IPL 2023 Points Table: Kolkata Knight Riders won, Kolkata became the fifth team in the table with 10

IPL 2023 Points Table: Kolkata Knight Riders won, Kolkata became the fifth team in the table with 10 points.

 In the match between Punjab Kings and Kolkata Riders on Monday, Rinku Singh beat Punjab Kings by five wickets with a brilliant performance and its captain Nitish Rana's half-century and Andre Russell's 180-run chase chased down the target of 10 runs in the death overs. Enabled to finish the game with an unbeaten 21 in balls, a fine bowling performance to reduce PBKS to 179 for seven after KKR opted to bat on a slower wicket at the very first stage.

 Point Table.

 If KKR is seen at the moment, it remains the fifth team in the points table with 10 points, in which RR is at the forefront of the lineup on the basis of its net run rate, while KKR is now fifth with a net run rate of -0.079. While it is still predicted to go further down on the basis of Wednesday's clash between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore, both with a game in hand and 10 points each and third Ranked Lucknow Supergiants are just one point ahead of the chasing pack with 11 points while second placed Chennai Super Kings are at 13th position and Gujarat Titans are at the top of the table with 16 points.

 Orange Cap table points.

 The top five of the Orange Cap table has seen no change after the Kolkata Knight Riders win while Rinku Singh has now reached the 10th spot with 337 runs in 11 matches at a strike rate of 151.12, Faf du Plessis with 511 points at a strike rate of 157.71. Saath continues to top the table and Yashasvi Jaiswal has reached the second spot with 477 runs at a strike rate of 160.60.

 Stage of the Purple Cap table.

 Varun Chakravarthy took 3/26 in this match to take him fifth on the Purple Cap table. He took 17 wickets in 11 matches while Gujarat Titans' Mohammed Shami and Rashid Khan and CSK's Tushar Deshpande topped the table with 19 wickets. Piyush Chawla is at number four with 17 wickets.