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YA Abdulla captured his 50^th wicket in T20 games when he had KRD Karthik caught by IK Pathan for 20 in this game. He became the 40^th bowler in T20 games to capture 50 plus wickets. The complete list is furnished below

Match Number 3 : Delhi Daredevils vs Kings Eleven Punjab at Mohali on 13.03.10 : Delhi Daredevils won by five wickets

RS Bopara who opened the innings for Kings Eleven Punjab scored 56 in this game which was his seventh T20 half century.

KRD Karthik was playing his 50^th T20 game and has an aggregate of 46 dismissals behind the stumps in this game. He held a catch and effected two stumpings in this game. At the end of this game, he had held 30 catches and effected 16 stumpings. Coupled with four catches held by him when not keeping the wickets, he has an aggregate of 50 dismissals {34 ct plus 16 st}

DPMD Jayawardene was dismissed for zero in this game which was his third zero in T20 games. The other two occasions are – against England at Southampton on 15.06.06 and against Zimbabwe at King City on 10.10.08. His zero in this game was his first zero in IPL games. DPMD Jayawardence collected his first ball duck in this game.

KC Sangakkara led Kings Eleven Punjab in this game to become the second wicket keeper captain to lead an IPL team. AC Gilchrist of Deccan Chargers was the other wicket keeper captain to lead an IPL team

DPMD Jayawardene with two catches in this game took his aggregate of catches to 31. He became the eleventh fieldsman to pouch 30 plus catches in T20 games. Others are – M van Jaarsveld {48}, DJ Hussey {47}, AD Brown {36}, LRPL Taylor {36}, HH Gibbs {36}, AB de Villers {34}, Shoaib Malik {31}, BJ Hodge {31}, WR Smith {30} and R McLaren {30}

G Gambhir scored 72 in this game which is his 14^th T20 fifty. He became the fifth batsman in the history of T20 games to score 14 or more fifties. Others are – BJ Hodge {19}, HD Ackerman {17}, BB McCullum {15} and JP Duminy {14}

G Gambhir scored 72 in this game which is his 14^th T20 half century. He became the fourth batsman in the history of T20 games to score 14 or more half centuries. Others are – BJ Hodge {18}, HD Ackerman {17} and JP Duminy {14}

G Gambhir completed 1500 runs when he was on 2 during his knock of 72 in this game. At the end of this game, his runs aggregate stood at 1570. He is the first Indian batsman to aggregate 1500 runs in T20 games.

G Gambhir became the 17^th batsman in the history of T20 games to aggregate 1500 plus runs. The complete list is furnished below

G Gambhir’s 72 in this game represent his seventh IPL fifty. He is now on par with ML Hayden who has seven IPL fifties. Only AC Gilchrist has scored more IPL fifties than G Gambhir and ML Hayden. AC Gilchrist has eight IPL fifties to his credit.

G Gambhir’s 72 in this game represent his seventh IPL half century. He is now on par with AC Gilchirst and ML Hayden who have scored seven IPL half centuries.

YA Abdulla captured his 50^th wicket in T20 games when he had KRD Karthik caught by IK Pathan for 20 in this game. He became the 40^th bowler in T20 games to capture 50 plus wickets

Delhi won this game by five wickets with a ball to spare providing the fifth occasion of a team winning a game with a ball to spare in IPL. The other four occasions are – Jaipur winning the game by three wickets against Hydeabad at Hyderabad on 24.04.08, Delhi winning the game by five wickets against Mumbai at Delhi on 24.05.08, Bangalore winning the game by five wickets at Durban on 29.04.09 and Mohali winning the game by three wickets against Hyderabad at Kimberly on 09.05.09

Delhi won this game by five wickets with a ball to spare providing the second occasion of Delhi winning a game an IPL game with a ball to spare. The other occasion was its win by five wickets against Mumbai at Delhi on 24.05.08

YK Pathan completed 1000 runs in T20 games when he was 6 during the course of his knock of 100 in this game. At the end of the game between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals on 13.03.10, his run aggregate stood at 1094.

