Match No 52 – Pune Warriors vs. Rajasthan Royals at Pune-SRS on 08.05.12 – Rajasthan Royals won by seven wickets

This game was the 150^th game for OA Shah in T20 games. He became the fourth batsman in the history of T20 games to appear in 150 or more games. Others are – DJ Hussey {182}, JA Morkel {179} and BJ Hodge {154}

 

Rajasthan won its 36^th game in IPL. It became the fifth team two win 36 plus games in IPL. Other teams are – Chennai {42}, Mumbai {40}, Delhi {36} and Bangalore {36}.

 

SC Ganguly became the eighth captain to lead a team on 40 occasions in IPL, This game was his 40^th game. Others are – MS Dhoni {71}, AC Gilchrist {59}, SK Warne {55}, SR Tendulkar {51}, V Sehwag {47}, Yuvraj Singh {43} and G Gambhir {41}

 

SR Watson’s 90 not out in this game provide the 13^th occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety in IPL. The following table lists out all such occasions

 

 

SR Watson’s 90 not out in this game was the fourth occasion of Rajasthan batsman scoring a ninety in IPL. Rajasthan has the record of scoring more nineties in IPL. Chennai and Punjab has three nineties in IPL, The details are furnished in the following list

 

 

SR Watson’s 90 not out in this game provide the 40^th occasion of a Rajasthan batsman scoring a fifty in IPL. His knock provide the first occasion of a Rajasthan batsman scoring a fifty against Pune in IPL

 

SR Watson scored ten boundary fours in his knock of 90 not out in this game providing the eighth occasion of a Rajasthan batsman scoring ten or more boundaries in an innings in IPL. All the eight occasions are listed below

 

 

SR Watson scored ten boundary fours in his knock of 90 not out in this game providing the 40^th occasion of batsman scoring ten or more boundaries in an innings in IPL. SR Watson became the first batsman to achieve such a feat against Pune in IPL.

 

SR Watson and AL Maneria added 56 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the   60^th occasion of Rajasthan batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership in IPL. This stand also represents the 16^th  occasion of Rajasthan batsman posting a 50 plus runs partnership for the third wicket in IPL

 

 

SR Watson and AL Maneria added 56 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the first occasion of Rajasthan batsman posting a 50 plus runs partnership against Pune in IPL

 

SW Tait captured his 100^th wicket in T20 games when he claimed the wicket of SC Ganguly caught by AA Chavan for 14 in this game. His 3 for 13 in this game gave him an aggregate of 102 wickets in T20 games. He earned the distinction of becoming the 25^th bowler in the history of T20 games to capture 100 wickets.

 

R Dravid two boundary fours in this game gave him a total of 52 boundary fours in IPL 2012. He is the fourth batsman in IPL 2012 to score 50 plus boundary fours. Others are – AM Rahane {61}, V Sehwag {54} and G Gambhir {51}