On Saturday (4th May) evening, the home team Delhi Capitals (DC) claimed an easy victory against Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground (Delhi). DC won this match by five wickets (with 23 balls remaining). Here we are with some statistical highlights of this match.
After RR captain Ajinkya Rahane decided to bat first, they managed to score only 115/9 (20 overs). In reply, DC comfortably chased that target in 16.1 overs after losing five wickets.
Brief Scores: RR – 115/9 in 20 overs (Riyan Parag 50, Liam Livingstone 14; Amit Mishra 3/17)
DC – 121/5 in 16.1 overs (Rishabh Pant 53*, Shikhar Dhawan 16; Ish Sodhi 3/26)
Result – DC won by five wickets
Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:
(Teams’ stats)
RR
i) RR was restricted to 115/9 in 20 overs.
- It is the lowest completed total for RR against the Delhi franchise. Their previous lowest was 121 (17.4 overs) at Delhi on 31st March 2010.
(Players’ stats)
Stuart Binny
i) The middle-order batsman Stuart Binny scored his seventh duck for RR.
- It is the joint most ducks for RR. Their former star Shane Warne also scored seven ducks for this side.
Riyan Parag
i) At the age of 17 years and 175 days, Riyan Parag (50) scored his maiden IPL half-century.
- Riyan Parag is the youngest cricketer in IPL history to score 50+ runs in an innings. The previous record holders were Sanju Samson and Prithvi Shaw as both achieved this feat at the age of 18 years and 169 days.
Shreyas Gopal
i) RR leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal picked up 20 wickets in IPL 2019.
- It is the most wickets for a RR spinner in an IPL season. Their former leg-spinner Shane Warne was the previous record holder with 19 wickets in IPL 2008.
- It is the third most wickets for a RR bowler in an IPL season. The top two record holders are James Faulkner with 28 wickets (IPL 2013) and Sohail Tanvir with 22 wickets (IPL 2008).
Rishabh Pant
i) The young wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has scored 1,047 T20 runs at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground (Delhi).
- Rishabh Pant becomes the second batsman to score 1,000 or more T20 runs at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground (Delhi). Virender Sehwag was the first player to achieve this feat as he scored 1,199 T20 runs at this venue.
ii) By the end of this match, Rishabh Pant has hit 88 IPL sixes for the Delhi franchise.
- It is the most number of IPL sixes for a batsman from the Delhi franchise. During this match, Pant broke the record of Virender Sehwag’s 85 IPL sixes for this side.
Ish Sodhi
i) The RR leg-spinner Ish Sodhi had the bowling figures of 3.1-1-26-3.
- It is the best bowling figures by a RR spinner against the Delhi franchise. No other RR spinners have picked up more than two wickets against this Delhi franchise.