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IPL 5 – Match No 32 – Heavy rains abandon the game between Kolkata Knight Riders and Deccan Chargers at Kolkata

IPL 5 – Match No 32 – Heavy rains abandon the game between Kolkata Knight Riders and Deccan Chargers at Kolkata

Match No 32 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Deccan Chargers at Kolkata on 24.04.12 – Match abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain

This match was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to heavy rein. This is the fifth occasion of a match being abandoned without a ball being bowled in IPL. The following table lists all the five occasions

No Team 1 Team 2 Result Ground Date
1 Delhi Kolkata Abandoned Delhi 22.05.08
2 Mumbai Rajasthan Abandoned Durban 21.04.09
3 Chennai Kolkata Abandoned Cape Town 25.04.09
4 Bangalore Rajasthan Abandoned Bangalore 19.04.11
5 Kolkata Deccan Abandoned Kolkata 24.04.12

This is the third abandoned game involving Kolkata. All the three games are listed below

No Team 1 Team 2 Result Ground Date
1 Delhi Kolkata Abandoned Delhi 22.05.08
2 Chennai Kolkata Abandoned Cape Town 25.04.09
3 Kolkata Deccan Abandoned Kolkata 24.04.12

 

IPL 5 – Match 31 – V Sehwag excels in Delhi's win over Pune – MK Pandey and RV Uthappa's fifites in vain

IPL 5 – Match 31 – V Sehwag excels in Delhi's win over Pune – MK Pandey and RV Uthappa's fifites in vain

Match No 31 – Pune Warriors vs. Delhi Daredevils at Pune-SRS on 24.04.12 – Delhi Daredevils won by eight wickets

MK Pandey and RV Uthappa added 145 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 63rd occasion of a three figure partnership in IPL. This stand also provides the first occasion of Pune batsmen posting a three figure partnership in IPL. The previous best was the 93 runs stand between JD Ryder and SC Ganguly at Delhi on 21.04.12

MK Pandey and RV Uthappa added 145 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the ninth occasion of a 50 plus runs partnership posted by Pune batsmen in IPL. The following table lists all of them.

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 MK Pandey/RV Uthappa 145 3rd Delhi Pune-SRS 24.04.12
2 JD Ryder/SC Ganguly 93 2nd Delhi Delhi 21.04.12
3 MN Samuels/RV Uthappa 81 3rd Punjab Pune 08.04.12
4 JD Ryder/SPD Smith 67 3rd Delhi Delhi 21.04.12
5 JD Ryder/SPD Smith 66* 4th Chennai Pune 14.04.12
6 RV Uthappa/JD Ryder 63 1st Bangalore Bangalore 17.04.12
7 JD Ryder/M Manhas 60 2nd Punjab Mumbai 10.04.11
8 JD Ryder/MK Pandey 55 1st Deccan Hyd-RGS 10.05.11
9 JD Ryder/M Manhas 54 2nd Delhi Mumbai 17.04.11

MK Pandey and RV Uthappa added 145 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 12th occasion of a three figure partnership for the third wicket in IPL. All the thirteen occasions are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Ground Date
1 M Vijay/JA Morkel 152 3rd Chennai Rajasthan Chennai 03.04.10
2 MK Pandey/RV Uthappa 145* 3rd Pune Delhi Pune-SRS 24.04.12
3 SK Raina/S Badrinath 142* 3rd Chennai Mumbai Mumbai BS 25.03.10
4 M Vijay/S Badrinath 124 3rd Chennai Punjab Mohali 13.04.11
5 G Gambhir/S Dhawan 121 3rd Delhi Chennai Delhi 08.05.08
6 SC Ganguly/CA Pujara 111* 3rd Kolkata Rajasthan Kolkata 17.04.10
7 SE Marsh/KD Karthik 111 3rd Punjab Kochi Indore 13.05.11
8 ML Hayden/SK Raina 104 3rd Chennai Mumbai Chennai 23.04.08
9 GC Smith/SR Watson 104 3rd Rajasthan Bangalore Bangalore 26.04.08
10 AM Rahane/JP Duminy 104* 3rd Mumbai Bangalore P Elizabeth 10.05.09
11 SC Ganguly/DJ Hussey 102 3rd Kolkata Deccan Hyd-RGS 11.05.08
12 ML Hayden/MS Dhoni 100 3rd Chennai Punjab Centurion 07.05.09


MK Pandey and RV Uthappa added 145 runs for the third wicket in this game represent the second best partnership for the third wicket in IPL. The best stand is 152 runs partnership between M Vijay and JA Morkel of Chennai against Rajasthan at Chennai on 03.04.10

No Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Ground Date
1 MVijay/JAMorkel 152 3rd Chennai Rajasthan Chennai 03.04.10
2 MKPandey/RVUthappa 145* 3rd Pune Delhi Pune-SRS 24.04.12

RV Uthappa’s 60 not out in this game represent his sixth fifty in IPL, while MK Pandey registered second fifty in IPL when he scored 80 not out in this game

RV Uthappa’s 60 not out in this game represent the 49th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in IPL. It also represents the second occasion of Pune wicket keeper batsman scoring fifty in IPL. The two occasions are listed below

No Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 RVUthappa 69 Pune Bangalore Bangalore 17.04.12
2 RVUthappa 60* Pune Delhi Pune-SRS 24.04.12

RV Uthappa’s 60 not out represents his third fifty as a wicket keeper batsman in IPL which are listed below

No Batsman Runs   Team Opposition Venue Date
1 RVUthappa 55 * Bangalore Kolkata Bangalore 10.04.10
2 RVUthappa 69   Pune Bangalore Bangalore 17.04.12
3 RVUthappa 60 * Pune Delhi Pune-SRS 24.04.12

V Sehwag scored 87 not out in this game which represent his 12th fifty in IPL. He became the sixth batsman to score 12 or more fifties in IPL. Others are – JH Kallis {14}, SE Marsh {14}, SK Raina {13}, G Gambhir {12} and RG Sharma {12}

V Sehwag’s IPL run aggregate read 1620 at the end of this game including his 87 not out in this game. He became the seventh batsman to total 1600 runs in IPL. The complete list with their performance read thus

No Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C F 0
1 SK Raina 69 67 10 1951 98 34.22 0 13 2
2 SR Tendulkar 53 53 9 1762 100* 40.04 1 10 2
3 AC Gilchrist 65 65 2 1702 109* 27.01 2 9 6
4 G Gambhir 62 61 9 1684 86 32.38 0 12 4
5 JH Kallis 64 63 9 1672 89* 30.96 0 14 5
6 RG Sharma 67 64 10 1668 87 30.88 0 12 4
7 V Sehwag 57 57 4 1620 119 30.56 1 11 5

V Sehwag’s 87 not out in this game represent the 68th occasion of a captain scoring fifty in IPL. It also represents the eleventh occasion of a Delhi captain scoring a fifty in IPL which are listed below

No Batsman Runs   Team Opposition Venue Date
1 V Sehwag 94 * Delhi Deccan Deccan 22.04.08
2 V Sehwag 71   Delhi Chennai Chennai 02.05.08
3 V Sehwag 51 * Delhi KE Punjab Delhi 17.05.08
4 V Sehwag 50   Delhi Mumbai Centurion 21.05.09
5 G Gambhir 72   Delhi KE Punjab Mohali 13.03.10
6 G Gambhir 57 * Delhi Chennai Chennai 15.04.10
7 V Sehwag 77   Delhi KE Punjab Delhi 23.04.11
8 V Sehwag 80   Delhi Kochi Kochi 30.04.11
9 V Sehwag 119   Delhi Deccan Hyd-RGS 05.05.11
10 V Sehwag 57   Delhi Pune Delhi 21.04.12
11 V Sehwag 87 * Delhi Pune Pune-SRS 24.04.12

V Sehwag’s 87 not out in this game represent his ninth fifty as captain in IPL. Other captains to score nine or more fifties are – SR Tendulkar {11} and AC Gilchrist {10}. V Sehwag’s nine fifties are listed below

No Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 V Sehwag 94* Delhi Deccan Deccan 22.04.08
2 V Sehwag 71 Delhi Chennai Chennai 02.05.08
3 V Sehwag 51* Delhi Punjab Delhi 17.05.08
4 V Sehwag 50 Delhi Mumbai Centurion 21.05.09
5 V Sehwag 77 Delhi Punjab Delhi 23.04.11
6 V Sehwag 80 Delhi Kochi Kochi 30.04.11
7 V Sehwag 119 Delhi Deccan Hyd-RGS 05.05.11
8 V Sehwag 57 Delhi Pune Delhi 21.04.12
9 V Sehwag 87* Delhi Pune Pune-SRS 24.04.12

MK Pandey’s 80 not out and RV Uthappa’s 60 not out in this game were in losing cause providing the 137th and 138th occasion of a batsman’s fifty going in vain in IPL. They also represent the seventh and eight occasion of Pune batsman’s fifty going in vain which are lisetd below

No Batsman Score Team Opposition Ground Date
1 Yuvraj Singh 66* Pune Delhi Mumbai 17.04.11
2 J Ryder 60 Pune Delhi Mumbai 17.04.11
3 Yuvraj Singh 62* Pune Chennai Mum-DYP 27.04.11
4 JD Ryder 51 Pune Bangalore Bangalore 29.04.11
5 MK Pandey 59 Pune Mumbai Mum-DYP 04.05.11
6 RV Uthappa 70 Pune Bangalore Bangalore 17.04.12
7 MK Pandey 80* Pune Delhi Pune-SRS 24.04.12
8 RV Uthappa 60* Pune Delhi Pune-SRS 24.04.12

RV Uthappa’s 60 not out in this game provide the 18th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman’s fifty going in vain in IPL. All the eightteen occasions are listed below

No Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 KC Sangakkara 54* Punjab Chennai Mohali 19.04.08
2 WP Saha 59* Kolkata Punjab Mohali 03.05.08
3 M Boucher 50* Bangalore Kolkata Kolkata 08.05.08
4 AC Gilchrist 61 Deccan Rajasthan Jaipur 09.05.08
5 SP Goswami 52 Bangalore Delhi Bangalore 19.05.08
6 AC Gilchrist 50 Deccan Punjab Mohali 23.05.08
7 PA Patel 54 Chennai Rajasthan Chennai 24.05.08
8 KC Sangakkara 64 Punjab Kolkata Kolkata 25.05.08
9 KD Karthik 52 Delhi Chennai Jo’burg 02.05.09
10 MN van Wyk 74 Kolkata Delhi Durban 05.05.09
11 AC Gilchrist 64 Deccan Delhi Durban 13.05.09
12 AC Gilchrist 54 Deccan Kolkata Mumbai 12.03.10
13 NV Ojha 94* Rajasthan Chennai Chennai 02.04.10
14 KC Sangakkara 52 Punjab Deccan Dharamsala 16.04.10
15 AB de Villiers 65 Bangalore Chennai Chennai 16.04.11
16 AC Gilchrist 51* Punjab Deccan Dharmasala 21.05.11
17 MS Dhoni 70 Chennai Bangalore Bangalore 22.05.11
18 RV Uthappa 60 Pune Delhi Pune-SRS 24.04.12

V Sehwag and KP Pietersen added 89 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 48th occasion of Delhi batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership in IPL. This stand also provides the 12th occasion of a 50 plus runs stand for the second wicket.