YK Pathan became the 75^th batsman in the history of T20 games to aggregate 1000 plus runs. The following is the complete list of 75 batsmen who have an aggregate of 1000 plus runs in T20 games as at the end of the game between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals on 13.03.10

Yousuf Pathan became the seventh Indian batsman to aggregate 1000 plus runs in T20 games. Others are – G Gambhir, RG Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, V Sehwag, MS Dhoni and SK Raina. The following table lists out the performance of these seven Indian batsmen

Match Number 2 : Mumbai Indian vs Rajasthan Royals : At Brabourne Stadium Mumbai on 13.03.10 : Mumbai Indians won by 04 runs

This game witnessed both the teams scoring 200 plus runs – Mumbai scored 212 for 6 and Jaipur came up with 208 for 7.

Mumbai {212 for 6} and Jaipur’s {208 for 7} scored 200 plus runs in this game providing the 13^th and 14^th occasion of a team posting 200 plus runs in an innings in IPL. All such instances are tabulated below

Mumbai {212 for 6} and Jaipur’s {208 for 7} scored 200 plus runs in this game providing the fourth occasion of both teams posting 200 plus runs in an innings in IPL. All such instances are tabulated below

This match produced an aggregate of 420 runs providing the sixth occasion of a match producing an aggregate of 400 plus runs in IPL. The other five occasions are – 447 runs {Jaipur vs Chennai at Mohali on 19.04.08}, 431 runs {Hyderabad vs Jaipur at Hyderabad on 24.04.08}, 412 runs {Chennai vs Jaipur on 24.05.08}, 410 runs {Chennai vs Mumbai at Chennai on 23.04.08} and 401 runs {Mohali vs Jaipur at Mohali on 11.05.08}

It is interesting to note that in the second edition of IPL held in South Africa there were no mach aggregate of 400 plus runs.

ST Jayasuriya completed 750 runs in IPL when he was on 15 during the course of his knock of 23 in this game. At the end of this game, his aggregate stood at 758.

ST Jayasuriya became the sixth batsman in IPL to aggregate 750 plus runs. Others are – AC Gilchrist of Hyderabad {985}, G Gambhir of Delhi {820}, SK Raina of Chennai {855}, RG Sharma of Hyderabad {779} and ML Hayden of Chennai {761}

Later on during Jaipur’s innings, YK Pathan joined this select band to become the seventh batsman to have an aggregate of 778 runs in IPL. He completed 750 runs when he was on 72 during his knock of 100 in this game.

YK Pathan’s 100 in this game represent the ninth hundred in IPL. All the nine hundreds are listed below

YK Pathan’s 100 in this game represent the second hundred by an Indian batsman in IPL. MK Pandey’s 114 not out in the game between Bangalore and Hyderabad at Centurion on 21.05.09 was the first hundred by an Indian batsman in IPL

YK Pathan’s 100 came of 37 deliveries representing the second fastest hundred in the history of T20 games. The fastest hundred in T20 games is credited to A Symonds who scored a hundred in 34 deliveries in the match between Kent and Middlesex at Maidstone in 2004.

YK Pathan’s 100 came off 37 deliveries representing the fastest IPL hundred. Other batsmen who have scored hundred in less than 50 deliveries in IPL are – AC Gilchrist in 42 balls {Hyderabad vs Mumbai at Mumbai in 2007-08}, ST Jayasuriya in 45 balls {Mumbai vs Chennai at Mumbai in 2008}, A Symonds in 47 balls {Hyderabad vs Jaipur at Hyderabad in 2007-08}

YK Pathan’s 100 was in a losing cause providing the second occasion of a batsman’s hundred going in vain in IPL. A Symond’s 117 not out for Hyderabad against Jaipur at Hyderabad on 24.04.08 was in vain as Jaipur had romped home by three wickets

YK Pathan hit eight boundary sixes in his innings of 100 in this game. BB McCullum {13}, ST Jayasuriya {11}, AC Gilchrist {10} and MEK Hussey {09} are the other batsmen who have scored more sixes in an innings in IPL than YK Pathan.

YK Pathan’s 100 in this game represents his highest T20 score and also his first hundred and eighth fifty. His previous best was 68 against Hyderabad at Jaipur on 09.05.08 in the first edition of IPL.

YK Pathan completed 1000 runs in T20 games when he was 6 during the course of his knock of 100 in this game. At the end of this game his run aggregate stood at 1094. YK Pathan became the 75^th batsman in the history of T20 games to aggregate 1000 plus runs

SS Tiwari and AT Rayudu added 110 runs for the fourth wicket in this game providing the 28^th occasion of a three figure partnership in IPL. This stand provide the fourth occasion of a three figure partnership by Mumbai batsman in IPL

YK Pathan and P Dogra added 107 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the 29^th occasion of a three figure partnership in IPL. This stand also provide the sixth occasion of a three figure partnership by Jaipur batsmen in IPL

YK Pathan and P Dogra added 107 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the second occasion of a three figure partnership for the fifth wicket in IPL. The first three figure partnership for the fifth wicket was the 130 runs unfinished partnership between OA Shah and AD Mathews in the game between Kolkata vs Hyderabad at Mumbai-DYP on 12.03.10.

SS Tiwari and AT Rayudu added 110 runs for the fourth wicket for Mumbai and YK Pathan and P Dogra added 107 runs for the fifth wicket for Jaipur in this game providing the first occasion of rival teams posting three figure stands in the same game in IPL.

R Satish of Mumbai returned with figures of 1 for 51 in this game providing the 17^th occasion of a bowler conceding 50 plus runs in IPL games.

R Satish became the first Mumbai bowler to concede 50 plus runs in IPL games and thus has the most expensive bowling figures by a Mumbai bowler in terms of runs conceded. AG Murtaza’s 1 for 46 in this game is the second most expensive bowling figures by a Mumbai bowler in IPL.

SA Asnodkar collected his duck without facing a delivery in this game, while A Uniyal collected his first ball duck.

Match Number 1 : Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders : At DY Patil Academy, Mumbai on 12.03.10 : Kolkata Knight Riders won by 11 runs

Deccan Chargers won the toss and inserted the opposition in the first game of the third edition of IPL.

Chaminda Vaas captured a wicket of the first ball of the match in this game when he had MK Tiwari caught by RJ Sharma for zero providing the first occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of the match in the third edition of IPL

Chaminda Vaas became the first bowler in the third edition of IPL to bowl a maiden over capturing two wickets. He bagged the wickets of MK Tiwari and SC Ganguly in his first over which was also the first over of the match without conceding a run.

OA Shah and AD Matthews added 130 runs in an unfinished stand for the fifth wicket in Kolkata’s innings providing the first three figure partnership of the third edition of IPL. It also represents the 27^th three figure partnership in IPL.

OA Shah and AD Matthews added 130 runs in an unfinished stand for the fifth wicket in Kolkata’s innings providing the first three figure partnership for the fifth wicket in all the three editions of IPL, thus representing the record stand for the fifth wicket. The previous best was 95 runs stand between S Badrinath and MS Dhoni {Chennai vs Mumbai at Mumbai on 14.05.08} and 95 runs stand between A Symonds and Y Venugopala Rao {Hyderabad vs Mohali at Kimberly on 09.05.09}

OA Shah and AD Matthews added 130 runs in an unfinished stand for the fifth wicket in Kolkata’s innings providing the ninth occasion of an unfinished three figure partnership in all the three editions of IPL.

