KC Sangkkara’s 56 in the game between Mohali and Mumbai at Mohali on 09.04.10 provide the 217^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in IPL games – all the three editions put together.

The first edition witnessed 78 occaions of fifties, while the second edtion witnessed 69 occasions. In the ongoing third edition, there are 70 occasions, KC Sangakkara’s 56 prioviding the 70^th occasions

No		Batsman	Runs	Team1	Opposition	Venue	Date
1		BB McCullum	158*	Kolkata	Bangalore	Bangalore	18.04.08
2		MEK Hussey	116*	Chennai	Mohali	Mohali	19.04.08
3		JR Hopes	71	Mohali	Chennai	Mohali	19.04.08
4	+	Sangakkara	54*	Mohali	Chennai	Mohali	19.04.08
5		G Gambhir	58	Delhi	Jaipur	Delhi	19.04.08
6		S Dhawan	52*	Delhi	Jaipur	Delhi	19.04.08
7	*	Yuvraj Singh	57	Mohali	Jaipur	Jaipur	21.04.08
8		SR Watson	76*	Jaipur	Mohali	Jaipur	21.04.08
9		RG Sharma	66	Hyderabad	Delhi	Hyderabad	22.04.08
10	*	V Sehwag	94*	Delhi	Hyderabad	Hyderabad	22.04.08
11		ML Hayden	81	Chennai	Mumbai	Chennai	22.04.08
12		SK Raina	53	Chennai	Mumbai	Chennai	22.04.08
13		A Symonds	117*	Hyderabad	Jaipur	Hyderabad	24.04.08
14		GC Smith	71	Jaiipur	Hyderabad	Hyderabad	24.04.08
15		YK Pathan	61	Jaiipur	Hyderabad	Hyderabad	24.04.08
16	+	Sangakkara	94	Mohali	Mumbai	Mohali	25.04.08
17		ML Hayden	70*	Chennai	Kolkata	Chennai	26.04.08
18		SR Watson	61*	Jaipur	Bangalore	Bangalore	26.04.08
19		SM Katich	75	Mohali	Delhi	Mohali	27.04.08
20	+	AC Gilchrist	109*	Hyderabad	Mumbai	Mum-DYP	27.04.08
21	*	MS Dhoni	65	Chennai	Bangalore	Bangalore	28.04.08
22		W Jaffer	50	Bangalore	Chennai	Bangalore	28.04.08
23		R Taylor	53	Bangalore	Chennai	Bangalore	28.04.08
24		DJ Bravo	64*	Mumbai	Kolkata	Kolkata	29.04.08
25		G Gambhir	86*	Delhi	Bangalore	Delhi	30.04.08
26		S Dhawan	50	Delhi	Bangalore	Delhi	30.04.08
27		JH Kallis	54	Bangalore	Delhi	Delhi	30.04.08
28		SA Asnodkar	60	Jaipur	Kolkata	Jaipur	01.05.08
29		YK Pathan	55	Jaipur	Kolkata	Jaipur	01.05.08
30	*	SC Ganguly	51	Kolkata	Jaipur	Jaipur	01.05.08
31		RG Sharma	76*	Hyderabad	Mohali	Hyderabad	01.05.08
32		SE Marsh	85	Mohali	Hyderabad	Hyderabad	01.05.08
33		S Vidyut	54	Chennai	Delhi	Chennai	02.05.08
34		G Gambhir	50	Delhi	Chennai	Chennai	02.05.08
35	*	V Sehwag	71	Delhi	Chennai	Chennai	02.05.08
36	*	VVS Laxman	52	Hyderabad	Bangalore	Bangalore	03.05.08
37		RG Sharma	57	Hyderabad	Bangalore	Bangalore	03.05.08
38		DJ Hussey	71	Kolkata	Mohali	Mohali	03.05.08
