Table of Contents
Sanju Samson- led Rajasthan Royals defeated KL Rahul-led Punjab Kings with 2 runs in match 32 of Indian Premier League 2021 and third match second leg of IPL 2021 held at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday, September 21, 2021.Some important stats made in match 32 are discussed in this article.
Punjab Kings won the toss and took decision of bowling first.
Rajasthan Royals’ innings
Openers, Evin Lewis and Yashasvi Jaiswal seems trying hard in the battle. Jaiswal became the highest run scorer for the wining team as he smashed 49 runs in 36 deliveries with the help of 4 fours and 2 six.
Arshdeep amazed everyone with his brilliant bowling skills as he made five-wicket haul and provide resistance to flow of runs. He gave away 32 runs in 4 overs.
Rajasthan Royals made the score of 185 runs.
Punjab Kings Innings
Chasing the total, openers Rahul and Mayank Agarwal gave an excellent start to the innings. Their partnership contributed added 120 runs for the first wicket.
Mayank Agarwal became the highest run-getter for the team by making 67 runs in 43 balls with the help of 7 fours and 2 sixes. He put all his vigor to make his team win but all his efforts went in vain.
Kartik Tyagi and Mustafizur Rahman showed their bowling skills to resist opponents. As a result Punjab Kings were remained restricted to 183 runs with the fall of 4 wickets.
Adil Rashid’s stats made in Match 32, PBKS vs RR
Adil Rashid has completed his 201 T20 matches before playing his first IPL match. The number is third highest for any player. Highest number of matches is played by Dawid Malan (227) and second highest is played by Joe Denly (202)
KL Rahul’s stats made in Match 32, PBKS vs RR
KL Rahul achieved the position of second-fastest to complete 3000 IPL runs. He has completed this score in 80 innings. Chris Gayle is on the top position as he has completed 3000 runs in 75 innings.
KL Rahul has completed his 380 runs and thus became the joint highest run- scorer of IPL 2021.Another player with these many runs is Shikhar Dhawan.
Arshdeep’s stats made in Match 32, PBKS vs RR
Arshdeep Singh achieved the record of becoming third youngest bowler, has made a five-wicket haul in IPL. Jaydev Unadkat is the youngest player and Alzarri Joseph is second youngest in the list.
Arshdeep also achieved the record of becoming second bowler who has made five-wicket haul against RR in IPL. First one is Anil Kumble.
Not only this, Arshdeep also becomes the fourth uncapped Indian player who has made five-wicket haul in IPL. Harshal Patel is the first one, Ankit Rajpoot is second and Varun Chakravarthy is the third one.
Shami’s stats made in Match 32, PBKS vs RR
Shami has picked up 3 wickets, giving away 23 runs. It is his second best figures in IPL. In the year 2020, he registered figures his best figure of IPL by giving 15 runs and picking up 3 wickets while playing against Delhi Capitals.
Yashasvi Jaiswal’s stats made in Match 32, PBKS vs RR
Yashasvi Jaiswal hit his highest score of IPL. He smashed 49 runs in 36 balls.
Mayank Agarwal’s stats made in Match 32, PBKS vs RR
Mayank Agarwal has completed his 2000 runs in IPL. He took 96 innings to complete his 2000 runs.
Kartik Tyagi’s stats made in Match 32, PBKS vs RR
Kartik Tyagi achieved the record of becoming third bowler who defended less than 6 runs in last over. Other two are Siddharth Trivedi and Munaf Patel.