RP Singh of Hyderabad earned the distinction of becoming the first bowler in IPL to capture fifty wickets. He reached the milestone during the match between Hyderabad and Bangalore at Nagpur on 12.04.10. His 50^th victim was CL White whom he had caught in the deep by B Sumanth fo 4.

RP Singh’s fifty IPL wickets have come from 40 matches. He has bowled 145.0 overs of which two were non overs. He has conceded 1145 runs and has returned an average of 22.90 runs per wicket. His best bowling figures were 4 for 22 representing the lone occasion of his capturing four wickets in the tournament.

RP Singh is one of the two bowlers in IPL, the other being MM Patel of Jaipur, to concede fifty plus runs in a match on two occasions

RP Singh – 4.0-0-59-1 vs Kolkata at Hyd-RGS on 11.05.08 and 4.0-0-50-0 vs Delhi at Delhi on 15.05.08

MM Patel – 4.0-0-55-0 vs Hyderabad at Hyd-RGS on 24.04.08 and 4.0-0-55-1 vs Chennai at Chennai on 24.05.08

RP Singh has to his credit the record of most expensive bowling figures in terms of runs conceded in IPL. His figures of 4.0-0-59-0 vs Kolkata at Hyd-RGS represent the most expensive bowling figures in the tournament.

RP Singh’s team mate PP Ojha is close behind him with an aggregate of 47 wickets at the end of the game between Hyderabad and Bangalore at Nagpur on 12.04.10

Break up of RP Singh’s 50 wickets edition wise read thus

Particulars	2008	2009	2010	Total
Matches	14	16	10	40
Overs	51.2	59.4	34.0	145.0
Maidens	1	1	0	2
Runs	447	417	286	1145
Wickets	15	23	12	50
Average	29.46	18.13	23.83	22.90
Best	3-35	4-22	3-17	4-22
Four wickets	0	1	0	0

The following table shows the performance of RP Singh in IPL tournament

No	O	M	R	W	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	3.0	0	15	1	Kolkata	Kolkata	20.04.08
2	3.0	0	27	1	Delhi	Hyd-RGS	22.04.08
3	4.0	0	44	1	Jaipur	Hyd-RGS	24.04.08
4	4.0	1	15	2	Mumbai	Mum-DYP	27.04.08
5	3.5	0	36	0	Mohali	Hyd-RGS	01.05.08
6	4.0	0	41	3	Bangalore	Bangalore	03.05.08
7	3.0	0	12	2	Chennai	Chennai	06.05.08
8	4.0	0	24	1	Jaipur	Jaipur	09.05.08
9	4.0	0	59	1	Kolkata	Hyd-RGS	11.05.08
10	4.0	0	50	0	Delhi	Delhi	15.05.08
11	4.0	0	35	3	Mumbai	Hyd-RGS	18.05.08
12	3.3	0	37	0	Mohali	Mohali	23.05.08
13	3.0	0	15	0	Bangalore	Hyd-RGS	25.05.08
14	4.0	0	32	0	Chennai	Hyd-RGS	27.05.08
15	3.4	0	22	4	Kolkata	Cape Town	19.04.09
16	4.0	0	17	2	Bangalore	Cape Town	22.04.09
17	4.0	0	27	2	Mumbai	Durban	25.04.09
18	3.0	0	32	1	Chennai	Durban	27.04.09
19	3.0	0	20	1	Delhi	Centurion	30.04.09
20	4.0	1	18	2	Jaipur	P Elizabeth	02.05.09
21	4.0	0	36	1	Chennai	E London	04.05.09
22	4.0	0	19	2	Mumbai	Centurion	06.05.09
23	2.5	0	26	0	Mohali	Kimberley	09.05.09
24	4.0	0	22	1	Jaipur	Kimberley	11.05.09
25	4.0	0	26	0	Delhi	Durban	13.05.09
26	3.1	0	30	0	Kolkata	Jo’burg	16.05.09
27	4.0	0	26	3	Mohali	Jo’burg	17.05.09
28	4.0	0	47	1	Bangalore	Centurion	21.05.09
29	4.0	0	33	2	Delhi	Centurion	22.05.09
30	4.0	0	16	1	Bangalore	Jo’burg	24.05.09
31	4.0	0	35	1	Kolkata	Mum-DYP	12.03.10
32	3.0	0	30	1	Chennai	Chennai	14.03.10
33	4.0	0	43	1	Mohali	Cuttack	19.03.10
34	3.0	0	31	0	Delhi	Cuttack	21.03.10
35	2.0	0	22	0	Jaipur	Ahmedabad	26.03.10
36	4.0	0	31	3	Mumbai	Mum-DYP	28.03.10
37	4.0	0	17	3	Jaipur	Nagpur	05.04.10
38	4.0	0	38	0	Bangalore	Bangalore	08.04.10
39	2.0	0	18	1	Chennai	Nagpur	10.04.10
40	4.0	0	21	2	Bangalore	Nagpur	12.04.10
	145.0	2	1145	50	Total