39	+	WP Saha	59*	Kolkata	Mohali	Mohali	03.05.08
40	*	R Dravid	66	Bangalore	Mohali	Bangalore	05.05.08
41	*+	AC Gilchrist	54	Hyderabad	Chennai	Chennai	06.05.08
42		G Gambhir	80	Delhi	Chennai	Delhi	08.05.08
43		S Dhawan	59	Delhi	Chennai	Delhi	08.05.08
44	+	MV Boucher	50	Bangalore	Kolkata	Kolkata	08.05.08
45	*+	AC Gilchrist	61	Hyderabad	Jaipur	Jaipur	09.05.08
46		YK Pathan	68	Jaipur	Hyderabad	Jaipur	09.05.08
47		S Badarinath	64	Chennai	Mohali	Chennai	10.05.08
48	*+	MS Dhoni	60*	Chennai	Mohali	Chennai	10.05.08
49		SE Marsh	58	Mohali	Chennai	Chennai	10.05.08
50	*	SC Ganguly	91	Kolkata	Hyderabad	Hyderabad	11.05.08
51		DJ Hussey	57*	Kolkata	Hyderabad	Hyderabad	11.05.08
52		YVG Rao	71*	Hyderabad	Kolkata	Hyderabad	11.05.08
53		SR Watson	74	Jaipur	Hyderabad	Jaipur	11.05.08
54		SE Marsh	74*	Mohali	Bangalore	Mohali	12.05.08
55		S Badrinath	53	Chennai	Mumbai	Mumbai	14.05.08
56		Jayasuriya	114*	Mumbai	Chennai	Mumbai	14.05.08
57		G Gambhir	79	Delhi	Hyderabad	Delhi	15.05.08
58		S Dhawan	68	Delhi	Hyderabad	Delhi	15.05.08
59		GC Smith	75*	Jaipur	Bangalore	Jaipur	17.05.08
60		SA Asnodkar	50	Jaipur	Bangalore	Jaipur	17.05.08
61	*	R Dravid	75*	Bangalore	Jaipur	Jaipur	17.05.08
62	*	V Sehwag	51	Delhi	Mohali	Delhi	17.05.08
63		Salman Butt	73	Kolkata	Chennai	Kolkata	17.05.08
64		YVG Rao	57	Hyderabad	Mumbai	Hyderabad	18.05.08
54	+	SP Goswami	52	Bangalore	Delhi	Bangalore	19.05.08
55		SR Marsh	81	Mohali	Mumbai	Mumbai	21.05.08
56		Pomersbach	79*	Mohali	Mumbai	Mumbai	21.05.08
57	*	SR Tendulkar	65	Mumbai	Mohali	Mumbai	21.05.08
58	+	AC Gilchrist	50	Hyderabad	Mohali	Mohali	23.05.08
59		RG Sharma	50	Hyderabad	Mohali	Mohali	23.05.08
60		SE Marsh	60	Mohali	Hyderabad	Mohali	23.05.08
61	+	Sangakkara	50	Mohali	Hyderabad	Mohali	23.05.08
62		GC Smith	91	Jaipur	Chennai	Chennai	24.05.08
63	+	Kamran Akmal	53	Jaipur	Chennai	Chennai	24.05.08
64	+	PA Patel	54	Chennai	Jaipur	Chennai	24.05.08
65		JA Morkel	71	Chennai	Jaipur	Chennai	24.05.08
66		Jayasuriya	66	Mumbai	Delhi	Delhi	24.05.08
67	+	KRD Karthik	56*	Delhi	Mumbai	Delhi	24.05.08
68	+	Sangakkara	64	Mohali	Kolkata	Kolkata	25.05.08
69	*	SC Ganguly	86*	Kolkata	Mohali	Kolkata	25.05.08
70		SK Raina	54*	Chennai	Hyderabad	Hyderabad	27.05.08
71		Jayasuriya	54	Mumbai	Bangalore	Bangalore	28.05.08
72		SE Marsh	115	Mohali	Jaipur	Mohali	28.05.08
73		JR Hopes	51	Mohali	Jaipur	Mohali	28.05.08
74		NK Patel	57	Jaipur	Mohali	Mohali	28.05.08
