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Orange and Purple Cap race becomes interesting, will Shubman capture Faf Du Plessis

The league matches in the Indian Premier League 2023 are over and now the playoff matches will begin. With this, the 16th season of IPL has reached its final stage. After the league match is over, now the playoff race will start in which the first qualifier match will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Giants. After this, the eliminator match will be played between Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians. The team that loses the first qualifier and the winner of the eliminator will play a second qualifier, with the winner playing the final against the team that wins the first qualifier.
 
At the same time, after the end of the league match, many changes have also been seen in Orange Cap and Purple Cap. Significantly, in the IPL match played by Mumbai Indians against Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 21, Cameron Green batted brilliantly and scored the first century of his IPL career. Mumbai Indians got the win thanks to the blazing innings of Cameron Green. In the second match of the league, Gujarat Giants defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore and shattered Bangalore’s dream of going to the playoffs.
 
Such is the condition of Orange Cap
Currently, the Orange Cap remains the crown of Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf Duplesey. Duplesey has scored a total of 730 runs in 14 matches played so far. In the last match against RCB, Gujarat’s Shubman Gill played a blistering innings and scored a brilliant century. After this innings, Shubman Gill has reached close to the Orange Cap. He has scored 680 runs in 14 matches. Whereas Virat Kohli is at number three with 639 runs. Rajasthan Royals batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal is at number four with 625 runs.
 
This is the condition of Purple Cap
Presently, only Gujarat Titans player Mohammed Shami holds the Purple Cap. Mohammed Shami has taken 24 wickets in 14 matches. At the same time, his fellow player Rashid Khan also remains on the second position with 24 wickets. Yuzvendra Chahal of Rajasthan Royals is in third place with 21 wickets. Piyush Chawla of Mumbai Indians is at number four with 20 wickets.

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