IPL 5 – Match No 20 – Rajasthan prevail over Deccan Chargers in a close finish winning with two balls to spare
IPL 5 – Match No 20 – Rajasthan Royals vs. Deccan Chargers at Jaipur on 17.04.12 – Rajasthan Royals won by five wickets.
Rajasthan Royals won this game by five wickets with two balls to spare providing the seventh occasion of a team winning a game with two balls to spare in IPL.
| No | Winner | Margin | BR | Target | Overs | Max | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | Bangalore | 5 wkts | 2 | 166 | 19.4 | 20.0 | Mumbai | Mumbai | 20.04.08 |
| 2 | Kolkata | 3 wkts | 2 | 175 | 19.4 | 20.0 | KE Punjab | Kolkata | 25.05.08 |
| 3 | Rajasthan | 3 wkts | 2 | 142 | 19.4 | 20.0 | Deccan | P Elizabeth | 02.05.09 |
| 4 | Bangalore | 2 wkts | 2 | 130 | 19.4 | 20.0 | Super Kings | Durban | 14.05.09 |
| 5 | Super Kings | 6 wkts | 2 | 193 | 19.4 | 20.0 | KE Punjab | Dharamsala | 18.04.10 |
| 6 | Super Kings | 6 wkts | 2 | 176 | 19.4 | 20.0 | Bangalore | Mumbai | 24.05.11 |
| 7 | Rajasthan | 5 wkts | 2 | 197 | 19.4 | 20.0 | Deccan | Jaipur | 17.04.12 |
Rajasthan Royals won this game by five wickets with two balls to spare providing the second occasion of a it winning a game with two balls to spare in IPL – both the occasions are against Deccan Chargers
| No | Winner | Margin | BR | Target | Overs | Max | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | Rajasthan | 3 wkts | 2 | 142 | 19.4 | 20.0 | Deccan | P Elizabeth | 02.05.09 |
| 2 | Rajasthan | 5 wkts | 2 | 197 | 19.4 | 20.0 | Deccan | Jaipur | 17.04.12 |
Rajasthan became the third team to win a game with two balls to spare in IPL. Others are – Bangalore and Chennai. Performance of these three teams are furnished below
| No | Winner | Margin | BR | Target | Overs | Max | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | Bangalore | 5 wkts | 2 | 166 | 19.4 | 20.0 | Mumbai | Mumbai | 20.04.08 |
| 2 | Bangalore | 2 wkts | 2 | 130 | 19.4 | 20.0 | Super Kings | Durban | 14.05.09 |
| 1 | Rajasthan | 3 wkts | 2 | 142 | 19.4 | 20.0 | Deccan | P Elizabeth | 02.05.09 |
| 2 | Rajasthan | 5 wkts | 2 | 197 | 19.4 | 20.0 | Deccan | Jaipur | 17.04.12 |
| 1 | Super Kings | 6 wkts | 2 | 193 | 19.4 | 20.0 | KE Punjab | Dharamsala | 18.04.10 |
| 2 | Super Kings | 6 wkts | 2 | 176 | 19.4 | 20.0 | Bangalore | Mumbai | 24.05.11 |
BJ Hodge with his 48 not out in this game now has an aggregate of 4352 run in T20 games. He has the record for most runs in T20 games. He went past DJ Hussey who has an aggregate of 4333 runs,
BJ Hodge became the first batsman in T20 games to aggregate 450 boundary fours in T20 games. He reached the milestone when he hit his third boundary in his innings of 48 in this game. At the end of this game, his aggregate boundary fours stood at 453. Next best aggregate of boundary fours is credited to BB McCullum who has scored 352 boundary fours – an exact difference of 99 boundary fours.
