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Punjab {223 for 2} and Rajasthan {226 for 4} posted team totals of 200 plus runs to provide the 97^th and 98^th occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament.

Punjab {223 for 2} posted team total of 200 plus runs to provide the 14th occasion of Punjab posting a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament.

Rajasthan {226 for 4} posted team total of 200 plus runs to provide the ninth occasion of a Rajasthan posting a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament.

Punjab {223 for 2} posted team total of 200 plus runs to provide the 11th occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament against Rajasthan.

Rajasthan {226 for 4} posted team total of 200 plus runs to provide the 17th occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament against Punjab

Punjab {223 for 2} and Rajasthan {226 for 4} posted team totals of 200 plus runs to provide the 24th occasion of  both teams posting a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament.

Rajasthan {226 for 4} posted team total of 200 plus runs to provide the 26th occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs batting second in the tournament

Rajasthan won this game by four wickets chasing a total of 222 to become the team chasing the highest target in the history of IPL. The previous best chased target was 215 set by Deccan Chargers against Rajasthan at Hyd-RGS on 24.04.08 in the inaugural edition of the tournament. Rajasthan had won this game by three wickets. Rajasthan’s chase of 222 runs in this game was one of ten games chased by a team when the target was 200 plus runs.

Rajasthan became the third team to win an IPL game on two or more occasions chasing a target was 200 plus runs. Other two teams are Punjab {03} and Bangalore {02}

KL Rahul and MA Agarwal posted a partnership of 183 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 202^nd occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the tournament. It also provides 68th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in the tournament. It also provides 26^th occasion of Punjab batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the tournament.

KL Rahul and MA Agarwal posted a partnership of 183 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 22^nd occasion of batsmen posting 150 plus in the tournament. It also provides the third occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in the tournament and provides the third best for the first wicket in the tournament.

No	Partners	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	Warner/Bairstow	185	Sun	Bang	HydRGS	31.03.19
2	Gambhir/CA Lynn	184*	Kol	Guj	Rajkot	07.04.17
3	KL Rahul/Agarwal	183	Pun	Raj	Sharjah	27.09.20

It is interesting to note that these three partnerships are in the descending order starting from 185.

MA Agarwal scored 106 in this game to provide the 60^th occasion of a batsman scoring a century in the tournament. It also provides the 12th occasion of a Punjab batsman scoring a century in the tournament. It also provides the 25th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in the tournament.

MA Agarwal’s 106 contained ten boundary fours to provide the 32^nd occasion of a batsman scoring ten or more boundary fours while scoring a century in the tournament.

MA Agarwal’s 106 was in a losing cause to provide the 12^th occasion of a batsman’s century going in vain in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	A Symonds	117*	Dec	Raj	Hyd-RGS	24.04.08
2	YK Pathan	100	Raj	Mum	Mum-BS	13.03.10
3	Tendulkar	100*	Mum	Koc	Mumbai	15.04.11
4	WP Saha	115*	Pun	Kol	Bangalore	01.06.14
5	V Kohli	100*	Ban	Guj	Rajkot	24.04.16
6	SPD Smith	101	RPun	Guj	Pune-MCA	29.04.16
7	HM Amla	104*	Pun	Mum	Indore	20.04.17
8	RR Pant	128*	Del	Sun	Delhi	10.05.18
9	SV Samson	102*	Raj	Sun	Hyd-RGS	29.03.19
10	KL Rahul	100*	Pun	Mum	Mumbai	10.04.19
11	AM Rahane	105*	Raj	Del	Jaipur	22.04.19
12	M Agaarwal	106	Pun	Raj	Sharjah	27.09.20

It also provides the fourth occasion of a Punjab batsman’s century going in vain in the tournament. All the three occasions are listed below

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	WP Saha	115*	Pun	Kol	Bangalore	01.06.14
2	HM Amla	104*	Pun	Mum	Indore	20.04.17
3	KL Rahul	100*	Pun	Mum	Mumbai	10.04.19
4	M Agaarwal	106	Pun	Raj	Sharjah	27.09.20

It also provides the second occasion of a batsman’s century going in vain against Rajasthan in the tournament. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	A Symonds	117*	Dec	Raj	Hyd-RGS	24.04.08
2	M  Agaarwal	106	Pun	Raj	Sharjah	27.09.20

It also provides the sixth occasion of an opening batsman’s century in a losing cause in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Pos	Batsman	Runs	Team	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	01	V Kohli	100*	Ban	Guj	Rajkot	24.04.16
2	01	HM Amla	104*	Pun	Mum	Indore	20.04.17
3	01	KL Rahul	100*	Pun	Mum	Mumbai	10.04.19
4	01	AM Rahane	105*	Raj	Del	Jaipur	22.04.19
5	02	Tendulkar	100*	Mum	Koc	Mumbai	15.04.11
6	02	M Agaarwal	106	Pun	Raj	Sharjah	27.09.20

MA Agarwal’s 106 represent the highest individual score by an opening batsman in a losing cause in the tournament. The previous best was 105 not out by Rajasthan’s AM Rahane against Delhi at Jaipur on 22.04.19

No	Pos	Batsman	Runs	Team	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	02	M Agaarwal	106	Pun	Raj	Sharjah	27.09.20
2	01	AM Rahane	105*	Raj	Del	Jaipur	22.04.19

MA Agarwal scored his hundred in 45 minutes. It represents one of the 17 fastest hundreds scored in less than 50 deliveries in the tournament

No	Player	Balls	Match	Venue	Date
1	CH Gayle	30	Bangalore v Pune	Bangalore	23.04.13
2	YK Pathan	37	Rajasthan v Mumbai	Mumbai	13.03.10
3	DA Miller	38	Punjab v Bangalore	Mohali	06.05.13
4	AC Gilchrist	42	Deccan  v Mumbai	Mumbai	27.04.08
5	AB de Villiers	43	Bangalore v Gujarat	Bangalore	14.05.16
6	DA Warner	43	Sunrisers v Kolkata	Hyderabad	30.04.17
7	ST Jayasuriya	45	Mumbai v Chennai	Mumbai	14.05.08
8	MA Agarwal	45	Punjab v Rajasthan	Sharjah	27.09.20
9	M Vijay	46	Chennai  v Rajasthan	Chennai	03.04.10
10	CH Gayle	46	Bangalore v Punjab	Bangalore	06.05.11
11	CH Gayle	46	Bangalore v Punjab	Bangalore	06.05.15
12	A Symonds	47	Deccan v Rajasthan	Hyderabad	24.04.08
13	AB de Villiers	47	Bangalore v Mumbai	Mumbai	10.05.15
14	V Kohli	47	Bangalore v Punjab	Bangalore	18.05.16
15	V Sehwag	48	Delhi  v Deccan	Hyderabad	05.05.11
16	Q de Kock	48	Delhi  v Bangalore	Bangalore	17.04.16
17	WP Saha	49	Punjab v Kolkata	Bangalore	01.06.14

MA Agarwal scored his hundred in 45 minutes. It represents one of the three fastest hundreds scored by Punjab batsman in less than 50 deliveries in the tournament

No	Player	Balls	Match	Venue	Date
1	DA Miller	38	Punjab v Bangalore	Mohali	06.05.13
2	MA Agarwal	45	Punjab v Rajasthan	Sharjah	27.09.20
3	WP Saha	49	Punjab v Kolkata	Bangalore	01.06.14

KL Rahul {69} and MA Agarwal {106} scored fifties in this game to provide the 53^rd occasion of both the openers scoring fifties in the same innings in the tournament. It also provides the seventh occasion of both the openers from Punjab scoring fifties in the tournament. All the secen occasions are tabulated below

No	Pos	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	01	SE Marsh	60	Pun	Dec	Mohali	23.05.08
	02	Sangakkara	50	Pun	Dec	Mohali	23.05.08
2	01	SE Marsh	115	Pun	Raj	Mohali	28.05.08
	02	JR Hopes	51	Pun	Raj	Mohali	28.05.08
3	01	RS Bopara	77	Pun	Ban	Bangalore	16.03.10
	02	MS Bisla	75	Pun	Ban	Bangalore	16.03.10
4	01	AC Gilchrist	61	Pun	Dec	Hyd-RGS	16.04.11
	02	PC Valthaty	75	Pun	Dec	Hyd-RGS	16.04.11
5	01	M Vijay	53	Pun	RPun	Mohali	16.04.16
	02	M Vohra	51	Pun	RPun	Mohali	16.04.16
6	01	KL Rahul	60	Pun	Kol	Kolkata	21.04.18
	02	CH Gayle	62*	Pun	Kolk	Kolkata	21.04.18
7	01	KL Rahul	69	Pun	Raj	Sharjah	27.09.20
	02	M Agarwal	106	Pun	Raj	Sharjah	27.09.20

KL Rahul {69} and MA Agarwal {106} scored fifties in this game to provide the fifth occasion of one of the opener scoring half century and another opener scoring a century in the same innings in the tournament. It also provides the secondS occasion of Punjab openers performing such a feat in the tournament. Both such occasions are tabulated below. It is interesting to note that both these occasions are against Rajasthan.

