Eighth week of IPL: Fifer for Madhwal; three centuries in a single day

Record fivewicket haul for MadhwalMumbai Indians MI pacer Akash Madhwal rattled Lucknow Super Giants with a maiden fivewicket haul in T20 cricket conceding just five runs to become the first bowler to claim a fifer in the Playoffs en route to the fivetime champions 81run win in Eliminator 1 at ChennaiIn the process the rightarm medium pacer also registered the best bowling figures by an uncapped player pushingPunjab Kingss Ankit Rajpoot 514 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2018 to second position in that listThree centuries in a single dayThe last day of the league phase of IPL16 witnessed three centuries with Cameron Green Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill scoring tons for their respective teams MIs Green promoted to No 3 smashed his maiden IPL ton to help the hosts win by eight wickets against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Wankhede His 47ball knock was laced with eight fours and as many sixes In the second match of the day Royal Challengers Bangalores RCB Virat Kohli and Gujarat Titanss GT Shubman Gill brought up their second consecutive centuries of IPL16 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium Batting first RCB posted 1975 thanks to Kohlis 61ball 101 not out In reply GT chased the target with six wickets in hand and five balls to spare as opener Gill stayed unbeaten on 104 off 52 ballsUnwanted record for KarthikRCBs Dinesh Karthik created an unwanted record for most ducks 17 in IPL The wicketkeeperbatman surpassed MI skipper Rohit Sharma 16 ducks after he was caught behind by GT wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha for a golden duck off leftarm pacer Yash Dayal mdash Karthikrsquos second consecutive duck and his fourth duck in this yearrsquos tournament during RCBrsquos sixwicket lossThe 37yearold batter scored just 140 runs in 13 IPL16 matches at 1167Heartbreak for RCB yet againRCB failed to get close to the coveted IPL trophy yet again despite showing positive signs in the first half of the tournament The Virat Kohliinspired unit extended their 16season drought after going down to GT by six wickets in the last league match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium The Bangalore side began the tournament with a big win over fivetime champions MI They went on to register four wins in the first seven matches However they emerged victorious just once in the next four matches taking them to a mustwin situation in the last three matches The Faf du Plessisled side won the next two matches convincingly before surrendering in the last league match at home Also Read IPL 2023 Disappointed Virat Kohli vows RCB will bounce back next seasonCSK march into 10th IPL finalChennai Super Kings CSK marched into the recordextending 10th IPL final in 14 seasons after going past defending champions GT in Qualifier 1 on Tuesday The fourtime IPL champions ended the 2022 edition in ninth place on the 10team table However Mahendra Singh Dhonis men bounced back to win eight matches in the 14match league this year They lost five while one match was washed out as the Southern team finished the league phase second In Qualifier 1 batting first CSK scored 1727 in the allotted 20 overs In reply GT fell short by 15 runs