OA Shah and AD Matthews added 130 runs in an unfinished stand for the fifth wicket in Kolkata’s innings providing the third occasion of Kolkata batsmen posting three figure partnerships in all the three editions of IPL. The other two occasions are – 104 runs for the 6^th wicket between DJ Hussey and WP Saha vs Punjab at Mohali on 03.05.08 and 102 runs stand between SC Ganguly and DJ Hussey vs Hyderabad on 11.05.08

OA Shah and AD Matthews added 130 runs in an unfinished stand for the fifth wicket in Kolkata’s innings providing the record three figure partnerships by Kolkata batsmen in all the three editions of IPL. The previous best was the 104 runs for the 6^th wicket between DJ Hussey and WP Saha vs Mohali at Mohali on 03.05.08

AD Mathews earned the distinction of scoring the first fifty of the third edition of IPL when he scored 65 not out in this game. OA Shah’s 58 not out in this game represent the second fifty of third edition of IPL

AC Gilchrist scored 54 in this game providing his eighth fifty which includes one hundred. AC Gilchrist with eight fifties to his credit now owns the record of most fifties by a batsman in IPL. He wrested the record from ML Hayden who has seven fifties to their credit.

AC Gilchrist hit three sixes in this game and his second six of the bowling of LR Shukla {Over number 4.6} gave him the distinction of becoming the first batsman in IPL to hit fifty boundary sixes. At the end of this game he has an aggregate of 51 boundary sixes.

This game witnessed rival skippers scoring zero and fifty – SC Ganguly {zero} and AC Gilchrist {54}.

At the end of this game, BJ Hodge’s run aggregate stood at 2560 in T20 games. He holds the record for most runs in T20 games.

ChamindaVaas’s two wickets in this game gave him 25 T20 wickets. He was playing his 23^rd match.

MK Tiwary of Kolkata and C Vaas of Hyderabad collected their first ball ducks in this game.

This game also witnessed a batsman’s fifty in a losing cause. AC Gilchrist’s 54 was in vain. He was captaining his side Hyderabad in this game

Chappell-Hadlee series: Fifth one day game at Wellington on 13.03.10. New Zealand won by 51 runs

SB Styris scored 55 in this game which was his 24^th one day half century and 28^th one day fifty.

SB Styris’s 55 in this game provide the 123^rd occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a fifty against Australia in one day games. It was Styris’s fourth fifty against Australia. The other three are – 54 at Guwahati on 09.11.03, 101 at Christchurch on 10.12.05 and 75 at Hobart on 20.12.07.

This game was the 50^th game against New Zealand for RT Ponting. He became the second Australian cricketer to play 50 one day games against New Zealand after SR Waugh who has played 60 one day games.

RT Ponting failed to score in this game and it was his second duck against New Zealand. The first occasion he failed to score against New Zealand was at Adelaide on 26.01.02.

RT Ponting’s zero in this game provide the 41^st occasion of an Australian captain scoring zero against various oppositions in one day games.

RT Ponting’s zero in this game was his ninth duck as captain and he now holds the record for most zeroes by an Australian captain. He wrested the record from SR Waugh who had scored eight zeroes.

RT Ponting collected the first ball duck in this game providing the 16^th occasion of an Australian captain collecting the first ball duck against various oppositions in one day games.

RT Ponting is the third Australian captain to collect the first ball duck against New Zealand in one day games. The other two are – AR Border at Melbourne on 07.01.88 and GR Marsh at Melbourne on 15.01.91.

RT Ponting’s zero in this game provides the sixth occasion of an Australian captain scoring zero against New Zealand. The other five occasions are – GS Chappell at Dunedin on 17.02.82, AR Border at Melbourne on 07.01.88, GR Marsh at Melbourne on 15.01.92, AR Border at Wellington on 24.03.93 and SR Waugh at Melboune on 17.12.97. RT Ponting failed to open the account as captain for the first time against New Zealand.

At the end of the Chappell Hadlee series, RT Ponting has an aggregate of 1428 runs against New Zealand as captain. Only A Ranatunga of Sri Lanka has scored more runs than RT Ponting as captain against a specific opposition. A Ranatunga has an aggregate of 1468 runs against Pakistan and holds the record for most runs by a captain against a specific opposition.

