IPL 2018
IPL 2018: Match 21 (RR vs MI) – Stats Review
By Sandy - Apr 23, 2018 2:28 pm
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On Sunday night, hosts Rajasthan Royals (RR) claimed an important 3-wicket victory against Mumbai Indians (MI) at Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Jaipur).

Rajasthan Royals

MI captain Rohit Sharma decided to bat first after winning the toss. They managed to score 167/7 in 20 overs which was successfully chased by the hosts RR in 19.4 overs after losing 7 wickets.

Brief Scores: MI – 167/7 in 20 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 72, Ishan Kishan 58, Jofra Archer 3/22)

RR – 168/7 in 19.4 overs (Sanju Samson 52, Ben Stokes 40, Hardik Pandya 2/25)

Result – RR won by 3 wickets

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:

i) MI batsmen Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan put a superb 129-run partnership for the second wicket.

  • The second highest IPL partnership for MI against RR. The record is 163* runs partnership for the opening wicket between Sachin Tendulkar and Dwayne Smith at Jaipur on May 20, 2012.
  • Third highest IPL partnership for any wicket at Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Jaipur).

Top IPL partnerships at Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Jaipur)

ii) MI batsman Suryakumar Yadav scored 72 runs.

  • The second highest IPL knock in a losing cause at Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Jaipur). The record is 75* by Rahul Dravid (Royal Challengers Bangalore) against RR on May 17, 2008.
Suryakumar Yadav

 

 

iii) MI skipper Rohit Sharma was dismissed for a golden duck.

  • It was Rohit Sharma’s 10th IPL duck. He became the eighth batsman to score 10 or more IPL ducks.

Batsmen who scored 10 or more ducks in IPL career

MI skipper Rohit Sharma was run-out for a duck

  

iv) At the end of the match, MI batsman Kieron Pollard has hit 150 sixes in his IPL career.

  • The ninth batsman to hit 150 or more sixes in IPL career.

List of batsmen who have hit 150 or more IPL sixes

Kieron Pollard

v) MI scored 167/7 in 20 overs. 

  • The second highest IPL total for MI at Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Jaipur). The record is 174/5 (20 overs) against RR on April 11, 2010.

 

vi) RR batsmen Sanju Samson and Ben Stokes put 72-run partnership for the third wicket.

  • The second highest third-wicket IPL partnership for RR against MI. The record is 82 runs partnership between Ajinkya Rahane and Owais Shah at Mumbai on April 11, 2012.

 

vii) RR batsman Krishnappa Gowtham was unbeaten on 33 runs off 11 balls with 300.00 strike rate.

  • Scoring minimum 30 runs in an innings, it was the second highest IPL innings strike-rate for any RR batsman. The record is 309.09 by Chris Morris (34* runs off 11 balls) against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Mumbai (Brabourne Stadium) on May 7, 2015.
  • Scoring minimum 30 runs in an innings, it was the second highest IPL innings strike-rate for any batsman against MI. The record is 372.72 by AB de Villiers (41 runs off 11 balls) at Bengaluru on April 19, 2015.
Krishnappa Gowtham

 

viii) RR successfully chased down the target of 168 runs (168/7 in 19.4 overs).

  • Highest IPL chase for RR against MI. The previous record was successfully chasing 165 runs (165/3 in 19.1 overs) at Ahmadabad on April 14, 2015.