Match No. 38 of IPL 2024 saw Mumbai Indians try to settle the scores against Rajasthan Royals while visiting the latter in Jaipur after having lost to the side at the Wankhede Stadium earlier this season.
MI opted to bat first and were dealt a huge blow as Trent Boult (2 for 32) removed Rohit Sharma in the first over, but the major damage to MI’s innings early was done by Sandeep Sharma (5 for 18) who took two more wickets in the powerplay and left MI reeling at 45/3 at the end of it.
This then became 52/4 in the eighth over when Yuzvendra Chahal held on to a return catch from Mohammad Nabi. At this point, Nehal Wadhera (49 off 24) joined Tilak Varma (65 off 45), and the two put up 99 in just 52 deliveries before Trent Boult returned to break the partnership. RR then bowled very well at the death, especially Sandeep Sharma who returned to take three wickets and MI could only manage 179/9.
RR’s reply started cautiously, but once Yashasvi Jaiswal (104* off 60), picked up the tempo, nothing stopped him and RR from dashing away to a victory. RR’s cause though, was helped significantly by a very poor fielding display from MI. In fact, RR won this match by a staggering 9 wickets.
Here are all the stats from the game.
1 – Trent Boult’s dismissal of Rohit Sharma was the 26th time Boult had taken a wicket in the first over of an IPL innings. This is now the most in IPL history, although Bhuvneshwar Kumar with 25 wickets is hot on Boult’s heels.
1 – Yuzvendra Chahal became the first player to take 200 wickets in the wickets. The closest active player to him is Piyush Chawla who is currently at 182.
3 – Tilak Varma at 21 years and 166 days became the third youngest player to score 1000 runs in the IPL. Among Indian players, he is also the second fastest to the milestone in 33 innings. He became the 93rd player to the milestone.
3 – The partnership of 99 between Tilak Varma and Nehal Wadhera is the third-highest for the fifth wicket for Mumbai Indians.
3,4 – Sandeep Sharma’s 5/18 is the third-best bowling figures both for RR and against MI in IPL history. It is also the fourth fifer in IPL history both for RR and against MI.
7 – Yashasvi Jaiswal’s century was the seventh by a RR batter while chasing in the IPL, which is the most for a team. Next on the list is Delhi Capitals with five.
13 – Jaiswal’s century was the 13th against MI in IPL history. MI now have the joint most centuries against them in IPL alongside RCB who also have had 13 centuries made against them.
17 – This century, was the 17th for RR in IPL history. Only RCB with 18 have more.
2 – Jaiswal became the second player after KL Rahul (who has 3) to score two centuries against Mumbai Indians in the IPL.
7 – Jaiswal became the seventh player to have scored two or more centuries against a single team in the IPL, The other players are, KL Rahul – 3 against MI, Chris Gayle – 2 against PBKS, Virat Kohli – 2 against Gujarat Lions, Jos Buttler – two each against both RCB and KKR and David Warner – 2 against KKR.
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