Statistical highlights of the Indian Premier League match between Rajasthan Royals and Deccan Chargers, played at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium, on Saturday.
# Johan Botha (67 not out off 47 balls) posted his first fifty at the IPL.
# In 69 games in Twenty20, the innings is Botha's first fifty.
# Amongst the batsmen with 2000 runs in T20, Botha's strike rate is the highest -- 2628 (ave. 33.26) at 149.57 in 103 matches.
# Deccan Chargers (137/8) posted their lowest total against Rajasthan Royals, outstripping the 140 for eight at Jaipur in 2008.
# Siddharth Trivedi (3/15) registered his best bowling performance for Rajasthan Royals in the IPL.
# Trivedi received his first MoM award in the IPL
# Amit Singh captured three wickets for 35 runs, taking his wicket-aggregate to 15 at an average of 12.73 in nine matches.
# Kumar Sangakkara recorded his third duck in the IPL -- his sixth in Twenty20.
# Deccan Chargers lost by eight wickets their third defeat by eight wickets to Rajasthan Royals.
# Rajasthan's aforesaid victory is their sixth in seven games against Deccan Chargers in the IPL.
# Deccan Chargers have a poor record, losing all ten IPL games at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad.