The new IPL team Gujarat Titans (GT) and the inaugural IPL champions Rajasthan Royals (RR) are set for a historic final in the IPL 2022. Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad is also ready to end this IPL 2022 season powerfully.
Both Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals have played powerful cricket in this entire IPL 2022 season. They were the top two teams in the final points table at the end of the league stage of this IPL season (GT 20 points; RR 18 points). Later, GT reached the final of this tournament after beating RR in Qualifier 1. RR secured the other spot in this forthcoming final after beating Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Qualifier 2.
In the two meetings in this IPL 2022 between GT and RR, the Titans won both those games.
Before the IPL 2022 final, here we are talking about some key stats preview of this upcoming match.
Teams: Stats Preview
Gujarat Titans
Gujarat Titans already became the first team to play an IPL final on their debut (excluding the inaugural edition). Now, they have the chance to become the first team to win an IPL trophy on debut (excluding Rajasthan Royals’ IPL trophy win in the inaugural edition).
Rajasthan Royals
If Rajasthan Royals win this IPL 2022, they will create a new history of the longest wait between two IPL trophies. While they won their only IPL trophy in 2008, they can win it 14 years later.
Chennai Super Kings are currently holding the record for the longest wait between two IPL trophies as they waited seven years (between IPL 2011 trophy and IPL 2018 trophy).
Players: Stats Preview
Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)
(Most runs in an IPL season as a foreign cricketer)
English cricketer Jos Buttler, who is serving for Rajasthan Royals, is 25 runs away to surpass Australian cricketer David Warner’s record of 848 runs in IPL 2016 for Sunrisers Hyderabad and became the most runs scorer in an IPL season as a foreign batter.
Only the Indian cricketer Virat Kohli is ahead of them in the list of most runs in an IPL season with 973 runs in the IPL 2016 for Royal Challengers Bangalore as Buttler is currently 149 runs behind that Kohli’s record.
Most runs in an IPL season (only 800+ runs)
Player | Nationality | Team | Runs scored | IPL season |
Virat Kohli | Indian | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 973 | 2016 |
David Warner | Australian | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 848 | 2016 |
Jos Buttler | English | Rajasthan Royals | 824 | 2022 |
(Most centuries in an IPL season)
Jos Buttler has already hit four centuries in this IPL 2022. He is jointly holding the record of most centuries in an IPL season with the Indian star Virat Kohli, who also hit four centuries in IPL 2016 for Royal Challengers Bangalore.
With one more century in this IPL season, Buttler will become the first batter to hit five centuries in an IPL season. In this case, he will also equal the record of most IPL centuries with the Caribbean cricketer Chris Gayle (six centuries).
(Completing 50 sixes in IPL 2022)
Jos Buttler has already hit 45 sixes in IPL 2022, and he is set to win the Maximum Sixes award of this tournament. Buttler will complete his 50 sixes in this IPL season with five more sixes.
Only thrice the players have managed to hit at least 50 sixes in an IPL season.
Batters with at least 50 sixes in an IPL season
Player | Nationality | Team | Number of sixes | IPL season |
Chris Gayle | Jamaican | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 59 | 2012 |
Andre Russell | Jamaican | Kolkata Knight Riders | 52 | 2019 |
Chris Gayle | Jamaican | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 51 | 2013 |
Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals)
(Most wickets in an IPL season as a spinner)
Before the IPL 2022, South African leg-spinner Imran Tahir was lonely holding the record of most wickets in an IPL season as a spinner with 26 wickets in IPL 2019 for Chennai Super Kings.
In this IPL 2022, Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals) and Sri Lankan leggie Wanindu Hasaranga (Royal Challengers Bangalore) both are the joint-most wicket-takers with 26 wickets each.
In the IPL 2022 final, Chahal will have a great chance to become the lone record holder of the most wickets in an IPL season as a spinner with one more wicket in his account in this IPL season.
(Most IPL wickets as a spinner and as an Indian)
Yuzvendra Chahal (165 IPL wickets) is only two wickets away to surpass the senior leg-spinner Amit Mishra (166 IPL wickets) and become the most IPL wicket-taker as a spinner.
Then, only the Caribbean pacer Dwayne Bravo (183 IPL wickets) and Sri Lankan cricketer Lasith Malinga (170 IPL wickets) will have more IPL wickets than Chahal as the leg-spinner will also become the leading IPL wicket-taker as an Indian.
Ravichandran Ashwin (Rajasthan Royals)
(Third most IPL wicket-taker as a spinner and fifth-most IPL wicket-taker overall)
Rajasthan Royals’ experienced Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is currently the joint fifth most wicket-taker in IPL history with another experienced Indian leg-spinner Piyush Chawla (both currently with 157 IPL wickets each).
Ashwin will surpass Chawla with one more wicket and become the third most IPL wicket-taker as a spinner. He will also become the third most IPL wicket-taker as an Indian and fifth-most IPL wicket-taker overall after that achievement.
