Yashasvi Jaiswal Achieves Huge IPL Feat, Joins List Led By Chris Gayle

Young Rajasthan batter Yashasvi Jaiswal on Friday achieved a novel batting file, changing into the participant with the fourth-highest strike price in an Indian Premier League (IPL) season having a minimal of 600 runs. He achieved this feat throughout his aspect’s IPL 2023 match in opposition to Punjab Kings at Dharamshala. In the match, he scored 50 off 36 balls. His knock consisted of eight fours and runs got here at a strike price of over 138.

With this, Jaiswal has scored a complete of 625 runs in 14 matches at a mean of 48.07. He has scored one century and 5 half-centuries this season, with the most effective rating of 124. His runs have come at a strike price of 163.61.

Let’s take a look on the high three-strike charges in an IPL season by a participant (min. 600 runs).

At the highest of Chris Gayle, who scored 608 runs for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) within the 2011 season at a strike price of 183.13. He is adopted by Rishabh Pant, who scored 684 runs at a strike price of 173.6 for Delhi Capitals in 2018. It is adopted by AB de Villiers, who scored 687 runs for RCB in IPL 2016 at a strike price of 168.8.

After being put to bat first by RR, PBKS scored 187/5 of their 20 overs. They struggled in opposition to RR bowlers initially, dropping their 4 wickets for simply 50 runs in 6.3 overs. Then Jitesh Sharma (44 in 28 balls, with three fours and three sixes) and Sam Curran stitched a 64-run stand for the fifth wicket to carry PBKS again into the sport. Then in loss of life overs, Curran (49* in 31 balls, with 4 boundaries and two sixes) and Shahrukh Khan (41* in 23 balls, 4 boundaries and two sixes) joined forces to up the run price, taking PBKS to a aggressive complete. They scored 46 runs within the closing two overs.

Navdeep Saini (3/40) was the decide of the bowlers for RR. Trent Boult and Adam Zampa took a wicket every.

In the chase of 188, RR misplaced Jos Buttler early for a duck, his fifth this season. Then Yashasvi Jaiswal (50 in 36 balls, with eight fours) and Devdutt Padikkal (51 in 30 balls, with 4 boundaries and three sixes) stitched a 73-run stand for the second wicket, serving to RR combat again.

Later on, cameos from Shimron Hetmyer (46 in 28 balls, 4 boundaries and three sixes), Riyan Parag (20 in 12 balls, with one 4 and two sixes) and Dhruv Jurel (10* in 4 balls) helped RR clinch a last-over thriller win by 4 wickets.

Kagiso Rabada (2/40) was the decide of the bowlers for PBKS. Sam Curran, Nathan Ellis, Deepak Chahar and Arshdeep Singh took a wicket every.

Padikkal received the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his fifty.

With this, RR is within the fifth spot within the factors desk with seven wins and 7 losses. They have a complete of 14 factors. They can nonetheless climb as much as the highest 4 spots if Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) lose their final match in opposition to Gujarat Titans by an enormous margin and Mumbai Indians lose their final match in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad too.

PBKS’s IPL 2023 marketing campaign is over. They finish within the eighth place with six wins and eight losses. They have a complete of 12 factors.