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Trent Boult has taken five wickets in four innings in the powerplay, the most by any bowler this season. The left-arm fast bowler bowled 66 balls at an economy rate of just 6.63 and gave away 73 runs. While Boult has the best bowling strike rate at this stage of the game (minimum 8 overs and 3 innings), his economy rate places him third behind Pat Cummins (5.2) and Jasprit Bumrah (5.3). Boult has the ability to swing the new ball which makes him one of the most dangerous bowlers. He is the joint-highest wicket-taker in the powerplay in the IPL since 2019 (along with Deepak Chahar).
Yuzvendra Chahal
He is the highest wicket-taker in IPL history and is just five wickets away from becoming the first bowler to reach the 200-club in the tournament. Chahal's specialty also lies in taking important wickets by controlling the flow of runs in the middle overs, thereby deciding the fate of the game – a role he has played for the Challengers over the years. Not surprisingly, Chahal is the joint-highest wicket-taker of the season with five wickets in the middle overs at an average of 12 (7-15) and an economy of just 6! He has hit five fours in just 60 balls at this stage of the game.
wide gap indicator
While the Royals have not piled up wickets in the death overs, they have kept the run-scoring in check and have the lowest combined economy rate of 8.4 among all the franchises at this stage of the game this season. Just for perspective, Royals are followed by the Titans who have conceded runs at a rate of 9.6 per over – a huge difference indicative of how good the Royals have been at restricting opposition batsmen in the last five overs.
andre berger
Has performed brilliantly for Royals in the death overs and has given only five runs in his two overs. Boult bowled a solitary over at this stage of the game, conceding only 8 runs, while Avesh Khan was also restricted to an economy of 8.4 in the last 5 overs. However, the most interesting name in the list for the Royals is Chahal, who despite being a leg spinner, bowled in the death overs and conceded just 29 runs in his four overs, while taking three wickets.
Ryan Pollen
While Yashasvi Jaiswal looked brilliant in the early going this season and even Jos Buttler failed with the bat in the first three matches for the Royals, it was Ryan Parag who stood out for the franchise with three brilliant performances. Bat Parag is the leading run-scorer for the Royals in the tournament, with a total of 185 runs in four innings at a high strike rate of 158.1. After scoring 43 off 29 balls against Lucknow Super Giants, he led a brilliant counter-attack against Capitals to score an unbeaten 84 off just 45 balls (from 30/2). Parag took RR's innings forward with an unbeaten 54 off 39 balls against Mumbai Indians after losing early wickets while chasing the target of 126 runs. Parag has already surpassed his previous best score in the IPL season and it seems he has finally matured. He scored a total of 600 runs in 44 innings across five seasons between 2019 and 2023 at an impressive average of 16.22 and a strike rate of 124, including just two fifties in this time frame.
Best middle order in the tournament
The RR middle-order (3-7) has been the team's standout performer so far with a total of 488 runs between them at the best batting average of 48.8. Sunrisers, who are second in this parameter, have an average of 35.5. Apart from Parag, captain Sanju Samson has been in great form, scoring 178 runs at a strike rate of 150.8 with two match-winning performances.
