Updated IPL 2023 Points Table, Orange Cap, And Purple Cap After GT vs LSG And RR vs SRH

It was a perfect Sunday for the cricket fans as Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 was host to two staggering encounters. The first game took place between Gujarat Titans (GT) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the Narendra Modi International Stadium. Whereas second game was between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Jaipur.

On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals (RR) won the toss in the second game and opted to bat first. Yashasvi Jaiswal (35) and Jos Buttler (95) yet again gave their team a flying start before Sanju Samson chipped in with an unbeaten 65-run knock that helped RR post a total of 214 runs.

IPL 2023 | India National Cricket Team | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | Delhi Capitals (DC) | Gujarat Titans (GT) | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | Lucknow Supergiants (LSG) | Mumbai Indians (MI) | Punjab Kings (PBKS) | Rajasthan Royals (RR) | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH)

While chasing the target, SRH had a staggering start as well as Anmolpreet Singh (33) and Abhishek Sharma (55) stitched 51 runs for the opening partnership. Rahul Tripathi then chipped in with crucial innings as he smashed 47 runs that kept SRH in the hunt.

But Yuzvendra Chahal with his four wickets turned the game in RR’s favor. Glenn Phillips then struck 22 runs in the 19th over before Sandeep Sharma almost defended 17 runs in the last over. But a no-ball from him, in the end, turned the game as Abdul Samad smashed a six on the last ball to win the game by 4 wickets.

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IPL 2023 Updated Points Table

After the end of the 52nd game of the IPL 2023, there was no change in the upper half of the points table as despite losses LSG and RR retained third and fourth places. There was a slight change in the lower half of the table as after a win over Rajasthan Royals, Sunrisers Hyderabad jumped one place up and now are 9th on the points table.

IPL 2023 Orange Cap

Faf du Plessis continued leading the charts but Yashasvi Jaiswal after his brisk knock against SRH got back his second spot. Shubman Gill jumped to No.3 after his exceptional knock against LSG. Whereas CSK’S Devon Conway and Virat Kohli were pushed down one step each and are now stationed at 4th and 5th respectively.

IPL 2023 Purple Cap

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Virat Kohli | Rohit Sharma | Rishabh Pant | KL Rahul | Suryakumar Yadav | Sanju Samson | Shreyas Iyer | Yuzvendra Chahal | Jasprit Bumrah