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71.42 Rajasthan Royals’ win-percentage at home. They have now won 25 out of the 35 T20 games they have played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. (Also Read:  Rajasthan Royals vs Highveld Lions, M9 - Report: CLT20-2013 ) 50 Quinton de Kock’s wicket was Shane Watson’s 50th for the Rajasthan Royals. He became the third player to do so, after Siddharth Trivedi (65) and Shane Warne (58). Incidentally, Watson also holds the record of aggregating most runs (1845) for the Rajasthan Royals. 41 years 352 days – Pravin Tambe’s age. He became the oldest player to take a four-wicket haul in a CLT20 match. 10 Number of consecutive matches won by the Rajasthan Royals at Jaipur. They have, in fact, not lost a single match played here in 2013. 5 Number of Indian players to captain in 50 or more T20 games. Rahul Dravid joined MS Dhoni (152), Gautam Gambhir (75), Virender Sehwag (58) and Sachin Tendulkar (55). 4 for 15 – Pravin Tambe’s figures – best for an Indian bowler on CLT2...

A spirited bowling performance helped the Rajasthan Royals register their second win in as many matches in the Karbonn Smart CLT20 2013 and displace the Otago Volts from the top of the table in Group A. After posting a competitive 183 runs on the board, the Royals bowled and fielded well to restrict the Highveld Lions to 153 and registered a 30-run win. (Also Read:  Rajasthan Royals vs Highveld Lions, M9 - Stats Highlights: CLT20-2013 ) Needing to score at 9.20 runs an over, the Lions were off to a flier with Quinton de Kock picking up two boundaries and a six early on. His opening partner, Rassie van der Dussen, struggled to get the ball off the square in the face of some disciplined bowling from Vikramjeet Malik and James Faulkner. Shane Watson, introduced into the attack in the fourth over, struck with his third delivery when he had de Kock (18) caught at cover. van der Dussen (14) took the aggressive way to break the shackles and hit Malik for a four and a six, bu...

Match 4 of the Karbonn Smart CLT20 2013 turned out to be a damp squib after heavy showers forced the game to be abandoned without a ball being bowled. The two teams - Highveld Lions and Perth Scorchers – for who this match was their first outing in the competition, had to be content with two points each. Earlier in the evening, the match looked all set for an on-time start. The Highveld Lions skipper Alviro Petersen won the toss and put the Scorchers in to bat. However, within minutes of the toss, the skies opened up and there was a deluge. The rain did not relent for more than an hour, and small puddles across the field slowly turned to huge ponds of water. With the rain not relenting, the Match Officials had no option but to abandon the match. The Scorchers handed T20 caps to Ashton Agar, Joel Paris and Ashton Turner, before the rains set in and forced the match to be abandoned. Highveld Lions XI: Alviro Petersen (captain), Quinton de Kock (wicket-keeper), Rassi...

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