Check out the updated IPL 2023 points table, Orange and Purple Cap list after the match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Monday.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) clinched their fifth win of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) season, beating Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by 18 runs at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Monday.
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The win took RCB to fifth place with 10 points, while the defeat meant LSG slipped to third from second place.
RCB won the toss and opted to bat first. However, LSG suffered a huge blow in the contest after skipper KL Rahul sustained a thigh muscle injury while fielding. The incident happened during the second over of RCB innings when Faf du Plessis punched through the covers off Marcus Stoinis’ ball and Rahul sprinted to save the boundary.
Rahul was given a look by the physios but soon he was taken off the field in a stretcher.
While LSG bowlers, led by Naveen-ul-Haq restricted RCB to 126/9, the batters lacked confidence without Rahul in the XI.
Krishnappa Gowtham’s 23 was their top score by a batter as they were bundled out for 108 in 19.5 overs.
Gujarat Titans (GT) currently occupy top spot with 12 points from eight matches. Delhi Capitals, meanwhile, remain at the bottom with just four points from eight matches.
GT, RR, LSG and CSK are the current top four teams but that in all likelihood can change several times over the next two weeks.
Here’s a look at the updated IPL 2023 points table after LSG vs RCB:
| Position | Team | Matches | Won | Lost | NR | Net RR | Points |
| 1 | GT | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | +0.638 | 12 |
| 2 | RR | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | +0.800 | 10 |
| 2 | LSG | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | +0.639 | 10 |
| 4 | CSK | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | +0.329 | 10 |
| 5 | RCB | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | -0.030 | 10 |
| 6 | PBKS | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | -0.447 | 10 |
| 7 | MI | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | -0.502 | 8 |
| 8 | KKR | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | -0.147 | 6 |
| 9 | SRH | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | -0.577 | 6 |
| 10 | DC | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | -0.898 | 4 |
List of Orange Cap and Purple Cap holders
RCB skipper Faf du Plessis retained the Orange Cap with his knock of 44 on Monday. Du Plessis now has scored 466 runs from nine matches. Sitting at the second position is RR’s Yashasvi Jaiswal with 428 runs while CSK opener Devon Conway, who struck an unbeaten 92 in a losing cause against PBKS, sits at third with 414 runs.
The Purple Cap, meanwhile, changed heads in the same game. While PBKS’s Arshdeep Singh (15) took it from RCB’s Mohammed Siraj (15) by dismissing Shivam Dube in the match against CSK, Chennai’s Tushar Deshpande later gained possession of the same and pushed Siraj to the second spot with a haul of 3/45 that took his season tally to 17.
Siraj is currently second with 15 scalps, while Arshdeep Singh is third with the same number of wickets.
Orange Cap holder: Faf du Plessis (RCB) – 466 runs
Purple Cap holder: Tushar Deshpande (CSK) – 17 wickets
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