No	Pos	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	01	SE Marsh	115	Pun	Raj	Mohali	28.05.08
	02	JR Hopes	51	Pun	Raj	Mohali	28.05.08
2	01	KL Rahul	69	Pun	Raj	Sharjah	27.09.20
	02	M Agarwal	106	Pun	Raj	Sharjah	27.09.20

SD Cottrell {one for 53} and Mohammad Shami {3 for 52} conceded 50 plus runs in this game to provide the 157^th and 158^th occasion of bowlers conceding 50 plus runs in an innings in the tournament. It also provides the 27^th and 28^th occasion of Punjab bowlers conceding 50 plus runs in an innings in the tournament. It also provides the fourth and fifth occasion of Punjab bowlers conceding 50 plus runs in an innings in the tournament against Rajasthan in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W	R	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	M Kartik	1	51	Pun	Raj	Sharjah	20.04.14
2	BE Hendricks	0	57	Pun	Raj	Mohali	23.05.14
3	SM Curran	2	52	Pun	Raj	Jaipur	25.03.19
4	SS Cottrell	1	52	Pun	Raj	Sharjah	27.09.20
5	Mohd Shami	3	53	Pun	Raj	Sharjah	27.09.20

SD Cottrell {one for 53} and Mohammad Shami {3 for 52} conceded 50 plus runs in this game to provide the eleventh occasion of two bowlers conceding 50 plus runs in the same innings in the tournament.  It also provides the third such occasion by Punjab bowlers in the tournament. Both such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W	R	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	M Sharma	2	51	Pun	Sun	Mohali	19.04.18
2	R Ashwin	0	53	Pun	Sun	Mohali	19.04.18
1	AS Rajpoot	1	52	Pun	Mum	Mumbai	10.04.19
2	SM Curran	1	54	Pun	Mum	Mumbai	10.04.19
1	SS Cottrell	1	52	Pun	Raj	Sharjah	27.09.20
2	Mohd Shami	3	53	Pun	Raj	Sharjah	27.09.20

Mohammad Shami became the fourth bowler in the tournament to capture three or more wickets conceding 50 plus runs in an innings in the tournament. The following table lists all the four bowlers.

No	Player	W	R	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	M Morkel	3	50	Del	Pune	Delhi	21.04.12
2	K’veer Singh	4	54	Pun	Kol	Bangalore	01.06.14
3	H’bhajan Singh	3	57	Che	Pun	Mohali	05.05.19
4	Mohd Shami	3	53	Pun	Raj	Sharjah	27.09.20

Mohammad Shami became the second Punjab bowler in the tournament to capture three or more wickets conceding 50 plus runs in an innings in the tournament after Karanveer Singh. The following table lists all the four bowlers.

No	Player	W	R	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	K’veer Singh	4	54	Pun	Kol	Bangalore	01.06.14
2	Mohd Shami	3	53	Pun	Raj	Sharjah	27.09.20

KL Rahul {69} and SPD Smith {50} scored fifties in the tournament to provide the 251^st and 252^nd occasion of captains scoring fifties in the tournament.

KL Rahul {69} scored fifty in the tournament to provide the 20th occasion of Punjab captain scoring fifties in the tournament. SPD Smith {50} scored fifty in the tournament to provide the 15th occasion of a Rajasthan captain scoring fifties in the tournament.

KL Rahul {69} scored fifty in the tournament to provide the 20th occasion of a captain scoring fifties in the tournament against Rajasthan. SPD Smith {50} scored fifty in the tournament to provide the 37th occasion of a captain scoring fifties in the tournament against Punjab

KL Rahul {69} and SPD Smith {50} scored fifties in the tournament to provide the 15^th occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in the tournament.

KL Rahul {69} and SPD Smith {50} scored fifties in the tournament to provide the sixth occasion of rival captain openers scoring fifties in the tournament. All the six occasions are tabulated below.

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	R Dravid	57	Raj	Del	Jaipur	01.05.12
2	V Sehwag	73	Del	Raj	Jaipur	01.05.12
1	R Sharma	98*	Mumi	Kol	Kolkata	08.04.15
2	Gambhir	57	Kol	Mum	Kolkata	08.04.15
1	V Kohli	75	Ban	Sun	Bangalore	12.04.16
2	Warner	58	Sun	Ban	Bangalore	12.04.16
1	Gambhir	64	Kol	Mum	Kolkata	13.04.16
2	R Sharma	84*	Mum	Kol	Kolkata	13.04.16
1	Warner	69	Sun	Ban	Bangalore	29.05.16
2	V Kohli	54	Ban	Sun	Bangalore	29.05.16
1	KL Rahul	69	Pun	Raj	Sharjah	27.09.20
2	S Smith	50	Raj	Pun	Sharjah	27.09.20

SPD Smith scored 50 runs in this game to provide the 17th occasion of a captain scoring exact 50 runs in the tournament.

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	AC Gilchrist	50	Dec	Pun	Mohali	23.05.08
2	Yuvraj Singh	50	Pun	Ban	Durban	01.05.09
3	V Sehwag	50	Del	Mum	Centurion	21.05.09
4	SC Ganguly	50	Kol	Pun	Mohali	27.03.10
5	G Gambhir	50	Kol	Pune	PuneSRS	09.05.13
6	SR Watson	50	Raj	Pun	Sharjah	20.04.14
7	RG Sharma	50	Mum	Che	DubCA	25.04.14
8	RG Sharma	50	Mum	Che	Mumbai	17.04.15
9	RG Sharma	50	Mum	Che	Kolkata	24.05.15
10	KS Williamson	50	Sun	Kolk	Kolkata	14.04.18
11	SS Iyer	50	Del	Raj	Delhi	02.05.18
12	KD Karthik	50	Kol	Pun	Indore	12.05.18
15	KD Karthik	50	Kol	Del	Delhi	30.03.19
16	SPD Smith	50	Raj	Del	Jaipur	22.04.19
17	SPD Smith	50	Raj	Pun	Sharjah	27.04.20

SPD Smith scored 50 runs in this game to become the third occasion of a captain scoring exact 50 runs in the tournament on two or more occasions after RG Sharma {03} and KD Karthik {02}

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	RG Sharma	50	Mum	Che	DubCA	25.04.14
2	RG Sharma	50	Mum	Che	Mumbai	17.04.15
3	RG Sharma	50	Mum	Che	Kolkata	24.05.15
1	KD Karthik	50	Kol	Pun	Indore	12.05.18
2	KD Karthik	50	Kol	Del	Delhi	30.03.19
1	SPD Smith	50	Raj	Del	Jaipur	22.04.19
2	SPD Smith	50	Raj	Pun	Sharjah	27.04.20

KL Rahul’s 69 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 92^nd occasion of a captain’s fifty going in vain in the tournament. It also provides the tenth occasion of a Punjab Captain’s fifty going in vain in the tournament.

