Rajasthan Royals beat Kings XI, here are the important stats
What's the story
Rajasthan Royals beat Kings XI Punjab at home to keep their chances alive for a place in the top four of 2018 Indian Premier League.
This was Rajasthan's fourth victory of the season as they climbed up to sixth spot.
In pursuit of 159, Kings XI Punjab could manage only 143/7 and lost the match by 15 runs.
Here are the important stats.
Maestro
KL Rahul keeps going on and on
KL Rahul is repaying the faith shown by Kings XI management.
Rahul smashed his fourth fifty (95*) of 2018 season.
He overtook Ambati Rayudu as the leading run-scorer in IPL 2018 (471).
He has now hit the most number of fours this term (53).
Unfortunately, he could not carry his team home past the finish line.
Wicket-takers
Tye, Mujeeb stand out bowlers
KXIP's Andrew Tye raced atop in IPL 2018 as the leading wicket-taker and was presented with the Purple Cap.
He has 16 wickets to his name after finishing with figures of 4/34 with three scalps coming in the 20th over.
Mujeeb Ur Rahman picked a brace and is joint-second in the list with 14 wickets.
He has the best overall economy rate of 6.69.
Stellar knock
Jos Buttler notches third straight fifty
Buttler became the second RR player to score 300+ runs in IPL 2018 after Sanju Samson. He has amassed 320 runs.
His 58-ball 82 was the third straight fifty this season.
His vibrant knock comes after scores of 67 and 51.
Buttler brought up his fifty off just 27 deliveries.
As Buttler shined, the rest of RR team only managed 73 runs amongst them.
Numbers game
Stat attack: RR vs KXIP
This was the 17th match in IPL history between the two teams.
RR notched up their 10 victory as KXIP stayed at 7.
At the Sawai Mansingh stadium, RR made sure they kept their 100% record against KXIP by winning their fifth match on the trot.
Six sixes were hit in this match as the tally reached 38 in Jaipur this season.