Crickick.com brings to its viewers the highlights of the second edition of IPL held in South Africa penned by HR Gopala Krishna. Please read on …………

SECOND EDTION OF IPL HELD IN SOUTH AFRICA

The tournament was shifted to South Africa as Indian Government refused to provide Security for the cricketers participating in the League in view of the General Elections in the country.

The finalists of 2009 edition – Royal Challengers, Bangalore and Deccan Chargers had finished at number seven and eight in the previous edition of Indian Premier League 2008. Deccan Chargers won the IPL 2009 by beating Royal Challengers, Bangalore by six runs at Johannesburg on 24.05.09

TEAM RECORDS

26 matches were won by runs margin, 30 games were won by wickets margin, two games were abandoned due to rain and were considered as no result games and one game was tied which was decided on one over eliminator.

Five games were won by 75 plus runs margin and six games were won by single digit runs margin. One game was won by without losing a wicket and two games were won by nine wickets margin

Jaipur’s 211 for 4 against Mohali at Durban on 05.05.09 was the highest team total recorded by a team batting first, while Chennai’s 188 for 3 against Kolkata at Centurion on 18.05.09 remained the highest total by a team batting second.

There were two occasions of both the teams scoring 175 plus runs, the details of which are furnished below

No	Team 1	Score	Overs	Oppn	Score	Overs	Venue	Date
1	Chennai	188/03	20.0	Kolkata	189/03	20.0	Centurion	18.05.09
2	Delhi	189/05	20.0	Chennai	180/09	20.0	Durban	23.04.09

The following table shows the three occasions in which teams have been dismissed for a total of less than 100 runs. Jaipur’s 58 against Bangalore at Cape Town on 18.04.09 remained the lowest total in a completed innings in the second edition of IPL

No	Team 1	Score	Overs	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	Jaipur	58	15.1	B’lore	CapeTown	18.04.09
2	B’lore	87	15.2	Chennai	P E’beth	20.04.09
3	Kolkata	95	15.2	Mumbai	P E’beth	27.04.09

It is interesting to note that there were only two occasions of a team dismissed all out by the last ball of the innings. The following table lists out the two occasions

No	Team 1	Score	Overs	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	B’lore	105	20.0	Jaipur	Centurion	07.05.09
2	Mumbai	116	20.0	Delhi	E London	08.05.09

On 22 occasions, when a team had won the toss and elected to bat first had won the game, on 15 occasions when a team had won the toss and elected to bat first had lost the game. On 12 occasions when the team had won the toss but elected to field first, had won the game. On eight occasions, when the team has won the toss but elected to filed first had lost the game. Two games were abandoned.

Jaipur had the distinction of scoring the highest team total and also the lowest team total in a completed innings in the second edition of IPL

MAN OF THE MATCH AWARDS

Delhi bagged the most Man of the Match Awards – Ten and was followed by Bangalore which bagged nine awards. Chennai {08}, Hyderabad {08}, Mohali {08}, Jaipur {06}, Mumbai {05} and Kolkata {03} were the other teams which have bagged the MoM Awards.

YK Pathan of Jaipur bagged the most MoM awards- three. As many as ten captains bagged the MoM awards and six wicket keepers bagged MoM awards. There were three occasions when captain-cum-wicket keepers bagged the MoM awards. Yuvraj Singh and A Kumble were the two cricketers to bag MoM award when their team lost the game

BATTING RECORDS

IPL Second edition witnessed as many as 69 fifties scored by batsmen. There were 14 occasions of batsmen scoring fifties while batting at number one and 18 occasions of batsmen scoring fifties while batting at number two.

The break up of 69 fifites team wise read thus – Bangalore {08}, Chennai {10}, Delhi {11}, Hyderabad {09}, Jaipur {05}, Kolkata {06}, Mohali {07} and Mumbai {13}. Mumbai batsmen scored most fifties {13} in the tournament.

Break up of fifties batting position wise read thus – number one {14}, number two {18}, number three {16}, number four {12}, number five [07}, number six {01} and number seven {01}

As many as 30 occasions of unbeaten fifties were scored in IPL second edition. There were eleven occasion of opening batsmen scoring unbeaten fifties

The following table list out the highest score by batsmen batting at positions one to seven.