The following is the list of eleven captains who have an aggregate of 1000 plus runs against specific opposition – A Ranatunga of Sri Lanka {1468 runs vs Pakistan}, RT Ponting of Australia {1428 runs vs New Zealand}, RT Ponting of Australia {1283 runs vs India}, SP Fleming {1214 runs vs South Africa}, A Ranatunga of Sri Lanka {1168 runs vs India}, RT Ponting of Australia {1168 runs vs South Africa}, SP Fleming of New Zealand {1145 runs vs Australia}, RT Ponting of Australia {1082 runs vs England}, MS Dhoni of India {1038 runs vs Sri Lanka}, M Azharuddin of India {1036 runs vs Sri Lanka} and Imran Khan of Pakistan {1032 runs vs Pakistan}.

TG Southee {4 for 36} and SE Bond {4 for 26} captured four wickets in this game providing the 846^th and 847^th occasion of a bowler capturing exact four wickets in one day games.

TG Southee {4 for 36} and SE Bond {4 for 26} captured four wickets in this game providing the 70th and 71st occasion of a New Zealand bowler capturing exact four wickets in one day games.

TG Southee {4 for 36} and SE Bond {4 for 26} captured four wickets in this game providing the 99^th and 100th occasion of a New Zealand bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games.

SE Bond’s four wickets in this game provide the 100^th occasion of a New Zealand bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games.

TG Southee {4 for 36} and SE Bond {4 for 26} captured four wickets in this game providing the 24^th and 25^th occasion of a New Zealand bowler capturing four or more wickets against Australia in one day games.

SE Bond’s four wickets in this game provide the 25^th occasion of a New Zealand bowler capturing four or more wickets against Australia in one day games.

TG Southee {4 for 36} and SE Bond {4 for 26} captured four wickets in this game providing the 40th occasion of two bowlers capturing four or more wickets in the history of one day games.

TG Southee {4 for 36} and SE Bond {4 for 26} captured four wickets in this game providing the very first occasion of two New Zealand bowlers capturing four or more wickets in one day games.

TG Southee {4 for 36} and SE Bond {4 for 26} captured four wickets in this game providing the fourth occasion of two capturing four or more wickets in one day games against Australia. The other three occasions are – Indian bowlers at Chelmsford on 20.06.83, {S Madan lal – 4 for 20 and RMH Binny – 4 for 29} South African bowlers at Birmingham on 17.06.99 {SM Pollock – 5 for 36 and AA Donald – 4 for 32} and South African bowlers at Centurion on 05.04.99 {DW Steyn – 4 for 27 and WD Parnell – 4 for 25}.

DR Tuffey’s 36 in this game represent his highest individual score in one day games. It was an improvement over his previous best of 34 against Australia at Auckland on 11.03.10, the previous game of this series.

SR Watson’s 53 in this game represent his 15^th one day half century and 19^th fifty. It was his fourth fifty against New Zealand. The other three are – 68 at Hamilton on 20.02.07, 65* at St George’s on 20.04.07 and 105* at Centurion on 05.10.09

TG Southee’s 4 for 36 in this game is his second four wicket haul in one day games, the other being his 4 for 38 against England at Bristol on 21.06.08. Thus his 4 for 36 in this game represents his best one day bowling effort.

SE Bond’s four for 26 in this game represents his seventh four wicket haul his 11^th four plus wickets haul in one day games

TG Southee {4 for 36} and SE Bond {4 for 26} captured four wickets in this game providing the 130^th and 131^st occasion of bowlers capturing four or more wickets against Australia in one day games.

SE Bond’s four for 26 in this game represents his sixth four plus wicket haul against Australia in one day games. The other five occasions are – 5 for 25 at Adelaide on 26.01.02, 4 for 38 at Melbourne on 29.01.02, 6 for 23 at Port Elizabeth on 11.03.03, 4 for 61 at Hobart on 14.01.07, 5 for 23 at Wellington on 16.02.07.

SE Bond holds the record for most four plus wicket hauls against Australia – six hauls. Three other bowlers – AA Donald of South Africa, SM Pollock of South Africa and Wasim Akram of Pakistan – have four four plus wickets hauls against New Zealand.

