Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) got ahead of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) after recording a 10-run win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Game 21 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Abu Dhabi.
Rahul Tripathi, who had made a dazzling cameo in a lost cause in the order in the loss to Delhi Capitals, made the most of his rise to the top of the order by scoring a spirited 81 of 51 balls to put Kolkata in position. to see a challenging score. However, Chennai’s disciplined attack fought back on punches to defeat them by 167.
Chennai, in response, was riding well on a stage with Shane Watson (50) and Ambati Rayudu (30) setting them up for a comfortable victory. However, Karthik’s decision to contain Sunil Narine during the second half of the Chennai chase turned out to be profitable for the ‘hometown’ team, as he not only got rid of the Watson set but helped to dry up the limits that still increased. plus the pressure on Dhoni and Co. CSK were ultimately unable to catch up with the requested rate as they did not reach the KKR total in 10 races despite having five wickets at their disposal.
Mumbai Indians (MI) and Delhi Capitals (DC) continue to occupy the top two places in the points table, the former convincingly defeating the Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 57 runs to jump to first place on Tuesday. The Royal Challengers Bangalore led by Virat Kohli are fourth with three wins in five games.
CSK, who had recorded just their second win of the tournament with a 10-wicket beating of Kings XI Punjab on Sunday, is fifth, followed by Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals, both having won two of five games so far. KXIP is the latter, having lost four of five games so far.
Here is the IPL 2020 points table in detail:
| Position | Team | Matches | Won | Lost | NR | Net RR | points |
| one | ME | 6 | 4 | two | 0 | +1,488 | 8 |
| two | DC | 5 | 4 | one | 0 | +1,060 | 8 |
| 3 | KKR | 5 | 3 | two | 0 | +0.002 | 6 |
| 4 | RCB | 5 | 3 | two | 0 | -1,355 | 6 |
| 5 | CSK | 6 | two | 4 | 0 | -0.371 | 4 |
| 6 | SRH | 5 | two | 3 | 0 | -0.417 | 4 |
| 7 | RR | 5 | two | 3 | 0 | -0.826 | 4 |
| 8 | KXIP | 5 | one | 4 | 0 | +0.178 | two |
Here’s a look at the current Orange and Purple Cap holders in the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League:
Orange cap: KL Rahul (KXIP), 302 races
Purple cap: Kagiso Rabada (DC), 12 plots
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