IPL 2023 Points Table: Updated standings after Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders match

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) moved up to second position in the IPL 2023 points table after their last-ball win over Gujarat Titans (GT). The 13th match of the ongoing marquee league saw KKR win the game by three wickets at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday, April 9.

After Gujarat chose to bat first, the defending champions piled up a fantastic score of 204/4 in their allotted 20 overs. Shubman Gill (39) and Sai Sudharsan (53) set up a good platform before Vijay Shankar smashed a 24-ball 63 to take the total over 200.

The chase was always going to be an arduous task for the Kolkata franchise. However, KKR got over the line in the most exhilarating fashion.

After enduring a rocky start, Venkatesh Iyer and Nitish Rana joined forces to steady the ship for Kolkata. The two left-handers mustered 100 runs for the third wicket, with Iyer scoring his career-best 83 and Nitish registering 45 runs.

The game turned in GT's favor once again when Rashid Khan inflicted the first hat-trick of IPL 2023, dismissing Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, and Shardul Thakur off three consecutive balls.

The match was done and dusted for KKR with 38 more runs needed off just eight deliveries. GT may have thought that they would win the match but Rinku Singh had other plans.

Closing out the 19th over with a six and a boundary, Rinku had the outrageous task of hitting five sixes to win his side the game. However, the southpaw remained imperturbed and did the unthinkable.

He clobbered Yash Dayal for five consecutive lusty maximums to script a remarkable run-chase for KKR against GT.

Kolkata Knight Riders climb from sixth to second position in IPL 2023 points table

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Courtesy of their memorable victory, Kolkata moved up four spots and climbed up to second position from sixth in the IPL 2023 points table.

KKR have four points after three matches and have a net run rate of +1.375. Following their first loss of the season, GT have now come down to fourth position and have a net run rate of +0.431.

On that note, here are the updated standings:

SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) are currently squaring off against each other in Match 14 of the IPL 2023 in Hyderabad.