KL Rahul’s 69 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the ninth occasion of a captain’s fifty going in vain in the tournament against Rajasthan. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Yuvraj Singh	57	Pun	Raj	Jaipur	21.04.08
2	SC Ganguly	51	Kol	Raj	Jaipur	01.05.08
3	AC Gilchrist	61	Dec	Raj	Jaipur	09.05.08
4	R Dravid	75*	Ban	Raj	Jaipur	17.05.08
5	G Gambhir	54	Kol	Raj	Ahm’bad	05.05.14
6	JP Duminy	56	Del	Raj	MumBS	03.05.15
7	V Kohli	57	Ban	Raj	Bangalore	15.04.18
8	KD Karthik	97*	Kol	Raj	Kolkata	25.04.19
9	KL Rahul	69	Pun	Raj	Sharjah	27.09.20

KL Rahul’s 69 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the second occasion of a Punjab captain’s fifty going in vain in the tournament against Rajasthan. Both the occasions are tabulated below

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Yuvraj Singh	57	Pun	Raj	Jaipur	21.04.08
2	KL Rahul	69	Pun	Raj	Sharjah	27.09.20

R Tewatia scored 53 in this game in 31 deliveries with no boundary fours and seven boundary sixes. He is perhaps the first batsman in the history of T20 games and also in IPL to score a half century without a boundary four.

SS Cottrel conceded five boundary sixes in one over to become the first bowler in the history of IPL to concede five boundary sixes in one over. R Tewatia was the batsman who scored five boundary sixes in one over of SS Cottrell.

This is how the 18^th over of the innings as described by espncricinfo commentary team

17.1 – 6 – Cottrell to Tewatia, SIX runs – It is a small six but it is a six nonetheless. Hang in there, Rahul. Keep swinging. Cottrell follows him with a bouncer, but he manages to get inside the line to pull him flat over long leg

17.2 – 6 – Cottrell to Tewatia, SIX runs – Whoa whoa whoa cricket you beauty. You keep fighting, the tide can turn. He gets a short of a length ball, stands his ground and swings to leg. Not off the absolute middle of the bat but enough to clear the short square boundary and onto the road

17.3 – 6 – Cottrell to Tewatia, SIX runs – Make it three times. Sing your redemption songs. Cottrell pitches up, and he goes over wide long-off. Strike rate of 135 now. Game is on

17.4 – 6 – Cottrell to Tewatia, SIX runs – Well, Rahul, what a player. You are a champion. You have fought through the worst of times. Give yourself something to celebrate. Gees across, shuffles early gets a wide low full toss, and sweeps it over midwicket for another flat six. And now KXIP are having conferences

17.5 – 0 – Cottrell to Tewatia, no run. Goes for the fifth. Slower length ball wide outside off, and he goes across the lines. Beaten. Oh the joy of struggle and redemption. How fortunate to be calling this

`17.6 – 6 – Cottrell to Tewatia, SIX runs  – Wow Rahul bloody Tewatia. This is a story for the ages, son. What redemption. Now Uthappa has to give him strike. He has smacked a wide length ball over midwicket for another six. Now only 21 required in two overs

R Tewatia of Rajasthan became the first batsman in the history of IPL to score five boundary sixes in an over while SS Cottrell of Punjab became the first bowler in the history of IPL to concede six boundary sixes in an over

DA Warner’s IPL run aggregate read 4748 at the end of this game. He now occupies the fourth place in the list of batsmen who have scored most runs in the tournament. Others are – V Kohli {5437}, SK Raina {5368} and RG Sharma {4990}

WP Saha was dismissed run out for 30 in this game to provide the 66^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in the tournament. It also provides the fifth occasion of a Sunrisers’ wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in the tournament.

WP Saha was dismissed run out for the fifth occasion in the tournament. He became the fifth wicket keeper batsman to be dismissed run out on five or more occasions in the tournament. Others are – KD Karthik {07}, MS Dhoni {07}, PA Patel {09} and RV Uthappa {06}

KD Karthik was dismissed for a duck in this game to provide the 79th occasion of a captain dismissed for a duck in the tournament. It also provides the eleventh occasion of a Kolkata captain dismissed for a duck in the tournament

KD Karthik was dismissed for a duck in this game to provide the 61st occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed for a duck in the tournament. It also provides the fifth occasion of a Kolkata wicket keeper dismissed for a duck in the tournament. It also provides the eighth occasion of KD Karthik dismissed for a duck as a wicketkeeper batsman in the tournament.

KD Karthik was dismissed for a duck in this game to provide the 15th occasion of a captain wicket keeper batsman dismissed for a duck in the tournament. It also provides the fifth occasion of a Kolkata captain wicket keeper dismissed for a duck in the tournament. It also provides the second duck for KD Karthik as captain wicket keeper in the tournament. Both the occasions are tabulated below

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	KD Karthik	00	Del	Ban	Sharjah	17.04.14
2	KD Karthik	00	Kol	Sun	A Dhabi	26.09.20

Kolkata won this game by seven wickets to post its 93^rd win in the tournament in 180 matches and also its eleventh win in 18 matches against Sunrisers.  Kolkata became the second team in the tournament to play 180 plus matches after Bangalore. Bangalore has played 183 matches in the tournament.

KD Karthik has led Kolkata on 32 games – has won 16 games, lost 16 games and one game was tied.

RG Sharma scored 80 in this game to provide the 249^th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in the tournament. It also provides the 32^nd occasion of Mumbai captain scoring a fifty in the tournament.  It also provides his 20^th fifty as captain in the tournament.

RG Sharma scored six boundary sixes in his knock of 80 in this game which fetched him an aggregate of 200 boundary sixes in the tournament. He became the fourth batsman in the tournament to score 200 plus boundary sixes. Others are – CH Gayle {326}, AB de Villiers {214} and MS Dhoni {200}

RG Sharma’s 80 in this game represent his 38^th fifty in the tournament. He now occupies the fourth place in the list of batsmen who have scored most fifties in the tournament. DA Warner {48}, V Kohli {41} and SK Raina {39} occupy the first three places.

RG Sharma’s 80 in this game represent his 30^th fifty while representing Mumbai. He became the fifth batsman in the tournament to score 30 plus fifties while representing a single team. The following table lists all the five batsmen

No	Player	Team	C	HC	50+
1	V Kohli	Bangalore	5	36	42
2	DA Warner	Sunrisers	2	34	36
3	SK Raina	Chennai	1	32	33
4	AB de Villiers	Bangalore	2	30	32
5	RG Sharma	Mumbai	1	29	30

RG Sharma’s 80 gave him an aggregate of 4990 runs in IPL. He now needs ten more runs for his 5000 runs. If he gets them, then he would become the third batsman in the tournament to aggregate 5000 plus runs. Others are V Kohli {5426} and SK Raina {5386}

This game was the 190^th IPL game for RG Sharma. He became the third cricketer to appear in 190 plus games in the tournament. SK Raina {193} and MS Dhoni {192} are the other two cricketers to appear in 190 plus games in the tournament.

RG Sharma’s 80 in this game provide his 67^th fifty in T20 games. He became the sixth cricketer to score 67 or more fifties. Others are – CH Gayle {104}, DA  Warner {84}, V Kohli {69}, AJ Finch {68} and AB de Villiers {67}

RG Sharma’s six boundary sixes in this game fetched him an aggregate of 149 boundary sixes while representing Mumbai in the tournament, He needs one more boundary six to become the second Mumbai batsman to score 150 plus boundary sixes in the tournament KA Pollard has scored 177 boundary sixes.  He also would become the seventh batsman in the tournament to score 150 plus boundary sixes representing a single team. The following table lists all the seven batsmen.

