Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and Sri Lankan wicketkeeper-batter Kumar Sangakkara were felicitated on the occasion of the 1000th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. The match between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals marked another landmark in the rich and decorated history of the tournament.
Sachin Tendulkar played six IPL seasons, all for Mumbai Indians, where he scored a total of 2334 runs in 78 matches at an average of 34.84. Sachin has 13 fifties and one hundred under his belt, hitting 29 sixes and 295 fours with a strike rate of 119.82. Sachin’s best performance came in IPL 2010, where he scored 618 runs in 15 matches at an average of 47.53 at a strike rate of 132.61. He won the ‘Orange Cap’ that season. Sachin is now the ‘Icon’ of Mumbai Indians.
Kumar Sangakkara played 71 IPL matches in a career spanning six seasons, scoring 1,687 runs at an average of 25.95 and a strike rate of over 121. He represented Punjab Kings, Deccan Chargers, and Sunrisers Hyderabad. The first season with PBKS back in 2008 stands as his best, in which he scored 320 runs in 10 matches at an average of 35.55 with four fifties and the best score of 94. Kumar Sangakkara is now the coach for Rajasthan Royals.
Sanju Samson, the current skipper of Rajasthan Royals, won the toss and opted to bat first against Mumbai Indians in the IPL match at Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. Rajasthan would try to reclaim the top spot in the points table, while Rohit Sharma, the current Mumbai Indians skipper, would try to win their fourth game to move up the list.
Jofra Archer and Arshad Khan joined the Mumbai Indians playing XI, while Jason Behrendorff and Arjun Tendulkar would miss the match. For Rajasthan Royals, Trent Boult came back into the side.
Rajasthan Royals Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Mumbai Indians Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (w), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Jofra Archer, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya, Riley Meredith, Arshad Khan.
