Sawai Mansingh Stadium IPL Records Ahead Of RR Vs DC

Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur (X.com)Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur (X.com)

The IPL 2024 is up and running in style and the stage is set now for the 9th match of the season where Rajasthan Royals will go up against Delhi Capitals. The match will be played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur where Rajasthan Royals started their season with a comprehensive win against LSG and would be hoping to make it two in two in front of their passionate home crowd. 

As far as Delhi Capitals are concerned, they were outplayed by Punjab Kings in the first game and would be hoping to make a statement with a win at the RR's den. So, ahead of this important clash, let's see the ground stats of Sawai Mansingh Stadium in IPL over the years.

In IPL, 53 matches have been played at Jaipur and 19 of them have been won by batting first while 34 of those have been won while chasing. It clearly shows that chasing has been highly beneficial at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium and it could be the preferred option of the captain winning the toss on Thursday as well.

However, winning the toss has hardly made any difference as teams winning the toss have won 28 and the 25 matches have been won by team who have lost the toss.


Sawai Mansingh Stadium Ground Stats

Sawai Mansingh Stadium IPL Records
Total Matches Played53
Matches Won Batting First19
Matches Won Batting Second34
Matches Won After Winning The Toss28
Matches Won After Losing The Toss25
Highest Team Total217/6 (SRH vs RR)
Lowest Team Total59/10 (RR vs RCB)
Highest Run Chase Achieved
193/4 (DC vs RR)
Average Runs Per Over27.64
Average Runs Per Wicket8.03
Average Score Batting First159.68

The highest total at the venue is 217/6 was made by Sunrisers Hyderabad against Rajasthan Royals in the 2023 season. Also, in the same season, RR registered the lowest total in the history of IPL at the stadium when they were bundled out for just 59 against RCB. 

The highest run-chase at the venue is by DC when they chased down 193 against RR while the average score batting first at SMS is 159.68. The average runs per over at the venue is around 8 while average runs scored per wicket are 27.64. 

So, it the pitch at Sawai Mansingh Stadium tends to be balanced and there is something for everyone, and we might get a close contest again with middling scores of around 170.