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	AC Gilchrist	85	Hyd’bad	Delhi	Centurion	22.05.09
2	M Pandey	114*	B’lore	Hyd’bad	Centurion	21.05.09
3	AB de Villiers	105*	Delhi	Chennai	Durban	23.04.09
4	LRPL Taylor	81*	B’lore	Kolkata	Centurion	12.05.09
5	R Dravid	66	B’lore	Jaipur	Cape Town	18.04.09
6	V Kohli	50	B’lore	Hyd’bad	Cape Town	22.04.09
7	YK Pathan	62*	Jaipur	Delhi	Centurion	28.04.09

There were twelve occasions of captains scoring fifties, ten occasions of wicket keeper batsman scoring fifties and five occasions of captain-cum-wicket keeper batsmen scoring fifties.

HUNDREDS

M Pandey of Bangalore and AB de Villers of Delhi were the only two batsmen to register hundreds in the second edition of IPL. Their performances are tabulated below

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Oppon	Ground	Date
1	M Pandey	114*	B’lore	Hyd’bad	Centurion	21.05.09
2	AB de Villiers	105*	Delhi	Chennai	Durban	23.04.09

INDIVIDUAL NINETIES

SK Raina of Chennai remained the only batsman to score an individual ninety in the second edition. He scored 98 against Jaipur at Centurion on 30.04.09

MOST FIFTIES BY A BATSMAN

JP Duminy of Mumbai and ML Hayden of Chennai shared the record for most fifties in the tournament. Both the batsmen scored five fifties which are listed below

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	JP Duminy	62	Mumbai	Chennai	P E’beth	16.05.09
2	JP Duminy	59	Mumbai	Mohali	Durban	29.04.09
3	JP Duminy	59*	Mumbai	B’lore	P E’beth	10.05.09
4	JP Duminy	52	Mumbai	Hyd’bad	Centurion	06.05.09
5	JP Duminy	52	Mumbai	Kolkata	E London	01.05.09
1	ML Hayden	89	Chennai	Mohali	Centurion	07.05.09
2	ML Hayden	65	Chennai	B’lore	P E’beth	20.04.09
3	ML Hayden	60	Chennai	B’lore	Durban	14.05.09
4	ML Hayden	60*	Chennai	Mumbai	P E’beth	16.05.09
5	ML Hayden	57	Chennai	Delhi	Durban	23.04.09

BATSMEN’S FIFTIES IN A LOSING CAUSE

Second edition of IPL witnessed 25 occasions of batsmen’s fifties going in vain. There were three of occasion of two batsmen’s fifties going in vain.

THREE FIGURE PARTNERSHIPS

IPL second edition witnessed six three figure partnerships which are listed below. 135 runs for the first wicket between NV Ojha and GC Smith of Jaipur against Mohali at Durban on 05.05.09 remained the highest partnership of the second edition of IPL.

No	Partners	Runs	Wkt	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	NV Ojha/GC Smith	135	1st	Jaipur	Mohali	Durban	05.05.09
2	Jayasuriya/ Tendulkar	127	1st	Mumbai	Kolkata	P E’beth	27.04.09
3	JH Kallis/RV Uthappa	126*	2nd	B’lore	Mumbai	Jo’burg	03.05.09
4	PA Patel/ ML Hayden	106	1st	Chennai	B’lore	P E’beth	20.04.09
5	A Rahane/JP Duminy	104*	3rd	Mumbai	B’lore	P E’beth	10.05.09
6	ML Hayden/MS Dhoni	100	3rd	Chennai	Mohali	Centurion	07.05.09

FIFTY PLUS RUNS PARTNERSHIPS

IPL second edition witnessed as many as 95 occasions of fifty plus runs partnerships which included the six three figure partnerships listed above.

