Rajasthan Royals leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has taken extra wickets than anybody within the historical past of the Indian Premier League.
His milestone got here because the Rajasthan Royals crushed Kolkata Knight Riders by 9 wickets on Thursday.
Chahal grabbed 4-25 to surpass Dwayne Bravo’s file of 183 and stretch his wickets tally for the season to 21.
Chahal’s bowling buckled down Kolkata at 8-149 earlier than younger left-handed Yashasvi Jaiswal (98 not out) smashed a 13-ball half-century and sped Rajasthan to 1-151 in solely 13.1 overs.
The victory pushed Rajasthan to No.3 with 12 factors and dropped Mumbai Indians to No.4 on internet run-rate. Kolkata slipped to No.7 with 10 factors because the battle for 4 playoff spots heats up.
Jaiswal put the sport past Kolkata’s attain within the first over when he smacked 26 towards Nitish Rana’s offspin bowling.
Jaiswal got here near equalling Yuvraj Singh’s IPL file of a 12-ball half-century earlier than flicking Shardul Thakur to deep sq. leg for a single to finish his fifty off 13 balls.
Jos Buttler was the lone wicket to fall with out scoring when he was run-out off a direct throw from Andre Russell on the non-striker’s finish earlier than captain Sanju Samson additionally made a speedy unbeaten 48 off 29 balls to the frustration of Kolkata followers on the Eden Gardens.
Jaiswal’s power-hitting noticed the left-hander hitting 10 fours and 5 sixes whereas Samson was additionally ruthless, smashing 5 sixes and two fours in a century stand.
“I did not need to do something, simply rotate strike and watch,” Samson stated whereas praising Jaiswal’s batting. “It is time to give Chahal the legend tag. Very grateful to have him, you simply want to offer him the ball with out saying something.”
Earlier, Trent Boult (2-15) lived as much as his knack of selecting up wickets within the powerplay when he dismissed two large Kolkata hitters in Jason Roy (10) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (18).
Chahal then squeezed the runs within the center overs along with his sharp legspins and googlies. Chahal had the massive wickets of top-scorer Venkatesh Iyer, who made 57 off 42 balls, and Rana as each tried to speed up by going for large pictures.
Chahal then returned within the loss of life overs and accounted for the wickets of Thakur and one other Kolkata power-hitter Rinku Singh, who made 16 off 18 balls earlier than holing out within the deep towards the leg-spinner within the penultimate over.
Chahal now has 187 IPL wickets together with his seventh four-wicket haul.
“Jaiswal’s innings was praiseworthy,” Rana stated. “I bowled first (over) as a result of I believed I might gamble as a part-timer and get the in-form Jaiswal out nevertheless it was his day.
