IPL 2023

Three teams -- defending champions Gujarat Titans, four-time winners Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants -- have clinched their berths in the Playoffs. Gujarat Titans are at the top of the pile with 18 points from 13 matches while Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants are tied at 17 points each with.

 Four-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) became the second team to qualify for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 Playoffs after thrashing a listless Delhi Capitals by 77 runs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday. In such a tall chase, Delhi needed big runs from the word go, but the opposite happened of it in the.

As Mumbai Indians get ready to take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in a must-win match in their final game of the league stage all eyes will be on Yadav, who will carry the five-time champions' hopes on his shoulders. Surya Kumar is MI's most successful batter in IPL 2023 with 486 runs from 13 innings. He has scored four fifties.

With this win, LSG became the third team to qualify for Playoffs in the ongoing IPL 2023 season, having 17 points from 14 matches. On the other hand, KKR got eliminated after suffering a close defeat. West Indies wicket-keeper batter Nicholas Pooran led Lucknow Super Giants' fightback with a quickfire fifty (58 off 30).

The 1000th six of IPL 2023 came in Match 67 between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals as MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat first. This was the 13th maximum struck by Conway and the 112th six struck by a CSK batter in IPL 2023. Shivam Dube is the Chennai player to hit the maximum sixes for his team this season.

"We all five had match tickets and we were going to watch the game. Delhi Police took our tickets first, then we were taken to an uncertain location," Sakshi told IANS. "Police said that they would give us VIP treatment but tried to detain us. We then demanded our tickets and said we won't watch the game now and returned,"

On a pitch that was termed to be sluggish, Gaikwad produced a stunning exhibition of back-foot shots in hitting three fours and seven sixes in his 50-ball knock while Conway was pristine in his strokeplay during his 52-ball innings to hit 11 fours and three sixes as Chennai unleashed carnage.

The Royals thus put themselves in contention for the Playoffs spots as they moved to fifth on the table with this four-wicket win while Punjab Kings are officially out of the race.After a shaky start, Sam Curran's unbeaten 49 off 31 and Shahrukh Khan's quickfire 41 not out off 28 balls along with Jitesh Sharma's 31-ball 44 guided.

After a shaky start, Jitesh and Curran steadied the innings with a crucial 64-run stand before the latter got dismissed. Then, Shahrukh joined Sam and the duo established an unbeaten 73-run partnership off 37 balls, taking 46 runs off the last two overs to take Punjab to 187/5 in 20 overs.

In a last-minute change, RR spinner Ravichandran Ashwin missed Friday's game due to a back spasm. On the other hand, PBKS are unchanged. "We will bowl. Looking at the dimensions and looking at what we require in the tournament, it is better to bowl. We need to win the game. Then see how the other games go. If you want to play good T20 cricket, you need to forget things.