Updated IPL 2023 Points Table, Orange Cap, Purple Cap List After CSK vs DC Game: Chennai Super Kings In Strong Position

Chennai Super Kings has taken another step towards the IPL 2023 playoff spot. MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja's blistering knocks followed by Matheesha Pathirana's three-wicket haul helped Chennai Super Kings (CSK) clinch a 27-run victory over Delhi Capitals (DC) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday. With this win, CSK have 15 points from 12 games and are sitting at the second spot. DC are all but out of the playoff race as they remain at the bottom of the points table.

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RCB captain Faf du Plessis, who scored a half-century against MI, leads the top run-getters' list with a tally of 576 runs in 11 games. Three bowlers - Gujarat Titans' Mohammed Shami and Rashid Khan along with Chennai Super Kings' Tushar Deshpande - lead the wicket-takers' list with 19 scalps each.

For CSK, Dhoni and Jadeja's 19th over onslaught took CSK to 167/8. Pathirana bagged three while Deepak Chahar scalped two and Ravindra Jadeja took one wicket. For Delhi, Rilee Rossouw scored the highest with 35 off 37 while Manish Pandey played a knock of 27 runs in 29 balls.

Defending a total of 167, Chennai bowlers dominated Delhi batters at the start of their innings, Deepak Chahar drew first blood as he claimed a big wicket of David Warner to give DC an early shock in the first over of the match. Warner went back to the pavilion for a two-ball duck.

The right-handed batter Mitchell Marsh then came out to the crease. In the third over of the game, Chahar stuck again as he dismissed set batter Phil Salt for 17. Chahar trowed a short-length delivery and Salt fetched the pull and mistimed it to hand a simple catch to Ambati Rayudu. Manish Pandey then came out to bat.

It did not take DC