No	Player	Team	6s
1	CH Gayle	Bangalore	239
2	AB de Villiers	Bangalore	201
3	V Kohli	Bangalore	190
4	MS Dhoni	Chennai	182
5	KA Pollard	Mumbai	177
6	SK Raina	Chennai	171
7	RG Sharma	Mumbai	149

HH Pandya of Mumbai was dismissed hit wicket for 18 in this game to provide the eleventh occasion of a batsman dismissed hit wicket in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Batsman	Bowler	R	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	MA Khote	Sreesanth	08	Mum	Pun	Mohali	25.04.08
2	Misbah-ul-Haq	Sreesanth	21	Ban	Pun	Mohali	12.05.08
3	SA Asnodkar	M Morkel	10	Raj	Che	Centurion	30.04.09
4	RA Jadeja	DW Steyn	48	Che	Dec	Vizag	07.04.12
5	SS Tiwary	H Singh	21	Ban	Mum	Ban	14.05.12
6	Yuvraj Singh	McClenaghan	39	Sun	Mum	Vizag	08.05.16
7	DJ Hooda	Coulter-Nile	10	Sun	Del	Hyd-RGS	12.05.16
8	DA Warner	AR Patel	52	Sun	Pun	Mohali	15.05.16
9	SP Jackson	W Sundar	10	Kol	RPune	Kolkata	03.05.17
10	R Prayag	AD Russell	47	Raj	Kol	Kolkata	25.04.19
11	HH Pandya	AD Russell	18	Mum	Kol	A Dhabi	23.09.20

HH Pandya became the second Mumbai batsman to be dismissed hit wicket in the tournament after MA Khate. MA Khate was dismissed for 8 by S Sreesanth of Punjab on 25.04.08. Infact MA Khate was the first batsman to be dismissed hit wicket in the tournament.

No	Batsman	Bowler	R	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	MA Khote	Sreesanth	08	Mum	Pun	Mohali	25.04.08
2	HH Pandya	AD Russell	18	Mum	Kol	A Dhabi	23.09.20

HH Pandya of Mumbai was dismissed hit wicket of the bowling of AD Russell for 18 in this game. HH Pandya became the second hit wicket dismissal for AD Russell in the tournament. R Prayag of Rajasthan was his first hit wicket dismissal at Kolkata on 25.04.19. AD Russell became the second bowler in the tournament to have two hit wicket dismissals after S Sreesanth. The following table lists them.

No	Batsman	Bowler	R	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	MA Khote	Sreesanth	08	Mum	Pun	Mohali	25.04.08
2	MisbahulHaq	Sreesanth	21	Ban	Pun	Mohali	12.05.08
1	R Prayag	AD Russell	47	Raj	Kol	Kolkata	25.04.19
2	HH Pandya	AD Russell	18	Mum	Kol	A Dhabi	23.09.20

This game was KA Pollard’s 150^th game and he became the second overseas cricketer after AB de Villiers to appear in 150 plus games. AB de Villiers has played 155 games in the tournament.

This game was KA Pollard’s 150^th game and he became the 14th cricketer appear in 150 plus games in the tournament. The following table lists all these cricketers.

No	Player	Span	Mat
1	SK Raina	2008-2019	193
2	MS Dhoni	2008-2020	192
3	RG Sharma	2008-2020	190
4	KD Karthik	2008-2020	183
5	V Kohli	2008-2020	178
6	RV Uthappa	2008-2020	178
7	YK Pathan	2008-2019	174
8	RA Jadeja	2008-2020	172
9	S Dhawan	2008-2020	160
10	Harbhajan Singh	2008-2019	160
11	PP Chawla	2008-2020	159
12	AB de Villiers	2008-2020	155
13	G Gambhir	2008-2018	154
14	KA Pollard	2010-2020	150

KA Pollard became the first Mumbai cricketer to make 150 appearances in the tournament.

SA Yadav’s 47 in this game fetched him 1000 runs representing Mumbai. He became the seventh batsman to aggregate 1000 runs for Mumbai in the tournament. The following table lists all the batsmen who have achieved the feat.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	C	HC
1	RG Sharma	145	141	22	3820	109*	1	29
2	KA Pollard	150	137	40	2786	083	0	14
3	AT Rayudu	114	107	18	2416	081*	0	14
4	SR Tendulkar	078	078	11	2334	100*	1	13
5	HH Pandya	068	063	24	1100	091	0	03
6	LMP Simmons	029	029	02	1079	100*	1	11
7	SA Yadav	033	032	02	1000	072	0	06

SA Yadav’s 47 in this game fetched him 1000 runs in the tournament. He became the 51^st batsman to aggregate 1000 plus runs in the tournament,

Mumbai carved its 20^th win against Kolkata by winning this game by 49 runs. Mumbai became the first team in the tournament to win 20 games against a single opposition.

V Kohli joins the other three captains of the Indian Premier League – MS Dhoni, G Gambhir and RG Sharma – who have won 50 plus matches . Bangalore’s victory by ten runs against Sunrisers at Dub-DSC on 21.09.20 was V Kohli’s 50th IPL Win. The following table lists the performances of the four captains in IPL

No	Player	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR
1	MS Dhoni	176	105	70	0	1
2	G Gambhir	129	071	57	1	0
3	RG Sharma	105	060	43	2	0
4	V Kohli	111	050	55	2	4

Rajasthan and Chennai posted the team totals of 216 for 7 and 200 for 6 respectively in this game to provide the 94^th and 95^th occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament.

Rajasthan posted team total of 216 for 7 in this game to provide the eighth occasion of Rajasthan posting a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament. It also provides the 12^th occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs against Chennai in the tournament. It also provides the third occasion of Rajasthan posting a total of 200 plus runs against Chennai in the tournament.

Chennai posted team total 200 for 6 in this game to provide the 17th occasion of Chennai posting a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament. It also provides the 10^th occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs against Rajasthan in the tournament. It also provides the third occasion of Chennai posting a total of 200 plus runs against Rajasthani in the tournament.

Rajasthan and Chennai posted the team totals of 217 for 7 and 200 for 6 respectively in this game to provide the first and second occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament at Sharjah

Chennai posted team total 200 for 6 in this game to provide the 25th occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs in the second innings of a game in the tournament. It also provides the sixth occasion of Chennai posting a total of 200 plus runs in the second innings of a game in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Che	201/7	20.0	2	Raj	Chennai	24.05.08
2	Che	208/5	20.0	2	Ban	Chennai	12.04.12
3	Che	202/7	20.0	2	Pun	Mumbai	30.05.14
4	Che	205/5	19.5	2	Kol	Chennai	10.04.08
5	Che	207/5	19.4	2	Ban	Bangalore	25.04.18
6	Che	200/6	20.0	2	Raj	Sharjah	22.09.20

It also provides the sixth occasion of Chennai posting a total of 200 plus runs in the second innings of a game against Rajasthan in the tournament. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Che	201/7	20.0	2	Raj	Chennai	24.05.08
2	Che	200/6	20.0	2	Raj	Sharjah	22.09.20

Rajasthan and Chennai posted the team totals of 216 for 7 and 200 for 6 respectively in this game to provide the 23rd occasion of both the teams posting a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament.

SPD Smith scored 69 in this game to provide the 248th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in the tournament. It also provides the 14^th occasion of Rajasthan captain scoring a fifty in the tournament. It also provides the second occasion of Rajasthan captain scoring a fifty against Chennai in the tournament. Prior to this SR Watson had scored 73 at Ahmedabad on 19.04.15

SV Samson scored 74 in this game to provide the 176th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament. It also provides the 17^th occasion of Rajasthan wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament. It also provides the fifth occasion of Rajasthan wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty against Chennai in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Kamran Akmal	53	Chennai	Chennai	24.05.08
2	NV Ojha	94*	Chennai	Chennai	02.04.10
3	NV Ojha	80	Chennai	Ahmedabad	28.03.10
4	JS Buttler	95*	Chennai	Jaipur	11.05.18
5	SV Samson	74	Chennai	Sharjah	22.09.20

SPD Smith scored 69 and SV Samson scored 74 in this game to provide the eleventh occasion of a captain and wicket keeper batsman scoring fifties in the same innings of a game in the tournament.

No		Batsman	Runs	Team	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	+	SV Samson	52	Raj	Pun	Sharjah	20.04.14
	*	SR Watson	50	Raj	Pun	Sharjah	20.04.14
2	+	AB de Villiers	82	Ban	Sun	Bangalore	12.04.16
	*	V Kolhi	75	Ban	Sun	Bangalore	12.04.16
3	*	V Kohli	100*	Ban	Guj	Rajkot	24.04.16
	+	KL Rahul	51*	Ban	Guj	Rajkot	24.04.16
4	*	V Kohli	52	Ban	Kol	Bangalore	02.05.16
	+	KL Rahul	52	Ban	Kol	Bangalore	02.05.16
5	*	G Gambhir	54	Kol	Pun	Kolkata	04.05.16
	+	RV Uthappa	70	Kol	Pun	Kolkata	04.05.16
6	*	M Vijay	54*	Pun	Mum	Vizag	13.05.16
	+	WP Saha	56	Pun	Mum	Vizag	13.05.16
7	*	G Gambhir	62	Kol	RiPun	Pune-MCA	26.04.17
	+	RV Uthappa	87	Kol	RPun	Pune-MCA	26.04.17
8	*	G Gambhir	71	Kol	Del	Kolkats	29.04.17
	+	RV Uthappa	59	Kol	Del	Kolkata	29.04.17
9	*	SK Raina	77	Guj	Del	Delhi	04.05.17
	+	KD Karthik	65	Guj	Del	Delhi	04.05.17
10	*	SS Iyer	50	Del	Raj	Delhi	02.05.18
	+	RR Pant	69	Del	Raj	Delhi	02.05.18
11	*	SPD Smith	69	Raj	Che	Sharjah	22.09.20
	+	SV Samson	74	Raj	Che	Sharjah	22.09.20

SPD Smith scored 69 and SV Samson scored 74 in this game to provide the eleventh occasion of a captain and wicket keeper batsman from Rajasthan scoring fifties in the same innings of a game in the tournament. Both such occasions are tabulated below.

No		Batsman	Runs	Team	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	+	SV Samson	52	Raj	Pun	Sharjah	20.04.14
	*	SR Watson	50	Raj	Pun	Sharjah	20.04.14
2	*	SPD Smith	69	Raj	Che	Sharjah	22.09.20
	+	SV Samson	74	Raj	Che	Sharjah	22.09.20

It also provides the second such occasion by a captain and wicket keeper batsman from Rajasthan at Sharjah. The first such occasion was against Pune Warriors on 20.04.14

No		Batsman	Runs	Team	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	+	SV Samson	52	Raj	Pun	Sharjah	20.04.14
	*	SR Watson	50	Raj	Pun	Sharjah	20.04.14
2	*	SPD Smith	69	Raj	Che	Sharjah	22.09.20
	+	SV Samson	74	Raj	Che	Sharjah	22.09.20

SPD Smith and SV Samson added 121 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 201^st occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the tournament. It also provides the 68^th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in the tournament. It also provides the 16th occasion of Rajasthan batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the tournament. It also provides the third occasion of Rajashtan batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Chennai in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	Runs	Wkt	Opp	Ground	Date
1	GC Smith, SA Asnodkar	127	1st	Che	Chennai	24.05.08
2	AM Rahane, SR Watson	144	1st	Che	Ahmedabad	19.04.15
3	SPD Smith, SV Samson	121	2nd	Che	Sharjah	22.09.20

SPD Smith and SV Samson added 121 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the sixth occasion of Rajasthan batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	Runs	Wkt	Opp	Ground	Date
1	AM Rahane, OA Shah	121	2nd	Ban	Bangalore	15.04.12
2	SV Samson, KK Nair	100	2nd	Mum	Mumbai	25.05.14
3	AM Rahane, KK Nair	113	2nd	Del	Mum-BS	03.05.15
4	AM Rahane, SV Samson	119	2nd	Sun	Hyd-RGS	29.03.19
5	AM Rahane, SPD Smith	134	2nd	Del	Jaipur	22.04.19
6	SPD Smith, SV Samson	121	2nd	Che	Sharjah	22.09.20

DA Miller was dismissed run out for a duck without facing a delivery in this game to provide the 34^th occasion of a batsman dismissed in such a manner in the tournament. He became the fourth Rajasthan batsman to be dismissed in such a manner and his dismissal provides the fifth such occasion. All such occasions are tabulated below. DA Miller is the second Rajasthan batsman to be dismissed run out for a duck without facing a delivery against Chennai after SK Warne.

No	Batsman	R	Balls	Opp	Venue	Date
1	PP Chawla	00	00	Mum	Centurion	12.05.09
2	SK Warne	00	00	Mum	Durban	14.05.09
3	SA Asnodkar	00	00	Mum	Mum-BS	13.03.10
4	SK Warne	00	00	Che	Ahmedabad	28.03.10
5	DA Miller	00	00	Che	Sharjah	22.09.20

DA Miller was dismissed run out for a duck in this game to provide the 60th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out without scoring in the tournament. He became the eleventh Rajasthan batsman to be dismissed run out without scoring and the second Rajasthan batsman to be dismissed without scoring against Chennai in the tournament after SK Warne

Three bowlers – PP Chawla {55}, L Ngidi {56} for Chennai and TK Curran {54} for Rajasthan conceded 50 plus runs in this game to provide the 153^rd, 154^th and 155th occasion of bowlers conceding 50 plus runs in an innings in the tournament,

PP Chawla {55}, L Ngidi {56} for Chennai conceded 50 plus runs in this game to provide the  14^th and 15th occasion of Chennai bowlers conceding 50 plus runs in an innings in the tournament,

TK Curran of Rajasthan conceded 54 runs in this game to provide the 12^th occasion of Rajasthan bowler conceding 50 plus runs in an innings in the tournament,

Three bowlers – PP Chawla {55}, L Ngidi {56} for Chennai and TK Curran {54} for Rajasthan conceded 50 plus runs in this game to provide the 16th occasion of rival bowlers conceding 50 plus runs in an innings in the tournament,

Three bowlers – PP Chawla {55}, L Ngidi {56} for Chennai and TK Curran {54} for Rajasthan conceded 50 plus runs in this game to provide the fourth occasion of three bowlers conceding 50 plus runs in a match in the tournament,

No	No	Player	W	R	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	1	JJ Bumrah	0	52	Mum	Ban	Mumbai	10.05.15
	2	HH Pandya	0	51	Mum	Ban	Mumbai	10.05.15
	3	YS Chahal	2	51	Ban	Mum	Mumbai	10.05.15
2	1	Rashid Khan	1	55	Sun	Pun	Mohali	19.04.18
	2	M Sharma	2	51	Pun	Sun	Mohali	19.04.18
	3	R Ashwin	0	53	Pun	Sun	Mohali	19.04.18
3	1	HH Pandya	2	57	Mum	Pun	Mumbai	10.04.19
	2	SM Curran	1	54	Pun	Mum	Mumbai	10.04.19
	3	AS Rajpoot	1	52	Pun	Mum	Mumbai	10.04.19
4	1	PP Chawla	1	55	Che	Raj	Sharjah	22.09.20
	2	L Ngidi	1	56	Che	Raj	Sharjah	22.09.20
	3	TK Curran	1	54	Raj	Che	Sharjah	22.09.20

SV Samson effected four dismissals – two catches and two stumpings – in this game. His effort provides the 16^th occasion of a wicket keeper effecting four or more dismissals in an innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Dis	Ct	St	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	YV Takawale	4	3	1	1	Mum	Raj	Mumbai	07.05.08
2	MN van Wyk	4	4	0	2	Kol	Ban	Durban	29.04.09
3	KD Karthik	4	2	2	2	Del	Raj	B’fontein	17.05.09
4	Sangakkara	5	5	0	2	Dec	Ban	Hyd-RGS	14.04.11
5	RV Uthappa	4	2	2	2	Pune	Mum	Mumbai	06.04.12
6	AC Gilchrist	4	4	0	1	Pun	Che	Dhar’sala	17.05.12
7	BB McCullum	4	2	2	2	Kol	Del	Pune	22.05.12
8	MS Dhoni	4	3	1	1	Che	Ban	Chennai	13.04.13
9	PA Patel	4	4	0	2	Mum	Guj	Mumbai	16.04.16
10	NV Ojha	4	4	0	2	Sun	Mum	Vizag	05.05.16
11	WP Saha	4	3	1	2	Pun	RPun	Vizag	21.05.16
12	WP Saha	4	2	2	1	Pun	Sun	Hyd-RGS	17.04.17
13	KD Karthik	4	3	1	1	Kol	Raj	Kolkata	15.05.18
14	H Klassen	4	1	3	2	Raj	Ban	Jaipur	19.05.18
15	Q de Kock	4	4	0	2	Mum	Che	Mumbai	03.04.19
16	SV Samson	4	2	2	2	Raj	Che	Sharjah	22.09.20

