The 13th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) started on a brilliant note for the fans. In the tournament opener, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) registered a 5-wicket win against the defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) in a close encounter. Chennai is the only team that has played more than one game in the tournament and its players are the leading run-scorer and wicket-taker as well. Faf du Plessis (130 runs) and Sam Curran (4 Wickets) are leading the charts, but they aren’t wearing Orange and Purple caps.

As per the IPL rules, the Orange cap and the Purple cap are worn by the leading run-scorer and wicket-taker respectively. But a batsman or a bowler can only start wearing it when all the teams have played at least one match each. The reason for this policy is that till the time the players from every franchise don’t get a chance to perform in the tournament, these caps can’t be worn.

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Notably, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be playing their first game against Mumbai Indians at Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, 23rd September.

The first game of the extravaganza at Sharjah was a delight for every cricket fan. The fans yearned for massive sixes in the T20 tournament and this game provided them with 33 of those. Rajasthan Royals (RR) were playing without their 2 big match-winners, Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler, but Sanju Samson and Steve Smith didn’t let the fans to miss them at all.

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Samson (74 off 32) won the Man of the Match award for his exceptional knock as he also scored his fatest IPL fifty. RR made 216 and CSK tried their best to chase down the massive total. However, it looked out of reach for CSK as they ended up losing the match by 16 runs. Nonetheless, RR and CSK batsmen slammed 33 sixes all together and that became the biggest highlight of the match.