Gujarat Titans defeated Rajasthan Royals by 3 wickets in the RR vs GT match played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium. Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan team has lost its first match in IPL 2024 after four consecutive wins, while this is the third win for Gujarat Titans. Batting first, Rajasthan Royals scored 196 runs losing three wickets in 20 overs.
In response, Gujarat Titans won the match by achieving the target after losing seven wickets in 20 overs. Captain Shubhman Gill scored the highest 72 runs for Gujarat. For Rajasthan Royals, Kuldeep Sen took three wickets and Chahal took two wickets. Apart from Gujarat’s victory, some other records were made in this match, let us know what those records are.
3 big records made during Rajasthan vs Gujarat (RR vs GT) match
1.Umesh Yadav becomes joint second-highest wicket-taker in powerplay in IPL history
In the absence of Mohammed Shami, Gujarat has handed over the responsibility of the new ball to another experienced fast bowler Umesh Yadav. 36-year-old Umesh Yadav has taken seven wickets so far in IPL 2024. He dismissed Yashasvi Jaiswal in the fifth over of the first innings on Wednesday. With this Umesh achieved two big achievements. He became the fifth Indian fast bowler to complete 200 T20 wickets with the wicket of Jaiswal.
Umesh Yadav is now also the joint second-highest wicket-taker in powerplay overs in IPL history. In 130 innings, the right-arm bowler has taken 57 wickets so far and is jointly second with Deepak Chahar in the list. Bhuvneshwar Kumar remains the highest wicket-taker in the list with 67 wickets.
- Rashid Khan is the player who has jointly won the most POTM awards in IPL (since 2017)
At just 25, Rashid Khan has become one of the most influential players in IPL history. The Afghan player is not only amazing with the ball, but he has also performed well with the bat for his team in recent times. He performed brilliantly for RR vs GT match in Jaipur. He first bowled a good spell of 1/18 and during this, he gave runs at an economy rate of only 4.5.
After this he changed the course of the match by playing a brilliant innings with the bat, he scored 24* runs in 11 balls. For this brilliant performance, he received the Player of the Match (POTM) award, which is his 12th POTM since his IPL debut in 2017. No player has won more POTM awards in the IPL during this period than Rashid. He is on par with KL Rahul and Jos Buttler, both of whom have won 12 POTM awards since 2017.
- Shubman Gill broke Virat Kohli’s record in IPL
Shubman Gill played captaincy innings against Rajasthan and scored 72 runs in 44 balls at a strike rate of 163.64. During his match-winning innings, Gill completed 3,000 runs in the IPL. Interestingly, he has now become the youngest player to achieve this feat at the age of 24 years and 215 days.
He has broken the record of Virat Kohli, who had done this at the age of 26 years and 186 days. In terms of innings, Gill is the second fastest Indian batsman after KL Rahul (75 innings). Gill has achieved this feat in 94 innings.
