs race as a win over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at dwelling on Sunday will take them to 16 factors and hold them in hunt for Playoffs.
IPL 2023 Points Table!
CSK, LSG, MI, PBKS and RCB – one among them will end within the Top 2. pic.twitter.com/jlFeZ2VVZB
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) May 16, 2023
Defending champions Gujarat Titans (GT) have already certified for the Playoffs and are at the moment heading the desk with 18 factors from 13 matches. CSK are at the moment second with 15 factors from 13 matches and can tackle last-placed Delhi Capitals in New Delhi on Saturday.
Punjab Kings (PBKS), who’re in 8th place at the moment with 12 factors, will look to leap again into competition with a win over DC in Dharamsala on Wednesday evening.
Ishan Kishan rises to 8th in Orange Cap race
MI opener Ishan Kishan scored his third half-century of the season – 59 off 39 balls in opposition to the LSG – to maneuver to 8th place within the Orange Cap race. Kishan now has 425 runs in 13 matches.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Faf du Plessis continues to carry on to the Orange Cap with 631 runs in 12 matches with 7 fifties to his title. GT opener Shubman Gill is in second place with 576 runs in 13 matches whereas Rajasthan Royals opener Yashasvi Jaiswal is in 3rd place with 575 runs in 13 video games.
Faf Du Plessis is the highest Orange Cap holder ____
Mohammed Shami is the present Purple cap holder in IPL 2023 ._
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MI batter Suryakumar Yadav remained in fifth place after scoring simply 7 in opposition to LSG. ‘SKY’ has 486 runs in 13 matches with 1 hundred and 4 fifties.
Piyush Chawla stays 4th in Purple Cap desk
MI leg-spinner Piyush Chawla claimed 1/26 in 3 overs in opposition to LSG however remained in 4th place on the Purple Cap desk. Chawla has 20 wickets in 13 matches at a median of 19.15.
GT pacer Mohammad Shami holds the Purple Cap with 23 wickets at a median of 16.73 whereas teammate and leg-spinner Rashid Khan is second with 23 wickets as effectively at a median of 18. RR leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is in third spot with 21 wickets in 13 video games.
KKR off-spinner Varun Chakravarthy and CSK pacer Tushar Deshpande are in fifth and sixth place with 19 wickets every.
