IPL 2023 Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings after Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals match (Updated)
The Rajasthan Royals (RR) secured a last-over win against the Punjab Kings (PBKS) in their final league stage encounter of the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL). They won by four wickets at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium in Dharamshala on Friday, May 19.
PBKS were off to a shaky start after being put into bat first. The hosts were reduced to 48-3 inside the powerplay and soon found themselves at 50-4. Jitesh Sharma (44) and Sam Curran (49*) put on a splendid counterattacking display to bring them back into the contest.
Poor bowling choices by RR coupled with dismal fielding in the death overs allowed PBKS to rack up 46 runs in the final two overs. They ended up with a mammoth score of 187-5 in the first innings.
In the chase, Rajasthan opener Jos Buttler recorded the fifth duck of his campaign, creating a new unwanted record in the competition's history. Yashasvi Jaiswal (50) anchored the run chase, while Devdutt Padikkal (51) profited from batting higher up the order, recording a solid half-century.
Skipper Sanju Samson (2) was dismissed early, leaving RR at a precarious position at 90-3 after 11 overs. Jaiswal too departed after reaching the 50-run mark in the 15th over.
Shimron Hetmyer then took RR close to the target with a quickfire 46 runs off 27 deliveries. But he was dismissed in the penultimate over and could not finish the chase off. Dhruv Jurel maintained his composure to get RR over the finishing line with a couple of balls to spare.
IPL 2023 Orange Cap updated list
Faf du Plessis is the leading run-scorer of IPL 2023 after having crossed the 700-run mark in RCB's recent away win over SRH. The RCB skipper has 702 runs in 13 matches at a strike rate of 153.94.
Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a composed fifty during the run chase off 36 deliveries. He crossed the 600-run mark for the season. He now has the most runs by an uncapped player in a single edition, breaking the record Shaun Marsh had held since the first season of the IPL. Jaiswal now has 625 runs in 14 matches at a strike rate of 163.61 to hold the second rank in the Orange Cap list.
IPL 2023 Purple Cap updated list
Mohammed Shami is the current Purple Cap holder with 23 wickets to his name in 13 matches at an economy of 7.54. His fellow GT teammate Rashid Khan is ranked second with the same number of wickets, but with an economy of 7.96
Arshdeep Singh picked up the wicket of Devdutt Padikkal in the second innings and finish with figures if 1-40 off his four overs. The left-arm pacer finishes his season with 17 wickets in 14 matches at an economy of 9.69 to be ranked ninth on the wickets chart.