IPL 2023 Points Table, Orange Cap, Purple Cap: David Warner-led Delhi Capitals (DC) sealed their third victory of the season as they outplayed defending champions, Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad by 5 runs.
Not many would have thought that the pitch at the world’s biggest cricket stadium will unfold as a slower one as GT hosted DC. In fact, Nick Knight, prior to the game, accessed the surface to be a flat deck with a par score of 180. However, as it turns out, the score of 130 runs was far-fetched for Gujarat Titans (GT), who lost the fixture by five runs.
After posting the total of 130 runs, DC kept things tight and didn’t let Gujarat get carried away with the runs. Wriddhiman Saha was out for a duck, then Shubman Gill was removed by Anrich Nortje. Ishant Sharma bowled a brilliant knuckle ball to deceive Vijay Shankar. Meanwhile, Kuldeep Yadav removed David Miller for a duck to keep the game alive.
While it looked dark and gloomy for Gujarat Titans, skipper Hardik Pandya and Abhinav Manohar did the rescue work. The two batters added 60 runs to the score, but as it turn out, they had eaten too many deliveries to score those runs. Eventually, Abhinav Manohar was dismissed by Khaleel Ahmed and that brought Rahul Tewatia to the middle.
Tewatia heated up things with his three consecutive sixes in the penultimate over and dragged GT back into the chase, but the day wasn’t to be his. He was dismissed in the final over and Gujarat fell five runs shy to reach the total.
Earlier in the game, Delhi saw wickets tumbling as Mohammad Shami turns up with his searing spell in the powerplay. Shami broke the back of Delhi’s batting unit and completed his four-over spell by scalping four wickets and conceding mere 11 runs.
Phil Salt was out for a duck, Warner couldn’t contribute much as he was run out. Priyam Garg scored 10 runs, Rilee Rossouw was dismissed four eight and Manish Pandey returned after opening his account.
Meanwhile, Axar Patel and Aman Khan played a little cameo to bring back DC’s innings to track. While Patel scored 27 runs, Aman Khan completed his half-century. In the end, Ripal Patel quickfire 13-ball 23 to take DC’s total to 130 runs.
This article will lead you through IPL 2023 Points Table, Orange Cap, Purple Cap Updated on 3rd May after GT vs DC.
IPL 2023 Points Table
The result of the GT vs DC fixture didn’t have any effect on the IPL 2023 Points Table. GT and DC both stand on the opposite end of the spectrum. While Gujarat is leading the IPL 2023 Points Table, Delhi Capitals is placed at the bottom of the table with six points from nine games.
Gujarat Titans are leading with 12 points from nine matches, followed by Rajasthan Royals, Lucknow Super Giants, Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings with 10 points each from nine games in the IPL 2023.
IPL 2023 Orange Cap
Apparently, there is no significant movement in the IPL 2023 Orange Cap leaderboard as well. Gujarat’s top batter Shubman Gill scored six runs and is placed sixth in the race with 339 overall runs. David Warner, on the other side, who is the top batter of Delhi Capitals, is placed eighth on the list with 308 runs.
IPL 2023 Orange Cap leaderboard is spearheaded by RCB skipper Faf du Plessis with 466 runs from nine outings. RR’s Yashasvi Jaiswal and CSK’s Devon Conway follow him with 428 and 414 runs respectively.
IPL 2023 Purple Cap
A sublime spell of four wickets against Delhi Capitals (DC) has put GT’s Mohammad Shami atop the IPL 2023 Purple Cap table. Shami’s figures in the game were 4/11 in four overs at an economy of 2.80. The pacer is now leading the IPL 2023 Purple Cap with 17 wickets from nine games.
Shami is followed by CSK’s Tushar Deshpande with an equal number of wickets as Shami. RCB’s Mohammad Siraj and GT’s Rashid Khan are placed third and fourth respectively in the IPL 2023 Purple Cap leaderboard with 15 wickets apiece.
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