RCB vs CSK IPL 2022: Who won today's IPL match? Man of the Match, Point Table, Orange Cap, Purple Cap

Who won today’s IPL match?: It was battle of the south in the Match 49th of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) faced Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at MCA Stadium in Pune. After suffering three straight losses, it was a win for the Far du Plessis side as they thumped the Men in Yellow by 13 runs to register their 6th win of the season. With this win, they enter the top 4 and made their case strong for playoffs.

Today’s IPL match result

Asked to bat first, RCB came out all guns blazing as openers Virat Kohli (30) and Faf du Plessis (38) came out all guns blazing and scored 62 runs for the opening partnership. But after that they had a mini collapse and saw them tumbling at 123/4. Mahi Lomror played a decent knock of 42 runs and a finish by Dinesh Karthik (26*) helped RCB post a total of 173 runs on the board. Maheesh Theekshana starred with the ball for his side and returned with the figures of 3/27.

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Chasing the target, CSK openers Ruturaj Gaikwad (28) and Devon Conway () yet agains gave them a decent start and scored 54 runs for the partnership. But they lost Robin Uthappa (1) and Ambati Rayudu (10) to see themselves reeling at 75/3. Moeen Ali then played a decent innings and kept his side in hunt with his 34-run knock. After that it was RCB as they displayed a brilliant death bowling and closed the match comfortably by 13 runs.

Man of the match today IPL

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) pacer Harshal Patel was awarded Player of Match in today’s encounter against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Pune. The right-hander put on a show of staggering display of death bowling and returned with the figures of 3/35. He removed the likes of Ranvindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, who was going great guns, and Dwaine Pretorius to his side win the match by 13 runs.

Today IPL highlights

You can catch highlights of today’s IPL 2022 encounter between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) that took place at MCA Stadium in Pune on official website of IPL. Here’s the link to the same:

IPL schedule

The next match of the 15th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is slated to take place between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday (5th May).

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IPL 2022 Point Table

Teams	P	W	L	Pts	Nrr
Gujarat Titans	10	8	2	16	+0.158
Lucknow Super Giants	10	7	3	14	+0.397
Rajasthan Royals	10	6	4	12	+0.340
Royal Challengers Bangalore	11	6	5	12	-0.444
Sunrisers Hyderabad	9	5	4	10	+0.471
Punjab Kings	10	5	5	10	-0.229
Delhi Capitals	9	4	5	8	+0.587
Kolkata Knight Riders	10	4	6	8	+0.060
Chennai Super Kings	10	3	7	6	-0.431
Mumbai Indians	9	1	8	2	-0.836

IPL 2022 Orange Cap

POS	Player	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100	50
1	Jos Buttler	10	10	588	116	65.33	150.76	3	3
2	KL Rahul	10	10	451	103*	56.38	145.01	2	2
3	Shikhar Dhawan	10	10	369	88*	46.13	124.66	0	3
4	Abhishek Sharma	9	9	324	75	36.00	134.43	0	2
5	Shreyas Iyer	10	10	324	85	36.00	133.33	0	2

IPL 2022 Purple Cap

POS	Player	Mat	Inns	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR
1	Yuzvendra Chahal	10	10	19	40/5	15.31	7.27	12.63
2	Kuldeep Yadav	9	9	17	14/4	15.82	8.23	11.52
3	Kagiso Rabada	9	9	17	33/4	16.05	8.27	11.64
4	T Natarajan	9	9	17	10/3	17.82	8.65	12.35
5	Wanindu Hasranga	11	11	16	20/4	19.00	8.21	13.87