Rajasthan Royals (RR) put one foot within the door in direction of the playoffs with their seventh win within the 2024 version of the IPL towards the Mumbai Indians in Jaipur. The Males in Pink rode on a few particular person performances from Sandeep Sharma, who registered his maiden T20 five-wicket haul and Yashasvi Jaiswal, who slammed his second IPL century, each towards the Mumbai Indians. Sharma’s 5/18 spell stored Mumbai Indians to a chaseable rating of 179 whereas Jaiswal’s ton ensured that the Royals cruised to the goal to increase their reign on the prime.
With this, the Royals replicated their very own feat of getting a participant rating a century and one other take a fifer in the identical IPL match. This was solely the third time it occurred and the second time for the Royals whereas the remaining one was for Gujarat Titans final 12 months when Shubman Gill smashed a century and Mohit Sharma took a five-wicket haul in Qualifier 2.
Century and Fifer for a similar crew in an IPL match
Jos Buttler (103), Yuzvendra Chahal (5/40) at CCI Mumbai 2022 for Rajasthan Royals vs KKR
Shubman Gill (129), Mohit Sharma (5/10) at Ahmedabad 2023 for Gujarat Titans vs MI
Yashasvi Jaiswal (104*), Sandeep Sharma (5/18) at Jaipur 2024 for Rajasthan Royals vs MI
General, that is the fourth occasion of a century and a five-wicket haul in the identical match as the one different time it occurred, the gamers scoring a century and taking a five-wicket haul have been from totally different groups – Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Sunrisers Hyderabad) throughout the GT vs SRH sport final 12 months in Ahmedabad.
It was a pleasure for the Royals as they ended their dwelling run in Jaipur with 4 wins in 5 matches whereas the event is slowly slipping out for the Mumbai Indians, who suffered their fifth loss within the event.
