Rajasthan Royals lead the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 desk after the primary spherical of matches because of their complete victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday. RR rode good performances from Sanju Samson and Yuzvendra Chahal to information RR to a 72-run win in Hyderabad. As a consequence, they’ve a superb web run charge of +3.6000. In second place, Lucknow Super Giants even have two factors, however their web run charge is at present +2.500. Royal Challengers Bangalore (+1.981), Gujarat Titans (+0.514) and Punjab Kings (+0.438) full the Top 5 within the factors desk, and so they all have 2 factors from one recreation.

The backside half of the desk has Kolkata Knight Riders in sixth place, Chennai Super Kings in seventh and Mumbai Indians in eighth with –1.981. Delhi Capitals are struggling on the ninth place however Sunrisers Hyderabad are final within the desk with a disappointing web run charge of –3.600.

Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis dished out a chasing masterclass with a 148-run opening partnership as Royal Challengers Bangalore made a sensational begin to their IPL marketing campaign with a complete eight-wicket demolition of Mumbai Indians in Bengaluru on Sunday.

Sent into bat, Tilak Varma smashed a scintillating 84 off 46 balls to single-handedly energy MI to 171 for seven however Kohli and du Plessis made mockery of the full, slamming twin fifties as RCB romped dwelling with as many as 22 balls to spare.

Chasing 172, Kohli (82 not out) and Du Plessis (73) produced an exhibition of elegant stroke-making, plundering 10 boundaries and as many maximums throughout their close to flawless 89-ball stand.

After du Plessis perished within the fifteenth over, Kohli accomplished the job, hitting a 4 and 6 off Arshad Khan to knock off the successful runs handy MI their eleventh consecutive defeat of their first match of the season.

The second spherical of video games will kick off with Chennai Super Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants on Monday.

(With PTI inputs)