SV Samson effected four dismissals – two catches and two stumpings – in this game. His effort provides the third occasion of a wicket keeper effecting four or more dismissals in an innings against Chennai. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Dis	Ct	St	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	AC Gilchrist	4	4	0	1	Pun	Che	Dhar’sala	17.05.12
2	Q de Kock	4	4	0	2	Mum	Che	Mumbai	03.04.19
3	SV Samson	4	2	2	2	Raj	Che	Sharjah	22.09.20

SV Samson effected four dismissals – two catches and two stumpings – in this game. His effort provides the second occasion of a Rajasthan wicket keeper effecting four or more dismissals in an innings. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Dis	Ct	St	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	H Klassen	4	1	3	2	Raj	Ban	Jaipur	19.05.18
2	SV Samson	4	2	2	2	Raj	Che	Sharjah	22.09.20

This game produced 33 boundary sixes [17 by Rajasthan batsmen and 16 by Chennai batsmen} to provide the second occasion of an IPL game producing 33 boundary sixes, The other game was between Bangalore and Chennai at Bangalore on 25.04.18. The most sixes scored in an IPL game is 33.

SV Samson scored 50 in 19 balls in this game. It is the second fastest 50 by a Rajasthan batsman in IPL. The other two occasions are – JC Buttler in 18 balls against Delhi at Delhi on 02.05.18 and by OA Shah in 19 balls against Bangalore at Bangalore on 15.04.12

SV Samson scored 50 in 19 balls in this game. It is the fastest 50 by a Rajasthan batsman against Chennai in IPL. It was an improvement over SR Watson’s fifty in 20 balls at Chennai on 03.04.10

The following table lists the 21 occasions of a batsman who has scored 50 in 19 balls and less than 19 balls in the tournament. SV Samson became the second Rajasthan batsman after OA Shah to achieve the feat.

No	Player	Balls	Match	Venue	Date
1	KL Rahul	14	Pun v Del	Mohali	08 Apr 2018
2	YK Pathan	15	Kol v Sun	Kolkata	24 May 2014
3	SP Narine	15	Kol v Ban	Bangalore	07 May 2017
4	SK Raina	16	Che v Pun	Mumbai	30 May 2014
5	KA Pollard	17	Mum v Kol	Mumbai	28 Apr 2016
6	CH Gayle	17	Ban v Pune	Bangalore	23 Apr 2013
7	SP Narine	17	Kol v Ban	Kolkata	08 Apr 2018
8	HH Pandya	17	Mum v Kol	Kolkata	28 Apr 2019
9	AC Gilchrist	17	Dec v Del	Centurion	22 May 2009
10	Ishan Kishan	17	Mum v Kol	Kolkata	09 May 2018
11	CH Morris	17	Del v Guj	Delhi	27 Apr 2016
12	RR Pant	18	Del v Mum	Mumbai	24 Mar 2019
13	JC Buttler	18	Raj v Del	Delhi	02 May 2018
14	DA Miller	19	Pun v Raj	Sharjah	20 Apr 2014
15	OA Shah	19	Raj v Ban	Bangalore	15 Apr 2012
16	CA Lynn	19	Kol v Guj	Rajkot	07 Apr 2017
17	KL Rahul	19	Pun v Che	Mohali	05 May 2019
18	RV Uthappa	19	Ban v Pun	Bangalore	16 Mar 2010
19	AD Russell	19	Kol v Pun	Kolkata	09 May 2015
20	H’bhajan Singh	19	Mum v Pun	Mumbai	12 Apr 2015
21	SV Samson	19	Raj v Che	Sharjah	22 Sep 2020

D Padikkal of Bangalore scored 56 on his IPL debut. It is one of the rare occasions of the tournament when a batsman has scored fifty plus runs on IPL debut

AJ Finch created a unique record in the tournament. He is the only cricketer to represent eight teams in the tournament. His eighth team was Bangalore. The other teams represented by him are – Delhi Daredevils, Gujarat Lions, Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai Indians, Pune Warriors, Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad.

He made his debut in IPL in 2010 edition and the current edition is his tenth edition. He even captained Pune Warriors in ten matches in 2013 edition. His career figures at the end of this game in IPL read

Player	Span	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave
AJ Finch	2010-2020	76	74	7	1766	88*	26.35
		C	HC	Z	4s	6s
AJ Finch	2010-2020	0	13	8	177	69

AB de Villiers was dismissed run out for 51 in this game to provide the 59th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out after scoring fifty in the tournament. It also provides the eighth occasion of a Bangalore batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in the tournament.

AB de Villiers was dismissed run out for 51 in this game to provide the fourth occasion of his dismissed run out after scoring fifty in the tournament. He now owns the record for most such dismissals in the tournament. Prior to this game, AB de Villiers and AT Rayudu shared the record with three such dismissals. The following table lists the dismissals of these two batsmen.

No	No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	1	AB de Villiers	57	Ban	Raj	Bangalore	29.04.15
	2	AB de Villiers	66	Ban	Raj	Pune-SRS	20.05.15
	3	AB de Villiers	75	Ban	Mum	Mumbai	15.04.19
	4	AB de Villiers	51	Ban	Sun	Dub-DSC	21.09.20
2	1	AT Rayudu	53	Mum	Koc	Mumbai	15.04.11
	2	AT Rayudu	79	Che	Sun	Hyd-RGS	22.04.18
	3	AT Rayudu	82	Chen	Bang	Bangalore	25.04.18

AB de Villier’s 51 in this game represents his 33^rd fifty and 31^st half century while appearing for Bangalore. He scored two boundary sixes in this game which fetched him an aggregate of 201 boundary sixes while representing Bangalore. He became the second Bangalore batsman to score 200 plus boundary sixes after CH Gayle. CH Gayle has scored 239 boundary sixes.

He also became the second batsman to score 200 plus boundary sixes in the tournament representing a single team after CH Gayle. CH Gayle has scored 239 boundary sixes representing Bangalore.

Thus Bangalore is the only team in the tournament to have two batsmen scoring 200 plus boundary sixes.

AB de Villier’s 51 in this game represent his 37^th fifty of the tournament. He now shares the fourth place in the list of batsmen who have scored most fifties in the tournament with RG Sharma and S Dhawan. RG Sharma and S Dhawan have also scored 37 fifties in the tournament. The first three places are occupied by DA Warner {48}, V Kohli {41} and SK Raina {39}

AB de Villier’s 51 in this game represent his 37^th fifty of the tournament. He now occupies the second place in the list of overseas batsmen who have scored most fifties in the tournament after DA Warner. DA Warner has scored 48 fifties in the tournament.

DA Warner was dismissed run out for 6 in this game to provide the 69th occasion of a captain dismissed run out in the tournament. It also provides the second occasion of a Sunrisers captain dismissed run out in the tournament. The first such occasion was also his. He was dismissed run out for 21 against Rajasthan at Vizag on 21.04.15.  It also provides his 16^th run out dismissal in T20 games and seventh run out dismissal in IPL.

JM Bairstow scored 61 in this game to provide the 175^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament. It also provides the sixth occasion of a Sunrisers’ wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament. It also represents fourth fifty by JM Bairstow in the tournament.

Sunrisers was dismissed all out for 153 in 19.4 overs to provide the 126th occasion of a team dismissed all out in the tournament. It also provides the 77th occasion of a team dismissed all out in the second innings in the tournament.

