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We are starting 5th week of this IPL season and are very close to half way mark. Points table is looking very spicy with CSK on top by a margin of just 2 points.

Last Matches Summary

Match 32 - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals

RCB played really well to defend 190 when Padikkal and Jaiswal had a 98 run 2nd wicket stand but RR lost bit of a momentum and the match with a small margin.

Maxi was amazing for RCB, and with Faf did most of the heavy lifting. Harshal Patel had a great day with ball and picked 3 wickets.

Brief Score: Royal Challengers Bangalore 189/9 (Maxwell 77, Faf 62; Boult 2/41) beat Rajasthan Royals 182/6 (Padikkal 52, Jaiswal 47; Harshal Patel 3/32, M Sharma 2/17) by 7 runs

Player of the Match: Glen Maxwell

Match 33 - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings

Rahane 2.0 looks like a reborn ‘avatar’ with the same style of shots but a completely overhauled mindset. I guess he is sending out some message with a bang. Rahane and Dube partnership was brutal and helped post CSK a dinosaur score of 235 on board, with Conway and Ruturaj giving a decent start.

In return, KKR fumbled, held some ground with Roy doing much of the talking, and fumbled again when Roy departed.

It was a dominating win by CSK with Rahane being the superstar and a signal to rest of the teams.

Brief Score: Chennai Super Kings 235/4 (Rahane 71*, Conway 56, Shivam Dube 50; Kulwant Khejroliya 2/44) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 186/8 (Jason Roy 61, Rinku Singh 53; Maheesh Theeksana 2/32) by 49 runs

Player of the Match: Ajinkya Rahane

Today’s Match Preview

Match 34 - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals

A battle of two bottom placed teams to try and get their campaign back on track OR try and stay at the bottom.

Team Form IPL2023

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A fun fact

The first international cricket match featuring a non-test-playing nation was played between Canada and Bermuda in 1849.

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