Break up of 95 fifty plus runs partnerships wicket wise read thus – First wicket {22}, Second wicket {14}, Third wicket {23}, Fourth wicket {20}, Fifth wicket {14}, sixth wicket {01} and seventh wicket {02}

Break up of 95 fifty plus runs partnerships team wise read thus – Bangalore {12}, Chennai {16}, Delhi {16}, Hyderabad {14}, Jaipur {07}, Kolkata {10}, Mohali {10} and Mumbai {10}

The following table shows the highest partnership for each wicket in the second edition of IPL The highest partnership being the 135 runs stand between NV Ojha and GC Smith in the game between Jaipur and Mohali at Durban on 05.05.09

Wkt	Runs	Partners	Team	Opp’n	Ground	Date
1st	135	NV Ojha/GC Smith	Jaipur	Mohali	Durban	05.05.09
2nd	126*	JH Kallis/RV Uthappa	Bangalore	Mumbai	Jo’burg	03.05.09
3rd	104*	AM Rahane/ JP Duminy	Mumbai	Bangalore	P E’beth	10.05.09
4th	090*	Yuvraj Singh/MJayawardene	Mohali	Chennai	Centurion	07.05.09
5th	095	A Symonds/ YVenugopal Rao	Hyd’bad	Mohali	Kimberley	09.05.09
6th	083*	GC Smith/YK Pathan	Jaipur	Delhi	Centurion	28.04.09
7th	060	RA Jadeja/SK Warne	Jaipur	Mohali	Cape Town	26.04.09
8th	035	AB Agarkar/ M Kartik	Kolkata	Delhi	Jo’burg	10.05.09
9th	019	RV Uthappa/ R Vinay Kumar	Bangalore	Hyd’bad	Jo’burg	24.05.09
10th	029*	SK Trivedi/MM Patel	Jaipur	Delhi	B’fontein	17.05.09

EXTRAS

Most Extras, Most byes, Most Leg byes, Most No balls and most Wides conceded in the tournament are furnished in the following table

MOST EXTRAS
Team	Score	Overs	Ext	B	Lb	W	NB	Opp’n	Ground	Date
Chennai	151/3	19.1	26	0	16	10	0	Mumbai	P E’beth	16.05.09
MOST BYES
Team	Score	Overs	Ext	B	Lb	W	NB	Opp’n	Ground	Date
Mumbai	165/8	20.0	24	6	6	11	1	Delhi	Centurion	21.05.09
MOST LEG BYES
Team	Score	Overs	Ext	B	Lb	W	NB	Opp’n	Ground	Date
B’lore	137/9	20.0	10	0	9	1	0	Hyd’bad	Jo’burg	24.05.09
MOST WIDES
Team	Score	Overs	Ext	B	Lb	W	NB	Opp’n	Ground	Date
Mumbai	143	19.5	18	0	3	14	1	Jaipur	Durban	14.05.09
MOST NO BALLS
Team	Score	Overs	Ext	B	Lb	W	NB	Opp’n	Ground	Date
Hyd’bad	169/4	19.3	10	0	2	3	5	Chennai	Durban	27.04.09
Team is the team credited with extras . Opposition is the team that conceded them

ZEROES BY BATSMEN

IPL Second edition witnessed 94 occasions of batsman scoring zeroes, ten occasions of captains scoring zeroes and eight occasions of wicket keeper batsmen scoring zeroes. As many as seven batsmen scored zeroes without facing a delivery, while 42 batsmen collected the first ball duck.

HH Gibbs of Hyderabad holds the record for most zeroes in the second edition of IPL. He collected four ducks which are listed below

No	Batsman	Runs	Team1	Team2	Venue	Date
1	HH Gibbs	00	Hyd’bad	Chennai	E London	04.05.09
2	HH Gibbs	00	Hyd’bad	Delhi	Centurion	22.05.09
3	HH Gibbs	00	Hyd’bad	Delhi	Centurion	30.04.09
4	HH Gibbs	00	Hyd’bad	Mumbai	Centurion	06.05.09

JH Kallis of Bangalore, R Bhatia of Delhi and ST Jayasuriya of Mumbai collected the first ball duck on two occasions

No	Batsman	Team1	Team2	Venue	Date
1	JH Kallis	B’lore	Delhi	P E’beth	26.04.09
2	JH Kallis	B’lore	Chennai	Durban	14.05.09
1	R Bhatia	Delhi	Hyd’bad	Durban	13.05.09
2	R Bhatia	Delhi	Mohali	B’fontien	15.05.09
1	ST Jayasuryia	Mumbai	Mohali	Durban	29.04.09
2	ST Jayasuriya	Mumbai	Delhi	Centurion	21.05.09

