Published 11:19 IST, May 16th 2023
IPL Points Table 2023: Check Latest IPL Standings after GT becomes first team to qualify
A look at the updated Indian Premier League 2023 points table after Hardik Pandya's Gujarat Titans defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in match 62 of the tournament.
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Match 62 of IPL 2023 saw defending champions and table toppers Gujarat Titans defeat ninth placed Sunrisers Hyderabad by a margin of 34 runs at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. With win, Titans became first team to qualify for tournament playoffs and w have 18 points from 13 matches and will finish season at top spot with one match to go.
After batting first at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Hardik Pandya-led led Gujarat Titans didn't have a good start to ir innings as y lost inform opener Wriddhiman Saha for a duck as he was caught at slips off bowling of Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar. After losing Saha, all onus was on Shubman Gill as he had to stick to one end and also had to keep scoreboard moving. young Indian opener did same and continued his dream form in match. Gill added 147 runs off 84 balls for second wicket with his partner Sai Sudharsan, who also played a kck of 47 runs and his innings included six fours and one six. After Sudharsan's wicket, Shubman didn't stop and completed his maiden hundred in history of Indian Premier League. Titans opener played a kck of 101 runs off 58 balls with 13 fours and one six. Apart from all this, Sunrisers pacer Bhuvneshwar also broke backbone of hosts, and at one point score which looked to go till 220-230 was settled at 188/9 with Kumar ending innings with figures of 5/30.
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Sunrisers Hyderabad were coming into chase with good momentum but it didn't last long as Gujarat Titans pacer Mohammed Shami removed SRH opener Anmolpreet Singh in first over. fall of wickets didn't stop here and y kept on falling like nine pins as at one st Sunrisers were 57/7 and most of ir key batsmen got dismissed. Even big names like Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, and Rahul Tripathi were t able to add much assistance to ir team's chase. It looked like visitors will get bowled for a score of under 100 but in between came Heinrich Klassen who hit 64 runs off 44 balls with four fours and three sixes. Klassen reduced deficit of defeat and at last, Titans were able to win match by 34 runs.
Updated IPL Points Table 2023 after GT vs SRH
Coming to IPL 2023 updated points table, table toppers Gujarat Titans have qualified for playoffs of Indian Premier League 2023 with win against Sunrisers Hyderabad and will also finish at top spot at end of league phase. Chennai Super Kings are in second spot with seven wins out of 13 matches and y are as well one win ahead to qualify for kckout st of tournament. CSK is followed by Mumbai Indians and Luckw Super Giants with 14 and 13 points respectively out of 12 matches each.
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07:35 IST, May 16th 2023