IPL 2022: RR vs GT, Stats Preview – Upcoming records and approaching milestones

Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans will be facing each other in the 24th match of IPL 2022, to be played at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. Rajasthan Royals finished seventh in the previous edition, while Gujarat Titans are playing their inaugural season. Both teams have begun the ongoing season with three wins and one loss. Both the teams will be playing their second match at the DY Patil Stadium this season. Rajasthan Royals defeated MI while Gujarat Titans lost to SRH at this venue.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of Match 24 between Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League 2022:

1 – Rashid Khan needs one more wicket to become the fastest spinner to take 100 IPL wickets, in just 81 innings. Overall, he will become the joint second-fastest player to the milestone, tied with Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Only Lasith Malinga achieved the feat faster, in just 70 innings.

1 – Ashwin needs to bowl one more over to become the first player to bowl 600 overs in the Indian Premier League.

2 – Runs needed by Devdutt Padikkal to reach the 1000-run mark in the IPL. In terms of the number of innings, he will then become the third-fastest Indian to reach 1000 runs in the IPL, after Sachin Tendulkar and Suresh Raina.

5 – Shimron Hetmyer (45) requires five sixes to reach 50 maximums in the IPL.

6 – Hetmyer (44) is six fours away from completing 50 fours in the league.

8 – Samson (242) is eight fours away from reaching 250 fours in the league.

9 – Samson (141) needs nine sixes to get to 150 maximums in the cash-rich league.

4 – Shankar (46) needs four fours to get to 50 fours in the tournament.