It also provides the seventh occasion of Sunrisers dismissed all out in the tournament. It also provides the 30th occasion of a team dismissed all out in the last over of the second innings in the tournament. It also provides the sixth occasion of a team dismissed in the second innings with two balls to spare. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Score	Overs	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	161	19.4	2	Dec	Del	Durban	13.05.09
2	138	19.4	2	Ban	Dec	Nagpur	12.04.10
3	124	19.4	2	Ban	Che	Chennai	04.05.15
4	172	19.4	2	Ban	Sun	Hyd-RGS	05.04.17
5	134	19.4	2	Ban	Raj	Jaipur	19.05.18
6	153	19.4	2	Sun	Ban	Dub-DSC	21.09.20

Sunrisers was dismissed all out for 153 in 19.4 overs to provide the first occasion of Sunrisers dismissed all out in the last over of the second innings in the tournament. It also provides the first occasion of Sunrisers dismissed in the second innings with two balls to spare.

Bangalore won this game by ten runs to provide the twelfth occasion of team wining a IPL game by ten runs  All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team 1	Team 2	Winner	Ground	Match Date
1	Delhi	Bangalore	Delhi	Delhi	Apr 30, 2008
2	Chrnnai	Rajasthan	Rajasthan	Chennai	May 24, 2008
3	Deccan	Delhi	Deccan	Cuttack	Mar 21, 2010
4	Kolkata	Chrnnai	Kolkata	Kolkata	May 07, 2011
5	Mumbai	Deccan	Deccan	Mumbai	May 14, 2011
6	Chrnnai	Deccan	Chrnnai	Chennai	May 04, 2012
7	Rajasthan	Kolkata	Rajasthan	Ahmedabad	May 05, 2014
8	Delhi	Mumbai	Delhi	Delhi	Apr 23, 2016
9	Delhi	Bangalore	Bangalore	Delhi	May 14, 2017
10	Rajasthan	Delhi	Rajasthan	Jaipur	Apr 11, 2018
11	Kolkata	Bangalore	Bangalore	Kolkata	Apr 19, 2019
12	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Bangalore	Dubai (DSC)	Sep 21, 2020

Bangalore won this game by ten runs to provide the third occasion of Bangalore wining a IPL game by ten runs. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team 1	Team 2	Winner	Ground	Match Date
1	Delhi	Bangalore	Bangalore	Delhi	May 14, 2017
2	Kolkata	Bangalore	Bangalore	Kolkata	Apr 19, 2019
3	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Bangalore	Dubai (DSC)	Sep 21, 2020

Bangalore carved its seventh win against Sunrisers in IPL. The head to head between the two teams read thus – Played 15 : Won by Bangalore – 07 : Won by Sunrisers – 08 :

The performance of both the teams at the end of this game read thus

Team	M	W	L	T	TW	TL	NR
Bangalore	182	84	92	0	1	1	4
Sunrisers	109	57	50	0	1	1	0

Sunrisers’ loss in this game provides its 50^th loss in the tournament. Sunrisers became the eighth team in the tournament to suffer 50 losses. The following table lists those teams.

No	Team	Mat	Won	Lost	TL
1	Delhi	178	76	97	1
2	Punjab	177	80	94	1
3	Bangalore	182	84	92	1
4	Kolkata	178	92	83	3
5	Mumbai	188	107	79	0
6	Rajasthan	147	73	69	1
7	Chennai	166	101	63	1
8	Sunrisers	109	57	50	1

With both teams scoring 157 runs – Delhi {157-8} and Punjab {157-8} – this game ended in a tie to provide the tenth tied game of the tournament. All the ten games are tabulated below.

No	Team	Team 2	Ground	Date
1	Kolkata	Rajasthan	Cape Town	23.04.09
2	Chennai	Punjab	Chennai	21.03.10
3	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Hyd-RGS	07.04.13
4	Bangalore	Delhi	Bangalore	16.04.13
5	Kolkata	Rajasthan	Abu Dhabi	29.04.14
6	Rajasthan	Punjab	Ahmedabad	21.04.15
7	Gujarat	Mumbai	Rajkot	29.04.17
8	Kolkata	Delhi	Delhi	30.03.19
9	Mumbai	Sunrisers	Mum-WS	02.05.19
10	Delhi	Punjab	Dub-DSC	20.09.

It also provides the third tied game involving Punjab.  The games are listed below

No	Team	Team 2	Ground	Date
1	Chennai	Punjab	Chennai	21.03.10
2	Rajasthan	Punjab	Ahmedabad	21.04.15
3	Delhi	Punjab	Dub-DSC	20.09.

It also provides the third tied game involving Punjab.  The games are listed below

No	Team	Team 2	Ground	Date
1	Bangalore	Delhi	Bangalore	16.04.13
2	Kolkata	Delhi	Delhi	30.03.19
3	Delhi	Punjab	Dub-DSC	20.09.

This is the second tied game of the tournament when both the teams posted a similar score – Both the teams posted 157 for the loss of eight wickets. Prior to this Rajasthan and Punjab had scored 191 for 6 at Ahmedabad on 21.04.15 to provide the sixth tied game of the tournament. In all the other eight games, there were variance with regard to the wickets while the score was the same.

This is the second tied game of the tournament played in United Arab Emirates. The game played between Kolkata and Rajasthan at Abu Dhabi on 29.04.14 had ended in a tie.

MP Stoinis scored 53 runs in 21 deliveries – his 50 in 20 balls – to provide the fourth occasion of a Delhi batsman scoring a fifty in 20 and less than 20 balls. The following table lists the batsmen

Player	Balls	Match	Venue	Date
CH Morris	17	Delhi v Gujarat	Delhi	27.04.16
RR Pant	18	Delhi v Mumbai	Mumbai	24.03.19
V Sehwag	20	Delhi v Rajasthan	Jaipur	01.05.12
MP Stoinis	20	Delhi v Punjab	Dub-DSC	20.09.20

MP Stoinis became the sixth batsman in the tournament to score fifty in exact 20 deliveries and also provides the seventh such occasion. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Balls	Match	Venue	Date
1	MS Dhoni	20	Chennai v Mumbai	Bangalore	23.05.12
2	V Sehwag	20	Delhi v Rajasthan	Jaipur	01.05.12
3	MP Stoinis	20	Delhi v Punjab	Dub-DSC	20.09.20
4	KA Pollard	20	Mumbai v Sunrisers	Mumbai	13.05.13
5	DA Warner	20	Sunrisers v Chennai	Hyderabad	02.05.15
6	DA Warner	20	Sunrisers v Kolkata	Hyderabad	30.04.17
7	MC Henriques	20	Sunrisers v Bangalore	Hyderabad	15.05.15

S Dhawan was dismissed run out without scoring in this game to provide the 79th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out for a duck in the tournament. It also provides the tenth occasion of a Delhi batsman dismissed run out without scoring in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Batsman	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	S Ladda	Delhi	Hydurabad	Cuttack	21.03.10
2	IK Pathan	Delhi	Mumbai	Delhi	10.04.11
3	AB Agarkar	Delhi	Kolkata	Delhi	28.04.11
4	M Morkel	Delhi	Kolkata	Delhi	07.05.12
5	VA Aaron	Delhi	Chennai	Chennai	25.05.12
6	AP Tare	Delhi	Mumbai	Mumbai	22.04.17
7	C Munro	Delhi	Rajasthan	Jaipur	11.04.18
8	CH Morris	Delhi	Punjab	Mohali	01.04.19
9	KMA Paul	Delhi	Mumbai	Delhi	18.04.19
10	S Dhawan	Delhi	Punjab	Dub-DSC	20.09.20

