IPL 2021, Match 52: RCB vs SRH, Stats Review: Harshal Patel scripts history, AB de Villiers’ landmark and more stats

Finally, something to cherish for Sunrisers Hyderabad! After enduring a horrendous campaign this season, SRH defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by four runs in their penultimate league-stage game. Although it wasn’t really a comprehensive win, the 2016-season champions did well to defend 141 against a formidable batting line-up. This defeat also means RCB won’t finish among the top two.

Speaking of how the game unfolded, RCB invited SRH to bat after winning the toss at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. While the likes of Jason Roy and Kane Williamson got starts, none of the Hyderabad batters could play an innings of substance. Also, the scoring rate remained on the lower side. As a result, the Men in Orange were restricted to 141/7 in their allotted 20 overs.

Although the target wasn’t daunting, SRH bowlers kept RCB on their heels. Skipper Virat Kohli got out in the very first over while number-three Daniel Christian couldn’t do much either. A 54-run partnership between Devdutt Padikkal and Glenn Maxwell pulled things back for RCB. However, the duo got out in quick intervals and the chase got tricky again. Although AB de Villiers kept the hopes alive till the end, he couldn’t take RCB over the line.

Meanwhile, here are the important stats and numbers from the RCB vs SRH clash in IPL 2021:

4 – SRH registered their joint-narrowest win in IPL in terms of runs (4). They defeated Delhi Capitals in 2014 and the now-defunct Rising Pune Supergiant in 2016 by the same margin.

29 – Harshal Patel has now taken 29 wickets in IPL 2021, most by an Indian bowler in a season. He overtook Jasprit Bumrah’s tally of 27 wickets last season.

3 – Patel’s tally of 29 wickets is also the third-highest by a bowler in a single IPL season. While Dwayne Bravo took 32 wickets in 2013, Kagiso Rabada had 30 scalps in the 2020 edition.

2 – AB de Villiers became the second player after Chris Gayle (357) to complete 250 sixes in IPL.

78.84 – Devdutt Padikkal’s strike rate of 78.84 is the second-lowest among batters playing at least 50 balls in an IPL innings. In 2013, Michael Hussey had a strike rate of 78.43 during his 40-run knock against KKR.

4 – Daniel Christian has now got out on one in four of his six outings this season. His other two scores are 0 and 1 not out.

152.95 – SRH pacer Umran Malik unleashed a thunderbolt of 152.95 kmph in the game, the fastest for any bowler this season. He overtook KKR’s Lockie Ferguson who clocked 152.75 kmph.

3 – Yuzvendra Chahal becomes the fourth bowler to concede 150-plus sixes in IPL. The other three are Chawla (181), Mishra (175), and Jadeja (159).

11 – Jason Roy became the 11th player to complete 1000 runs in 2021.

4 – Yuzvendra Chahal has now dismissed Jason Roy four times in T20s, joint-most by any bowler. Michael Hogan and Dimitri Mascarenhas have also dismissed the dasher as many times.