On Sunday night, the hosts Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) clinched an important 6-wicket victory (with 8 balls to spare) against Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Holkar Cricket Stadium (Indore).

KXIP captain Ravichandran Ashwin sent Rajasthan to bat first after winning the toss. As their most batsmen were struggling, RR only managed to put 152 on the board after losing 9 wickets at the end of 20 overs.

In reply, KL Rahul guided safely for the victory as KXIP chased down the target successfully in 18.4 overs after losing 4 wickets.

Also read: (KXIP vs RR) – Turning Point of the Match

Brief Scores: RR – 152/9 in 20 overs (Jos Buttler 51, Sanju Samson 28, Mujeeb Ur Rahman 3/27)

KXIP – 155/4 in 18.4 overs (KL Rahul 84*, Karun Nair 31, Krishnappa Gowtham 1/18)

Result – KXIP won by 6 wickets

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match

i) RR wicketkeeper Jos Buttler scored 51 runs.

• Third highest IPL knock by a RR wicketkeeper-batsman against KXIP.

Highest IPL knocks by the RR wicketkeeper-batsmen against KXIP

ii) KXIP off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman had the bowling figure of 4-0-27-3.

• The second best IPL bowling figure by a KXIP spinner against RR. The record is 4-0-24-3 by Axar Patel at Mohali on May 23, 2014.

iii) RR scored 152/9 in 20 overs.

• Third lowest IPL total for RR against KXIP.

Lowest IPL totals for RR against KXIP

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iv) KXIP batsman KL Rahul completed his half-century in 44 balls.

• Joint second slowest IPL half-century by a KXIP batsman against RR.

Top slowest IPL half-centuries by the KXIP batsmen against RR

v) KXIP batsman KL Rahul scored an unbeaten 84 runs.

• KL Rahul’s highest IPL knock. His previous highest was 68* for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Mumbai Indians at Bengaluru on May 11, 2016.
• Highest IPL knock by a wicketkeeper against RR. The previous record was 69 runs by Rishabh Pant (Delhi Daredevils at Delhi on May 2, 2018) and Dinesh Karthik (Delhi Daredevils at Delhi on March 31, 2010) once each.
• Third highest IPL knock by a KXIP batsman against RR.

Top IPL knocks by KXIP batsmen against RR  

vi) KXIP batsmen KL Rahul and Marcus Stoinis put a match-winning unbroken 68-run partnership for the fifth wicket.

• The second highest IPL partnership for KXIP against RR for the fifth or lower wickets. The record in this list is 75-run partnership for the fifth wicket between Kumar Sangakkara and Irfan Pathan at Cape Town on April 26, 2009.

vii) KXIP won this match by 6 wickets.

• It was the seventh IPL game at Holkar Cricket Stadium (Indore). In all the IPL matches, chasing team won the games.

viii) At the age of just 17 years and 39 days, KXIP cricketer Mujeeb Ur Rahman received the Player of the Match award for his superb bowling effort.

• Youngest player to win the Player of the Match award in the IPL history. The previous record holder was Washington Sundar who had won his first IPL Player of the Match award at the age of 17 years and 229 days (IPL 2017).