On Tuesday night, hosts Rajasthan Royals (RR) clinched an important 15-run victory against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) at Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Jaipur).

Rajasthan captain Ajinkya Rahane decided to bat first after winning the toss. With the help of opener Jos Buttler’s superb batting performance, RR put a fighting total of 158/8 in 20 overs.

In reply, only KXIP opener KL Rahul batted strongly against the RR bowlers as the visitors managed to score only 143/7 at the end of 20 overs.

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Brief Scores: RR – 158/8 (Jos Buttler 82, Sanju Samson 22, Andre Tye 4/34)

KXIP – 143/7 in 20 overs (KL Rahul 95*, Marcus Stoinis 11, Krishnappa Gowtham 2/12)

Result – RR won by 15 runs

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match

i) RR batsman Jos Buttler completed his half-century in just 27 balls.

• The second fastest IPL half-century by an RR batsman against KXIP. The record holder is Graeme Smith who had completed an IPL half-century in 26 balls against KXIP at Durban on May 5, 2009.
• The second fastest IPL half-century by an RR batsman in this IPL season. The record holder is also Jos Buttler who had completed his half-century in just 18 balls against Delhi Daredevils at Delhi on May 2.

ii) RR wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler scored 82 runs.

• Highest IPL knock by a wicketkeeper-batsman at Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Jaipur).
• The second highest IPL knock by an RR wicketkeeper-batsman. The record is 94* by Naman Ojha against Chennai Super Kings at Chennai on April 3, 2010.
• Third highest IPL knock by an RR batsman against KXIP.

Top IPL knocks by RR batsmen against KXIP

iii) KXIP pacer Andrew Tye had the bowling figure of 4-0-34-4.

• Best IPL bowling figure by a pacer against RR at Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Jaipur). The previous record was 3/18 by Dhawal Kulkarni (Mumbai Indians) on May 20, 2012.
• Joint best IPL bowling figure by a KXIP bowler against RR. Previously, Ryan Harris (4-0-34-4) had the exact same bowling figure at Mohali on May 5, 2012.   

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iv) KXIP opening batsman KL Rahul completed his half-century in 48 balls.

• The second slowest IPL half-century by any batsman against RR. The slowest one is completing half-century in 49 balls by Murali Vijay (Chennai Super Kings) at Jaipur on May 12, 2013.
• Joint third slowest IPL half-century by any KXIP batsman.

Slowest IPL half-centuries by KXIP batsmen   

v) KXIP wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul scored an unbeaten 95 runs.

• Highest IPL knock by a wicketkeeper-batsman against RR. The previous record holder was KL Rahul himself with 84* runs knock at Indore on May 6, 2018.
• The second highest IPL knock by a KXIP batsman against RR. The record is 115 by Shaun Marsh at Mohali on May 28, 2008.
• The second highest IPL knock for the losing cause during chasing. The record is 100 by Yusuf Pathan (RR) against Mumbai Indians at Mumbai (Brabourne Stadium) on March 13, 2010.    
• Third highest IPL knock by a KXIP wicketkeeper-batsman.

Top IPL knocks by KXIP wicketkeepers

vi) KXIP batsman KL Rahul scored 66.43% runs of his team’s innings.

• Fourth highest percentage of team’s total runs scored by a batsman in the IPL history.

Highest percentage of team’s total runs scored by the batsmen in IPL history

vii) RR wicketkeeper Jos Buttler scored 82 runs and KXIP wicketkeeper KL Rahul scored 95*. 

• First time in IPL history both wicketkeepers scored 70+ runs in a match.