This was the second-lowest score for the team batting first in an IPL final match. Number one, in this case, is the Mumbai Indians, who scored 129 for 8 in the final of the year 2017.
In the final match of IPL 2022, Gujarat Titans won the title by defeating Rajasthan Royals (RR) by seven wickets. In this match, Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson had won the toss and decided to bat first, but his decision was not found by the fanatics of the team and he could score only 130 runs in 20 overs. The team had to bear the brunt of this poor batting.
Rajasthan Royals got off to a good start as they scored 31 runs in 3.5 overs for no loss. But after the dismissal of Yashasvi Jaiswal and then Sanju Samson in the 9th over, the Rajasthan Royals’ innings faltered. Soon Rajasthan’s score became 112 for seven for 60 runs from one wicket.
That is, Rajasthan lost 6 wickets within 53 runs. During this, apart from Samson, Jos Buttler (39 runs), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin and Trent Boult lost their wickets. Later in the last over of the innings, two more wickets fell for Rajasthan in the form of Obed McCoy and Riyan Parag.
Fall of wickets for Rajasthan:
1 – 31 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 3.6 overs)
2- 60 (Sanju Samson, 8.2 overs)
3- 79 (Devdutt Padikkal, 11.5 overs)
4- 79 (Jos Buttler, 12.1 ov)
5- 94 (Shimron Hetmyer, 14.6 ov)
6- 98 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 15.5 ov) 7-112
(Trent Boult, 17.3 overs)
8- 130 (Obed McCoy, 19.4 ov)
9- 130 (Ryan Parag, 19.6 ov)
This was the second-lowest score for the team batting first in an IPL final match. In this case, the team of Mumbai Indians is at number one, which scored 129 runs for 8 wickets in the final of the year 2017. The special thing is that out of the top-5 lowest scores, the team batted first on four occasions. was victorious.
Minimum Score in IPL Final (Batting First)
129/8 Mumbai Indians vs RPS 2017 (Win)
130/9* Rajasthan vs Gujarat Titans 2022
143/6 Deccan Chargers vs RCB 2009 (Win)
148/9 Mumbai Indians vs CSK 2013 (Win) 149/8
Mumbai Indians vs CSK 2019 (Win)
