Statistical highlights of the T20 Indian Premier League match between Rajasthan Royals vs Bangalore Royal Challengers on Thursday.
- Rajasthan Royals, with five wins have now got eleven points in 9 games. Their tally is the best by any team in the 2009 edition.
- Royal Challengers Bangalore (105) have registered their lowest total against Rajasthan, obliterating the 132 for nine at Jaipur on May 17, 2008.
- Royal Challengers Bangalore became the second team to lose 5 games or more. Kolkata Knight Riders (7) have lost most games in the second edition.
- Naman Ojha has recorded his second half-century in three IPL games in 2009.
- Ojha has averaged 60.00 in the 2009 edition – 120 in three innings. In Twenty20 cricket, he has averaged 28.00 in seven matches, aggregating 168 runs in seven games.
- In the 2009 edition, Graeme Smith could not get going, aggregating 162 in eight games at an average of 23.14.
- Playing in his 50th Twenty20 game, Smith took his runs tally to 1528 at an average of 34.72, including one century and nine fifties.
- Smith, during the course of his 20, became the eighth batsman to aggregate 600 runs in the IPL – 603 at an average of 37.68, including four fifties in 19 matches.
- Amit Singh (4/19) has recorded his career-best haul in Twenty20, bettering the 3 for 9 on his debut against Kings XI Punjab at Durban on May 5, 2009.
- Amit has now claimed seven wickets at an average of 4.00 with a economy rate of 3.50 in just two Twenty20 games.
- Amit, thanks to his brilliant bowling performance, has got his first Man of the Match in the IPL.
- Ravindra Jadeja (3/15) has produced his best bowling performance in the IPL, surpassing the 1-22 against Deccan Chargers at Port Elizabeth on May 2, 2009.