75		SR Watson	52	Jaipur	Delhi	Mumbai	30.05.08
76	+	PA Patel	51*	Chennai	Mohali	Mumbai	31.05.08
77		SK Raina	55*	Chennai	Mohali	Mumbai	31.05.08
78		YK Pathan	56	Jaipur	Chennai	Mum-DYP	01.06.08
79		R Dravid	66	Bangalore	Jaipur	Cape Town	18.04.09
80	*	SR Tendulkar	59*	Mumbai	Chennai	Cape Town	18.04.09
81		ML Hayden	65	Chennai	Bangalore	P Elizabeth	20.04.09
82	*+	AC Gilchrist	71	Hyderabad	Bangalore	Cape Town	22.04.09
83		RG Sharma	52	Hyderabad	Bangalore	Cape Town	22.04.09
84		V Kohli	50	Bangalore	Hyderabad	Cape Town	22.04.09
85		AB de Villiers	105*	Delhi	Chennai	Durban	23.04.09
86		TM Dilshan	50	Delhi	Chennai	Durban	23.04.09
87		ML Hayden	57	Chennai	Delhi	Durban	23.04.09
88		RS Bopara	84	Mohali	Bangalore	Durban	24.04.09
89		JH Kallis	62	Bangalore	Mohali	Durban	24.04.09
90		HH Gibbs	58	Hyderabad	Mumbai	Durban	25.04.09
91		TM Dilshan	67*	Delhi	Bangalore	P Elizabeth	26.04.09
92	+	Sangakkara	60	Mohali	Jaipur	Cape Town	26.04.09
93		HH Gibbs	69*	Hyderabad	Chennai	Durban	27.04.09
94	*	SR Tendulkar	68	Mumbai	Kolkata	P Elizabeth	27.04.09
95		ST Jayasuriya	52	Mumbai	Kolkata	P Elizabeth	27.04.09
96		YK Pathan	62*	Jaipur	Delhi	Centurion	28.04.09
97		AB de Villiers	50	Delhi	Jaipur	Centurion	28.04.09
98		JP Duminy	59	Mumbai	Mohali	Durban	29.04.09
99		SK Raina	98	Chennai	Jaipur	Centurion	30.04.09
100		TM Dilshan	52*	Delhi	Hyderabad	Centurion	30.04.09
101		BJ Hodge	73	Kolkata	Mumbai	E London`	01.05.09
102		JP Duminy	52*	Mumbai	Kolkata	E London	01.05.09
103	*	Yuvraj Singh	50	Mohali	Bangalore	Durban	01.05.09
104	+	KD Karthik	52	Delhi	Chennai	Johannesburg	02.05.09
105		DA Warner	51	Delhi	Chennai	Johannesburg	02.05.09
106		BJ Hodge	70*	Kolkata	Mohali	P Elizabeth	03.05.09
107		M Jayawardene	52*	Mohali	Kolkata	P Elizabeth	03.05.09
108		JH Kallis	69	Bangalore	Mumbai	Johannesburg	03.05.09
109		RV Uthappa	66	Bangalore	Mumbai	Johannesburg	03.05.09
110		ST Jayasuriya	52	Mumbai	Bangalore	Johannesburg	03.05.09
111		DJ Bravo	50*	Mumbai	Bangalore	Johannesburg	03.05.09
112	*+	MS Dhoni	58*	Chennai	Hyderabad	E London	04.05.09
113	+	MN van Wyk	74	Kolkata	Delhi	Durban	05.05.09
114		G Gambhir	71*	Delhi	Kolkata	Durban	05.05.09
115	+	NV Ojha	68	Jaipur	Mohali	Durban	05.05.09
116		GC Smith	77	Jaipur	Mohali	Durban	05.05.09
117		JP Duminy	52	Mumbai	Hyderabad	Centurion	06.05.09
118		ML Hayden	89	Chennai	Mohali	Centurion	07.05.09
119	*+	MS Dhoni	56*	Chennai	Mohali	Centurion	07.05.09