S Dhawan was dismissed run out without scoring in this game to provide the second occasion his dismissed run out for a duck in the tournament. The first such occasion was against Gujarat at Delhi on 27.05.16. He became the tenth batsman to be dismissed run out without scoring in the tournament on two or more occasions.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No	Batsman	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	1	IK Pathan	Punjab	Mumbai	Centurion	12.05.09
	2	IK Pathan	Delhi	Mumbai	Delhi	10.04.11
2	1	L Balaji	Chennai	Bangalore	Bangalore	22.05.08
	2	L Balaji	Chennai	Delhi	Durban	23.04.09
3	1	PP Chawla	Punjab	Delhi	Cape Town	19.04.09
	2	PP Chawla	Punjab	Mumbai	Centurion	12.05.09
	3	PP Chawla	Kolkata	Rajasthan	Abu Dhabi	29.04.14
4	1	R Sharma	Pune	Rajasthan	Jaipur	01.05.11
	2	R Sharma	Pune	Mumbai	Mumbai	06.04.12
5	1	RP Singh	Deccan	Delhi	Durban	13.05.09
	2	RP Singh	Kochi	Bangalore	Bangalore	08.05.11
6	1	SA Asnodkar	Rajasthan	Deccan	P E’beth	02.05.09
	2	SA Asnodkar	Rajasthan	Mumbai	Mum-BS	13.03.10
7	1	SK Warne	Rajasthan	Mumbai	Durban	14.05.09
	2	SK Warne	Rajasthan	Chennai	Ahmedabad	28.03.10
	3	SK Warne	Rajasthan	Delhi	Delhi	31.03.10
8	1	SL Malinga	Mumbai	Rajasthan	Durban	14.05.09
	2	SL Malinga	Mumbai	Delhi	Centurion	21.05.09
	3	SL Malinga	Mumbai	Deccan	Mumbai	14.05.11
9	1	McClenaghan	Mumbai	Ris Pune	Mumbai	24.04.17
	2	McClenaghan	Mumbai	Chennai	Hyderabad	12.05.19
10	1	S Dhawan	Sunrisers	Gujarat	Delhi	27.05.16
	2	S Dhawan	Delhi	Punjab	Dub-DSC	20.09.20

MP Stoinis was dismissed run out for 53 in this game to provide the 58^th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in the tournament. It also provides the fourth occasion of a Delhi batsman dismissed in such a manner in the tournament. All the four occasions are tabulated below. Interestingly enough all these four batsmen are overseas batsmen.

No	Batsman	Score	Team	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	TM Dilshan	65	Delhi	Deccan	Centurion	22.05.09
2	DA Warner	57	Delhi	Deccan	Cuttack	21.03.10
3	JR Hopes	55	Delhi	Mumbai	Mumbai	07.05.11
4	MP Stoinis	53	Delhi	Punjab	Dub-DSC	20.09.20

KL Rahul became the 50^th captain to lead a team in the tournament. He was leading Punjab in this game. Punjab has been led by twelve captains in the tournament which includes KL Rahul also. Thus Punjab earned the distinction of being led by most captains in the tournament. Prior to this game, Delhi and Punjab shared the distinction of being led by most captains – eleven – in the tournament. The following table lists the captains who have led Delhi and Punjab

Team	No	Player	M	W	L	NR
Delhi	1	Duminy JP	16	6	9	1
Delhi	2	Gambhir G	20	9	11	0
Delhi	3	Hopes  JR	3	0	2	1
Delhi	4	Iyer SS	25	15	10	0
Delhi	5	Jayawardene M	16	4	11	0
Delhi	6	Karthik  KD	7	3	4	0
Delhi	7	Khan  Z	23	10	13	0
Delhi	8	Nair, KK	3	2	1	0
Delhi	9	Pietersen  KP	11	1	10	0
Delhi	10	Sehwag  V	52	28	24	0
Delhi	11	Warner  DA	2	0	2	0
Team	No	Player	M	W	L	NR
Punjab	1	Ashwin  R	28	12	16	0
Punjab	2	Bailey  GJ	30	14	16	0
Punjab	3	Gilchrist  AC	34	17	17	0
Punjab	4	Hussey DJ	12	6	6	0
Punjab	5	Jayawardene M	2	1	1	0
Punjab	6	Maxwell  GJ	14	7	7	0
Punjab	7	Miller  DA	6	1	5	0
Punjab	8	Rahul KL	1	0	1	0
Punjab	9	Sangakkara KC	12	3	9	0
Punjab	10	Sehwag V	1	1	0	0
Punjab	11	Vijay  M	8	3	5	0
Punjab	12	Yuvraj Singh	29	17	12	0

CJ Jordan returned with figures of 4.0-0-56-0 in this game to provide the 153rd occasion of a bowler conceding 50 plus runs in the tournament. It also provides the 26th occasion of a Punjab bowler conceding 50 plus runs in the tournament. All the 26 occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W	R	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	JR Hopes	1	53	Chennai	Mohali	19.04.08
2	VRV Singh	0	56	Mumbai	Mumbai	21.05.08
3	S Sreesanth	0	51	Deccan	Cuttack	19.03.10
4	MG Neser	0	62	Bangalore	Mohali	06.05.13
5	M Kartik	1	51	Rajasthan	Sharjah	20.04.14
6	S Sharma	1	65	Sunrisers	Hyd-RGS	14.05.14
7	BE Hendricks	0	57	Rajasthan	Mohali	23.05.14
8	P Awana	2	59	Chennai	Mumbai	30.05.14
9	K Singh	4	54	Kolkata	Bangalore	01.06.14
10	R Dhawan	0	50	Mumbai	Mumbai	12.04.15
11	AR Patel	1	50	Bangalore	Bangalore	06.05.15
12	A Singh	2	56	Kolkata	Kolkata	09.05.15
13	KC Cariappa	0	55	Bangalore	Bangalore	18.05.16
14	I Sharma	0	58	Mumbai	Indore	20.04.17
15	MM Sharma	2	57	Mumbai	Mumbai	11.05.17
16	MM Sharma	2	51	Sunrisers	Mohali	19.04.18
17	R Ashwin	0	53	Sunrisers	Mohali	19.04.18
18	BB Sran	2	50	Kolkata	Kolkata	21.04.18
19	Axar Patel	0	52	Kolkata	Indore	12.05.18
20	SM Curran	2	52	Rajasthan	Jaipur	25.03.19
21	AS Rajpoot	1	52	Mumbai	Mumbai	10.04.19
22	SM Curran	1	54	Mumbai	Mumbai	10.04.19
23	Mohd Shami	1	53	Bangalore	Bangalore	24.04.19
24	GC Viljoen	1	51	Bangalore	Bangalore	24.04.19
25	M Ur Rehman	0	66	Sunrisers	Hyd-RGS	29.04.19
26	CJ Jordan	0	56	Delhi	Dub-DSC	20.09.20

CJ Jordan returned with figures of 4.0-0-56-0 in this game to provide the 68^th occasion of a bowler conceding 50 plus runs without a wicket in the tournament. It also provides the eleventh occasion of a Punjab bowler conceding 50 plus runs without a wicket in the tournament. All the eleven occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W	R	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	VRV Singh	0	56	Mumbai	Mumbai	21.05.08
2	S Sreesanth	0	51	Deccan	Cuttack	19.03.10
3	MG Neser	0	62	Bangalore	Mohali	06.05.13
4	BE Hendricks	0	57	Rajasthan	Mohali	23.05.14
5	R Dhawan	0	50	Mumbai	Mumbai	12.04.15
6	KC Cariappa	0	55	Bangalore	Bangalore	18.05.16
7	I Sharma	0	58	Mumbai	Indore	20.04.17
8	R Ashwin	0	53	Sunrisers	Mohali	19.04.18
9	Axar Patel	0	52	Kolkata	Indore	12.05.18
10	M Ur Rehman	0	66	Sunrisers	Hyd-RGS	29.04.19
11	CJ Jordan	0	56	Delhi	Dub-DSC	20.09.20

S Dhawan collected his seventh duck in the tournament, which also provides his tenth duck in T20 games.

S Dhawan’s T20 run aggregate read 7294 runs while GJ Maxwell’s T20 run aggregate read 6097.

S Dhawan’s IPL appearances read 160 and he became the tenth cricketer to make 160 plus appearances in IPL.