Rajasthan Royals defeated Kings XI Punjab by 4 wickets in a high scoring thriller at Sharjah Cricket Ground in Sharjah last night and registered their second consecutive win of the tournament.
Earlier Rajasthan Royals won the toss and asked Punjab to bat first. The in-form opening pair of KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal gave a good start and later Mayank Agarwal took his game to another level and brought up his maiden IPL hundred of just 45 balls. KL Rahul also completed his fifty and they added 183 runs for the first wicket. In end, Pooran's cameo helped Punjab to post a big total of 223/2 on the board. Mayank Agarwal scored 106 runs off just 50 balls while Rahul scored 69 runs.
In reply, Rajasthan Royals had a poor start as they lost Jos Buttler cheaply but Steven Smith and Sanju Samson counter-attacked and kept their team in the match. Smith got out just after scoring his 50th run. Samson continued to play big shots but Rahul Tewatia who was promoted to number four struggled as he managed only 8 runs off the first 19 balls.
Samson got out after playing 85 runs off 42 balls' knock. In the last 18 balls Royals needed 51 runs and all of a sudden Tewatia changed the gears and hit 5 sixes off Cottrell over and in the next over Jofra Archer smashed 2 sixes and Tewatia brought up his maiden IPL fifty and eventually in the last over Rajasthan Royals chased down this record target of 224 runs.
All the major stats and facts from the ninth match between Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab in Sharjah :
45 - Mayank Agarwal scored his maiden IPL hundred in just 45 balls. The second fastest hundred by an Indian player in IPL in terms of balls.
Fastest Hundreds by Indian Batsmen in IPL (By balls) -
37 - Yusuf Pathan vs MI at Mumbai, 2010
45 - Mayank Agarwal vs RR at Sharjah, 2020
46 - Murali Vijay vs RR at Chennai, 2010
47 - Virat Kohli vs KXIP at Bangalore, 2016
48 - Virender Sehwag vs Deccan Chargers at Hyderabad, 2011
62 - Total of 62 sixes have been hit at Sharjah Cricket Ground in Sharjah in two matches of this IPL season. 33 Sixes were hit in RR vs CSK match while 29 sixes were hit in this match.
105 - Sanju Samson when he hit his second six of the innings, completed 100 sixes in IPL. He has hit a total of 105 sixes in 95 matches in IPL.
183 - Runs partnership between KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal is the third biggest partnership for the opening wicket in the Indian Premier League.
Highest Opening Partnerships in IPL -
185 - D Warner / J Bairstow (SRH) vs RCB at Hyderabad, 2019
184* - G Gambhir / C Lynn (KKR) vs GL at Rajkot, 2017
183 - KL Rahul / M Agarwal (KXIP) vs RR at Sharjah, 2020
167 - C Gayle / T Dilshan (RCB) vs PWI at Bangalore, 2013
163* - S Tendulkar / D Smith (MI) vs RR at Jaipur, 2012
Highest Partnerships for KXIP in IPL -
206 - A Gilchrist / S Marsh vs RCB at Dharmsala, 2011
183 - KL Rahul / M Agarwal vs RR at Sharjah, 2020
148 - S Marsh / A Mahmood vs MI at Dharmsala, 2013
136 - A Gilchrist / P Valthaty vs Deccan Chargers at Hyderabad, 2011
135 - G Maxwell / D Miller vs CSK at Cuttack, 2014
224 - Runs chase by Rajasthan Royals is the highest ever successful run chase in IPL. Royals broke their own 12 years old record of the highest successful run chase in this league.
Highest Successful Run Chases in IPL -
224 - RR vs KXIP at Sharjah, 2020
215 - RR vs DC (Deccan Chargers) at Hyderabad, 2008
209 - DC (Delhi Capitals) vs GL at Delhi, 2017
449 - The match aggregates of 449 runs are the fourth highest match aggregates in the Indian Premier League.
Highest Match Aggregates in IPL -
469 - CSK (246) vs RR (223) at Chennai, 2010
459 - KXIP (214) vs KKR (245) at Indore, 2018
453 - MI (223) vs KXIP (230) at Mumbai, 2017
449 - RR (226) vs KXIP (223) at Sharjah, 2020
447 - KXIP (207) vs CSK (240) at Mohali, 2008