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 G Gambhir, S Dhawan 133 2nd Deccan Delhi 15.05.08
2 G Gambhir, S Dhawan 112* 2nd Rajasthan Delhi 19.04.08
3 V Sehwag, S Dhawan 112* 2nd Deccan Hyd-RGS 22.04.08
4 V Sehwag, G Gambhir 99 2nd Kolkata Kolkata 07.04.10
5 G Gambhir, S Dhawan 98 2nd Bangalore Delhi 30.04.08
6 G Gambhir, TM Dilshan 97* 2nd Kolkata Durban 05.05.09
7 V Sehwag, KP Pietersen 89 2nd Pune Pune-SRS 24.04.12
8 V Sehwag, KP Pietersen 75 2nd Pune Delhi 21.04.12
9 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 68 2nd Mumbai Centurion 21.05.09
10 V Sehwag, TM Dilshan 67 2nd Chennai Delhi 19.03.10
11 DA Warner, AB de Villiers 51 2nd Deccan Cuttack 21.03.10
12 G Gambhir, TM Dilshan 50 2nd Deccan Durban 13.05.09

IPL 5 – Match No 30 – TM Dilshan, AB de Villiers, KP Appanna shine in Bangalore's triumph over Rajasthan

IPL 5 – Match No 30 – TM Dilshan, AB de Villiers, KP Appanna shine in Bangalore's triumph over Rajasthan

Match No 30 : Rajasthan Royals vs. Royal Challengers Bangalore at Jaipur on 23.04.12 – Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 46 runs

TM Dilshan and AB de Villiers added 122 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket in this game providing the 61st occasion of a three figure partnership in IPL. This stand also represents the seventh occasion of a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket in IPL. All the seven occasions are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Ground Date
1 DAWarner/PDCollingwood 128 4th Delhi Kolkata Delhi 29.03.10
2 RVUthappa/DJBravo 113* 4th Mumbai Kolkata Kolkata 29.04.08
3 ASymonds/RGSharma 111 4th Deccan Rajasthan Hyd-RGS 24.04.08
4 SSTiwary/ATRayudu 110 4th Mumbai Rajasthan Mum-BS 13.03.10
5 SBadrinath/MSDhoni 109* 4th Chennai Kolkata Kolkata 16.03.10
6 CHGayle/ABdeVilliers 131 4th Bangalore Punjab Mohali 20.04.12
7 TMDilshan/ABdeVilliers 122* 4th Bangalore Rajasthan Jaipur 23.04.12

This stand also represents the seventh occasion of Bangalore batsmen posting a three figure partnership in IPL. All the seven occasions are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Ground Date
1 JHKallis/RVUthappa 126* 2nd Bangalore Mumbai Johannesburg 03.05.09
2 TMDilshan/CHGayle 123 1st Bangalore Kolkata Kolkata 22.04.11
2 MAAgarwal/CHGayle 113 1st Bangalore Mumbai Chennai 27.05.11
4 CHGayle/VKohli 111 2nd Bangalore Punjab Bangalore 06.05.11
5 CHGayle/VKohli 109 2nd Bangalore Chennai Chennai 12.04.12
6 CHGayle/ABdeVilliers 131 4th Bangalore Punjab Mohali 20.04.12
7 TMDilshan/ABdeVilliers 122* 4th Bangalore Rajasthan Jaipur 23.04.12

This stand also represents the ninth occasion of a three figure partnership against Rajasthan in IPL. All the nine occasions are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Ground Date
1 GGambhir/SDhawan 112* 2nd Delhi Rajasthan Delhi 19.04.08
2 ASymonds/RGSharma 111 4th Deccan Rajasthan Hyd-RGS 24.04.08
3 SEMarsh/JRHopes 133 1st Punjab Rajasthan Mohali 28.05.08
4 SSTiwary/ATRayudu 110 4th Mumbai Rajasthan Mumbai BS 13.03.10
5 MVijay/JAMorkel 152 3rd Chennai Rajasthan Chennai 03.04.10
6 SCGanguly/CAPujara 111* 3rd Kolkata Rajasthan Kolkata 17.04.10
7 JHKallis/GGambhir 152* 2nd Kolkata Rajasthan Jaipur 15.04.11
8 MEKHussey/SKRaina 137 2nd Chennai Rajasthan Chennai 04.05.11
9 TMDilshan/ABdeVilliers 122* 4th Bangalore Rajasthan Jaipur 23.04.12

This stand also represents the first three figure stand for any wicket posted by Bangalore against Rajasthan. The previous best partnership was the 93 runs unfinished partnership for the first wicket between MK Pandey and JH Kallis at Bangalore on 18.03.10. The previous best for the fourth wicket was the 35 runs partnership between KP Pietersen and R Dravid at Cape Town on 18.04.09

This stand also represents the 54th occasion of Bangalore batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership against various oppositions in IPL and the fifth against Rajasthan which are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 TM Dilshan/ABdeVilliers 122* 4th Rajasthan Jaipur 23.04.12
2 MKPandey/JHKallis 93* 1st Rajasthan Bangalore 18.03.10
3 CHGayle/VKohli 83* 2nd Rajasthan Jaipur 11.05.11
4 CHGayle/TMDilshan 68 1st Rajasthan Jaipur 11.05.11
4 KPPietersen/RVUthappa 60 3rd Rajasthan Jaipur 14.04.10

This stand also represents the highest partnership for the fourth wicket by any team against Rajasthan. The previous best was 111 runs partnership between A Symonds and RG Sharma of Deccan Chargers at Hyd-RGS on 22.04.08. It also represents the third occasion of a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket by any team against Rajasthan. All the three partnerships are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Ground Date
1 TMDilshan/ABdeVilliers 122* 4th Bangalore Rajasthan Jaipur 23.04.12
2 ASymonds/RGSharma 111 4th Deccan Rajasthan Hyd-RGS 24.04.08
3 SSTiwary/ATRayudu 110 4th Mumbai Rajasthan Mumbai BS 13.03.10

TM Dilshan became the 22nd batsman to score 100 plus boundary fours in IPL. At the end of this game his aggregate of boundary fours in IPL stood at 105. The performances of all the 22 batsmen are furnished below.

No Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 4s
1 SR Tendulkar 53 53 9 1762 100* 40.04 222
2 G Gambhir 62 61 9 1684 86 32.38 204
3 AC Gilchrist 65 65 2 1702 109* 27.01 187
4 JH Kallis 64 63 9 1672 89* 30.96 184
5 V Sehwag 56 56 3 1533 119 28.92 181
6 KC Sangakkara 54 51 2 1438 94 29.34 168
7 SK Raina 69 67 10 1951 98 34.22 166
8 R Dravid 63* 56 4 1419 75* 27.28 163
9 SE Marsh 35 34 6 1466 115 52.35 145
10 RG Sharma 67 64 10 1668 87 30.88 139
11 V Kohli 68* 61 9 1404 71 27.00 134
12 S Badrinath 69 55 17 1243 71* 32.71 133
13 S Dhawan 48 47 7 1179 95* 29.47 130
14 M Jayawardene 53 52 14 1186 110* 31.21 126
15 SC Ganguly 51 48 3 1207 91 26.82 123
16 ML Hayden 32 32 2 1107 93 36.90 121
17 RV Uthappa 66 61 12 1323 69 27.00 118
18 MS Dhoni 66 58 17 1557 70* 37.97 117
19 CH Gayle 34* 34 4 1321 107 44.03 115
20 YK Pathan 65 59 6 1323 100 24.96 114
21 TM Dilshan 39* 38 7 872 76* 28.12 105
22 KD Karthik 62 53 10 1070 69 24.88 101

TM Dilshan’s 76 not out in this game represent his seventh fifty in IPL. It also represents his highest score in IPL. His previous best was 67 not out representing Delhi against Banglaore at Port Elizabeth on 26.04.09

AB de Villiers’ 59 not out in this game represents his ninth fifty in IPL – four representing Delhi and five representing Bangalore.

AB de Viller’s 59 not out in this game represent the 48th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in IPL. It also represents the fifth occasion of a Bangalore wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty. All the five occasions are listed below

No Batsman Runs Team1 Opposition Venue Date
1 SP Goswami 52 Bangalore Delhi Bangalore 19.05.08
2 RV Uthappa 55* Bangalore Kolkata Bangalore 10.04.10
3 ABdeVillers 54* Bangalore Kochi Kochi 09.04.11
4 ABdeVillers 64* Bangalore Delhi Bangalore 07.04.12
5 ABdeVillers 59* Bangalore Rajasthan Jaipur 23.04.12

AB de Villier’s 59 not out in this game provide the fourth occasion of wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty against Rajasthan in IPL. The following table lists all such occasions

No Batsman Runs Team1 Opposition Venue Date
1 PA Patel 54 Chennai Rajasthan Chennai 24.05.08
2 KCSangakkara 60 Punjab Rajasthan CapeTown 26.04.09
3 KD Karthik 69 Delhi Rajasthan Delhi 31.03.10
4 ABdeVillers 59* Bangalore Rajasthan Jaipur 23.04.12

R Dravid’s 58 in this game represent the 67th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in IPL. He earned the distinction of becoming the first Rajasthan captain to score a fifty in IPL. It also represents his third fifty as captain in IPL

No Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 R Dravid 66 Bangalore Punjab Bangalore 05.05.08
2 R Dravid 75* Bangalore Rajasthan Jaipur 17.05.08
3 R Dravid 58 Rajasthan Bangalore Jaipur 23.04.12

R Dravid’s 58 in this game represent the ninth occasion of a captain scoring a fifty against Bangalore in IPL. All the nine occasions are listed below.

No Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 AC Gilchrist 106 Punjab Bangalore Dharamsala 17.05.11
2 BB McCullum 84* Kolkata Bangalore Centurion 12.05.09
3 AC Gilchrist 71 Deccan Bangalore Cape Town 22.04.09
4 MS Dhoni 70 Chennai Bangalore Bangalore 22.05.11
5 MS Dhoni 65 Chennai Bangalore Bangalore 28.04.08
6 G Gambhir 64* Kolkata Bangalore Bangalore 10.04.12
7 R Dravid 58 Rajasthan Bangalore Jaipur 23.04.12
8 SR Tendulkar 55* Mumbai Bangalore Bangalore 12.04.11
9 Yuvraj Singh 50 Punjab Bangalore Durban 01.05.09

AC Gilchrist and R Dravid are the only two captains in IPL to score fifties for a team and against a team. AC Gilchrist while leading Deccan Chargers scored a fifty against Punjab and while leading Kings Eleven Punjab he scored fifty against Deccan Chargers. R Dravid while leading Bangalore against Rajasthan and scored a fifty while leading Rajasthan against Bangalore. Their performances are listed below

No Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 R Dravid 75* Bangalore Rajasthan Jaipur 17.05.08
2 R Dravid 58 Rajasthan Bangalore Jaipur 23.04.12
             
1 ACGilchrist 50 Deccan Punjab Mohali 23.05.08
2 ACGilchrist 61 Punjab Deccan Hyd-RGS 16.04.11
3 ACGilchrist 51 Punjab Deccan Dharamsala 21.05.11

R Dravid’s 58 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 22nd occasion of a captain’s fifty going in vain in IPL. It also represents the first occasion of Rajasthan captain’s fifty going in vain and provides the fifth occasion of a captain’s fifty going in vain against Bangalore in IPL.

No Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 VVSLaxman 52 Deccan Bangalore Bangalore 03.05.08
2 YuvrajSingh 50 Punjab Bangalore Durban 01.05.09
3 BBMcCullum 84* Kolkata Bangalore Centurion 12.05.09
4 MS Dhoni 70* Chennai Bangalore Bangalore 22.05.11
5 R Dravid 58 Rajasthan Bangalore Jaipur 23.04.12

KP Appanna returned with figures of 4 for 19 in this game provide the 53rd occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in IPL and also provide the 42nd occasion of a bowler capturing exact four wickets in IPL.

KP Appanna’s 4 for 19 provide the sixth occasion of a Bangalore bowler capturing four or more wickets in IPL which are listed below

No Player O M R W Team Opposition Ground Date
1 A Kumble 3.1 1 5 5 Bangalore Rajasthan Cape Town 18.04.09
2 A Kumble 4.0 0 16 4 Bangalore Deccan Johannesburg 24.05.09
3 R VinayKumar 4.0 0 40 4 Bangalore Chennai Bangalore 23.03.10
4 A Kumble 3.3 0 16 4 Bangalore Deccan Mumbai 24.04.10
5 S Aravind 4.0 0 14 4 Bangalore Punjab Bangalore 06.05.11
6 KP Appanna 4.0 0 19 4 Bangalore Rajasthan Jaipur 23.04.12

KP Appanna became the second Bangalore bowler to capture four or more wickets against Rajasthan after A Kumble who had returned with figures of 3.1.-1-5-5 at Cape Town on 18.04.09

No Player O M R W Team Opposition Ground Date
1 A Kumble 3.1 1 5 5 Bangalore Rajasthan Cape Town 18.04.09
2 KP Appanna 4.0 0 19 4 Bangalore Rajasthan Jaipur 23.04.12

KP Appanna’s 4 for 19 in this game provide the sixth occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets against Rajasthan in IPL. The following table enlists all of them.

No Player O M R W Team Opposition Ground Date
1 A Kumble 3.1 1 5 5 Bangalore Rajasthan Cape Town 18.04.09
2 L Balaji 3.3 0 21 4 Chennai Rajasthan Centurion 30.04.09
3 BJ Hodge 4.0 0 13 4 Kochi Rajasthan Indore 15.05.11
4 MM Patel 3.4 0 28 4 Mumbai Rajasthan Mumbai 11.04.12
5 KA Pollard 4.0 0 44 4 Mumbai Rajasthan Mumbai 11.04.12
6 KP Appanna 4.0 0 19 4 Bangalore Rajasthan Jaipur 23.04.12

KP Appanna’s 4 for 19 in this game provide the 27th occasion of a bowler capturing four more wickets conceding 20 and less than 20 runs. The following table lists out all the 27 occasions

No Player O M R W Team Opposition Ground Date
1 A Kumble 3.1 1 5 5 Bangalore Rajasthan Cape Town 18.04.09
2 RG Sharma 2.0 0 6 4 Deccan Mumbai Centurion 06.05.09
3 A Mishra 4.0 1 9 4 Deccan Punjab Dharamsala 21.05.11
4 Shoaib Akhtar 3.0 0 11 4 Kolkata Delhi Kolkata 13.05.08
5 I Sharma 3.0 0 12 5 Deccan Kochi Kochi 27.04.11
6 DE Bollinger 4.0 1 13 4 Chennai Deccan Mumbai 22.04.10
7 SL Malinga 3.4 1 13 5 Mumbai Delhi Delhi 10.04.11
8 BJ Hodge 4.0 0 13 4 Kochi Rajasthan Indore 15.05.11
9 Sohail Tanvir 4.0 0 14 6 Rajasthan Chennai Jaipur 04.05.08
10 Sohail Tanvir 4.0 0 14 4 Rajasthan Mumbai Jaipur 26.05.08
11 S Aravind 4.0 0 14 4 Bangalore Punjab Bangalore 06.05.11
12 R Bhatia 2.4 0 15 4 Delhi Deccan Durban 13.05.09
13 A Kumble 4.0 0 16 4 Bangalore Deccan Johannesburg 24.05.09
14 A Kumble 3.3 0 16 4 Bangalore Deccan Mumbai 24.04.10
15 RA Jadeja 4.0 0 16 5 Chennai Deccan Vizag 07.04.12
16 A Mishra 4.0 0 17 5 Delhi Deccan Delhi 15.05.08
17 HarbhajanSingh 4.0 0 17 4 Mumbai Delhi Centurion 21.05.09
18 PP Chawla 4.0 0 17 4 Punjab Bangalore Dharamsala 17.05.11
19 CRD Fernando 4.0 0 18 4 Mumbai Bangalore Bangalore 28.05.08
20 HarbhajanSingh 4.0 0 18 5 Mumbai Chennai Mumbai 22.04.11
21 AB Dinda 4.0 0 18 4 Pune Mumbai Mumbai 06.04.12
22 L Balaji 4.0 0 18 4 Kolkata Bangalore Bangalore 10.04.12
23 A Singh 4.0 0 19 4 Rajasthan Bangalore Centurion 07.05.09
24 AD Mathews 4.0 0 19 4 Kolkata Bangalore Kolkata 14.03.10
25 SP Narine 4.0 0 19 5 Kolkata Punjab Kolkata 15.04.12
26 KP Appanna 4.0 0 19 4 Bangalore Rajasthan Jaipur 23.04.12
27 MM Patel 4.0 0 20 4 Mumbai Deccan Vizag 09.04.12

KP Appanna’s 4 for 19 in this game provide the fifth occasion of a Bangalore bowler capturing four more wickets conceding 20 and less than 20 runs. The following table lists out all the five occasions

No Player O M R W Team Opposition Ground Date
1 A Kumble 3.1 1 5 5 Bangalore Rajasthan Cape Town 18.04.09
2 S Aravind 4.0 0 14 4 Bangalore Punjab Bangalore 06.05.11
3 A Kumble 4.0 0 16 4 Bangalore Deccan Johannesburg 24.05.09
4 A Kumble 3.3 0 16 4 Bangalore Deccan Mumbai 24.04.10
5 KP Appanna 4.0 0 19 4 Bangalore Rajasthan Jaipur 23.04.12

KP Appanna’s 4 for 19 in this game provide the third occasion of a bowler capturing four more wickets conceding 20 and less than 20 runs against Rajasthan in IPL. The following table lists out all the three occasions

No Player O M R W Team Opposition Ground Date
1 A Kumble 3.1 1 5 5 Bangalore Rajasthan Cape Town 18.04.09
2 BJ Hodge 4.0 0 13 4 Kochi Rajasthan Indore 15.05.11
3 KP Appanna 4.0 0 19 4 Bangalore Rajasthan Jaipur 23.04.12

TM Dilshan and AB de Villers were playing their 100th T20 game and celebrated the occasion in style when they added  122 runs  in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket  and were the architects of Bangalore’s win

TM Dilshan and AB de Villiers became the 45th and 46th cricketers to appear in 100 T20 gmae and the performances of these cricketers are furnished below

No Player Mat Runs HS Ave 100 Wkts BBI Ave 5 Ct St
1 DJ Hussey 178 4405 100* 31.46 1 54 3/25 26.29 0 101 0
2 JA Morkel 174 2423 71* 27.85 0 143 4/30 27.32 0 39 0
3 BJ Hodge 151 4365 106 36.37 2 59 4/13 22.30 0 54 0
4 OA Shah 147 3835 80 35.18 0 5 2/26 15.60 0 53 0
5 KA Pollard 145 2701 89* 28.13 0 126 4/15 21.58 0 81 0
6 DP Nannes 142 47 12* 7.83 0 178 5/40 20.77 1 21 0
7 HH Gibbs 137 3227 101* 25.81 1 65 0
8 SB Styris 137 2800 106* 25.68 1 93 3/5 27.59 0 36 0
9 AC Thomas 136 249 30* 13.10 0 159 4/27 20.41 0 41 0
10 BB McCullum 135 3780 158* 31.76 4 62 7
11 RN ten Doeschate 135 2332 121* 25.34 2 62 4/24 23.72 0 44 0
12 LRPL Taylor 127 3047 111* 32.41 1 8 3/28 35.00 0 65 0
13 Yasir Arafat 126 878 49 15.40 0 148 4/17 22.87 0 18 0
14 R McLaren 121 966 51* 21.00 0 102 5/19 29.93 1 47 0
15 DJ Bravo 120 1941 70* 26.22 0 113 4/23 26.00 0 53 0
16 Azhar Mahmood 119 2400 106* 30.00 2 120 4/20 25.50 0 23 0
17 DA Warner 119 3426 135* 30.86 4 0 0 56 0
18 M van Jaarsveld 118 2525 82 27.74 0 10 3/20 21.10 0 63 0
19 J Botha 117 1245 67* 21.84 0 104 4/16 24.83 0 41 0
20 DI Stevens 117 2393 77 29.91 0 51 4/14 23.31 0 35 0
21 LJ Wright 116 2230 117 25.05 2 57 3/17 31.92 0 37 0
22 JP Duminy 113 2715 99* 33.10 0 34 4/20 24.44 0 38 0
23 M Kartik 113 248 28 15.50 0 85 5/13 30.82 1 33 0
24 RG Sharma 113 2726 101* 31.69 1 26 4/6 27.23 0 49 0
25 MS Dhoni 112 2366 73* 34.79 0 45 29
26 M Muralitharan 112 72 11 3.78 0 132 4/16 20.53 0 24 0
27 YK Pathan 112 2188 100 25.44 1 79 4/10 26.32 0 43 0
28 Abdul Razzaq 111 2074 109 27.65 1 110 4/13 23.10 0 16 0
29 RS Bopara 111 2152 105* 24.17 1 75 4/10 23.13 0 34 0
30 DPMD Jayawardene 111 2699 110* 30.32 2 3 2/22 27.33 0 48 0
31 MJ Lumb 110 2251 124* 21.64 1 3 3/32 21.66 0 36 0
32 RV Uthappa 109 2331 92 26.79 0 58 13
33 CL White 109 2295 141* 29.05 2 23 4/10 23.04 0 47 0
34 ST Jayasuriya 108 2298 114* 23.21 1 76 4/24 25.61 0 19 0
35 Shahid Afridi 108 1704 80 19.14 0 137 5/20 18.34 1 29 0
36 SK Raina 106 2844 101 33.06 1 31 4/26 27.41 0 49 0
37 KC Sangakkara 105 2846 94 30.60 0 65 28
38 Harbhajan Singh 104 663 49* 17.91 0 89 5/18 26.53 1 31 0
39 Z de Bruyn 103 1965 95* 30.70 0 47 4/18 28.63 0 21 0
40 PD Trego 103 2018 79 24.60 0 58 4/27 29.94 0 26 0
41 G Gambhir 101 2653 86 31.21 0 17 0
42 SL Malinga 101 156 37* 8.66 0 140 5/13 16.85 1 27 0
43 DR Smith 101 2110 103* 24.82 1 61 4/9 26.63 0 41 0
44 AB de Villiers 100 2250 105* 30.82 1 77 11
45 TM Dilshan 100 2311 104* 27.84 1 26 3/16 28.46 0 41 3
46 JC Hildreth 100 1833 77* 22.62 0 10 3/24 24.70 0 41 0

