- Deepak Hooda scored a twenty ball fifty, the fastest in this IPL edition so far. Interestingly, his teammate and skipper KL Rahul scored the fastest one of this edition earlier in the game (of 30 balls).
- Rahul now is now the leading run getter and the first to break the 90 run barrier in this edition. This is also his third knock in the 90s in 72 innings, outside his two centuries. Two of his three knocks in the 90s were scored in the Wankhede stadium, incidentally.
- Hooda becomes the only batsman to score a fastest fifty in the 2021 edition in the top 100. fastest fifties in IPL. The barrier to break is 24 deliveries to get into the top 100 list. PBKS also has 17 fastest fifties in the top 100 all-time IPL list.
- Punjab Kings (PBKS) becomes the first team to score 200+ runs in this IPL.
- Rajasthan Royals (RR) skipper Sanju Samson had to use 5 bowlers to finish the last two 4 over quotas.
- Chetan Sakariya on his IPL debut has claimed 3 wickets and an impressive catch to dismiss Pooran for his second IPL duck in 21 innings.
- Sanju Samson (119) matched his record 64 ball hundred in the 2019 edition and now has three scores of over 100 among top 60 fastest 100s ever in IPL. Two of his three tons have been on a losing cause, both for the Royals, unfortunately.
- The match has now witnessed the fastest 50 and 100 of this IPL, both well into the all-time records.
- As many as 7 players made their debuts for their respective teams in IPL in the match, 4 from RR and 3 from PBKS.
- PBKS has now lost only once in their last 5 IPL opening games.
- RR have now lost three of their last 4 IPL opening games including twice to PBKS in this timeframe.
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