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Half of the IPL 2023 season has passed. In the season of 74 matches, 37 matches have been completed. Many great matches have been seen. The best thing has been that many young Indian players are making a mark with their performances. On the other hand, if we talk about bowling, here at present only Indian bowlers are in power, in which there are experienced bowlers as well as some young bowlers. One such is Tushar Deshpande, who has equalled the giants.
Tushar Deshpande cemented his place in the top 3 after Chennai Super Kings' match against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur. This right-arm fast bowler from Chennai gave 42 runs in 4 overs against Rajasthan and took 2 wickets. However, his team could not win the match.
Tushar with Siraj-Rashid
Nevertheless, this match proved to be better for Tushar. Tushar had to face criticism for giving a lot of runs at the beginning of the tournament. Now this Tushar has joined the bowlers who took 14 wickets in the tournament. Tushar has equalled Mohammad Siraj and Rashid Khan.
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Just because of the difference in the economy rate, Siraj is at the top of the Purple Cap race. At the same time, Rashid has come on the second number and Tushar on the third.
8 of the top 10 are Indian bowlers. Of these, if we talk about the top five bowlers, Kolkata Knight Riders spinner Varun Chakraborty is at number four, who has 13 wickets. Punjab Kings pacer Arshdeep Singh is at number five with 13 wickets.
Who is ahead in the race for runs?
If we talk about the maximum number of runs, then Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf Duplesey is still in power here. He is the only batsman who has scored more than 400 runs. Duplessi has 422 runs in 8 innings. At the same time, Virat Kohli of Bangalore is second after him, who has scored 333 runs in the same number of innings. Chennai opener Rituraj Gaikwad has also crossed the 300 mark after playing an inning of 47 runs against Rajasthan and is at number four with 317 runs.