 


IPL – 5 : Match 29 – Deccan Chargers lose again – Kolkata struggle to overcome small total

IPL – 5 : Match 29 – Deccan Chargers lose again – Kolkata struggle to overcome small total

Match No 29 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Deccan Chargers at Cuttack on 22.04.12 – Kolkata Knight Riders won by five wickets

S Dhawan’s 50 in this game represent his eighth fifty and was in a losing cause providing the 136th occasion of a batsman’s fifty going in vain in IPL. It also represents the 23rd occasion of a Deccan Chargers batsman’s fifty going in vain. All the 23 occasions are listed below

No Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 VVSLaxman 52 Deccan Bangalore Bangalore 03.05.08
2 RG Sharma 57 Deccan Bangalore Bangalore 03.05.08
3 RG Sharma 66 Deccan Delhi Hyd-RGS 22.04.08
4 A Symonds 117* Deccan Rajasthan Hyd-RGS 24.04.08
5 RG Sharma 76* Deccan Punjab Hyd-RGS 01.05.08
6 YVG Rao 71* Deccan Kolkata Hyd-RGS 11.05.08
7 YVG Rao 57 Deccan Mumbai Hyd-RGS 18.05.08
8 ACGilchrist 61 Deccan Rajasthan Jaipur 09.05.08
9 ACGilchrist 50 Deccan Punjab Mohali 23.05.08
10 RG Sharma 50 Deccan Punjab Mohali 23.05.08
11 A Symonds 60* Deccan Punjab Kimberley 09.05.09
12 ACGilchrist 64 Deccan Delhi Durban 13.05.09
13 HH Gibbs 60 Deccan Bangalore Centurion 21.05.09
14 ACGilchrist 54 Deccan Kolkata Mumbai 12.03.10
15 HH Gibbs 50 Deccan Kolkata Kolkata 01.04.10
16 RG Sharma 73 Deccan Rajasthan Nagpur 05.04.10
17 R McLaren 51* Deccan Pune Mum-DYP 10.04.11
18 S Sohal 56 Deccan Chennai Chennai 01.05.11
19 S Dhawan 54 Deccan Kolkata Hyd-RGS 03.05.11
20 JP Duminy 55 Deccan Delhi Delhi 05.05.11
21 S Dhewan 52 Deccan Rajasthan Jaipur 17.04.12
22 JP Duminy 58* Deccan Rajasthan Jaipur 17.04.12
23 S Dhawan 50 Deccan Kolkata Cuttack 22.04.12

It is interesting to note that Deccan Chargers’s batsmen have most fifties going in vain in IPL – 23 occasions. They are closely followed by Punjab which has 19 occasions of batsmen’s fifty going in vain.

S Dhawan’s 50 in vain in this game represent his fourth fifty in losing cause in IPL which are listed below.

No Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 S Dhawan 59 Delhi Chennai Delhi 08.05.08
2 S Dhawan 54 Deccan Kolkata Hyd-RGS 03.05.11
3 S Dhawan 50 Deccan Kolkata Cuttack 22.04.12
4 S Dhawan 52 Deccan Rajasthan Jaipur 17.04.12

S Dhawan became the  tenth  batsman to witness four or more fifties in vain in IPL. Others are –  JH Kallis {08}, RG Sharma {06}, AC Gilchrist {05}, JP Duminy {05}, SE Marsh {05}, Yuvraj Singh {05}, DA Warner {04}, SK Raina {04}, V Kohli {04}

RG Sharma {05}, AC Gilchrist {04} and S Dhawan {03} are the three Deccan Chargers’s batsmen who have witnessed three or more fifties in a losing cause. Their performances are listed below

No Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 RGSharma 57 Deccan Bangalore Bangalore 03.05.08
2 RGSharma 66 Deccan Delhi Hyd-RGS 22.04.08
3 RGSharma 76* Deccan Punjab Hyd-RGS 01.05.08
4 RGSharma 50 Deccan Punjab Mohali 23.05.08
5 RGSharma 73 Deccan Rajasthan Nagpur 05.04.10
             
1 ACGilchrist 61 Deccan Rajasthan Jaipur 09.05.08
2 ACGilchrist 50 Deccan Punjab Mohali 23.05.08
3 ACGilchrist 64 Deccan Delhi Durban 13.05.09
4 ACGilchrist 54 Deccan Kolkata Mumbai 12.03.10
             
1 SDhawan 54 Deccan Kolkata Hyd-RGS 03.05.11
2 SDhawan 50 Deccan Kolkata Cuttack 22.04.12
3 SDhawan 52 Deccan Rajasthan Jaipur 17.04.12

PA Patel was dismissed run out in this game providing the 25th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in IPL. He became the first Deccan Chargers wicket keeper batsman to be dismissed run out in IPL

PA Patel owns the record for most occasions of wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in IPL. He was dismissed run out on three occasions – interestingly enough – representing three different teams on each occasion – Chennai, Kochi and Deccan. Other wicket keeper batsmen who have been dismissed run out on two occasions are – AC Gilchrist, Kamran Akmal, KC Sangakkara, KD Karthik, L Ronchi, MS Dhoni and NV Ojha. The complete list is furnished below

No Batsman Score Team Opposition Venue Date
1 PA Patel 06 Chennai Delhi Delhi 19.03.10
2 PA Patel 23 Deccan Kolkata Cuttack 22.04.12
3 PA Patel 19 Kochi Bangalore Bangalore 08.05.11
             
1 AC Gilchrist 00 Punjab Bangalore Bangalore 06.05.11
2 AC Gilchrist 06 Punjab Pune Pune-SRS 08.04.12
             
1 KamranAkmal 18 Rajasthan Mumbai Jaipur 26.05.08
2 KamranAkmal 06 Rajasthan Chennai Mum-DYP 01.06.08
             
1 KCSangakkara 26 Punjab Kolkata Durban 21.04.09
2 KCSangakkara 60 Punjab Rajasthan Cape Town 26.04.09
             
1 KD Karthik 17 Delhi Bangalore Bangalore 25.03.10
2 KD Karthik 35 Mumbai Punjab Mum-WS 22.04.12
             
1 L Ronchi 02 Mumbai Chennai Chennai 23.04.08
2 L Ronchi 11 Mumbai Punjab Mohali 25.04.08
             
1 MS Dhoni 21 Chennai Rajasthan Ahmedabad 28.03.10
2 MS Dhoni 04 Chennai Mumbai Chennai 04.04.12
             
1 NV Ojha 16 Rajasthan Deccan Kimberley 11.05.09
2 NV Ojha 27 Rajasthan Kolkata Ahmedabad 20.03.10

At the end of this game, three bowlers jointly share the second place among the most wicket takers in IPL – A Mishra, PP Ojha and RP Singh – have an aggregate of 66 wickets. SL Malinga with 70 wickets holds the record for most wickets in IPL.

DW Steyn’s two wickets in this game gave him an aggregate of 50 wickets in IPL. He became the 12th bowler to capture 50 wickets in IPL, The following table lists all of them

No Player Mat Inns Overs M Runs W BBI Ave 4 5
1 SL Malinga 46 46 177.2 5 1103 70 5/13 15.75 1 1
2 A Mishra 49 49 182.2 3 1269 66 5/17 19.22 1 1
3 PP Ojha 60 59 207.1 0 1473 66 3/21 22.31 0 0
4 RP Singh 58 58 210.0 2 1626 66 4/22 24.63 2 0
5 MM Patel 50 50 175.5 4 1267 65 5/21 19.49 2 1
6 PP Chawla 62 62 208.0 1 1547 65 4/17 23.80 1 0
7 IK Pathan 62 61 216.3 7 1655 60 3/24 27.58 0 0
8 JA Morkel 59 58 194.4 3 1637 58 4/32 28.22 1 0
9 SK Warne 55 54 199.0 1 1447 57 4/21 25.38 1 0
10 Z Khan 52 52 194.2 3 1503 55 3/21 27.32 0 0
11 DW Steyn 45 45 171.1 3 1143 50 3/12 22.86 0 0
12 M Muralitharan 49 49 191.0 1 1247 50 3/11 24.94 0 0

DW Steyn’s two wickets in this game gave him an aggregate of 100 wickets in T20 games. He became the 21st bowler to capture 100 wickets in T20 games. The following table lists all of them

