Salient Stats of Match No 11 –Bangalore Vs Rajasthan at Bangalore on 15.04.18
Rajasthan posted a total of 217 for 4 in this game to provide the 70th occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus in an innings in IPL. It also provides the seventh occasion of Rajasthan posting a total of 200 plus runs in an innings in IPL
It also equals Rajasthan’s highest team total in IPL. Prior to this it has posted a total of 217 for 7 against Deccan Chargers at Hyd-RGS on 24.04.08.
Rajasthan’s total of 217 for 4 in this game provides the ninth occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs in an innings against Bangalore in IPL. It also provides the first occasion of Rajasthan posting a total of 200 plus runs against Bangalore in IPL and hence its highest team total against Bangalore in IPL. Its previous best was 197 for 1 at Jaipur on 17.05.08.
SV Samson scored 92 not out in this game to provide the 45th occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety in IPL. It also provides the seventh occasion of a Rajasthan batsman scoring a ninety in IPL.
| No | Player | Runs | Team | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| 1 | GC Smith | 91 | Rajasthan | Chennai | Chennai | 24.05.08 |
| 2 | NV Ojha | 94* | Rajasthan | Chennai | Chennai | 03.04.10 |
| 3 | AM Rahane | 98 | Rajasthan | Punjab | Jaipur | 06.04.12 |
| 4 | SR Watson | 90* | Rajasthan | Pune | Pune | 08.05.12 |
| 5 | SR Watson | 98* | Rajasthan | Sunrisers | Jaipur | 27.04.13 |
| 6 | AM Rahane | 91* | Rajasthan | Delhi | Mum-BS | 03.05.15 |
| 7 | SV Samson | 92* | Rajasthan | Bangalore | Bangalore | 15.04.18 |
SV Samson scored 92 not out in this game to provide the fourth occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety against Bangalore in IPL. It also provides the first occasion of a Rajasthan batsman scoring a ninety against Bangalore in IPL.
| No | Player | Runs | Team | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| 1 | M Vijay | 95 | Chennai | Bangalore | Chennai | 28.05.11 |
| 2 | G Gambhir | 93 | Kolkata | Bangalore | Kolkata | 28.04.12 |
| 3 | DA Warner | 92 | Sunrisers | Bangalore | Hyd-RGS | 30.04.16 |
| 4 | SV Samson | 92* | Rajasthan | Bangalore | Bangalore | 15.04.18 |
SV Samson scored 92 not out in this game to provide the second occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety in the ongoind edition of IPL 2018. J Roy of Delhi had scored 91 not out against Mumbai at Mumbai on 14.04.18
V Kohli scored 57 in this game which was his 16th half century at M Chinnnaswamy Stadium. He now owns the record for most half centuries on a single ground in the history of T20 games. He went past AD Hales who had scored 15 half centuries at Trent Bridge, Nottingham and MA Carberry who had scored 15 half centuries at Rose Bowl, Southampton.
V Kohli became the second cricketer to appear in 75 games on single ground. This game was his 75th appearance at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. SR Patel had played 86 games at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
V Kohli’s 57 in this game represents his 35th fifty in IPL. He became the third batsman to score 35 plus fifties in IPL. Others are DA Warner {39} and G Gambhir {36}.
V Kohli’s run aggregate in IPL read 4527 at the end of this game. He became the second batsman to total 4500 plus runs in IPL after SK Raina. SK Raina has amassed 4558 runs in IPL
V Kohli’s run aggregate in IPL read 4527 at the end of this game. He became the only batsman in the history of IPL to total 4500 plus runs representing a single team. All his runs are scored while he appeared for Royal Challengers, Bangalore.
V Kohli’s 57 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 76th occasion of a captain’s fifty going in vain in IPL. It also provides the 15th occasion of a Bangalore captain’s fifty in a losing cause in IPL. It also provides the 13th occasion of V Kohli’s fifty in a losing cause in IPL
UT Yadav of Bangalore returned with figures of none for 59 in this game to provide the 112th occasion of a bowler conceding 50 plus runs in an innings in IPL. It also provides the 18th occasion of a Bangalore bowler conceding 50 plus runs in an innings in IPL.
UT Yadav of Bangalore returned with figures of none for 59 in this game to provide the 55th occasion of a bowler conceding 50 plus runs without capturing a wicket in an innings in IPL. It also provides the 12th occasion of a Bangalore bowler conceding 50 plus runs without capturing a wicket in an innings in IPL.
UT Yadav of Bangalore returned with figures of none for 59 in this game to provide the second occasion of a Bangalore bowler conceding 50 plus runs in an innings in IPL. R Vinay Kumar had returned with figures of none of 51 at Bangalore on 15.04.12. Exactly six year later on the same day and same month and at the same venue and the same opposition another Bangalore bowler UT Yadav has conceded fifty plus runs in an innings and returned with figures of none for 59. A rare coincidence
UT Yadav of Bangalore returned with figures of none for 59 in this game to provide the second occasion of a Bangalore bowler conceding 50 plus runs without capturing a wicket in an innings in IPL. R Vinay Kumar had returned with figures of none of 51 at Bangalore on 15.04.12. Exactly six year later on the same day and same month and at the same venue and the same opposition another Bangalore bowler UT Yadav has conceded 59 runs without capturing a wicket. A rare coincidence
SV Samson became the first batsman in the entire IPL to score ten boundary sixes while compiling ninety plus runs. He made 92 not out with 10 sixes in this game. The previous record was nine boundary sixes. GJ Maxwell of Punjab and RR Pant of Delhi had scored nine sixes. GJ Maxwell’s 95 against Sunrisers at Sharjah on 18,04.14 had nine boundary sixes. RR Pant’s 97 against Gujarat at Delhi on 04.05.17 contained nine boundary sixes.