IPL 2022, Match 52 PBKS vs RR, Stats Review: Yuzvendra Chahal’s record, Yashashvi Jaiswal’s highest score, and other stats

Yashasvi Jaiswal made a solid comeback to the Rajasthan Royals (RR) side as the youngster smashed 68 runs off 41 deliveries with nine fours and two maximums to help his side chase down a huge target of 190 runs set by Punjab Kings (PBKS). Yuzvendra Chahal also shone with the ball as the leggie continued his stellar form this season with figures of 3/28 in his four-over spell. With the help of the duo’s performances, the Royals defeated the Kings by six wickets in Match 52 of IPL 2022 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Speaking about how the match went, Mayank Agarwal won the toss as PBKS elected to bat first on a sunny afternoon. They went into the match with the same playing XI from the last game while RR replaced Karun Nair with Jaiswal. Jonny Bairstow finally hit form as the England international scored his first fifty of this season. He made 56 runs off 40 deliveries which included eight fours and a six.

Shikhar Dhawan scored only 12 runs while Bhanuka Rajapaksa amassed 27 runs off 18 deliveries with two fours and as many maximums. Skipper Mayank’s poor run continued as he mustered only 15 runs. Wicketkeeper batter Jitesh Sharma played an unbeaten inning of 38 runs off 14 balls with Liam Livingstone also scoring 22 runs to take PBKS’s total to 189/5.

Chasing 190, Jaiswal who returned to the side after missing the previous matches looked in great touch. His opening partner Jos Buttler who is enjoying a staggering season played yet another quickfire innings of 30 off just 16 deliveries. Captain Sanju Samson got dismissed for 23 runs while Devdutt Padikkal scored 31 runs off 32 balls.

Shimron Hetmyer’s belligerent form continued with the Caribbean power-hitter remaining unbeaten on 31 runs to guide his side to a victory. With this win, RR reached 14 points and occupy the third spot in the table while PBKS is in the seventh position with ten points. For his match-winning knock, Yashasvi Jaiswal won the Player of the Match award.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers from Match 52 between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League 2022:

 10 – Sanju Samson has now lost 10 tosses in 11 matches in this IPL season.

22 – Yuzvendra Chahal surpassed Shreyas Gopal and has now taken the most wickets (22) by a Rajasthan Royals spinner in an IPL season. Gopal had taken 20 scalps in the year 2019.

4040 – Jonny Bairstow reached the landmark of 4000 runs in T20 cricket.

100 – Sanju Samson appeared in his 100th innings for RR in the IPL.

350 – Bairstow also completed 350 fours in the T20 matches.

68 – Yashasvi Jaiswal recorded his best score of 68 runs in the league. His previous highest was 50 against Chennai Super Kings in 2021.

4 – Chahal equalled Lasith Malinga (4) and both are now joint-top for taking 20 or more wickets most times (4) in an IPL edition.

5.33 – Sandeep Sharma has the best economy rate of 5.33 by a bowler with a minimum of 12 overs bowled in the powerplay this season. Bhuvneshwar Kumar is in the second spot with a 5.80 economy rate.

67/1 – RR registered their highest score of 67/1 in the powerplay in IPL 2022. Their previous best was 65/3 against Gujarat Titans.

32 – Prasidh Krishna has delivered the second most dot balls (32) in the death-overs this season. Harshal Patel tops the chart for bowling 33 dot balls.