Two games witnessed most zeros in an innings – Bangalore vs Chennai at Port Elizabeth on 20.04.09 and Hyderabad vs Chennai at East London on 04.05.09

No	Batsmen	Score	Team1	Team2	Venue	Date
1	P Kumar	00	B’lore	Chennai	P E’beth	20.04.09
2	KP Pietersen	00	B’lore	Chennai	P E’beth	20.04.09
3	R Bishnoy	00	B’lore	Chennai	P E’beth	20.04.09
4	DW Steyn	00	B’lore	Chennai	P E’beth	20.04.09
1	AC Gilchrist	00	Hyd’bad	Chennai	E London	04.05.09
2	HH Gibbs	00	Hyd’bad	Chennai	E London	04.05.09
3	VVS Laxman	00	Hyd’bad	Chennai	E London	04.05.09
4	PP Ojha	00	Hyd’bad	Chennai	E London	04.05.09

RUN OUTS

Second edition of IPL witnessed as many as 74 batsmen dismissed run out. Break up team wise read thus – Bangalore {06}, Chennai {07}, Delhi {02}, Hyderabad {10}, Jaipur {09}, Kolkata {04}, Mohali {13} and Mumbai {10}

Five batsmen were run out after scoring a fifty, while 17 batsmen were run out without opening their account. Seven batsmen were run out without facing a delivery and five batsmen were run out facing just one delivery

The following table shows the captains and wicket keeper batsmen dismissed run out in the second edition of IPL

No	Captains	Runs	Team1	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	Yuvraj Singh	16	Mohali	Delhi	Cape Town	19.04.09
2	SR Tendulkar	15	Mumbai	Delhi	E London	08.05.09
3	SK Warne	00	Jaipur	Mumbai	Durban	14.05.09
No	Wicket keepers	Runs	Team1	Team2	Venue	Date
1	KC Sangakkara	26	Mohali	Kolkata	Durban	21.04.09
2	KC Sangakkara	60	Mohali	Jaipur	Cape Town	26.04.09
3	NV Ojha	16	Jaipur	Hyd’bad	Kimberley	11.05.09

FIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS

A Kumble of Bangalore remained the only bowler in the second edition of IPL to capture five wickets. His effort came against Jaipur at Cape Town on 18.04.09 when he retuned with figures of 3.1-1-5-5.

FOUR OR MORE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS

There were 12 occasions of bowlers capturing exact four wickets in an innings in IPL second edition. A Kumble of Bangalore, SB Jakati of Chennai and YA Abdullah of Mohali were the three bowlers to capture four or more wickets on two occasions

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	A Kumble	5	05	B’lore	Jaipur	CapeTown	18.04.09
2	A Kumble	4	16	B’lore	Hyd’bad	Jo’burg	24.05.09
1	SB Jakati	4	24	Chennai	Delhi	Jo’burg	02.05.09
2	SB Jakati	4	22	Chennai	Hyd’bad	E London	04.05.09
1	YAAbdulla	4	31	Mohali	B’lore	Durban	24.04.09
2	YAAbdulla	4	36	Mohali	B’lore	Durban	01.05.09

BOWLERS CONCEDING 50 PLUS RUNS

The following table shows the four occasions of bowlers conceding 50 plus runs. Moshrafe Mortaza of Kolkata returned with figures of 4.0-0-58-0 against Hyderabad at Johannesburg on 16.05.09 which remain the most expensive bowling figures in terms of runs conceded in the second edition of IPL

No	Bowler	O	M	R	W	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	M Mortaza	4.0	0	58	0	Kolkata	Hyd’bad	Jo’burg	16.05.09
2	C Vaas	4.0	0	52	2	Hyd’bad	Delhi	Durban	13.05.09
3	JH Kallis	4.0	0	51	1	B’lore	Mohali	Durban	24.04.09
4	A Flintoff	4.0	0	50	0	Chennai	Delhi	Durban	23.04.09

JH Kallis scored 62 runs against Mohali at Durban on 24.04.09 with the willow and returned with figures of 4.0-0-51-1 providing the lone occasion of a cricketer scoring fifty runs and conceding 50 runs in the second edition of IPL

Moshrafe Mortaza of Kolkata {none for 58} against Hyderabad at Johannesburg on 16.05.09 and A Flintoff of Chennai {none for 50} against Delhi at Durban on 23.04.09 are the two bowlers who conceded 50 plus runs without capturing a wicket in the second edition of IPL.

