IPL 2010 : SR Tendulkar owns the record for most fifties as captain in IPL
SR Tendulkar’s 89 not out in the game between Mumbai and Jaipur at Jaipur on 11.04.10 represent his eighth fifty in IPL. He now owns the record for most fifties by a captain in IPL. He wrested the record from AC Gilchrist of Hyderabad who had scored seven fifties to his credit
SR Tendulkar’s eight fifties read thus – 65 vs Mohali at Mumbai on 21.05.08, 59* vs Chennai at Cape Town on 18.04.09, 68 vs Kolkata at P Elizabeth on 27.04.10, 63 vs Delhi at Delhi on 17.03.10, 71* vs Kolkata at Mumbai {BS} on 22.03.10, 72 vs Chennai at Mumbai {BS} on 25.03.10, 55 vs Hyderabad at Mumbai on 28.03.10 and 89* vs Jaipur at Jaipur on 11.04.10
AC Gilchrist’s seven fifties read thus – 54 vs Chennai at Chennai on 06.05.08, 61 vs Jaipur at Jaipur on 09.05.08, 50 vs Mohali at Mohali on 23.05.08, 71 vs Bangalore at Cape Town on 22.04.09, 63 vs Delhi at Durban on 13.05.09, 85 vs Delhi at Centurion on 22.05.09 and 54 vs Kolkata at Mumbai {DYP} on 12.03.10