No Player Mat Inns Overs M Runs Wkts BBI Ave 4 5
1 DP Nannes 142 139 515.5 8 3698 178 5/40 20.77 5 1
2 AC Thomas 135 127 450.3 9 3232 159 4/27 20.32 1 0
3 Yasir Arafat 126 124 427.4 5 3385 148 4/17 22.87 5 0
4 JA Morkel 174 158 487.5 7 3907 143 4/30 27.32 2 0
5 SL Malinga 101 98 359.3 6 2360 140 5/13 16.85 3 1
6 Shahid Afridi 108 108 393.4 4 2513 137 5/20 18.34 4 1
7 M Muralitharan 112 112 421.0 5 2710 132 4/16 20.53 3 0
8 KA Pollard 145 120 350.4 0 2720 126 4/15 21.58 3 0
9 Saeed Ajmal 85 84 306.5 7 1957 122 4/14 16.04 5 0
10 Umar Gul 81 81 289.0 6 2043 121 5/06 16.88 6 1
11 CK Langeveldt 93 92 327.3 4 2470 121 5/16 20.41 4 1
12 Azhar Mahmood 119 119 402.2 4 3060 120 4/20 25.50 2 0
13 AJ Hall 97 94 315.4 6 2398 118 6/21 20.32 2 2
14 Naved-ul-Hasan 93 93 324.2 2 2284 116 5/17 19.68 2 1
15 DJ Bravo 120 116 361.3 1 2938 113 4/23 26.00 2 0
16 AD Mascarenhas 95 91 312.1 7 2183 112 5/14 19.49 1 2
17 Abdul Razzaq 111 102 336.3 3 2542 110 4/13 23.10 2 0
18 A Mishra 78 78 286.1 7 1951 104 5/17 18.75 1 2
19 J Botha 117 114 419.4 3 2583 104 4/16 24.83 2 0
20 R McLaren 121 120 389.5 4 3053 102 5/19 29.93 2 1
21 DW Steyn 92 90 343.1 4 2308 100 4/09 23.08 1 0

The following bowlers who are representing various teams in IPL are on the verge of capturing 100 wickets in T20 games – DL Vettori {99}, RP Singh {98}, IK Pathan {98}, PP Ojha {97} and SW Tait {97}

Deccan Chargers have played five matches in this edition and are yet to register a win. Their overall record in IPL read thus – Played – 65 : won – 25 : Lost – 40 : Deccan Chargers’s 40 losses is a record for most losses suffered by a team in IPL

 

IPL 5 – Match No 28 – SE Marsh's excels with the willow in Kings Eleven Punjab's creditable victory over Mumbai

IPL 5 – Match No 28 – SE Marsh's excels with the willow in Kings Eleven Punjab's creditable victory over Mumbai

Match No 28 – Mumbai Indians vs. Kings Eleven Punjab at Mum-WS on 22.04.12 – Kings Eleven Punjab won by six wickets

Kings Eleven Punjab won this game with three balls to spare providing the eleventh occasion of a team winning a game with exact three balls remaining.

 

No Winner Margin BR Target Overs Max Opposition Ground Date
1 Punjab 4 wkts 3 159 19.3 20.0 Delhi Mohali 27.04.08
2 Punjab 6 wkts 3 176 19.3 20.0 Deccan Mohali 23.05.08
3 Deccan 6 wkts 3 166 19.3 20.0 Chennai Durban 27.04.09
4 Kolkata 4 wkts 3 102 19.3 20.0 Rajasthan Durban 20.05.09
5 Mumbai 4 wkts 3 164 19.3 20.0 Punjab Mum-BS 30.03.10
6 Bangalore 3 wkts 3 161 19.3 20.0 Delhi Delhi 26.04.11
7 Chennai 8 wkts 3 142 19.3 20.0 Pune Mumbai 27.04.11
8 Rajasthan 6 wkts 3 144 19.3 20.0 Pune Jaipur 01.05.11
9 Bangalore 4 wkts 3 102 12.3 13.0 Kolkata Bangalore 14.05.11
10 Bangalore 5 wkts 3 164 19.3 20.0 Punjab Mohali 20.04.12
11 Punjab 6 wkts 3 164 19.3 20.0 Mumbai Mum-WS 22.04.12

 

Punjab’s win in this game with three balls to spare provide the third occasion of Punjab winning a game with three balls to spare in IPL. Punjab became the second team to win a game with three balls to spare on three occasions in IPL after Bangalore. Performance of these two teams are listed below

No Winner Margin BR Target Overs Max Opposition Ground Date
1 Bangalore 3 wkts 3 161 19.3 20.0 Delhi Delhi 26.04.11
2 Bangalore 4 wkts 3 102 12.3 13.0 Kolkata Bangalore 14.05.11
3 Bangalore 5 wkts 3 164 19.3 20.0 Punjab Mohali 20.04.12
                   
1 Punjab 4 wkts 3 159 19.3 20.0 Delhi Mohali 27.04.08
2 Punjab 6 wkts 3 176 19.3 20.0 Deccan Mohali 23.05.08
3 Punjab 6 wkts 3 164 19.3 20.0 Mumbai Mum-WS 22.04.12

JC Franklin and SR Tendulkar added 51 runs for the first wicket and JC Franklin and KD Karthik added 75 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 51st and 52nd occasion of Mumbai batsmen posting fifty plus runs partnership in IPL.

JC Franklin and SR Tendulkar added 51 runs for the first wicket providing the 12th occasion of Mumbai batsmen posting fifty plus runs partnership for the first wicket in IPL. All the twelve occasions are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 ST Jayasuriya, SR Tendulkar 82 1st Chennai Mumbai 14.05.08
2 ST Jayasuriya, SR Tendulkar 70 1st Delhi Delhi 24.05.08
3 ST Jayasuriya, SR Tendulkar 71 1st Rajasthan Jaipur 26.05.08
4 ST Jayasuriya, SR Tendulkar 96 1st Bangalore Bangalore 28.05.08
5 ST Jayasuriya, SR Tendulkar 127 1st Kolkata P Elizabeth 27.04.09
6 S Dhawan, SR Tendulkar 61 1st Kolkata Mum-BS 22.03.10
7 S Dhawan, SR Tendulkar 92 1st Chennai Mum-BS 25.03.10
8 S Dhawan, SR Tendulkar 53 1st Deccan Mum-BS 03.04.10
9 DJ Jacobs, SR Tendulkar 61 1st Kochi Mumbai 15.04.11
10 AC Blizzard, SR Tendulkar 81 1st Kolkata Mumbai 25.05.11
11 RE Levi, SR Tendulkar 69 1st Chennai Chennai 04.04.12
12 JC Franklyn, SR Tendulkar 51 1st Mumbai Punjab 22.04.12

JC Franklin and KD Karthik added 75 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 11th occasion of Mumbai batsmen posting fifty plus runs partnership for the third wicket in IPL. All the eleven occasions are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 RV Uthappa, PR Shah 51 3rd Bangalore Mumbai 20.04.08
2 RV Uthappa, SM Pollock 51 3rd Chennai Chennai 23.04.08
3 DJ Thornely, RV Uthappa 52 3rd Delhi Mumbai 04.05.08
4 PR Shah, JP Duminy 53 3rd Deccan Centurion 06.05.09
5 AM Rahane, JP Duminy 104* 3rd Bangalore P Elizabeth 10.05.09
6 DJ Bravo, SR Tendulkar 82* 3rd Punjab Centurion 12.05.09
7 SS Tiwary, JP Duminy 63 3rd Kolkata Kolkata 19.04.10
8 AT Rayudu, RG Sharma 61 3rd Chennai Mumbai 22.04.11
9 AT Rayudu, RG Sharma 87 3rd Delhi Mumbai 07.05.11
10 SR Tendulkar, RG Sharma 68* 3rd Delhi Delhi 10.04.11
11 JC Franklym, KD Karthik 75 3rd Mumbai Punjab 22.04.12

JC Franklin and SR Tendulkar added 51 runs for the first wicket and JC Franklin and KD Karthik added 75 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the seventh occasion of Mumbai batsmen posting two or more fifty plus runs partnerships in the same innings in a game of IPL.. All the seven occasions are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 ST Jayasuriya, SR Tendulkar 82 1st Chennai Mumbai 14.05.08
2 ST Jayasuriya, RV Uthappa 76* 2nd Chennai Mumbai 14.05.08
             
1 ST Jayasuriya, DJ Bravo 60 4th Bangalore Johannesburg 03.05.09
2 DJ Bravo, AM Nayar 66* 5th Bangalore Johannesburg 03.05.09
             
1 S Dhawan, SR Tendulkar 61 1st Kolkata Mum-BS 22.03.10
2 SR Tendulkar, SS Tiwary 56 2nd Kolkata Mum-BS 22.03.10
             
1 S Dhawan, SR Tendulkar 53 1st Deccan Mum-BS 03.04.10
2 SS Tiwary, AT Rayudu 65 4th Deccan Mum-BS 03.04.10
3 AT Rayudu, KA Pollard 51 5th Deccan Mum-BS 03.04.10
             
1 DJ Jacobs, SR Tendulkar 61 1st Kochi Mumbai 15.04.11
2 SR Tendulkar, AT Rayudu 116 2nd Kochi Mumbai 15.04.11
             
1 AT Rayudu, RG Sharma 61 3rd Chennai Mumbai 22.04.11
2 RG Sharma, A Symonds 87 4th Chennai Mumbai 22.04.11
             
1 JC Franklin, SR Tendulkar 51 1st Mumbai Punjab 22.04.12
2 JC Franklin, KD Karthik 75 3rd Mumbai Punjab 22.04.12

KD Karthik was dismissed run out in this game to provide the 24th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in IPL. It also provides the fourth occasion of a Mumbai wicket keeper dismissed run out in IPL. All the four occasions are furnished below

No Batsman Score Team Opposition Venue Date
1 L Ronchi 02 Mumbai Chennai Chennai 23.04.08
2 L Ronchi 11 Mumbai KE Punjab Mohali 25.04.08
3 AT Rayudu 21 Mumbai Chennai Mum-DYP 25.04.10
4 KD Karthik 35 Mumbai Punjab Mum-WS 22.04.12

SE Marsh’s 68 not out in this game represent his 14th fifty in IPL. He now shares the record of most fifties in IPL along with JH Kallis. JH Kallis has also scored 14 fifties. SE Marsh went past SK Raina who has scored 13 fifties on his way to equal JH Kallis’s record for most fifties in IPL

SE Marsh’s 68 not out in this game represent his 13th half century in IPL. Other batsmen to score 13 or more half centuries are – JH Kallis {14} and SK Raina {13}

DJ Hussey took his T20 runs aggregate to 4405 with his 21 in this game. He became the first batsman in T20 games to score 4400 runs. He holds the record for most runs in T20 games.

SE Marsh’s 68 not out in this game represent his 21st fifty in T20 games. Others to score 21 plus fifties are – BJ Hodge {31}, CH Gayle {29}, DJ Hussey {25}, JH Kallis {24}, DA Warner {24}, HH Gibbs {24}, OA Shah {23], BB McCullum {22} and G Gambhir {21}

SE Marsh’s T20 aggregate at the end of this game stood at 2506 which includes his 68 not out in this game. He became the 19th batsman in T20 game to tatal 2500 runs. The following list shows the performance of the 19 batsmen who have scored 2500 runs in T20 games.

No Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC
1 DJ Hussey 178 171 31 4405 100* 31.46 1 24
2 BJ Hodge 150 146 27 4355 106 36.59 2 29
3 OA Shah 146 139 31 3825 80 35.41 0 23
4 BB McCullum 134 133 15 3770 158* 31.94 4 18
5 CH Gayle 97 96 12 3483 117 41.46 7 22
6 DA Warner 119 119 8 3426 135* 30.86 4 20
7 HH Gibbs 137 134 9 3227 101* 25.81 1 23
8 RPL Taylor 126 118 24 3038 111* 32.31 1 15
9 SK Raina 106 101 15 2844 101 33.06 1 18
10 KC Sangakkara 104 100 8 2834 94 30.80 0 18
11 SB Styris 137 127 18 2800 106* 25.68 1 9
12 JH Kallis 95 94 16 2779 89* 35.62 0 24
13 RG Sharma 113 105 19 2726 101* 31.69 1 17
14 JP Duminy 112 106 24 2699 99* 32.91 0 18
15 KA Pollard 144 126 31 2694 89* 28.35 0 14
16 MJayawardene 110 107 19 2681 110* 30.46 2 17
17 G Gambhir 100 98 14 2623 86 31.22 0 21
18 MvanJaarsveld 118 107 16 2525 82 27.74 0 18
19 SE Marsh 70 68 9 2506 115 42.47 2 18

SE Marsh and DJ Hussey added 58 runs for the third wicket in this game provides the 53rd occasion of Punjab batsmen posting fifty plus partnership in IPL. This stand also represents the eleventh occasion of Punjab batsmen posting fifty plus partnerships for the third wicket in IPL. All the eleven occasions are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 SE Marsh, KD Karthik 111 3rd Kochi Indore 13.05.11
2 M Jayawardene, Yuvraj Singh 86 3rd Deccan Dharamsala 16.04.10
3 SE Marsh, KD Karthik 70 3rd Rajasthan Mohali 21.04.11
4 SE Marsh, RR Sarwan 66 3rd Chennai Chennai 10.05.08
5 RS Bopara, Yuvraj Singh 66 3rd Bangalore Durban 24.04.09
6 AC Gilchrist, KD Karthik 61 3rd Deccan Dharamsala 21.05.11
7 SM Katich, M Jayawardene 58 3rd Delhi Mohali 27.04.08
8 SE Marsh, DJ Hussey 58 3rd Mumbai Mum-WS 22.04.12
9 M Jayawardene, Yuvraj Singh 56 3rd Rajasthan Jaipur 07.04.10
10 M Jayawardene, Yuvraj Singh 55* 3rd Kolkata Kolkata 04.04.10
11 RS Bopara, M Jayawardene 53 3rd Bangalore Bangalore 16.03.10
12 DJ Hussey, Mandeep Singh 52 3rd Kolkata Kolkata 15.04.12

SR Tendulkar and KD Karthik were dismissed run out in this game to provide the 364th and 365th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in IPL

JC Franklin’s 79 in this game was in losing cause providing the 135th occasion of a batsman’s fifty going in vain in IPL. It also represents twelfth the occasion of Mumbai batsman’s fifty in a losing cause in IPL

No Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 ST Jayasuriya 66 Mumbai Delhi Delhi 24.05.08
2 S R Tendullar 65 Mumbai Punjab Mumbai 21.05.08
3 JP Duminy 59 Mumbai Punjab Durban 29.04.09
4 ST Jayasuriya 52 Mumbai Bangalore Jo’burg 03.05.09
5 DJ Bravo 50* Mumbai Bangalore Jo’burg 03.05.09
6 JP Duminy 52 Mumbai Deccan Centurion 06.05.09
7 JP Duminy 62 Mumbai Chennai P E’beth 16.05.09
8 AM Rahane 56 Mumbai Delhi Centurion 21.05.09
9 SR Tendulkar 100* Mumbai Kochi Mumbai 15.04.11
10 AT Rayudu 53 Mumbai Kochi Mumbai 15.04.11
11 RG Sharma 58 Mumbai Rajasthan Mumbai 20.05.11
12 JC Franklin 79 Mumbai Punjab Mum-WS 22.04.12

 

IPL 5 – Match No 27 – Skipper SC Ganguly's all round display – 41 and 2 for 27 – takes Pune home against Delhi

IPL 5 – Match No 27 – Skipper SC Ganguly's all round display – 41 and 2 for 27 – takes Pune home against Delhi

Match No 27 – Delhi Daredevils vs. Pune Warriors at Delhi on 21.04.12 – Pune Warriors won by 20 runs

JD Ryder and SC Ganguly added 93 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the seventh occasion of Pune batsmen posting 50 plus runs in IPL. All the seven occasions are listed below in its chronological order

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 JD Ryder, M Manhas 60 2nd Punjab Mumbai 10.04.11
2 JD Ryder, M Manhas 54 2nd Delhi Mumbai 17.04.11
3 JD Ryder, MK Pandey 55 1st Deccan Hyd-RGS 10.05.11
4 MN Samuels, RV Uthappa 81 3rd Punjab Pune 08.04.12
5 JD Ryder, SPD Smith 66* 4th Chennai Pune 14.04.12
6 RV Uthappa, JD Ryder 63 1st Bangalore Bangalore 17.04.12
7 JD Ryder, SC Ganguly 93 2nd Delhi Delhi 21.04.12

JD Ryder and SPD Smith added 67 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the eighth occasion of Pune batsmen posting 50 plus runs in IPL. All the eight occasions are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 JD Ryder, M Manhas 60 2nd Punjab Mumbai 10.04.11
2 JD Ryder, M Manhas 54 2nd Delhi Mumbai 17.04.11
3 JD Ryder, MK Pandey 55 1st Deccan Hyd-RGS 10.05.11
4 MN Samuels, RV Uthappa 81 3rd Punjab Pune 08.04.12
5 JD Ryder, SPD Smith 66* 4th Chennai Pune 14.04.12
6 RV Uthappa, JD Ryder 63 1st Bangalore Bangalore 17.04.12
7 JD Ryder, SC Ganguly 93 2nd Delhi Delhi 21.04.12
8 JD Ryder, SPD Smith 67 3rd Delhi Delhi 21.04.12

JD Ryder and SC Ganguly added 93 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the highest partnership for any wicket posted by Pune batsmen in IPL. This stand was an improvement over the previous best stand of 81 runs between MN Samuels and RV Uthappa for the third wicket against Kings Eleven Punjab at Pune on 08.04.12

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 JD Ryder, SC Ganguly 93 2nd Delhi Delhi 21.04.12
2 MN Samuels, RV Uthappa 81 3rd Punjab Pune 08.04.12

JD Ryder and SC Ganguly added 93 runs for the second wicket and JD Ryder and SPD Smith added 67 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the first occasion of Pune batsmen posting 50 plus runs partnerships for consecutive wickets in IPL.

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 JD Ryder, SC Ganguly 93 2nd Delhi Delhi 21.04.12
2 JD Ryder, SPD Smith 67 3rd Delhi Delhi 21.04.1

V Sehwag scored 57 in this game providing the 66th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in IPL. His knock also provide the tenth occasion of a Delhi captain scoring fifty in IPL which are listed below

No Batsman Runs   Team Opposition Venue Date
1 V Sehwag 94 * Delhi Deccan Deccan 22.04.08
2 V Sehwag 71   Delhi Chennai Chennai 02.05.08
3 V Sehwag 51 * Delhi KE Punjab Delhi 17.05.08
4 V Sehwag 50   Delhi Mumbai Centurion 21.05.09
5 G Gambhir 72   Delhi KE Punjab Mohali 13.03.10
6 G Gambhir 57 * Delhi Chennai Chennai 15.04.10
7 V Sehwag 77   Delhi KE Punjab Delhi 23.04.11
8 V Sehwag 80   Delhi Kochi Kochi 30.04.11
9 V Sehwag 119   Delhi Deccan Hyd-RGS 05.05.11
10 V Sehwag 57   Delhi Pune Delhi 21.04.12

V Sehwag’s 57 in this game represent his eighth fifty as captain in IPL. He became the fourth captain to score eight or more fifties in IPL. Others are – SR Tendulkar {11}, AC Gilchrist {10} and MS Dhoni {08}

V Sehwag’s IPL run aggregate read 1533 at the end of this game which includes his 57 in this game. He became the eighth batsman to total 1500 plus runs in IPL. Others are – SK Raina {1951}, SR Tendulkar {1739}, AC Gilchrist {1702}, RG Sharma {1666}, G Gambhir {1654}, JH Kallis {1649} and MS Dhoni {1557}

V Sehwag’s 57 in this game represent his tenth half century in IPL. He became the  eighth batsman to score ten or more half centuries. The complete list is furnished below –

No Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave HC
1 JH Kallis 63 62 9 1649 89* 31.11 14
3 SK Raina 69 67 10 1951 98 34.22 13
2 SE Marsh 34 33 5 1398 115 49.92 12
4 G Gambhir 61 60 9 1654 86 32.43 12
5 RG Sharma 66 63 10 1666 87 31.43 12
6 S Badrinath 69 55 17 1243 71* 32.71 11
7 SRTendulkar 52 52 9 1739 100* 40.44 10
8 V Sehwag 56 56 3 1533 119 28.92 10

V Sehwag and KP Pietersen added 75 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 47th occasion of Delhi batsmen posting 50 plus runs partnership in IPL. This stand also provides the     occasion of Delhi batsmen posting 50 plus runs partnership for the second wicket in IPL which are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 G Gambhir, S Dhawan 133 2nd Deccan Delhi 15.05.08
2 G Gambhir, S Dhawan 112* 2nd Rajasthan Delhi 19.04.08
3 V Sehwag, S Dhawan 112* 2nd Deccan Hyd-RGS 22.04.08
4 V Sehwag, G Gambhir 99 2nd Kolkata Kolkata 07.04.10
5 G Gambhir, S Dhawan 98 2nd Bangalore Delhi 30.04.08
6 G Gambhir, TM Dilshan 97* 2nd Kolkata Durban 05.05.09
7 V Sehwag, KP Pietersen 75 2nd Pune Delhi 21.04.12
8 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 68 2nd Mumbai Centurion 21.05.09
9 V Sehwag, TM Dilshan 67 2nd Chennai Delhi 19.03.10
10 DA Warner, AB de Villiers 51 2nd Deccan Cuttack 21.03.10
11 G Gambhir, TM Dilshan 50 2nd Deccan Durban 13.05.09

V Sehwag and KP Pietersen added 75 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the second occasion of Delhi batsmen posting 50 plus runs partnership against Pune in IPL. Both partnerships are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 DA Warner, V Sehwag 75 1st Pune Mumbai 17.04.11
2 V Sehwag, KP Pietersen 75 2nd Pune Delhi 21.04.12

