Match No 21 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs. Pune Pune at Bangalore on 17.04.12 – Royal Challengers Bangalore won by six wkts on the last ball of the match

 

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore has hosted the 40^th T20 game. This game was the 40^th T20 game. Other Indian grounds to host 40 plus T20 games are –  Hyd-RGS {50},  Chepauk  {40} and Jaipur {40}. Thus Bangalore became the fourth Indian ground to host 40 plus T20 games. 

 

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore is hosting the 25^th IPL game. Bangalore has hosted most IPL games. MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk has hosted 24 games.

 

RV Uthappa and JD Ryder added 63 runs for the first wicket providing the sixth occasion of Pune batsmen posting 50 plus runs partnership in IPL

 

 

RV Uthappa and JD Ryder added 63 runs for the first wicket providing the second occasion of Pune batsmen posting 50 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in IPL

 

 

RV Uthappa and JD Ryder added 63 runs for the first wicket which represent the record stand for the first wicket by Pune batsmen in IPL. The previous best was 55 runs partnership between JD Ryder and MK Pandey against Deccan Deccan at Hyd-RGS on 10.05.11

 

RV Uthappa scored 70 in this game providing the seventh occasion of Pune batsman scoring a fifty in IPL. All the seven occasions are listed below

 

 

RV Uthappa’s 70 in this game represent the second fifty by Pune batsman against Bangalore at Bangalore. The other fifty was by JD Ryder who had scored 51 on 29.04.11.

Thus RV Uthappa’s 70 in this game represent the highest individual score by Pune batsman against Bangalore

 

RV Uthappa’s runs aggregate representing Pune at the end of this game stood at 437 which included his 70 in this game. He now has the record for most runs by a Pune batsman in IPL. He went past JD Ryder who has an aggregate of 414. RV Uthappa and JD Ryder are the only two batsmen who have aggregated 400 runs representing Pune in IPL

 

Pune’s 182 for 6 in this game represent its second best team total in IPL. Its best was 187 for five against Delhi at Mum-DYP on 17.04.11, exactly an year ago.

 

CH Gayle completed 700 runs representing Bangalore during the course of 81 in this game. At the end of this game, his aggregate stood at 767. Other batsmen to total 700 plus runs representing Bangalore are – V Kohli {1384}, JH Kallis {1132} and R Dravid {898}

 

At the end of this innings CH Gayle’s aggregate of sixes representing Bangalore stood at 53 Plus. He became the eighth batsman to score 50 plus representing a single team in IPL. The complete list read thus

 

 

With his third six in this game, CH Gayle’s aggregate of sixes in IPL stood at 80. He became the third batsman in IPL to total 80 plus sixes. Others are – AC Gilchrist {83} and SK Raina {82}

 

CH Gayle’s seventh six in this game gave him the record for most sixes in IPL – 84 sixes. He went past AC Gilchrist’s record of 83 sixes. At the end of this game his aggregate of sixes read 85.

 

This game was won by Bangalore on the last ball of the match providing the 11th    occasion of a team winning a game on the last ball of the match in IPL. All the eleven occasions are listed below

 

 

This game was won by Bangalore on the last ball of the match providing the third occasion of a team winning a game on the last ball of the match in the fifth edition of IPL. All the three occasions are listed below

 

 

2012 IPL edition is the third edition which has witnessed three games won on the last ball of the match. Others are – 2008 and 2009. Details of the matches are furnished below

 

 

RV Uthappa’s 70 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 134^th occasion of a batsman’s fifty going in vain in IPL. It also represents the sixth occasion of a Pune batsman’s fifty going in vain. All the six occasions are listed below