The IPL 2024 is up and running in style, and the stage is set now for the 38th match of the season, where the Rajasthan Royals (RR) will go up against the Mumbai Indians (MI). The match will be played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Monday, 22nd April at 07:30 PM IST.
Before the match starts, let us look at the essential ground stats of the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in IPL.
In the last match on this ground, the home-side Rajasthan Royals lost to the Gujarat Titans by 3 wickets on 10th April.
The pitch offers good batting conditions throughout the match, becoming even easier for batters as the game progresses. This trend has led captains to strategically choose fielding first after winning the toss, confident in chasing down a big total later. So far, 56 matches have been played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. 64.29% of them have been won by the chasing team, while only 35.71% of them have been won by the team batting first.
Sawai Mansingh Stadium IPL Stats
Numbers
Matches
56
Matches won batting first
20
Matches won batting second
36
Average first innings total
161.20
Runs per over
8.11
Runs per wicket
28.26
Highest total recorded
217/6 by SRH vs RR in 2023
Lowest total recorded
59/10 by RR vs RCB in 2023
The overall statistics show that, like most venues, the chasing team has enjoyed the majority of the success at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
IPL Record at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Last 10 Matches
Stats
Numbers
Matches
10
Matches won batting first
5
Matches won batting second
5
Average first innings score
177.6
Average first innings winning score
181
Average powerplay score
48.4
Average death-over score
52.4
The average first-inning winning score is above 181 runs, which states that the pitch at Sawai Mansingh Stadium is good for batting. The average death-over run rate here is 10.48, while the average powerplay run rate is 8.06.
IPL 2024 Stats
Matches: 4 Matches won batting first: 2 Matches won batting second: 2 Average first innings total: 189 Average second innings total: 184
Individual Player Records at Sawai Mansingh Stadium (IPL)
Highest Runs at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in IPL (Top 5)
Batters
Runs
Ajinkya Rahane
1115
Shane Watson
875
Sanju Samson
751
Rahul Dravid
735
Jos Buttler
734
So, among the top run scorers at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in the IPL, two players from the Royals will be playing this game. Sanju Samson is in great form so far, and Jos Buttler scored an excellent century in the last match against KKR.
Highest Wickets at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in IPL (Top 5)
Bowlers
Wickets
Siddharth Trivedi
36
Shane Warne
20
Shane Watson
19
Kevon Cooper
14
Shreyash Gopal & Sohail Tanvi
15
Best Individual Display at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in IPL
Highest Individual Score: 113* by Virat Kohli vs Rajasthan Royals on 06th April, 2024
Best Bowling Figure: 6/14 by Sohail Tanvir vs Chennai Super Kings on 4th May, 2008