At the end of this five match series, SE Bond has an aggregate of 44 wickets against Australia. EJ Chatfield {51}. DL Vettori {48} and RJ Hadlee {46} are the other three New Zealand bowlers who have captured more wickets than SE Bond against Australia.

At the end of this game, head to head count between the two teams read thus – Played 123 : won by New Zealand – 34 : won by Australia – 84 and No result games – 05.

West Indies vs Zimbabwe : Fourth one day at Kingstown on 12.03.10 : West Indies won by four wickets and lead the series by 3-1.

DJ Bravo returned with figures of 4 for 21 in this game providing the 136th occasion of a West Indies bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games.

DJ Bravo returned with figures of 4 for 21 in this game providing the 97th occasion of a West Indies bowler capturing exact four in one day games.

DJ Bravo returned with figures of 4 for 21 in this game providing the tenth occasion of a West Indies bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games against Zimbabwe. The other nine occasions are – 4 for 24 by CE Cuffy at Sydney on 23.01.01, 4 for 32 by MV Nagamotoo at Adelaide on 25.01.01, 6 for 22 by FH Edwards at Harare on 29.11.03, 4 for 24 by CH Gayle at Harare on 30.11.03, 4 for 24 by JE Taylor at St John’s on 30.04.06, 4 for 29 by DR Smith at Port of Spain on 14.05.06, 5 for 48 by JE Taylor at Bulawayo on 07.12.07, 4 for 43 by NO Milller at Providence on 06.03.10 and 4 for 26 by DJ Sammy at Kingstown on 10.03.10

DJ Bravo returned with figures of 4 for 21 in this game represents his fourth four wickets haul in one day games. The other three hauls are – 4 for 19 vs England at Kingstown on 27.03.09, 4 for 32 vs Sri Lanka at Trinidad on 10.04.08 and 4 for 39 vs India at Chennai on 27.01.07.

DJ Bravo’s four for 21 in this game provide the seventh occasion of a West Indies bowler capturing exact four wickets in an one day game against Zimbabwe. DJ Bravo’s 4 for 21 remains the best bowling figures amongst the seven bowlers who have captured exact four wickets against Zimbabwe. The previous best was held by two bowlers – 4 for 24 by CH Gayle at Harare on 30.11.03 and 4 for 24 by JE Taylor at St John’s on 30.04.06.

T Taibu pouched his 100^th catch when he caught AB Barath of the bowling of Cremer for 25 in this game. At the end of this game, he has effected 118 dismissals {100 ct plus 18 st}. He has effected 116 dismissals as wicket keeper {98 catches and 18 stumpings} and his 100 catches include two catches pouched while not keeping wickets

D Ramdin was playing his 75^th one day game. He is the third West Indian wicket keeper to play 75 plus one day games. The other two are – PJL Dujon {167} and RD Jacobs {147}.

West Indies vs Zimbabwe : Third one day at Kingstown on 10.03.10 : West Indies won by 141 runs and lead the series 2-1

Zimbabwe won the toss in this game and inserted the opposition providing the seventh occasion of Zimbabwe doing so against West Indies.

Zimbabwe has lost six of these seven occasion and the loss in this game by 141 runs represents its highest margin of loss in terms of runs.

Zimbabwe was all out for 104 runs represents the third occasion of it being dismissed all out when it had inserted West Indies. The other two occasions were – 150 all out at Kingston on 01.04.00 and 176 all out at Harare on 02.12.07.

Zimbabwe’s total of 104 all out in this game represents its lowest total against West Indies when it has inserted the opposition

This game was DJ Bravo was 100^th one day game. He became the 25^th West Indian cricketer to appear in 100 plus one day games

SC Chanderpaul scored 58 in this game which was his 57^th one day half century and 67^th one day fifty.

SC Chanderpaul was dismissed run out after scoring 58 in this game providing the 36^th occasion of a West Indian batsman dismissed run out with a fifty against various oppositions in one day games.