FOUR OR MORE WICKETS IN A LOSING CAUSE

The following table lists out the three occasions of a bowler’s four or more wickets going in vain – A Kumble of Bangalore, Harabhajan Singh of Mumbai and YA Abdullah of Mohali – being the bowlers to suffer the ignominy.

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	A Kumble	4	16	B’lore	Hyd’bad	Jo’burg	24.05.09
2	Harbhajan Singh	4	17	Mumbai	Delhi	Centurion	21.05.09
3	YA Abdulla	5	36	Mohali	B’lore	Durban	01.05.09

CAPTAINS WITH THREE OR MORE WICKETS

A Kumble of Bangalore, Yuvraj Singh of Mohali {two occasions} and SK Warne of Jaipur are the three captains who have captured three or more wickets in the second edition of IPL

No	Captains	W	R	Team	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	A Kumble	4	16	B’lore	Hyd’bad	Jo’burg	24.05.09
2	Yuvraj Singh	3	13	Mohali	Hyd’bad	Jo’burg	17.05.09
3	Yuvraj Singh	3	22	Mohali	B’lore	Durban	01.05.09
4	SK Warne	3	24	Jaipur	Mumbai	Durban	14.05.09

BOUNADARY FOURS AND BOUNDARY SIXES BY BATSMEN

ML Hayden of Chennai {60} and AC Gilchrist of Hyderabad {54} are the two batsmen who have scored 50 plus boundary fours in the tournament. ML Hayden has the record of scoring most boundary fours in the tournament

AC Gilchrist of Hyderabad {29}, ML Hayden of Chennai {22} and SK Raina of Chennai {21} are the three batsmen who have scored 20 or more sixes in the second edition of IPL. AC Gilchrist of Hyderabad has the distinction of scoring most sixes {29} in the tournament.

HAT TRICKS AND YUVRAJ SINGH’S FEAT

Yuvraj Singh after performing the Hattrick against Bangalore at Durban on 01.05.09 scored half century {50}. He is the only cricketer to perform hat trick coupled with a half century. With the Hat trick against Hyderabad at Johannesbur on 17.05.08, Yuvraj Singh is the only bowler to perform the feat on two occasions in T20 games. He was leading Mohali while he performed this feat makes him the only captain to achieve Hat trick on two occasions in T20 games

HAT TRICKS

Yuvaraj Singh of Mohali {on two occasions} and RG Sharma of Hyderabad are the two bowlers to perform the Hat trick in the tournament

No	Bowler	Teams	Vs	Team 2	Venue	Date
1	Yuvraj Singh	Mohali	Vs	B’lore	Durban	01.05.09
2	RG Sharma	Hyd’bad	Vs	Mumbai	Centurion	06.05.09
3	Yuvraj Singh	Mohali	Vs	Hyd’bad	Jo’burg	17.05.09

SIXES IN THE TOURNAMENT

As many as 506 sixes were scored in the second edition – the break up team wise read thus – Bangalore {67}, Chennai {73}, Delhi {51}, Hyderabad {99}, Jaipur {44}, Kolkata {56}, Mohali {62} and Mumbai {54}. Hyderabad with 99 sixes has scored the most sixes in the second edition

The following is the break up of sixes conceded by each team – Bangalore {69}, Chennai {67}, Delhi {69}, Chennai {67}, Delhi {69}, Hyderabad {79}, Jaipur {48}, Kolkata {61}, Mohali {62} and Mumbai {51}. Hyderabad has conceded most sixes – 79 – in the tournament

HYDERABAD’S DISTINCTION

Hyderabad has the distinction of scoring most sixes {99} and also conceding most sixes {79} in the second edition of the tournament

MOST SIXES SCORED BY BATSMEN AND MOST SIXES CONCEDED BY BOWLERS

AC Gilchrist of Hyderabad has scored most sixes, while SK Warne of Jaipur and Praveen Kumar of Bangalore have conceded most sixes – 14 each.