Yuzvendra Chahal and R Ashwin can be chasing huge milestones in the Rajasthan Royals-Gujarat Titans recreation in the 2024 version of the IPL because the Men in Pink look to make it 5 in 5 on Wednesday, April 10 in Jaipur. The Royals could have misplaced 4 out of 5 encounters in opposition to the Gujarat Titans in the IPL, nonetheless, this time across the staff is fairly totally different, particularly for the 2022 champions and the Men in Pink are in great kind.
Chahal with 56 wickets for Royals in two and half seasons, is fourth on the listing of bowlers to take most wickets for the inaugural champions. Two extra wickets will take Chahal to 3rd place, above the Royals’ solely IPL-winning captain Shane Warne who has 57 to his identify for the staff. Siddharth Trivedi is at present on the prime with 65 wickets and Shane Watson at No 2 with 61.
Chahal wants 5 extra wickets to turn out to be the primary bowler in historical past to take 200 in the IPL. Chahal at present has 195 wickets to his identify, having performed for Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and the Royals in the IPL. On the opposite hand, R Ashwin with 172 wickets in the IPL, is 2 away from surpassing Amit Mishra and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who’re tied on 173 scalps in the event.
At 174, Ashwin can even turn out to be the fourth-highest wicket-taker in the cash-rich league after Chahal (195), Dwayne Bravo (183) and Piyush Chawla (181).
Chahal and Ashwin have been phenomenal for RR in controlling the center section with the ball. While Ashwin could have picked only one wicket, Chahal is in the working for the purple cap with eight wickets in 4 matches already and can hope to get a number of extra in Jaipur on Wednesday in opposition to the Gujarat Titans.
