RR vs DC IPL 2023, Match 11 Stats Review: Jos Buttler's achievements, David Warner's feat and other stats

A composed 79-run knock from Jos Buttler along with brilliant 31-ball 60 from Yashasvi Jaiswal followed by a splendid bowling display handed the Rajasthan Royals a massive 57-run win over Delhi Capitals in the 11^th match of Indian Premier League 2023 at Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati.

Put into bat first, RR started off to a flier as Jaiswal went berserk against Khaleel Ahmed, scoring 20 runs in the very first over that included five fours. Buttler joined hands in the second over as he smacked 12 runs off Anrich Nortje.

The duo added 98 runs for the first wicket in 9^th over as Jaiswal raised to his fifth IPL fifty in grand style. Mukesh Kumar had the last laugh as he broke the first-wicket partnership by dismissing Jaiswal. Riyan Parag and Sanju Samson did not last long as they both were dismissed was seven and zero, respectively.

However, Buttler alongside Shimron Hetmyer kept the scoreboard ticking as the duo added 49 runs for fourth wicket. Buttler amassed 79 runs from 51 balls that included 12 boundaries while an unbeaten 21-ball 39 run cameo from Hetmyer helped RR post a massive total of 199/4 in 20 overs.

Chasing a massive target of 200, DC batters succumbed against Trent Boult as he struck twice in two balls in the very first over, sending Prithvi Shaw and Manish Pandey to the hut for ducks. Soon, Ravichandran Ashwin took the wicket of Rilee Rossouw, leaving them reeling at 36/3 at the close of powerplay.

However, David Warner kept the scoreboard ticking along with Lalit Yadav as the duo added 64 runs for the fourth wicket, but Boult yet again broke the partnership by picking Yadav. From thereon, DC was never in the game as they kept losing wickets at regular Intervals. Warner single-handedly held one end, aggregating 65 runs at a below par strike rate to reduce the margin of defeat. Boult and Chahal picked three wickets each to help RR beat DC by a margin of 57 runs.

Meanwhile let us look at the stats and number from the game between RR and DC:

3 - David Warner (6039) completed 6000 runs in IPL, becoming the only third player after Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan to achieve the feat. He is also the only overseas player to complete 6000 runs.

165 - Warner completed 6000 runs in 165 innings, becoming the fastest to the milestone, bettering Virat Kohli’s tally of 188.

5 - Warner (2025) became the only fifth player to complete 2000 IPL runs for Delhi Capitals.

2 - Warner became the second player after Shikhar Dhawan to score more than 2000 runs for two different teams in IPL. Both of them have achieved this feat for Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad.

2 - Jos Buttler now has 16 half- centuries for RR in IPL, becoming the batter with second-most number of half-centuries for the team. Rahane tops the list with 17.

19 -Trent Boult has taken 19 wickets in the first over of IPL game, the second-most by any player. Bhuvneshwar Kumar tops with 20 wickets.

20 - Yashasvi Jaiswal smacked 20 runs in the first over of Khaleel Ahmed. This is the second-highest score for RR in the first over of an IPL innings. They previously scored 22 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2009.

1 - Ravichandran Ashwin (24) equalled Harbhajan Singh for the joint-most wickets against Delhi Capitals in IPL. Dwayne Bravo is next in the list along with Jasprit Bumrah and Piyush Chawla, all three woth 23 wickets.

1 - Warner now has 19 fifty-plus scores for DC, the most by any batter for the team, surpassing Shikhar Dhawan’s tally of 18.