#3 KXIP’s winning streak
At one stage of the tournament, KL Rahul and his men were well on the verge of being eliminated from the race for top-4. However, after losing five successive matches and reeling at the bottom of the table with only one win in seven matches, KXIP made an incredible comeback — winning the next four matches consecutively and now they have a strong chance of qualification.
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Out of the four wins, one ended in twin Super Overs, while the one against SRH was a heist. After restricting KXIP to 126, SRH looked cruising towards a win, having scored 52 runs in five overs. However, the Sunrisers then suffered a monumental collapse as it was bowled out on 114. With the four wins, KXIP is now fifth in the table with 10 points.
#4 Varun Chakravarthy’s five-fer
The KKR spinner became the first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in the ongoing season of IPL. Chakravarthy produced a marvellous display of bowling, removing the key batsmen in Delhi Capitals’ lineup — Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, and Axar Patel, to guide his side to a 59-run win.
#5 The collapses
KKR and Chennai Super Kings suffered some of the most embarrassing batting collapses in this week of the tournament. While the KKR failed to get past the three-figure mark against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians reduced Chennai Super Kings to 43/7 before Sam Curran took the side to a respectable score.
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The Knight Riders were restricted to 84/8 in 20 overs by RCB. Mohammad Siraj was the star of the game as he bowled two wicket-maidens, in which he scalped three wickets. CSK, meanwhile, were outclassed by the seething pace from Trent Boult and Jasprit Bumrah upfront, as the side lost its first four wickets in merely 3 runs. Sam Curran, however, scored 52 to take CSK to 114/9 in the match.
