Sanju Samson is the fastest Indian to hit 200 IPL sixes.

Sanju Samson is the fastest Indian to hit 200 IPL sixes.

In the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) on Tuesday, Delhi Capitals defeated Rajasthan Royals by 20 runs. In the match, Delhi's Jack Fraser-Magark scored a fifty in 19 balls, for the third time this season he has scored a fifty in less than 20 balls.

Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson hit 6 sixes in his innings of 86 runs, with this his 200 IPL sixes were completed. He was the fastest Indian to reach this milestone. Yuzvendra Chahal also completed 350 wickets in his T-20 career.

Let's take a look at some records made in this match:

1. Samson becomes the fastest Indian to hit 200 IPL sixes

Sanju Samson completed 200 sixes in his IPL career against Delhi. For this he took only 159 innings, becoming the Indian to hit 200 sixes in the least number of innings. He broke the record of MS Dhoni, who had hit 200 sixes in 165 innings.

2. Sanju hit 5 plus sixes in the innings for the 12th time.

Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson hit 6 sixes against Delhi. He was out after scoring 86 runs in 46 balls. Samson hit 5 or more sixes in an innings for the 12th time in IPL. He became the first Indian to hit 5 plus sixes most number of times in the tournament. Along with him, KL Rahul has also hit 5 plus sixes in 12 innings.

3. Fraser-Magurk scored fifty on 19 balls

For Delhi, opener Jack Fraser-Magurk scored fifty in just 19 balls. This was the fourth fifty of his IPL career, out of which he completed 3 half-centuries in less than 20 balls. Before Rajasthan, he had scored 2 fifties on just 15-15 balls.

Fraser-Magark became the first player in IPL to score 3 fifties in 20 balls. Before him, 6 players had scored fifty in less than 20 balls 2 times each.

4. Samson captained Rajasthan in most number of matches.

Sanju Samson captained Rajasthan Royals for the 56th time in IPL. With this, he became the player to captain Rajasthan in the most number of matches. He left behind Shane Warne, Warne had captained Rajasthan in 55 matches. Samson and Warne are also the most successful captains of Rajasthan, both of whom have won 30-30 matches for the team.

5. Score of 220+ for the fourth consecutive time in Delhi

Batting first, Delhi Capitals scored 221 runs at the loss of 8 wickets at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. For the fourth time in a row this IPL season, the score of more than 220 runs was crossed in the first innings on Delhi grounds. The best score here in the first innings is 266 runs, which was made by SRH against the home team.

6. Chahal became the first Indian to take 350 T-20 wickets

Yuzvendra Chahal took one wicket against Delhi, with this he completed 350 wickets in T-20 cricket. He became the first Indian to take 350 wickets in T-20. After him Piyush Chawla has taken 310 wickets in T-20.

7. Ashwin became top wicket taker against Delhi

Ravichandran Ashwin took 3 wickets in the match against Delhi. With this, he reached the top among the bowlers who took the most wickets against Delhi in IPL. He has 27 wickets in his name. Along with Ashwin, MI's Piyush Chawla has also taken 27 wickets against Delhi.

8. 200+ scored for the 13th time in both innings of an IPL match

Batting first, Delhi Capitals scored 221 runs in 20 overs in New Delhi. In reply, Rajasthan Royals also scored 201 runs in 20 overs. This happened for the 13th time in the 17th season when 200 or more runs were scored in both the innings. Earlier in 2023, this had happened 12 times.

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