Statistical highlights of the Indian Premier League [ Images ] match between Rajasthan Royals [ Images ] and Royal Challengers [ Images ] Bangalore in Jaipur [ Images ].
# Bangalore now have 15 points - seven victories and three defeats out of eleven played (abandoned one). They are placed second in the points table.
# Rajasthan Royals, with five victories and six defeats, are placed fifth in the points table - 11 poionts (one abandoned).
# Chris Gayle [ Images ] is averaging 99.50 in the IPL 4 for his 398 runs in six innings at a strike rate of 195.09. His strike rate is also the best in the present competition.
# S Badrinath's average of 98.00 is the second best in the present competition so far.
# Gayle's aggregate of 398, including two hundreds and one fifty, is the second highest in the IPL 2011, next only to Virender Sehwag [ Images ] (422). The next three are - Michael Hussey [ Images ] (388), Virat Kohli [ Images ] (387) and Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ] (371).
# Gayle became the first batsman to post 30 sixes in IPL 4. Sanath Jayasuriya [ Images ] had registered 31 sixes during the 2008 edition of the IPL, aggregating 514 runs at an average of 42.83 in 14 matches.
# Royal Challengers Bangalore have won six consecutive matches in the IPL 2011. They have joined Mumbai [ Images ] (2008) and Rajasthan (2008) to record six succssive victories in the IPL.
# Bangalore's splendid nine-wicket triumph is their biggest in Jaipur in the IPL.
# Bangalore have posted their second biggest victory over Rajasthan in the IPL, next only to their 10-wicket win at Bangalore on March 18, 2010.
# Shane Watson [ Images ] and Rahul Dravid [ Images ] were associated in a partnership of 73 for the first wicket - Rajasthan's third partnership of fifty-plus in the present competition.
# Dravid is the leading run-getter for Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 4, aggregating 299 at an average of 29.90 in ten matches, including a fifty.
# Sreenath Aravind is the top wicket-taker for Bangalore in the fourth edition of the IPL, taking 13 wickets at an average of 15.07 in seven matches.
# Only three half-centuries have been recorded in eleven games for Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2011 - one each by Rahul Dravid, Johan Botha [ Images ] and Ajinkya Rahane [ Images ].
# Watson (34 off 29 balls) is without a half-century in the present competition, aggregating 221 at an average of 24.55.
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