IPL 2023 Updated points table, Orange cap & Purple cap after Match 38 between PBKS & LSG

LSG defeated PBKS by a huge margin of 56 runs to climb up to third spot in the IPL 2023 points table.

April 28, 2023, saw the 38th match of the IPL 2023 with Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) facing off against Punjab Kings (PBKS) at the PCA stadium in Mohali.

Shikhar Dhawan, who was back as captain of the Punjab Kings, won the toss and chose to bowl first. Apart from him, PBKS also brought Kagiso Rabada and Sikandar Raza into the XI. While in the LSG camp, Yash Thakur came into the side.

Though KL Rahul was dismissed for 12 runs, Kyle Mayers (54 in 24 balls) and Ayush Badoni (43 in 24 balls) laid down a good foundation for the big hitters. Badoni then added 89 runs with Marcus Stoinis who hammered 72 in 40 balls with 6 fours and 5 sixes. Nicholas Pooran made 45 in 19 balls with 7 fours and 1 six.

LSG posted 257/5 in 20 overs thanks to their assault which is the second-highest team total in IPL history behind RCB’s 263/5.

In reply, PBKS lost Shikhar Dhawan for one run and Prabhsimran Singh’s poor outings continued as he was out for 9 runs. Atharva Taide with 66 in 36 balls and Sikandar Raza with 36 in 22 balls, tried to force some pace, but the total was too daunting for them to even take a breather.

LSG bowlers kept picking wickets as Liam Livingstone (23), Sam Curran (21), and Jitesh Sharma (24) fell while trying to give something of a chase to the 258-run target. However, the match ended with LSG earning a convincing 56-run win as PBKS was bowled out for 201.

Yash Thakur picked 4/37, while Naveen Ul Haq picked three scalps.

IPL 2023 Updated Points Table:

Lucknow Super Giants accumulated 10 points thanks to this big win over PBKS and moved ahead of Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2023 points table to the second spot, while RR remains on the top thanks to a better net run rate.

Gujarat Titans are now at the third spot, while CSK fell to the fourth point as a result of this win by LSG. RCB completes the top five of the IPL 2023 points table.

IPL 2023 Updated Orange cap holder:

RCB captain Faf du Plessis remains the Orange Cap holder with 422 runs in 8 matches while his teammate Virat Kohli follows him closely with 333 runs. In the third and fourth places are the Chennai Super Kings opening duo of Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad.

Conway has 322 runs in 8 matches with 4 fifties to his name, while Gaikwad has 317 runs with 2 fifties. David Warner of Delhi Capitals completes the top five with 306 matches in 7 games. However, after this match, Kyle Mayers of LSG moved to the 7th spot with 297 runs in 8 matches with 4 half-centuries to his name.

IPL 2023 Updated Purple cap holder:

The top five of the IPL 2023 wicket-takers list saw no change after 38th match of the tournament as Mohammed Siraj still leads the table with 14 scalps to his name. GT vice-captain Rashid Khan and Punjab Kings’ Arshdeep Singh also have 14 scalps each but are at no.2 and 3 respectively.

CSK bowler Tushar Deshpande is at no.4 with 14 scalps as well, while Varun Chakravarthy of KKR has 13 scalps and is at 5th spot.

IPL 2023 to see a bumper double-header on Saturday, April 29

Saturday, April 29 will see a double-header due to it being a weekend day. First up will be Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) taking on Gujarat Titans (GT) in their home of Eden Gardens in the day match. The Delhi Capitals (DC) will be in action against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their home of Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi in the night match.