After three consecutive defeats and waiting for a year, Rajasthan Royals finally registered their first win against Gujarat Titans. That too in his house. In Ahmedabad, Rajasthan Royals defeated Gujarat by 3 wickets in a thrilling match. With this, Rajasthan got its fourth win of this season. This win gave Rajasthan a good lead at the top of the points table. At the same time, Mumbai Indians have also jumped with another victory.
The first match in Sunday's doubleheader was special for Mumbai. Suryakumar Yadav was captaining for him for the first time. Mumbai defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 5 wickets in their home ground of Wankhede. This is his second consecutive victory. And in the second match of the day, Gujarat Titans again got defeated at their home. This time, on the basis of Captain Sanju Samson and Shimron Hetmyer, Rajasthan overturned the lost game.
Mumbai's Little Jump
Due to these results in the points table, there was not much change in the ranking of the teams. Mumbai improved its position with four points. He also has the same number of points as Sunrisers Hyderabad but a slight improvement in the net run rate has taken him to the eighth position. At the same time, KKR missed the chance to enter the top three. Nitish Rana's team also has only 4 points but due to a better net run rate, it is in fifth place.
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On the other hand, Sanju Samson's Rajasthan has strengthened its position at number one by defeating Gujarat Titans. Rajasthan was already on top with 6 points. After this win, he got 8 points. Apart from that, currently, no team has so many points. Gujarat is still in third place. You can see the complete points table here.
The points table will change from RCB vs CSK
From today, a new week will start in IPL 2023 and only one match each will be played before the next weekend. It will start with the clash between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings. This match to be held at Bangalore's home ground M Chinnaswamy is already a hot property due to the presence of Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni. At the same time, a victory in this match is sure to have an impact on the points table.