Rajasthan Royals vs Deccan Chargers (26th March 2010)

Result: Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wkts

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat first and put 148/9 in the scoreboard with Rohit Sharma top scorer of 49 from 35 balls. Rajasthan Royals started chasing with a high note, Michael Lumb scored 45 and some powerful shots by Yusuf Pathan who scored 73 from 34 balls (8 sixes) helped them to win the match by 8 wickets in 15.4 overs.

Yusuf Pathan was the 'Man of the Match' award for his 73 runs off 34 deliveries. Kamaal catch award went to Jhunjunwala for the catch he took to dismiss Rahul Sharma.

Numbers that mattered, Match 22

• 3.75 Shane Warne’s economy rate (4-0-15-1) – his best in a spell of 4 overs in the IPL.

• 11 Number of run-outs Rohit Sharma has been involved in. Interestingly, he got himself out only twice, while his partners got run-out on as many as 9 occasions.

• 19 Number of sixes hit by Yusuf Pathan in IPL 2010 – the most by any batsman. He went ahead of Bangalore’s Robin Uthappa’s tally of 12 sixes.

• 20 The number of consecutive singles taken during the Deccan innings between the 12th and 18th overs.

• 26 Rajasthan Royals won the match with 26 balls to spare.

• 56 Number of sixes hit by Yusuf Pathan in IPL matches. He is now just one short of Adam Gilchrist’s record of 57 sixes.

• 95 Rajasthan Royals’ total after the 10th over – their highest in IPL 2010.

• 148 The lowest total posted by Deccan Chargers in IPL 2010.

• 920 Yusuf Pathan’s run-tally in IPL – he is now placed fourth after Adam Gilchrist (1081), Suresh Raina (1035) and Matthew Hayden (957).