SC Chanderpaul was dismissed run out after scoring 58 in this game providing the fifth occasion of a West Indian batsman dismissed run out with a fifty against Zimbabwe in one day games. The other four are – DL Haynes for 75 at Hyderabad-India on 21.11.93, SL Campbell for 103 at Kingston on 01.04.00, JC Adams for 60 at Kingston on 01.04.00 and BC Lara for 113 at Bulawayo on 22.11.03.

SC Chanderpaul has been dismissed run out after scoring a fifty on four occasions including the one in this game. The other three occasions are – against England for 76 at Sharjah on 19.12.97, against South Africa for 60 at St John’s on 02.05.01 and against Australia for 58 at Adelaide on 26.01.05

SC Chanderpaul is the second West Indian batsman to be dismissed run out on four or more occasions after scoring a fifty. BC Lara is the other batsman who has been dismissed on six occasions with a fifty to his credit.

SC Chanderpaul’s run out for 58 in this game provides the 18^th occasion of his being dismissed run out in one day games. BC Lara is the other West Indian batsman who has been dismissed run out on more occasions than SC Chanderpaul. Lara has been dismissed run out on 19 occasions and holds the record for most run outs for West Indian batsman.

DJ Sammy returned with figures of 4 for 26 in this game providing the 135^th occasion of a West Indies bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games.

DJ Sammy returned with figures of 4 for 26 in this game providing the 96th occasion of a West Indies bowler capturing exact four in one day games.

DJ Sammy returned with figures of 4 for 26 in this game providing the ninth occasion of a West Indies bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games against Zimbabwe. The other eight occasions are – 4 for 24 by CE Cuffy at Sydney on 23.01.01, 4 for 32 by MV Nagamotoo at Adelaide on 25.01.01, 6 for 22 by FH Edwards at Harare on 29.11.03, 4 for 24 by CH Gayle at Harare on 30.11.03, 4 for 24 by JE Taylor at St John’s on 30.04.06, 4 for 29 by DR Smith at Port of Spain on 14.05.06, 5 for 48 by JE Taylor at Bulawayo on 07.12.07 and 4 for 43 by NO Milller at Providence on 06.03.10

DJ Sammy returned with figures of 4 for 26 in this game which not only represents his first four wickets haul in one day games but also his best bowling figures in one day games. His previous best was 2 for 2 against Netherlands at Dublin on 10.07.07.

West Indies won this game by 141 runs providing the fourth occasion of West Indies winning a game by 100 plus runs margin against Zimbabwe in one day games. The other three are – by 134 runs at Hyderabad-India on 21.11.93, by 110 runs at Harare on 02.12.07 and by 104 runs at Trinidad on 14.05.06

West Indies won this game by 141 runs providing the West Indian victory by highest runs margin against Zimbabwe in one day games. The previous best was by 134 runs at Hyderabad-India on 21.11.93.

Chappell-Hadlee Series : Fourth One day at Auckland on 11.03.10 : Australia won by six wickets on DLM and clinch the series 3-1.

RT Ponting achieved yet another milestone of his illustrious one day career in scoring his 50^th one day half century as captain when he scored 50 in this game. He is the first ever captain in one day games to earn the distinction.

There was one more milestone was in the offing for RT Ponting. This game was his 200^th match while leading Australia and batting at number three. He is the first captain in the history of one day games to achieve the feat of playing 200 matches at number three and as captain.

BB McCullum scored 61 in this game providing his 17^th one day half century and 19^th fifty.

BB McCullum’s 61 in this game provide the 122^nd occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a fifty against Australia in one day games. It was also the fifth fifty by BB McCullum against Australia. The other four are – 51* at Pune on 03.11.03, 50* at Christchurch on 10.12.05, 86* at Hamilton on 20.02.07, 96 at Adelaide on 14.12.07

BB McCullum’s 61 in this game provide the 43rd occasion of a New Zealand opening batsman scoring a fifty against Australia in one day games. It was also the second fifty by BB McCullum as an opening batsman against Australia. The other fifty was at Adelaide on 14.12.07 when he made 96.

