RR match own feat with highest successful target chase vs KKR and more IPL records

Jos Buttler scored an unbeaten 107 runs to top Sunil Narine’s first T20 century as Rajasthan Royals pulled off a surprise win against Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Tuesday night. Needing 224 for victory, the game at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens went right down to the wire with RR getting the job done on the final ball of the game.

RR looked to be out of reckoning at 121/6 in the 13th over but Buttler moved through the gears in his 60-ball knock to steer his side to victory by two wickets .

A look at the records set in KKR vs RR in IPL 2024:

224 - Rajasthan Royals made the joint-highest successful chase in IPL history. They equalled the record set by them against Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in 2020 in Sharjah.

96 - Royals needed 96 runs at the start of the 15th over. These are the most runs successfully chased by a team in the last six overs in the IPL. In their successful run chase in 2020, Royals needed 92 runs in the final six overs.

7 - Jos Buttler now has seven IPL centuries, the second-most by any batter, only behind Virat Kohli’s eight.

240.74 - Buttler’s strike rate in the last six overs, where he scored 65 off 27 balls with six fours and five sixes. Before it, Buttler scored only 22 runs off 21 balls, hitting a single boundary.

1 - Sunil Narine is the only player to score a century and take a fifer in IPL history. His 109 against the Royals marked his maiden T20 century, while his lone five-wicket haul came against Punjab in 2012 when he took 5/19.

3 - Only three players have scored a ton and taken multiple wickets in an IPL match. Before Sunil Narine, Chris Gayle had done the ‘double’ twice against Pune Warriors India (in 2013) and Punjab (2011) with Shane Watson the other player with the feat (against KKR in 2015).

3 - Buttler has scored three centuries when chasing in the IPL, the most for any batter. Kohli and Ben Stokes are the only other players with multiple hundreds while chasing in the IPL.

8 - Buttler now has eight T20 centuries, most for a player from England, surpassing Luke Wright’s seven. Only three batters have more T20 centuries than Buttler - Gayle (22), Babar Azam (11) and Kohli (9).

1 - Narine’s 109 is the first century for KKR at their home ground of Eden Gardens. In all, only three KKR players have scored centuries. Others being Brendon McCullum (158*) and Venkatesh Iyer (104)

6 - There have been six IPL matches where two hundreds have been scored. Four of them have come in 2023 and 2024 seasons.