SRH’s bad condition, LSG reached the top
The first week of the 16th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been completed and 10 matches have been played so far. After this, there is a lot of disturbance in the points table as well. On Friday, Lucknow Super Giants defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 5 wickets. After this win, SRH’s team was in a bad condition and the net run rate of this team, already occupying the 10th position, got worse. On the other hand, Lucknow, registering their second win in the third match, did such a upset that they captured the top position by sliding down the defending champions Gujarat Titans, who have won both the matches so far.
The team of Lucknow Super Giants has jumped straight from number 5 to the top position. On the other hand, the team of Sunrisers Hyderabad, who lost both their matches, is still in 10th place and its net runrate has now become the worst -2.867. Hyderabad was defeated by Rajasthan in the first match. Now in the second match the team had to face defeat against Lucknow. This is the 8th defeat of the Sunrisers team in the last 9 IPL matches. Last season too, the performance of this team was poor and the team lost eight out of 14 matches and finished in eighth place. This time the team has changed the players and the captain but the luck does not seem to be changing at the moment.
latest update of points table
Talking about what happened in the league so far for the latest position of the points table, the teams of Gujarat and Punjab have won both their opening matches. On the other hand, Lucknow Super Giants won two out of three matches and became the table topper by defeating Team Hyderabad. On the other hand, the teams of Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings have lost one match, while these teams have won one each. While the Mumbai Indians team has lost their first match, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals are in the worst condition, having lost both their opening matches.
Sunrisers Hyderabad team could only manage 121 runs after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs after playing the stipulated 20 overs in the match held on Friday. In reply, Lucknow Super Giants scored 127 runs losing 5 wickets in 16 overs and registered an easy win. Due to this victory four overs ago, there was a lot of jump in the net runrate of Lucknow. This was the reason that KL Rahul’s team captured the top position with a net run rate of 1.358. On the other hand, Gujarat Titans (0.700) team slipped to second and Punjab Kings (0.333) to third place.
