IPL 2023 Points Table, Orange Cap And Purple Cap Standings After DC vs GT on 4 April 2023

Defending champions Gujarat Titans sit on top of the IPL 2023 points table following a 6-wicket win over Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday (April 4).

On April 3, Chennai Super Kings bounced back from the opening game loss with a 12-run victory over Lucknow Super Giants at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai to climb up the table.

Defending champions Gujarat Titans start IPL 2023 with back-to-back wins

Rajasthan Royals opened their campaign in style as they defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 72 runs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday (April 2) to take pole position, but drop down to second after GT's win.

Later, in the second match of Sunday's double-header, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated record champions Mumbai Indians by 8 wickets at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru to take third spot.

Punjab Kings also secured a win to take the fifth spot following 7-run win (DLS Method) in their campaign opener against two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders on Saturday (April 1).

Here is a look at the updated IPL 2023 points table, orange cap and purple cap leaderboard after today's IPL match DC vs GT on 4 April 2023:

IPL 2023 Points Table

Position	Team	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	No Result	Points	Net Run Rate
1.	Gujarat Titans	2	2	0	0	0	4	+0.700
2.	Rajasthan Royals	1	1	0	0	0	2	+3.650
3.	Royal Challengers Bangalore	1	1	0	0	0	2	+1.980
4.	Lucknow Super Giants	2	1	1	0	0	2	+0.950
5.	Punjab Kings	1	1	0	0	0	2	+0.438
6.	Chennai Super Kings	2	1	1	0	0	2	+0.036
7.	Kolkata Knight Riders	1	0	1	0	0	0	-0.438
8.	Delhi Capitals	2	0	2	0	0	0	-1.702
9.	Mumbai Indians	1	0	1	0	0	0	-1.980
10.	Sunrisers Hyderabad	1	0	1	0	0	0	-3.650

Like the points table, it's also too early in the tournament for the Orange Cap (most runs) and Purple Cap (most wickets) leaders. Chennai Super Kings opener Ruturaj Gaikwad currently sits on top of the Orange Cap leaderboard followed by LSG's Kyle Mayers.

IPL 2023 Orange Cap and Purple Cap leaders

Many more players will be involved in the race for the top spots including former orange cap winners Jos Buttler, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul to name a few. Also, the likes of Tilka Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, David Miller and more will be in the race.

IPL 2023 Orange Cap Leaderboard

Position	Player	Matches	Runs	Highest Score	Strike Rate	50s	100s
1.	Ruturaj Gaikwad (CSK)	2	149	91	183.95	2	0
2.	Kyle Mayers (LSG)	2	126	73	210.00	2	0
3.	David Warner (DC)	2	93	56	116.25	1	0
4.	Tilak Varma (MI)	1	84	84*	182.60	1	0
5.	Sai Sudarshan (GT)	2	84	62*	129.23	1	0
6.	Virat Kohli (RCB)	1	82	82*	167.34	1	0
7.	Shubman Gill (GT)	2	77	63	157.14	1	0
8.	Faf du Plessis (RCB)	1	73	73	171.42	1	0
9.	Nicholas Pooran (LSG)	2	68	36	174.35	0	0
10.	Vijay Shankar (GT)	2	56	29	127.27	0	0

In the purple cap leaderboard for IPL 2023, Lucknow Super Giants' Mark Wood sits on top following a 5-wicket haul in his first match. The England pacer is followed by his teammate Ravi Bishnoi and Rajasthan Royals' Yuzvendra Chahal, who won the purple cap in 2022.

Many other bowlers will also make their way into the leaderboard with likes of Wanindu Hasaranga, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje and Harshal Patel also set to compete in this edition.

IPL 2023 Purple Cap Leaderboard

Position	Player	Matches	Wickets	Best Bowling Inning	Economy Rate	4W+ Innings
1.	Mark Wood (LSG)	2	8	5/14	7.87	1
2.	Rashid Khan (GT)	2	5	3/31	7.12	0
3.	Ravi Bishnoi (LSG)	2	5	3/24	7.37	0
4.	Mohammed Shami (GT)	2	5	3/41	8.75	0
5.	Yuzvendra Chahal (RR)	1	4	4/17	4.25	1
6.	Moeen Ali (CSK)	2	4	4/26	6.50	1
7.	Alzarri Joseph (GT)	2	4	2/29	7.75	0
8.	Arshdeep Singh (PBKS)	1	3	3/19	6.33	0
9.	Khaleel Ahmed (DC)	2	3	2/30	8.28	0
10.	Avesh Khan (LSG)	2	3	2/32	9.71	0