IPL 2024: Qualifier 2, Stats Review: Most sixes conceded in IPL and other stats from SRH vs RR

Sunrisers Hyderabad gave themselves an opportunity to avenge their loss in the first qualifier to KKR by beating Rajasthan Royals in the second qualifier. It was only the second meeting between the two teams in the playoffs and SRH managed to settle a score from more than a decade ago. 

After being put in, SRH struggled for control early in the innings, as Trent Boult (3 for 45) went about business as usual in the powerplay despite a fightback from Rahul Tripathi (37 off 15). But RR kept hitting back in the middle overs mainly with the help of Sandeep Sharma (2 for 25) and Avesh Khan (3 for 27). Heinrich Klaasen (50 off 34) staged a fightback that pushed SRH to 175, which at the time did not feel enough. 

Despite some struggling from Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Yashasvi Jaiswal (42 off 21) went about hitting his shots in the powerplay, but once he was dismissed off Shahbaz Ahmed (3 for 23) in the eighth over, RR's batting simply imploded as Abhishek Sharma (2 for 24) joined Ahmed in deepening RR's scars. While there was some hope when Dhruv Jurel(56* off 35) counter-attacked, all the damage was done and RR could only manage 139 and went on to lose by 36 runs. 

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Here are all the stats from this match

1 - Yuzvendra Chahal will no longer take part in this IPL season, and he signs this season off having conceded 223 sixes in his entire IPL career. The most by any bowler. Piyush Chawla is hot on his heels with 222 but, the distinction is safe with Chahal till next year's IPL.

3 - Yuzvendra Chahal became the third bowler to concede 30 sixes in a single season in the IPL. Wanindu Hasaranga in 2022 had the exact same number as Chahal of 30, while the overall record belongs to Mohammed Siraj who conceded 31 in 2022

4 - The two fours by Dhruv Jurel hurt his figures, but Shahbaz Ahmed still finished with the third-best bowling figures by an SRH player in the playoffs. 

3 - Dhruv Jurel's 56* is the joint-third highest individual score by an RR batter in the playoffs. Yusuf Pathan had made the same score, albeit dismissed in the inaugural IPL final. 

3 - Trent Boult became the third bowler to pick up 100 wickets in the powerplay in all T20s. Bhuvneshwar Kumar with 118 and David Willey with 128 are the only others.