M Morkel returned with figures of 3 for 50 in this game. He earned the distinction of becoming the first bowler to capture three wickets conceding 50 plus runs in IPL

M Morkel returned with figures of 3 for 50 in this game providing the 36th occasion of a bowler conceding 50 plus runs in IPL. It also provide the sixth occasion of a Delhi bowler conceding 50 plus runs in IPL

No Player O M R W Team Opposition Ground Date
1 Mohammad Asif 4.0 0 51 0 Delhi Deccan Delhi 15.05.08
2 PJ Sangwan 3.0 0 51 0 Delhi Bangalore Bangalore 19.05.08
3 B Geeves 4.0 0 50 1 Delhi Mumbai Delhi 24.05.08
4 VY Mahesh 4.0 0 50 2 Delhi Rajasthan Mumbai 30.05.08
5 MF Maharoof 4.0 0 50 2 Delhi Mumbai Delhi 17.03.10
6 M Morkel 4.0 0 50 3 Delhi Pune Delhi 21.04.12

V Sehwag’s 57 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 134th occasion of a batsman’s fifty going in vain in IPL. It also represents the 17th occasion of a Delhi batsman’s fifty going in vain. All the 17 occasions are listed below

No Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 G Gambhir 80 Delhi Chennai Delhi 08.05.08
2 S Dhawan 59 Delhi Chennai Delhi 08.05.08
3 V Sehwag 51* Delhi Punjab Delhi 17.05.08
4 AB de illiers 50 Delhi Rajasthan Centurion 28.04.09
5 KD Karthik 52 Delhi Chennai Jo’burg 02.05.09
6 DA Warner 51 Delhi Chennai Jo’burg 02.05.09
7 TM Dilshan 65 Delhi Deccan Centurion 22.05.09
8 V Sehwag 74 Delhi Chennai Delhi 19.03.10
9 DA Warner 57 Delhi Deccan Cuttack 21.03.10
10 V Sehwag 64 Delhi Kolkata Kolkata 07.04.10
11 PD Collingwood 51* Delhi Deccan Delhi 18.04.10
12 DA Warner 54 Delhi Rajasthan Jaipur 12.04.11
13 YVG Rao 60 Delhi Rajasthan Jaipur 12.04.11
14 DA Warner 51 Delhi Deccan Delhi 19.04.11
15 JR Hopes 54 Delhi Bangalore Delhi 26.04.11
16 JR Hopes 55 Delhi Mumbai Mumbai 07.05.11
17 V Sehwag 57 Delhi Pune Delhi 21.04.12

V Sehwag’s 57 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 21st occasion of captain’s fifty going in vain in IPL. All the twenty one occasions are furnished below

No Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 Yuvraj Singh 57 Punjab Rajasthan Jaipur 21.04.08
2 SC Ganguly 51 Kolkata Rajasthan Jaipur 01.05.08
3 S Laxman 52 Deccan Bangalore Bangalore 03.05.08
4 R Dravid 66 Bangalore Punjab Bangalore 05.05.08
5 AC Gilchrist 61 Deccan Rajasthan Jaipur 09.05.08
6 V Sehwag 51* Delhi Punjab Delhi 17.05.08
7 R Dravid 75* Bangalore Rajasthan Jaipur 17.05.08
8 AC Gilchrist 50 Deccan Punjab Mohali 23.05.08
9 Yuvraj Singh 50 Punjab Bangalore Durban 01.05.09
10 Yuvraj Singh 58* Punjab Chennai Centurion 07.05.09
11 BB McCullum 84* Kolkata Bangalore Centurion 12.05.09
12 AC Gilchrist 64 Deccan Delhi Durban 13.05.09
13 AC Gilchrist 54 Deccan Kolkata Mumbai 12.03.10
14 KC Sangakkara 52 Punjab Deccan Dharamsala 16.04.10
15 SR Tendulkar 100* Mumbai Kochi Mumbai 15.04.11
16 Yuvraj Singh 66* Pune Delhi Mumbai 17.04.11
17 Yuvraj Singh 62* Pune Super Kings Mum-DYP 27.04.11
18 MJayawardene 76 Kochi Punjab Indore 13.05.11
19 AC Gilchrist 51 Punjab Deccan Dharmasala 21.05.11
20 MS Dhoni 70* Chennai Bangalore Bangalore 22.05.11
21 V Sehwag 52 Delhi Pune Delhi 21.04.12

V Sehwag’s 57 in this game was in a losing cause providing the second occasion of a Delhi captain’s fifty going in vain in IPL. Both the  occasions are furnished below
No Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 V Sehwag 51* Delhi Punjab Delhi 17.05.08
2 V Sehwag 57 Delhi Pune Delhi 21.04.12

 

IPL 5 – Match No 26 – Chennai cruise home against Rajasthan on the last ball of the match

IPL 5 – Match No 26 – Chennai cruise home against Rajasthan on the last ball of the match

Match No 26 – Chennai Super Kings vs. Rajasthan Rajasthan at Chennai on 21.04.12 – Chennai Super Kings won by seven wkts on the last ball of the match 

OA Shah’s 52 in this game represent his 23rd fifty in T20 games. He became the seventh batsman to score 23 or more fifties in T20 games. Others are – BJ Hodge {31}, CH Gayle {29}, DJ Hussey {25}, JH Kallis {24}, DA Warner {24} and HH Gibbs {24}

OA Shah took his T20 aggregate runs to 3827 with his 52 in this game. He now stands third in the list of batsmen who have scored most runs in T20 games. Others are – DJ Hussey {4384} and BJ Hodge {4355}

This game was BJ Hodge’s 150th T20 game. He became the third cricketer to appear in 150 plus T20 games after DJ Hussey {177} and JA Morkel {174}

MS Dhoni who became the first wicket keeper to keep wkts in 100 T20 games in the previous IPL game against Pune Warriors at Chennai on 19.04.12,  now has an aggregate of 69 dismissals at the end of this game which includes a catch he took in this game. Other wicket keepers who have effected 69 plus dismissals in T20 games are – Kamran Akmal {105}, KC Sangakkara {90}, AC Gilchrist {79}, PA Nixon {73}, KD Karthik {72}, JS Foster {70} and PA Mustard {69}

MS Dhoni now owns the record for captaining most consecutive T20 games. This was his 44th T20 consecutive game in which he is leading a team.  He has lead from 25.03.10 to 21.04.12. The previous record was credited to SK Warne who has led Rajasthan Royals in 43 consecutive games from 30.05.08 to 20.05.11

MS Dhoni has effected 35 dismissals in IPL which include his lone catch in this game. He became the fourth wicket keeper to effect 35 or more dismissals in IPL. Others are – AC Gilchrist {50}, KC Sangakkara {42} and KD Karthik {40}

OA Shah was dismissed by the last ball of the innings in this game providing the 65th occasion of a batsmen dismissed by the last ball of the innings in IPL

S Badrinath was dismissed stumped in this game providing the 116th occasion of a batsman dismissed stumped in IPL.

OA Shah and AL Maneria added 92 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 57th occasion of Rajasthan batsmen posting 50 plus runs partnership in IPL. This stand also represents the 14th occasion of Rajasthan batsmen posting 50 plus runs for the third wicket in IPL. All the 14  occasions are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 GC Smith/SR Watson 104 3rd Bangalore Bangalore 26.04.08
2 NV Ojha/SR Watson 97 3rd Chennai Chennai 03.04.10
3 OA Shah/AL Menaria 92 3rd Chennai Chennai 21.04.12
4 AM Rahane/OA Shah 82 3rd Mumbai Mum/WS 11.04.11
5 AM Rahane/OA Shah 82 3rd Mumbai Mumbai 11.04.12
6 FY Fazal/SR Watson 77 3rd Deccan Nagpur 05.04.10
7 AM Rahane/BJ Hodge 75 3rd Punjab Jaipur 06.04.12
8 GC Smith/SR Watson 71 3rd Delhi Jaipur 11.05.08
9 RJ Quiney/RA Jadeja 61 3rd Mumbai Durban 14.05.09
10 J Botha/LRPL Taylor 58* 3rd Deccan Hyd/RGS 09.04.11
11 GC Smith/YK Pathan 56 3rd Kolkata CapeTown 23.04.09
12 SA Asnodkar/YK Pathan 53 3rd Kolkata Jaipur 01.05.08
13 SA Asnodkar/SR Watson 53 3rd Mumbai Mumbai 07.05.08
14 FY Fazal/YK Pathan 51 3rd Punjab Mohali 24.03.10

OA Shah and AL Maneria added 92 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the ninth occasion of Rajasthan batsmen posting 50 plus runs partnership against Chennai in IPL. All the nine occasions are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 GC Smith/SA Asnodkar 127 1st Chennai Chennai 24.05.08
2 NV Ojha/SR Watson 97 3rd Chennai Chennai 03.04.10
3 OA Shah/AL Menaria 92 3rd Chennai Chennai 21.04.12
4 SR Watson/R Dravid 86 1st Chennai Chennai 04.05.11
5 GC Smith/SA Asnodkar 78 1st Chennai Jaipur 04.05.08
6 MJ Lumb/NV Ojha 69 1st Chennai Chennai 03.04.10
7 SR Watson/YK Pathan 65 4th Chennai Mumbai 01.06.08
8 GC Smith/SA Asnodkar 53 2nd Chennai Kimberley 09.05.09
9 NV Ojha/FY Fazal 53 2nd Chennai Ahmedabad 28.03.10

This stand also represents the second occasion of Rajasthan batsmen posting 50 plus runs for the third wicket against Chenani in IPL. Both the occasions are furnished below

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 NV Ojha/SR Watson 97 3rd Chennai Chennai 03.04.10
2 OA Shah/AL Menaria 92 3rd Chennai Chennai 21.04.12

