Ruturaj Gaikwad prolonged his lead on the prime of the Orange Cap desk within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 as he slammed one other half-century throughout the match between Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants on Monday. He at the moment has 149 runs in 2 matches with a strike price of 183.95. In second place, there may be Kyle Mayers of LSG who handed his crew the proper begin within the run chase however was dismissed for 53 by Moeen Ali. Mumbai Indians teen Tilak Varma is third with 84 runs whereas the Royal Challengers Bangalore duo of Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis accomplished the Top 5.

In the race for the Purple Cap, LSG quick bowler Mark Wood continued his dominance as he took his tally to eight wickets with a three-wicket haul in opposition to CSK. Teammate Ravi Bishnoi is correct behind him with 5 wickets, however the duo was unable to present their facet the victory. In third spot, Yuzvendra Chahal has 4 wickets from one recreation whereas Moeen Ali took 4 wickets on Monday to say the fourth spot. The fifth place is occupied by Arshdeep Singh of Punjab Kings who took three wickets of their first encounter.

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway and Moeen Ali starred for Chennai Super Kings to assist the crew publish a 12-run win over Lucknow Super Giants at their fortress — the M A Chidambaram stadium — of their opening dwelling match of the continued IPL in Chennai on Monday.

Gaikwad slammed his second successive fifty and shared 110 runs for the opening wicket with Conway (47 off 29) as CSK posted a commanding 217 for 7 after being despatched into bat. Gaikwad, after his 92 within the opening recreation, smashed 57 off 31 with three fours and 4 sixes. Conway, who hit 5 boundaries and two hits over the fence, gave him good help.

And then Moeen Ali returned with fantastic figures of 4 for 26 from his overs to assist CSK restict LSG to 205 for seven.

Late hitting by Nicholas Pooran (32 off 18 balls, 2x4s, 3x6s) and a livid opening assault by his fellow West Indian Kyle Mayers (53 off 22 balls, 8x4s, 2x6s) went in useless for LSG.

CSK captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, again on dwelling turf, made considered use of the sluggish bowlers to make sure the crew’s first win on this 12 months’s IPL.

(With PTI inputs)