IPL 2024: Rajasthan Royals continued their winning campaign this season in the match against KKR and won the match by 2 wickets. In this match, Rajasthan had a target of 224 runs, which they achieved on the last ball of the 20th over.
31st match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 was seen in a very exciting manner, in which Rajasthan Royals achieved the target on the last ball of their innings and won the match against Kolkata Knight Riders by 2 wickets. In this match, KKR team, batting first, scored 223 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs, in which Sunil Narayan played a brilliant inning of 109 runs for the team.
After this, the team of Rajasthan Royals, which came to chase the target, was looking under a lot of pressure at one time, but Jos Buttler kept the team in the match from one end and played an unbeaten inning of 107 runs, helping the team win by 2 wickets. Returned after winning the match. With this, Rajasthan team also made the record of making the biggest successful run chase in IPL history.
Jos Buttler handled one end and led to victory
Jos Buttler was included as an impact player in this match for Rajasthan Royals. His opening partnership with Yashasvi Jaiswal was only 22 runs, after which the team lost its second wicket in the form of captain Sanju Samson at the score of 47. From here, a partnership of 50 runs was seen between Jos Buttler and Ryan Parag for the third wicket, in which on the score of 97, Rajasthan Royals team got the third blow in the form of Ryan Parag, who walked out of the pavilion after playing an inning of 34 runs in 14 balls. Returned back. After this, Rajasthan team lost the wickets of Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin and Shimran Hetmyer in quick succession. Butler, who had lost 6 wickets at the score of 121, took over from one end of Rajasthan’s innings, got the support of Rovman Powell, after which a partnership of 57 runs was seen between them for the 7th wicket in 27 balls, due to which Rajasthan Royals team won the match. Was successful in making a comeback.
While Rovman Powell was out after scoring 26 runs in 13 balls, Butler took the responsibility of leading the team to victory and started scoring runs at a fast pace from one end, after which Rajasthan team won the match. Won on the last ball of the 20th over. Butler also hit 9 fours and 6 sixes in his unbeaten century innings of 107 runs. Whereas in bowling for KKR, Sunil Narayan, Varun Chakraborty and Harshit Rana took 2 wickets each.
Rajasthan made the biggest successful run chase in IPL history
In this match against KKR, Rajasthan Royals have created a new record for the biggest successful run chase in IPL history by chasing the target of 224 runs. Earlier in the year 2020, Rajasthan team had achieved the target of 224 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in the match against Punjab Kings. With the victory in this match, Rajasthan team is at first position in the points table with 12 points with 6 wins in 7 matches.
Biggest successful run chase in IPL history
- Rajasthan Royals – 224 runs (vs KKR, 2024)
- Rajasthan Royals – 224 runs (Punjab Kings, year 2020)
- Mumbai Indians – 219 runs (vs Chennai Super Kings, 2021)
- Rajasthan Royals – 215 runs (vs Deccan Chargers, 2008)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad – 215 runs (vs Rajasthan Royals, 2023)
- Mumbai Indians – 215 runs (vs Punjab Kings, 2023)
