IPL 2024: Sawai Mansingh Stadium Pitch Report, Weather Forecast, T20, Indian Premier League Records & Stats

Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, established in 1969 and named after Sawai Man Singh II, the former Maharaja of the state of Jaipur, will host a few matches during the seventeenth edition of the Indian Premier League – IPL 2024, which starts from Friday (March 22).

Sawai Mansingh Stadium, which underwent a major renovation in 2006, has served as home venues to Rajasthan state teams, the Indian cricket team and since 2008, when Indian Premier League (IPL) started as a home to the Rajasthan Royals.

The venue in Jaipur will play hosts to at least seven home games of the inaugral champions Rajasthan Royals in the upcoming campaign of IPL. The Royals had played two home games at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati.

In the partial released schedule, RR will host three matches at their home venue, starting with the opener against Lucknow Super Giants on March 24 followed by a fixture against Delhi Capitals on March 28.

In the third match at home, the Royals will host Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 6 with the remaining two matches also set to be played in April, while Royals will use the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati as home for two more matches.

The SMS venue will be hosting it’s ninth season of the cash-rich league matches, having hosted several matches in IPL, the home games of RR in eight seasons prior to the 2024 season.

The lowest total was registered at the venue last season, but historically there has been a mix of high-scoring and low-scoring affairs in Jaipur. Here is a look at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur information, T20 and IPL records at the venue ahead of IPL 2024:

Sawai Mansingh Stadium Pitch Report

The wickets at the venue have often assisted bowlers, both pace and spin, and on an odd occasion produced big scores. The average first innings score is 150 plus in Jaipur, where the team chasing has had the most success in the IPL fixtures so far.

Jaipur Sawai Mansingh Stadium Weather Forecast

It’s the Indian summer, so the day will be extremely warm in Jaipur, but the evenings may be slightly cooler, seeing the temperatures rise up from 36°C to 40°C during the next fortnight in the region with the low of 19°C to 23°C in March.

In April and May, there could be some cloudy days with no real threat of rain, but the temperatures are expected to shoot up to 41°C and 42°C in the day with the low of 25°C to 29°C in the nights.

Sawai Mansingh Stadium IPL Records and Stats

• Total Matches: 57
• Batting 1st Won: 20
• Batting 2nd Won: 37
• Highest Total: 217/6 by Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals in 2023
• Lowest Total: 59 all out by Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2023
• Highest Run-chase: 217/6 in 20 overs by Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals in 2023
• Lowest Total Defended: 144/6 by Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders in 2013
• Average 1st Innings Score: 162
• Average 2nd Innings Score: 148
• Highest Individual Score: Ajinkya Rahane (RR) – 105* from 63 balls vs DC in 2019
• Most Runs: Ajinkya Rahane (RR & CSK) – 1115 runs in 35 innings
• Total Sixes: 504 sixes
• Most Sixes: Shane Watson (RR & CSK) – 41 sixes in 29 innings
• Total Fours: 1632 fours
• Most Fours: Ajinkya Rahane (RR & CSK) – 127 fours in 35 innings
• Total Fifties: 88 fifties
• Most Fifties: Ajinkya Rahane (RR & CSK) – 7 fifties
• Total Hundreds: 4 hundreds
• Most Hundreds: Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR), Virat Kohli (RCB), Ajinkya Rahane (RR) & Jos Buttler (RR) – 1 hundred
• Best Bowling Figures: Sohail Tanvir (RR) – 6 for 14 vs CSK in 2008
• Most Wickets: Siddharth Trivedi (RR) – 36 wickets in 32 innings

Sawai Mansingh Stadium IPL 2024 Records & Stats

• Total Matches: 5
• Batting 1st Won: 2
• Batting 2nd Won: 3
• Highest Total: 199/7 by Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals
• Lowest Total: 173/6 by Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals
• Highest Run-chase: 199/7 in 20 overs by Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals
• Lowest total defended: 185/5 by Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals
• Average 1st Innings Score: 189
• Average 2nd Innings Score: 184
• Most Runs: Sanju Samson (RR) – 272 runs in 5 innings
• Highest Score: Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR) – 104* off 60 balls vs MI
• Total Sixes: 78 sixes
• Most Sixes: Riyan Parag (RR) – 14 sixes in 5 innings
• Total Fours: 152 fours
• Most Runs: Sanju Samson (RR) – 23 fours in 5 innings
• Total Fifties: 7 fifties
• Most Fifties: Sanju Samson (RR) - 3 fifties
• Total Hundreds: 3 hundreds
• Most Hundreds: Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR), Virat Kohli (RCB) & Jos Buttler (RR) - 1 hundred each
• Most Wickets: Yuzvendra Chahal (RR) – 8 wickets
• Best Bowling Figures: Sandeep Sharma (RR) – 5 for 18 in 4 overs vs MI

Sawai Mansingh Stadium IPL 2024 Schedule

• March 24, Sunday: Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants - RR won by 20 runs
• March 28, Thursday: Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals - RR won by 12 runs
• April 6, Saturday: Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - RR won by 6 wickets
• April 10, Wednesday: Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans - GT won by 3 wickets
• April 22, Monday: Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians - RR won by 9 wickets