IPL 2023 Points Table, Orange Cap, Purple Cap: Faf du Plessis’ Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) came on top of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the low-scoring thriller at the Ekana Cricket Stadium on Monday. RCB won the contest by 18 runs after posting a 126-run total in 20 overs.
Lucknow’s Ekana Stadium has been adamant to produce slow wickets unlike most of the other venues used in the IPL 2023. The slowness doesn’t let batters free their arms and the games unfold are low scoring.
After opting to bat first, RCB managed to post 126 runs total against Lucknow. Midway through the innings, it didn’t look sufficient enough to threaten the opposition or challenge them, however, the nature of the surface had the trick. RCB skipper Faf du Plessis scored 44 runs while Virat Kohli contributed 31 runs.
In pursuit of a low-scoring total LSG required a typical KL Rahul innings, however, Rahul was already down with his hamstring injury. No LSG batter could settle down and tick the scoreboard with consistent singles and doubles. For LSG Krishnappa Gowtham remained the top scorer with a score of 23 in 13 balls.
Eventually, in 19.5 overs, LSG was bundled out at a score of 108 runs and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) won the game by 18 runs. With the win, RCB moved up in the IPL 2023 Points Table.
This article will lead you through IPL 2023 Points Table, Orange Cap, Purple Cap Updated on 2nd May after LSG vs RCB.
IPL 2023 Points Table
Lucknow Super Giants has been displaced by Rajasthan Royals from the second place in the IPL 2023 Points Table. LSG is now placed third in the points table with 10 points from nine games so far in the IPL 2023.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), on the other side, moved past Punjab Kings in the IPL 2023 Points Table after getting the victory. RCB has garnered 10 points from nine matches and is stationed in the fifth position.
Hardik Pandya’s Gujarat Titans (GT) continues to lead the IPL 2023 Points Table with 12 rating points from eight matches. The next five teams in the IPL 2023 Points Table are separated with varying net-run-rate as their rating points are the same (10).
| Pos | Team | PLD | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | NRR | Pts |
| 1 | Gujarat Titans | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +0.638 | 12 |
| 2 | Rajasthan Royals | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +0.800 | 10 |
| 3 | Lucknow Super Giants | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +0.639 | 10 |
| 4 | Chennai Super Kings | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +0.329 | 10 |
| 5 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -0.030 | 10 |
| 6 | Punjab Kings | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -0.447 | 10 |
| 7 | Mumbai Indians | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -0.502 | 8 |
| 8 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | -0.147 | 6 |
| 9 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | -0.577 | 6 |
| 10 | Delhi Capitals | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | -0.898 | 4 |
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IPL 2023 Orange Cap
RCB captain Faf du Plessis took his IPL 2023 Orange Cap from Yashasvi Jaiswal after scoring a match-winning 44 runs against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). Faf has accumulated 466 runs in nine games at a strike rate of 159.
Virat Kohli, who scored 31 runs in the game, is placed fourth in the IPL 2023 Orange Cap leaderboard with an overall total of 364 runs from nine innings at an average of 45.50.
While Faf is leading the tally, Rajasthan’s Yashasvi Jaiswal is placed second with 428 runs following his excellent maiden ton against Mumbai Indians. Meanwhile, CSK’s Devon Conway is placed third with 414 runs from nine innings.
| POS | TEAM | PLAYER | RUNS | INNS | AVG | SR | 4S | 6S |
| 1 | RCB | Faf du Plessis | 466 | 9 | 58.25 | 159.58 | 35 | 28 |
| 2 | RR | Yashasvi Jaiswal | 428 | 9 | 47.55 | 159.70 | 56 | 18 |
| 3 | CSK | Devon Conway | 414 | 9 | 59.14 | 144.25 | 50 | 13 |
| 4 | RCB | Virat Kohli | 364 | 9 | 45.50 | 137.87 | 34 | 11 |
| 5 | CSK | Ruturaj Gaikwad | 354 | 9 | 44.25 | 145.67 | 23 | 19 |
| 6 | GT | Shubman Gill | 333 | 8 | 41.62 | 142.30 | 40 | 6 |
| 7 | DC | David Warner | 306 | 8 | 38.25 | 118.60 | 44 | 1 |
| 8 | LSG | Kyle Mayers | 297 | 9 | 33.00 | 158.82 | 26 | 20 |
| 9 | KKR | Venkatesh Iyer | 296 | 9 | 32.88 | 148.74 | 24 | 16 |
| 10 | RR | Jos Buttler | 289 | 9 | 32.11 | 138.94 | 30 | 10 |
IPL 2023 Purple Cap
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) pace-spearhead Mohammad Siraj scalped a wicket against LSG and tightened the gap between him and CSK’s Tushar Deshpande, who is presently holding the IPL 2023 Purple Cap. Siraj has 15 wickets so far in the tournament at an economy of 7.37. While Tushar Deshpande is leading the chart with 17 wickets in nine innings.
Punjab’s Arshdeep Singh is placed third in the IPL 2023 Purple Cap race with 15 wickets followed by Gujarat’s Rashid Khan with 14 wickets.
| POS | TEAM | PLAYER | WKTS | RUNS | OVR | BBF | AVG | EC | SR |
| 1 | CSK | Tushar Deshpande | 17 | 369 | 33.2 | 3/45 | 21.70 | 11.07 | 11.76 |
| 2 | RCB | Mohammed Siraj | 15 | 257 | 35 | 4/21 | 17.13 | 7.34 | 14.00 |
| 3 | PBKS | Arshdeep Singh | 15 | 295 | 33 | 4/29 | 19.66 | 8.93 | 13.20 |
| 4 | GT | Rashid Khan | 14 | 280 | 32 | 3/31 | 20.00 | 8.75 | 13.71 |
| 5 | RR | Ravichandran Ashwin | 13 | 260 | 36 | 2/23 | 20.00 | 7.22 | 16.61 |
| 6 | MI | Piyush Chawla | 13 | 226 | 31 | 3/22 | 17.38 | 7.29 | 14.30 |
| 7 | CSK | Ravindra Jadeja | 13 | 240 | 32 | 3/20 | 18.46 | 7.50 | 14.76 |
| 8 | GT | Mohammad Shami | 13 | 236 | 31 | 3/25 | 18.15 | 7.61 | 14.30 |
| 9 | KKR | Varun Chakaravarthy | 13 | 281 | 33.4 | 4/15 | 21.61 | 8.34 | 15.53 |
| 10 | LSG | Ravi Bishnoi | 12 | 268 | 34.3 | 3/28 | 22.33 | 7.76 | 17.25 |
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