Rajasthan Royals beat hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore by 19 runs in a high scoring encounter at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru and registered their second win of this season.
Rajasthan Royals posted a huge total of 217/4 in 20 overs. Sanju Samson played a stunning knock of 92* runs off just 45 balls, he hit 10 sixes in his innings. RCB lost Brendon McCullum early but Quinton de Kock - Kohli's 77 runs partnership for the second wicket kept RCB in the race, but Shreays Gopal removed both Kohli and AB de Villiers in his back to back overs and sealed the match for RCB.
All the stats and facts from the eleventh match of IPL 2018 between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals in Bangalore -
2 - Rajasthan Royals won both their matches while batting first and they are the only team to defend a total in this season so far.
10 - Sanju Samson hit 10 sixes in his innings - the most sixes in an IPL innings by a Rajasthan Royals players.
Most sixes in an IPL innings for Rajasthan Royals -
Sanju Samson - 10 vs RCB at Bangalore, 2018
Yusuf Pathan - 8 vs DC at Ahmedabad, 2010
Yusuf Pathan - 8 vs MI at Mumbai, 2010
59 - Runs Umesh Yadav conceded in his 4 overs spell and became the first bowler to concede 50 or more runs in an innings five times.
73 - Yuzvendra Chahal with 73 wickets became the highest wicket-taker for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL and surpassed Vinay Kumar's tally of 72 wickets.
Most wickets for RCB in IPL -
Yuzvendra Chahal - 73
R Vinay Kumar - 72
Zaheer Khan - 49
Anil Kumble / Srinath Arvind - 45
500 - AB de Villiers became the first player to score 500 runs against Rajasthan Royals, he has scored 505 runs at an average of 45.90 in 14 IPL innings.
4527 - Runs scored Virat Kohli in the IPL and became the second player to score 4500 IPL runs after Suresh Raina (4558).
217/4 - This was the joint second highest IPL total for RR and highest while batting first.
The highest total for Rajasthan Royals in IPL -
223/5 vs CSK at Chennai, 2010
217/4 vs RCB at Bangalore, 2018
217/7 vs DC at Hyderabad, 2008
211/4 vs CSK at Chennai, 2008
