IPL 2022, Match 24 RR vs GT, Stats Preview: Players records and approaching milestones

Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans will be facing each other in the 24th match of IPL 2022, to be played at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. Rajasthan Royals finished seventh in the previous edition, while Gujarat Titans are playing their inaugural season. Both teams have begun the ongoing season with three wins and one loss. Both the teams will be playing their second match at the DY Patil Stadium this season. Rajasthan Royals defeated MI while Gujarat Titans lost to SRH at this venue.

Jos Buttler, in the opening department, and Shimron Hetmyer, with the finishing duties, have been in top form for RR this season. The rest of the batters have been inconsistent and shall be improving their form. All the bowlers have put up good performances this season. Notably, Rajasthan have both the Orange Cap Jos Buttler and the Purple Cap Yuzvendra Chahal heading in to the match.

Gujarat have their captain Hardik Pandya, along with Shubman Gill in good touch, with Rahul Tewatia being a brilliant finisher for them. The form of their wicketkeeper-opener Matthew Wade, has been a concern. Mohammed Shami, Lockie Ferguson, Hardik Pandya, and Rashid Khan have put up an excellent display with the ball, but they need to find a proper fifth bowler.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of Match 24 between Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League 2022:

1 – Rashid Khan needs one more wicket to become the fastest spinner to take 100 IPL wickets, in just 81 innings. Overall, he will become the joint second-fastest player to the milestone, tied with Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Only Lasith Malinga achieved the feat faster, in just 70 innings.

1 – Ashwin needs to bowl one more over to become the first player to bowl 600 overs in the Indian Premier League.

1 – Wickets needed by Yuzvendra Chahal to overtake Harbhajan Singh and become the fifth highest wicket-taker in the IPL. Only Dwayne Bravo (174), Lasith Malinga (170), Amit Mishra (166) and Piyush Chawla (157) have more wickets than Chahal (150).

2 – The top-two players with most sixes in this IPL season are both playing for Rajasthan Royals. Jos Buttler has hit 15 sixes, followed by Shimron Hetymer who has hit 14 sixes.

2 – Runs needed by Devdutt Padikkal to reach the 1000-run mark in the IPL. In terms of the number of innings, he will then become the third-fastest Indian to reach 1000 runs in the IPL, after Sachin Tendulkar and Suresh Raina.

4 – Wickets needed by R Ashwin to reach 150 wickets in the IPL. He will become the fifth spinner to reach the milestone of 150 IPL wickets after Amit Mishra, Piyush Chawla, Harbhajan Singh, and Yuzvendra Chahal.

8 – David Miller needs to hit eight more sixes to reach 100 sixes in the IPL. He will become the third South African to reach the 100-sixes mark, after AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis.

11 – Total wickets taken by Yuzvendra Chahal, which is the highest of any bowler so far this season. His bowling average of 9.45 and strike rate of 6.50 are the best of any bowler taking at least one wicket this season.

5 – Shimron Hetmyer (45) requires five sixes to reach 50 maximums in the IPL.

6 – Hetmyer (44) is six fours away from completing 50 fours in the league.

9 – David Miller (141) needs nine fours to get to 150 fours in the tournament.

60 – Sanju Samson (4940) requires 60 runs to complete 5000 runs in T20 cricket.

5 – Hardik Pandya (45) is five scalps away from completing 50 wickets in the IPL.

57 – Padikkal (1943) requires 57 runs to complete 2000 runs in T20 matches.

62 – Hardik (2938) is 62 runs away from reaching 3000 runs in T20 games.

64 – Miller (7936) requires 64 runs to get to 8000 runs in T20 cricket.

1 – Vijay Shankar (49) is one match away from appearing in 50 matches in the league.

8 – Samson (242) is eight fours away from reaching 250 fours in the league.

3 – Miller (347) is three big hits away from reaching 350 maximums in T20 games.

3 – Shubman Gill (197) needs three fours to get to 200 fours in T20 cricket.

9 – Samson (141) needs nine sixes to get to 150 maximums in the cash-rich league.

2 – Hardik (98) is two grabs away from completing 100 catches in T20 cricket.

4 – Shankar (46) needs four fours to get to 50 fours in the tournament.

42 – Matthew Wade (3458) requires 42 runs to complete 3500 runs in T20 cricket.