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KL Rahul faced 44 balls to score fifty, it was his slowest IPL fifty.
In the 38th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Kings XI Punjab outplayed Ajinkya Rahane’s Rajasthan Royals to get their momentum back. KXIP thrashed RR by six-wickets at the Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore on Sunday.
Here is the stats review of Sunday’s match:
1- In the 38th match of the league, only one six was struck by Rajasthan Royals unit, least by any IPL franchise at Indore’s Holkar Stadium.
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2- KXIP bowler Mujeeb Ur Rahman (3/27) on Sunday came up with his best T20 figures against Rajasthan.
3- R Ashwin’s squad scored only 39 runs in the first six overs, it is the lowest score by KXIP in IPL 2018 in the powerplay.
4- KXIP’s second lowest score in powerplay (44 runs in first 6 overs) had come against Sunrisers at Hyderabad.
5- KL Rahul faced 44 balls to score fifty, it was his slowest IPL fifty.
6- Rajasthan scored 82 runs in their first 10 overs. However, they scored only 71 runs in the last ten overs.
7- In IPL 2018, Karun Nair has scored more than 20 runs seven times, however, he reached 50 only once.
8- On Sunday, KL Rahul scored unbeaten 84 runs – his highest in the IPL.
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