DR Tuffey registered his highest individual score in this game when he made 34. His previous best was 20 not out against Sri Lanka at Col-SSC on 31.07.01. His previous best against Australia was 20 at Auckland on 06.03.10

New Zealand capped SL Stewert for this game. He became the 160^th cricketer to represent New Zealand in ODIs and also the 32^nd New Zealand cricketer to make his debut against Australia.

With two wickets in this game DL Vettori’s aggregate of wickets as captain stood at 80. He became the ninth captain in the history of one day games to capture 80 plus wickets. Others are – Wasim Akram {158}, SM Pollock {134}, Imran Khan {134}, Waqar Younis {97}, ST Jayasuriya {92}, N Kapil Dev {91} and WJ Cronje {86}.

RT Poning scored 50 in this game which represents his 78^th one day half century and 107^th fifty. CL White’s 50 not out represent his ninth one day half century and 11^th fifty.

RT Ponting’s 50 in this game provide the 31^st occasion of an Australian captain scoring fifty against New Zealand in one day games. It was 14^th fifty by RT Ponting while leading Australia against New Zealand.

RT Ponting’s 50 in this game represent his ninth half century as captain against New Zealand. He became the fourth captain in the history of one day game to score nine or more fifties against a specific opposition. Others are – M Aharuddin of India {10 vs Sri Lanka}, MS Dhoni of India {10 vs Sri Lanka} and A Ranatunga of Sri Lanka {09 vs Pakistan}

RT Ponting with nine half centuries as captain against New Zealand improved his own record of eight half centuries each – against South Africa and West Indies.

RT Ponting at the end of this game has scored 14 fifties { 05 C plus 09 HC} as captain against New Zealand which represent the most fifties by any captain against a specific opposition in the history of one day games. Other captains to score ten or more fifties against a specific opposition are – M Azharuddin of India {11 vs Sri Lanka}, MS Dhoni of India {11 vs Sri Lanka}, A Ranatunga of Sri Lanka {11 vs Pakistan}, RT Ponting of Australia {10 vs India} and RT Ponting {10 vs South Africa}.

BJ Haddin’s zero in this game represents his second zero of his one day career. His first zero had come at Abu Dhabi against Pakistan on 01.05.09.

BJ Haddin’s zero in this game represents the 17^th occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring zero in one day games against New Zealand.

BJ Haddin collected his first ball duck in this game to become the third Australian opening batsman to collect a first ball duck against New Zealand. Others are – GR Marsh at Melbourne on 15.01.91 and ME Waugh at Napier on 01.03.00

BJ Haddin’s first ball duck in this game provides the 17^th occasion of an Australian wicket keeper collecting the first ball duck against various oppoitons in one day games. It was the second occasion of a first ball duck for Haddin, the first being his duck against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi on 01.05.09

BJ Haddin with his first ball duck in this game became the first Australian wicket keeper batsman to collect a first ball duck against New Zealand in one day games

Indian Premier League is all set to start its third editon – this time in India. The first match will be played at DY Patil Stadium between Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders. We furnish the summarises scores of the matches played between these two teams in the first and edition of IPL

2008 Edition : Koklata Knight Riders won both the games

4th match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers at Kolkata – Apr 20, 2008 : Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining) : Deccan Chargers 110 (18.4/20 ov) : Kolkata Knight Riders 112/5 (19/20 ov)

32nd match: Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders at Hyderabad May 11, 2008 : Kolkata Knight Riders won by 23 runs : Kolkata Knight Riders 204/4 (20/20 ov) : Deccan Chargers 181/7 (20/20 ov)

2009 Edition : Deccan Chargers won both the games

4th match: Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders at Cape Town – Apr 19, 2009 : Deccan Chargers won by 8 wickets (with 41 balls remaining) : Kolkata Knight Riders 101 (19.4/20 ov) : Deccan Chargers 104/2 (13.1/20 ov)

48th match: Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders at Johannesburg – May 16, 2009 : Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets (with 0 balls remaining) : Kolkata Knight Riders 160/5 (20/20 ov) : Deccan Chargers 166/4 (20/20 ov)