IPL 2020 : Match 33, RR v RCB - Statistical Highlights of the Match

All the major stats and facts from the 33rd match between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Dubai.

AB de Villiers played an amazing match winning knock of 55* off 22 balls against RR in Dubai. (Photo - BCCI / IPL)

Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai and registered their sixth win of the tournament while Rajasthan suffered their sixth loss.

Earlier Rajasthan Royals won the toss and opted to bat first. Robin Uthappa opened the innings for the first time and gave a good start. Ben Stokes' poor run continued and he got out for just 15 runs off Morris bowling. Uthappa played some big shots and got out for 41 runs 22 balls off Chahal bowling and on the next ball Samson also gifted his wicket and at 69/3 Rajasthan Royals was in trouble.

Steve Smith and Jos Buttler rebuilt the innings and took the score to over 120 runs but Buttler failed once again and could score only 24 runs. Steven Smith changed his gears in the end and brought up his fifty. His 57 runs and Tewatia's 19* runs helped Rajasthan to post a good total of 177/6 on board. 

In reply Royal Challengers Bangalore didn't start well as out of form Aaron Finch failed once again. Devdutt Padikkal and Virat Kohli added 79 runs for the second wicket but both batsmen couldn't score quick runs and then got out on consecutive balls and at 102/3 in 14th over Bangalore was in trouble. In the last four overs, Bangalore needed 54 runs to win and 35 in the last 2 overs.

Jaydev Unadkat bowled the 19th over and AB de Villiers smashed him for 3 back to back sixes and set the match for a thrilling finish. In the last, over of Jofra Archer, Bangalore needed 10 runs and 5 runs off the last 3 balls and then de Villiers hit a six and took his team. Man of the Match AB de Villiers scored 55* runs off 22 balls. 

All the major stats and facts from the 33rd match between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Dubai :

12 - AB de Villiers scored his fifty in just 22 balls - it was his 12th IPL fifty in 25 or fewer balls - the joint-most IPL fifties in 25 or fewer balls. 

Most 50s scores in 25 or fewer balls in IPL -

12 - AB de Villiers / David Warner

7 - Chris Gayle / Kieron Pollard

6 - Virender Sehwag 

16 - Yuzvendra Chahal has taken 16 wickets against Rajasthan Royals in IPL - the joint third-most by any bowler.

Most wickets against RR in IPL -

30 - Amit Mishra

21 - Piyush Chawla

16 - Yuzvendra Chahal 

16 - Ravindra Jadeja

16 - R Ashwin 

40 - AB de Villiers became the third batsman to score 40 fifty-plus scores in the Indian Premier League.

Most fifty-plus scores in IPL -

50 - David Warner

43 - Virat Kohli

40 - AB de Villiers / Shikhar Dhawan

39 - Suresh Raina /  Rohit Sharma

36 - Gautam Gambhir

35 - Chris Gayle 

40 - AB de Villiers received his 40th Man of the Match award in T20 cricket - only Chris Gayle (58) has more Man of the Match awards than him.

Most Man of the Match awards in T20 cricket - 

58 - Chris Gayle 

40 - AB de Villiers 

38 - Shane Watson

34 - Shahid Afridi

33 - David Warner / Luke Wright / Kieron Pollard 

648 - Runs AB de Villiers has scored against Rajasthan Royals in IPL - the most by any batsman. 

Most runs against RR in IPL -

648 - AB de Villiers

609 - Suresh Raina

547 - Shikhar Dhawan

519 - Dinesh Karthik

490 - Rohit Sharma

2017 - Ben Stokes hasn't scored a fifty-plus score in the Indian Premier League since 2017. He has gone 28 innings without scoring a fifty in the IPL since then. 

4000 - AB de Villiers when on 46, completed 4000 runs for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL - the second batsman after Kohli (5759) to achieve this feat. 

AB de Villiers for RCB in IPL -

Matches - 135

Innings - 125

Runs - 4009

Average - 42.64

Strike rate - 161.39

Best - 133*

100 - 2

50 - 34

Sixes - 218

 
 

By Jasveer Singh Kharra - 18 Oct, 2020

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