Yashasvi Jaiswal hammers his 16th half-century in IPL: Key stats
What's the story
Rajasthan Royals batter Yashasvi Jaiswal hit a fluent 55-run knock against Gujarat Titans in Match 9 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season on Saturday. Opening alongside Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, the duo added 70 runs for the 1st wicket. Jaiswal was joined by Dhruv Jurel and they put on another 56 runs. Kagiso Rabada cleaned Jaiswal up in the 13th over.
Knock
Jaiswal's composed knock helps RR
Jaiswal and Sooryavanshi laid the foundation with a key opening stand. Jaiswal took his time and looked to settle in. He played a composed knock and hit several classy shots as his knock progressed. In the 12th over, he completed his fifty with a four off Mohammed Siraj's bowling. The next over saw Jaiswal depart after a solid effort. Fast bowler Rabada castled him.
Stats
A look at Jaiswal's IPL stats
Jaiswal's knock was laced with six fours and three sixes. He faced 36 balls. With this effort, he now owns 2,259 IPL runs from 69 matches at 35.29. Jaiswal clocked his 16th IPL fifty (100s: 2). He is closing in on 100 sixes (96). As per ESPNcricinfo, Jaiswal owns 195 runs from 8 matches against GT at 27.85 (50s: 2).
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24th T20 fifty for Jaiswal
Overall in T20s, Jaiswal has smashed 3,775 runs from 123 matches (119 innings) at 34. The southpaw clocked his 24th fifty (100s: 4). He also went past 450 T20 fours (453) in addition to smoking 160 sixes.