120	*	Yuvraj Singh	58*	Mohali	Chennai	Centurion	07.05.09
121		SM Katich	50	Mohali	Chennai	Centurion	07.05.09
122	+	NV Ojha	52*	Jaipur	Bangalore	Centurion	07.05.09
123		AB de Villiers	50*	Delhi	Mumbai	E London	08.05.09
124		A Symonds	60	Hyderabad	Mohali	Kimberley	09.05.09
125		S Badarianth	59	Chennai	Jaipur	Kimberley	09.05.09
126		AM Rahane	62	Mumbai	Bangalore	P Elizabeth	10.05.09
127		JP Duminy	59	Mumbai	Bangalore	P Elizabeth	10.05.09
128	*	BB McCullum	84	Kolkata	Bangalore	Centurion	12.05.09
129		LRPL Taylor	81	Bangalore	Kolkata	Centurion	12.05.09
130		DJ Bravo	70	Mumbai	Mohali	Centurion	12.05.09
131	*+	AC Gilchrist	64	Hyderabad	Delhi	Durban	13.05.09
132		ML Hayden	60	Chennai	Bangalore	Durban	14.05.09
133		RJ Quieny	51	Jaipur	Mumbai	Durban	14.05.09
134		JP Duminy	62	Mumbai	Chennai	P Elizabeth	16.05.09
135		ML Hayden	60*	Chennai	Mumbai	P Elizabeth	16.05.09
136	+	Sangakkara	56	Mohali	Hyderabad	Johannesburg	17.05.09
137		SK Raina	52	Chennai	Kolkata	Centurion	18.05.09
138	*	BB McCullum	81	Kolkata	Chennai	Centurion	18.05.09
139		BJ Hodge	71*	Kolkata	Chennai	Centurion	18.05.09
140		JH Kallis	58*	Bangalore	Delhi	Johannesburg	19.05.09
141		AM Rahane	56	Mumbai	Delhi	Centurion	21.05.09
142	*	V Sehwag	50	Delhi	Mumbai	Centurion	21.05.09
143		M Pandey	114*	Bangalore	Hyderabad	Centurion	21.05.09
144		HH Giibs	60	Hyderabad	Bangalore	Centurion	21.05.09
145		TM Dilshan	68	Delhi	Hyderabad	Centurion	22.05.09
146	*+	AC Gilchrist	85	Hyderabad	Delhi	Centurion	22.05.09
147		HH Gibbs	53*	Hyderabad	Bangalore	J0’burg	24.05.09
148		AD Mathews	65*	Kolkata	Hyderabad	Mumbai	12.03.10
149		OA Shah	58	Kolkata	Hyderabad	Mumbai	12.03.10
150	*+	AC Gilchrist	54	Hyderabad	Kolkata	Mumbai	12.03.10
151		AT Rayudu	55	Mumbai	Jaipur	Mum-BS	13.03.10
152		SS Tiwary	53	Mumbai	Jaipur	Mum-BS	13.03.10
153		YK Pathan	100	Jaipur	Mumbai	Mum-BS	13.03.10
154		RS Bopara	56	Mohali	Delhi	Mohali	13.03.10
155	*	G Gambhir	72	Delhi	Mohali	Mohali	13.03.10
156		JH Kallis	65*	Bangalore	Kolkata	Kolkata	14.03.10
157		BJ Hodge	50	Kolkata	Bangalore	Kolkata	14.03.10
158		MK Tiwary	50	Kolkata	Bangalore	Kolkata	14.03.10
159		A Symonds	50	Hyderabad	Chennai	Chennai	14.03.10
160		AA Jhunjhunwala	53*	Jaipur	Delhi	Ahmedabad	15.03.10
161		V Sehwag	75	Delhi	Jaipur	Ahmedabad	15.03.10
162		RS Bopara	77	Mohali	Bangalore	Bangalore	16.03.10
163		MS Bisla	75	Mohali	Bangalore	Bangalore	16.03.10
