New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) skipper Faf du Plessis took Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) bowlers by storm at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday as he scored astonishing 62 runs off 33 balls before he was caught by MS Dhoni.

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Faf du Plessis holds orange cap

With 62 runs against CSK, captain Du Plessis climbed to the first position for the orange cap race as he got a total of 259 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 so far.

Chennai Super Kings may have defeated the RCB at their home ground but their former mate fought back really hard along with Glenn Maxwell. They together built a partnership of 126-runs, but as soon as they both fell, RCB collapsed and CSK won the match by a mere 8-runs.

Faf’s runs in IPL 2023

The 38-year-old batter is in terrific form as he scored a 73-run knock against Mumbai Indians in his first match, before scoring 23 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders. The South African then accumulated 79 runs and 22 runs in his third and fourth fixture respectively.

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Top 5 orange cap players list

Currently, Kolkata Knight Riders’ Venkatesh Iyer occupies the 2nd position. Iyer scored a historic hundred against Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Wankhede Stadium and he is the only second batter from KKR to score a century, after Brandon McCullum, since 2008.

Punjab Kings (PBKS) skipper Shikhar Dhawan is in 3rd position with 233 runs in 4 matches, followed by Gujarat Titans’ (GT) opener Shubman Gill, who scored 228 runs in 5 played matches. In the fifth position is Delhi Capitals’ skipper David Warner with 228 runs in 5 played matches.

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