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Suryakumar Yadav was in excellent form. (pic credit: sportzpix)
Take a look at the latest IPL 2023 points table after Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers at Wankhede Stadium
Mumbai Indians’ middle-order came to the fore again as they chased down a target of 200 with ease – the third time they have done so this season and the first team to do so in a single IPL season.
Their red-hot show is in stark contrast to how their season started when they lost a couple of matches in a row, but now they have put themselves into playoff contention with another stellar performance in IPL 2023.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore must have taken a sense of comfort posting 199/6 despite being rocked early by Jason Behrendorff. Glenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessis’ blistering half-centuries were followed by a late cameo from Dinesh Karthik to take them to a challenging score.
MI was having none of it. First Ishan Kishan scored 42 off 21 balls in the powerplay and then came Suryakumar Yadav, who created a storm to blow RCB away. When that was done, RCB were left with MI needing just eight runs to win off 26 balls.
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Sky scored 83 off 35 balls, while Nehal Wadhera scored an unbeaten 52 off 34 balls to take Mumbai to 200 in 16.3 overs.
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Before the start of Tuesday’s clash, MI were in eighth position. After the win, they have reached the third position and are in the race for the playoffs. MI have 12 points from 11 matches and are now behind table-toppers Gujarat Titans who have 16 points and Chennai Super Kings who are second with 13 points.
RCB, on the other hand, have slipped a rung to the seventh position. They are in the race but the road has become a bit more challenging for them. Four teams including Rajasthan Royals, Kolkata Knight Riders, Punjab Kings and RCB have 10-10 points.
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With his sixth half-century of the season, Faf du Plessis has extended his lead at the top of the run-scorers’ list. He now has 576 runs in 11 innings at an average of 57.60 and an impressive strike-rate of 157.8.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill are in the top three.
Suryakumar has entered the top-10 and is now with 376 runs at 34/18 from 11 innings and an impressive strike-rate of 186.13.
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Mohammed Shami continues to top the list of top wicket takers with 19 wickets in 11 matches. The names of Rashid Khan and Tushar Deshpande also have 19-19 wickets but Shami is ahead due to better economy rate.
Jason Behrendorff, who took three wickets for Mumbai, has reached 17th position with 11 wickets in seven matches.
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