IPL 2023 Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings after Mumbai Indians vs SunRisers HyderabadÂ
Mumbai Indians (MI) finished their league stage with an eight-wicket win over the SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday, May 21.
MI skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl first. Hyderabad's latest opening pair of Mayank Agarwal and Vivrant Sharma then got the side off to a stunning start after putting on 140 runs for the first wicket.
SRH were poised to post a mammoth total, but MI pulled things back courtesy of Akash Madhwal's sensational death bowling. SRH ended with exactly 200 on the board following a last-ball six by Sanvir Singh.
MI lost Ishan Kishan early in the chase but Cameron Green, coming in at No.3 completely turned the tide with a brilliant counter-attacking knock. The hosts coasted to win after a dominating 128-run partnership for the second wicket between Green and Rohit Sharma.
The Australian all-rounder scored his maiden IPL hundred as MI wrapped up the run chase with three overs to spare.
IPL 2023 Orange Cap updated list
Heinrich Klaasen scored a handy 18-run knock off 13 deliveries in the death overs before being bowled by Akash Madhwal. The South African batter now has 448 runs in 12 matches at a strike rate of 177.07. He is now ranked 10th on the Orange Cap list.
Suryakumar Yadav scored a quickfire 25 runs off 16 deliveries during the run chase to wrap up the proceedings for MI. The No.1-ranked T20I batter finished his league stage with 511 runs in 14 matches and is sixth in the Orange Cap standings.
IPL 2023 Purple Cap updated list
Piyush Chawla ended up wicketless and finished with figures of 0-39 off his four overs. The leg-spinner has 20 wickets for the campaign and maintains his place at the fourth rank.
Mohammed Shami is the leading wicket-taker of IPL 2023 with 23 wickets to his name so far. Rashid Khan is placed second with the same number of wickets, but with an inferior economy rate.