S Dhawan has an aggregate of 1085 runs at the end of this game which includes his 52 in this game. He is the 23rd batsman to total 1000 runs in IPL. The complete list is furnished below
| No | Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | Z |
| 1 | SK Raina | 67 | 65 | 10 | 1925 | 98 | 35.00 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 2 | SR Tendulkar | 52 | 52 | 9 | 1739 | 100* | 40.44 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| 3 | RG Sharma | 66 | 63 | 10 | 1666 | 87 | 31.43 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| 4 | AC Gilchrist | 64 | 64 | 1 | 1662 | 109* | 26.38 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
| 5 | JH Kallis | 62 | 61 | 8 | 1619 | 89* | 30.54 | 0 | 14 | 5 |
| 6 | G Gambhir | 60 | 59 | 8 | 1588 | 86 | 31.13 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
| 7 | MS Dhoni | 64 | 56 | 15 | 1514 | 70* | 36.92 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 8 | V Sehwag | 54 | 54 | 3 | 1469 | 119 | 28.80 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
| 9 | KC Sangakkara | 52 | 49 | 2 | 1425 | 94 | 30.31 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| 10 | R Dravid | 61 | 55 | 4 | 1393 | 75* | 27.31 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 11 | V Kohli | 66 | 59 | 9 | 1384 | 71 | 27.68 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 12 | SE Marsh | 32 | 31 | 5 | 1339 | 115 | 51.50 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| 13 | YK Pathan | 63 | 58 | 6 | 1317 | 100 | 25.32 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 14 | RV Uthappa | 64 | 59 | 12 | 1305 | 69 | 27.76 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 15 | Yuvraj Singh | 57 | 55 | 8 | 1237 | 66* | 26.31 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 16 | CH Gayle | 32 | 32 | 4 | 1230 | 107 | 43.92 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| 17 | DPMD Jayawardene | 51 | 50 | 14 | 1173 | 110* | 32.58 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 18 | S Badrinath | 67 | 53 | 17 | 1171 | 71* | 32.52 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
| 19 | SC Ganguly | 49 | 46 | 3 | 1142 | 91 | 26.55 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| 20 | ML Hayden | 32 | 32 | 2 | 1107 | 93 | 36.90 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 21 | AB de Villiers | 49 | 44 | 11 | 1100 | 105* | 33.33 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 22 | S Dhawan | 46 | 45 | 7 | 1085 | 95* | 28.55 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 23 | KD Karthik | 61 | 52 | 10 | 1035 | 69 | 24.64 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
A Mishra captured 3 for 32 in this game to take his IPL aggregate wickets to 65. He now holds the joint third place amongst the bowlers who have captured most wickets in IPL. MM Patel is the other bowler with 65 wickets. SL Malinga {70} and RP Singh {66} are the bowlers who occupy the first and second place respectively.
A Singh of Rajasthan returned with figures of none for 55 in this game providing the 36th occasion of a bowler conceding 50 plus runs in IPL. His figures also represent the sixth occasion of a Rajasthan bowler conceding 50 plus runs in IPL. All the six occasiona are listed below
| No | Player | O | M | R | W | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | SK Trivedi | 4.0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | Rajasthan | Punjab | Mohali | 21 Apr 2011 |
| 2 | MM Patel | 4.0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | Rajasthan | Deccan | Hyd-RGS | 24 Apr 2008 |
| 3 | MM Patel | 4.0 | 0 | 55 | 1 | Rajasthan | Super Kings | Chennai | 24 May 2008 |
| 4 | SW Tait | 4.0 | 0 | 53 | 1 | Rajasthan | Delhi | Delhi | 31 Mar 2010 |
| 5 | SK Warne | 4.0 | 0 | 50 | 1 | Rajasthan | Punjab | Mohali | 21 Apr 2011 |
| 6 | A Singh | 4.0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | Rajasthan | Deccan | Jaipur | 17 Apr 2012 |
A Singh of Rajasthan returned with figures of none for 55 in this game providing the 16th occasion of a bowler conceding 50 plus runs without capturing a wicket in IPL. His figures also represent the third occasion of a Rajasthan bowler conceding 50 plus runs without a wicket in IPL. All the three occasiona are listed below
| No | Player | O | M | R | W | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | SK Trivedi | 4.0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | Rajasthan | Punjab | Mohali | 21 Apr 2011 |
| 2 | MM Patel | 4.0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | Rajasthan | Deccan | Hyd-RGS | 24 Apr 2008 |
| 3 | A Singh | 4.0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | Rajasthan | Deccan | Jaipur | 17 Apr 2012 |