164		JH Kallis	89*	Bangalore	Mohali	Bangalore	16.03.10
165	*+	MS Dhoni	66*	Chennai	Kolkata	Kolkata	16.03.10
166		RV Uthappa	51	Bangalore	Mohali	Bangalore	16.03.10
167	*	SR Tendulkar	63	Mumbai	Delhi	Delhi	17.03.10
168		SS Tiwary	61	Mumbai	Delhi	Delhi	17.03.10
169		V Sehwag	74	Delhi	Chennai	Delhi	19.03.10
170		ML Hayden	93	Chennai	Delhi	Delhi	19.03.10
171		A Symonds	53	Hyderabad	Mohali	Cuttack	19.03.10
172		IK Pathan	60	Mohali	Hyderabad	Cuttack	19.03.10
173		JH Kallis	66*	Bangalore	Mumbai	Mum-BS	20.03.10
174		DA Warner	57	Delhi	Hyderabad	Cuttack	21.03.10
175		PA Patel	57	Chennai	Mohali	Chennai	21.03.10
176		CH Gayle	75	Kolkata	Mumbai	Mum-BS	22.03.10
177	*	SR Tendulkar	71*	Mumbai	Kolkata	Mum-BS	22.03.10
178		RV Uthappa	68*	Bangalore	Chennai	Bangalore	23.03.10
179		KM Jadhav	50	Delhi	Bangalore	Bangalore	25.03.10
180		SK Raina	83	Chennai	Mumbai	Mum-BS	25.03.10
181		S Badrinath	55	Chennai	Mumbai	Mum-BS	25.03.10
182	*	SR Tendulkar	72	Mumbai	Chennai	Mum-BS	25.03.10
183		S Dhawan	56	Mumbai	Chennai	Mum-BS	25.03.10
184		YK Pathan	73*	Jaipur	Hyderabad	Ahmedabad	26.03.10
185	*	SC Ganguly	50	Kolkata	Mohali	Mohali	27.03.10
186		MK Tiwary	75*	Kolkata	Mohali	Mohali	27.03.10
187	+	NV Ojha	80	Jaipur	Chennai	Ahmedabad	28.03.10
188	*	SR Tendulkar	55	Mumbai	Hyderabad	Mumbai	28.03.10
189		SE Marsh	57	Mohali	Mumbai	Mum-BS	30.03.10
190		S Dhawan	50	Mumbai	Mohali	Mum-BS	30.03.10
191		DA Warner	107*	Delhi	Kolkata	Delhi	29.03.10
192		PD Collingwood	53	Delhi	Kolkata	Delhi	29.03.10
193		JH Kallis	52	Bangalore	Chennai	Chennai	31.03.10
194		M Vijay	78	Chennai	Bangalore	Chennai	31.03.10
195	+	KD Karthik	69	Delhi	Jaipur	Delhi	31.03.10
196	*	SC Ganguly	88	Kolkata	Hyderabad	Kolkata	01.04.10
197		HH Gibbs	50	Hyderabad	Kolkata	Kolkata	01.04.10
198		KP Pietersen	66*	Bangalore	Mohali	Mohali	02.04.10
199		M Vijay	127	Chennai	Jaipur	Chennai	02.04.10
200		JA Morkel	62	Chennai	Jaipur	Chennai	02.04.10
201	+	NV Ojha	94*	Jaipur	Chennai	Chennai	02.04.10
202		SR Watson	60	Jaipur	Chennai	Chennai	02.04.10
203	+	AT Rayudu	55*	Mumbai	Hyderabad	Mum-BS	03.04.10
204		PD Collongwood	75	Delhi	Bangalore	Delhi	04.04.10
205		JH Kallis	54	Bangalore	Delhi	Delhi	04.04.10
206		CH Gayle	88	Kolkata	Mohali	Kolkata	04.04.10
207		M Jayawardene	110*	Mohali	Kolkata	Kolkata	04.04.10
208		SR Watson	60	Jaipur	Hyderabad	Nagpur	05.04.10
209		RG Sharma	73	Hyderabad	Jaipur	Nagpur	05.04.10
210		MJ Lumb	83	Jaipur	Mohali	Jaipur	07.04.10
211	*	SC Ganguly	56	Kolkata	Delhi	Kolkata	07.04.10
212		V Sehwag	64	Delhi	Kolkata	Kolkata	07.04.10
213		JH Kallis	68	Bangalore	Hyderabad	Bangalore	08.04.10
214		V Kohli	58	Bangalore	Hyderabad	Bangalore	08.04.10
215		T Suman	78*	Hyderabad	Bangalore	Bangalore	08.04.10
216		A Symonds	53*	Hyderabad	Bangalore	Bangalore	08.04.10
217	*+	Sangakkara	56	Mohali	Mumbai	Mohali	09.04.10

The progressive milestones of IPL fifties in terms of 25 fifties are listed below

No		Batsman	Runs	Team 1	Team 2	Venue	Date
1		BB McCullum	158*	Kolkata	Bangalore	Bangalore	18.04.08
25		G Gambhir	86*	Delhi	Bangalore	Delhi	30.04.08
50	*	SC Ganguly	91	Kolkata	Hyderabad	Hyderabad	11.05.08
75		SR Watson	52	Jaipur	Delhi	Mumbai	30.05.08
100		TM Dilshan	52*	Delhi	Hyderabad	Centurion	30.04.09
125		S Badarianth	59*	Chennai	Jaipur	Kimberley	09.05.09
150	*+	AC Gilchrist	54	Hyderabad	Kolkata	Mumbai	12.03.10
175		PA Patel	57	Chennai	Mohali	Chennai	21.03.10
200		JA Morkel	62	Chennai	Jaipur	Chennai	02.04.10
217	*+	Sangakkara	56	Mohali	Mumbai	Mohali	09.04.10

The 217 fifties of IPL includes 12 hundreds which are listed below in the descending order of runs scored

No		Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1		BB McCullum	158*	Kolkata	Bangalore	Bangalore	18.04.08
2		M Vijay	127	Chennai	Jaipur	Chennai	02.04.10
3		A Symonds	117*	Hyderabad	Jaipur	Hyderabad	24.04.08
4		MEK Hussey	116*	Chennai	Mohali	Mohali	19.04.08
5		SE Marsh	115	Mohali	Jaipur	Mohali	28.05.08
6		Jayasuriya	114*	Mumbai	Chennai	Mumbai	14.05.08
7		M Pandey	114*	Bangalore	Hyderabad	Centurion	21.05.09
8		M Jayawardene	110*	Mohali	Kolkata	Kolkata	04.04.10
9	+	AC Gilchrist	109*	Hyderabad	Mumbai	Mum-DYP	27.04.08
10		DA Warner	107*	Delhi	Kolkata	Delhi	29.03.10
11		AB de Villiers	105*	Delhi	Chennai	Durban	23.04.09
12		YK Pathan	100	Jaipur	Mumbai	Mum-BS	13.03.10

The following table lists out the individual nineties scored by batsmen in IPL games arranged in the descending order of runs scored

No		Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1		SK Raina	98	Chennai	Jaipur	Centurion	30.04.09
2	*	V Sehwag	94*	Delhi	Hyderabad	Hyderabad	22.04.08
3	+	Sangakkara	94	Mohali	Mumbai	Mohali	25.04.08
4	+	NV Ojha	94*	Jaipur	Chennai	Chennai	02.04.10
5		ML Hayden	93	Chennai	Delhi	Delhi	19.03.10
6	*	SC Ganguly	91	Kolkata	Hyderabad	Hyderabad	11.05.08
7		GC Smith	91	Jaipur	Chennai	Chennai	24.05.08