F de Plisses and S Badrinath added 55 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 72nd occasion of Chennai batsmen posting 50 plus runs in IPL. This stand also represents the 19th occasion of Chennai batsmen posting 50 plus runs for the first wicket in IPL. All the nineteen partnerships are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 MEK Hussey, M Vijay 159 1st Bangalore Chennai 28.05.11
2 F du Plessis, S Badrinath 116 1st Warriors Chennai 19.04.12
3 PA Patel, ML Hayden 106 1st Bangalore P Elizabeth 20.04.09
4 MEK Hussey, M Vijay 77 1st Rajasthan Jaipur 09.05.11
5 PA Patel, ML Hayden 66 1st Kolkata Chennai 26.04.08
6 PA Patel, ML Hayden 65 1st Punjab Chennai 21.03.10
7 M Vijay, MEK Hussey 64 1st Warriors Chennai 25.04.11
8 S Vidyut, SP Fleming 62 1st Delhi Delhi 08.05.08
9 M Vijay, ML Hayden 62 1st Rajasthan Chennai 03.04.10
10 M Vijay, ML Hayden 61 1st Deccan East London 04.05.09
11 PA Patel, ML Hayden 61 1st Bangalore Johannesburg 23.05.09
12 M Vijay, ML Hayden 61 1st Bangalore Chennai 31.03.10
13 PA Patel, SP Fleming 60 1st Bangalore Chennai 21.05.08
14 PA Patel, GJ Bailey 59 1st Kolkata Centurion 18.05.09
15 PA Patel, ML Hayden 57 1st Delhi Durban 23.04.09
16 M Vijay, F du Plessis 56 1st Bangalore Chennai 12.04.12
17 PA Patel, SP Fleming 55* 1st Kolkata Kolkata 18.05.08
18 S Badrinath, F du Plessis 55 1st Rajasthan Chennai 21.04.12
19 MEK Hussey, M Vijay 51 1st Bangalore Chennai 16.04.11

F de Plisses and SK Raina added 61 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 73rd occasion of Chennai batsmen posting 50 plus runs in IPL. This stand also represents the 14th occasion of Chennai batsmen posting 50 plus runs for the first wicket in IPL. All the fourteen partnerships are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 M Vijay, SK Raina 137* 2nd Kolkata Chennai 13.04.10
2 MEK Hussey, SK Raina 137 2nd Rajasthan Chennai 04.05.11
3 PA Patel, SK Raina 102* 2nd Punjab Mumbai 31.05.08
4 ML Hayden, MS Dhoni 86* 2nd Kolkata Chennai 26.04.08
5 ML Hayden, SK Raina 76 2nd Punjab Centurion 07.05.09
6 S Anirudha, SK Raina 75 2nd Kolkata Chennai 08.04.11
7 PA Patel, SK Raina 70 2nd Rajasthan Chennai 24.05.08
8 ML Hayden, SK Raina 64 2nd Deccan Durban 27.04.09
9 M Vijay, S Badrinath 61 2nd Warriors Mumbai 27.04.11
10 F du Plessis, SK Raina 61 2nd Rajasthan Chennai 21.04.12
11 MEK Hussey, SK Raina 60 2nd Deccan Chennai 01.05.11
12 M Vijay, SK Raina 58 2nd Rajasthan Jaipur 09.05.11
13 ML Hayden, GJ Bailey 55 2nd Bangalore Bangalore 23.03.10
14 M Vijay, SK Raina 51 2nd Rajasthan Ahmedabad 28.03.10

This game witnessed fifty plus runs partnerships for the first two wkts – 55 runs for the first wicket between S Badrinath and F du Plessis and 61 runs for the second wicket between F du Plessis and SK Raina – providing the third occasion of Chennai batsmen posting 50 plus runs partnerships for the first two wkts in IPL. All the three occasions are furnished below

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 PA Patel, ML Hayden 66 1st Kolkata Chennai 26.04.08
  ML Hayden, MS Dhoni 86* 2nd Kolkata Chennai 26.04.08
             
2 MEK Hussey, M Vijay 77 1st Rajasthan Jaipur 09.05.11
  M Vijay, SK Raina 58 2nd Rajasthan Jaipur 09.05.11
             
2 S Badrinath, F du Plessis 55 1st Rajasthan Chennai 21.04.12
  F du Plessis, SK Raina 61 2nd Rajasthan Chennai 21.04.12

Chennai won this game by seven wickets on the last ball of the match providing the 12th occasion of a team winning the game on the last ball of the match in IPL. All the twelve occasions are listed below

No Winner Margin BR Target Overs Max Opposition Ground Date
1 Chennai 4 wkts 0 188 20.0 20.0 Delhi Delhi 08.05.08
2 Rajasthan 5 wkts 0 146 20.0 20.0 Mumbai Jaipur 26.05.08
3 Rajasthan 3 wkts 0 164 20.0 20.0 Chennai Mumbai 01.06.08
4 Punjab 6 wkts 0 154 20.0 20.0 Kolkata Port Elizabeth 03.05.09
5 Deccan 6 wkts 0 161 20.0 20.0 Kolkata Johannesburg 16.05.09
6 Kolkata 7 wkts 0 189 20.0 20.0 Chennai Centurion 18.05.09
7 Mumbai 7 wkts 0 119 20.0 20.0 Pune Mumbai 20.04.11
8 Mumbai 5 wkts 0 176 20.0 20.0 Kolkata Kolkata 22.05.11
9 Mumbai 5 wkts 0 139 20.0 20.0 Deccan Vizag 09.04.12
10 Chennai 5 wkts 0 206 20.0 20.0 Bangalore Chennai 12.04.12
11 Bangalore 6 wkts 0 183 20.0 20.0 Pune Bangalore 17.04.12
12 Chennai 7 wkts 0 147 20.0 20.0 Rajasthan Chennai 21.04.12

Chennai’s win on the last ball of the match in this game represent its third win on the last ball of the match in IPL. Chennai became the second team to win three games on the last ball of the match in IPL. The performances of these two games are furnished below

No Winner Margin BR Target Overs Max Opposition Ground Date
1 Chennai 4 wkts 0 188 20.0 20.0 Delhi Delhi 08.05.08
2 Chennai 5 wkts 0 206 20.0 20.0 Bangalore Chennai 12.04.12
3 Chennai 7 wkts 0 147 20.0 20.0 Rajasthan Chennai 21.04.12
                   
1 Mumbai 7 wkts 0 119 20.0 20.0 Pune Mumbai 20.04.11
2 Mumbai 5 wkts 0 176 20.0 20.0 Kolkata Kolkata 22.05.11
3 Mumbai 5 wkts 0 139 20.0 20.0 Deccan Vizag 09.04.12

OA Shah’s 52 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 133rd occasion of a batsman’s fifty going in vain in IPL. It also represents the ninth occasion of a Rajasthan batsman’s fifty going in vain. All the nine occasions are listed below

No Batsmen Score Team Opposition Ground Date
1 NK Patel      57 Rajasthan Punjab Mohali 28.05.08
2 YK Pathan 100 Rajasthan Mumbai Mum-BS 13.03.10
3 AAJhunjhunwala 53* Rajasthan Delhi Ahmedabad 15.03.10
4 NV Ojha 94* Rajasthan Chennai Chennai 02.04.10
5 SR Watson 60 Rajasthan Chennai Chennai 02.04.10
6 R Dravid 66 Rajasthan Chennai Chennai 04.05.11
7 AM Rahane 52* Rajasthan Chennai Jaipur 09.05.11
8 OA Shah 76 Rajasthan Mumbai Mumbai 11.04.12
9 OA Shah 52 Rajasthan Chennai Channai 21.04.12

OA Shah’s 52 in this game was in a losing cause providing the fifth occasion of a Rajasthan  batsman’s fifty going in vain against Chennai in IPL. All the five occasions are listed below

No Batsmen Score Team Opposition Ground Date
1 NV Ojha 94* Rajasthan Chennai Chennai 02.04.10
2 SR Watson 60 Rajasthan Chennai Chennai 02.04.10
3 R Dravid 66 Rajasthan Chennai Chennai 04.05.11
4 AM Rahane 52* Rajasthan Chennai Jaipur 09.05.11
5 OA Shah 52 Rajasthan Chennai Channai 21.04.1

OA Shah’s 52 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 27th occasion of a batsman’s fifty going in vain against Chennai in IPL. All the 26 occasions are listed below

No Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 W Jaffer 50 Bangalore Chennai Bangalore 28 Apr 08
2 R Taylor 53 Bangalore Chennai Bangalore 28 Apr 08
3 SE Marsh 58 Punjab Chennai Chennai 10 May 08
4 G Gambhir 80 Delhi Chennai Delhi 08 May 08
5 S Dhawan 59 Delhi Chennai Delhi 08 May 08
6 Salman Butt 73 Kolkata Chennai Kolkata 17 May 08
7 JR Hopes 71 Punjab Chennai Mohali 19 Apr 08
8 Sangakkara 54* Punjab Chennai Mohali 19 Apr 08
9 KD Karthik 52 Delhi Chennai Jo’burg 02 May 09
10 DA Warner 51 Delhi Chennai Jo’burg 02 May 09
11 Yuvraj Singh 58* Punjab Chennai Centurion 07 May 09
12 SM Katich 50 Punjab Chennai Centurion 07 May 09
13 JP Duminy 62 Mumbai Chennai P E’beth 16 May 09
14 V Sehwag 74 Delhi Chennai Delhi 19 Mar 10
15 JH Kallis 52 Bangalore Chennai Chennai 31 Mar 10
16 NV Ojha 94* Rajasthan Chennai Chennai 02 Apr 10
17 SR Watson 60 Rajasthan Chennai Chennai 02 Apr 10
18 SE Marsh 88 Punjab Chennai Dharamsala 18 Apr 10
19 JH Kallis 54 Kolkata Chennai Chennai 08 Apr 11
20 AB de Villiers 65 Bangalore Chennai Chennai 16 Apr 11
21 Yuvraj Singh 62* Pune Chennai Mum-DYP 27 Apr 11
22 S Sohal 56 Deccan Chennai Chennai 01 May 11
23 R Dravid 66 Rajasthan Chennai Chennai 04 May 11
24 AM Rahane 52* Rajasthan Chennai Jaipur 09 May 11
25 BJ Hodge 51 Kochi Chennai Chennai 18 May 11
26 V Kohli 70* Bangalore Chennai Mumbai 24 May 11
27 OA Shah 52 Rajasthan Chennai Chennai 21 Apr 12

 

IPL 5 – Match No 25 – CH Gayle and AB de Villiers excel in Bangalore's win over King's Eleven Punjab – Awana's four wickets on IPL debut in vain

IPL 5 – Match No 25 – CH Gayle and AB de Villiers excel in Bangalore's win over King's Eleven Punjab – Awana's four wickets on IPL debut in vain

Match No 25 – Kings Eleven Punjab vs. Royal Challengers Bangalore at Mohali on 21.04.12 – Royal Challengers Bangalore won by five wickets

Bangalore won this game by five wickets with three balls to spare providing the ninth occasion of a team winning a game with exact three balls to spare in IPL. All such occasions are listed below

No Winner Margin BR Target Overs Max Opposition Ground Date
1 Punjab 4 wkts 3 159 19.3 20.0 Delhi Mohali 27.04.08
2 Punjab 6 wkts 3 176 19.3 20.0 Deccan Mohali 23.05.08
3 Deccan 6 wkts 3 166 19.3 20.0 Chennai Durban 27.04.09
4 Kolkata 4 wkts 3 102 19.3 20.0 Rajasthan Durban 20.05.09
5 Mumbai 4 wkts 3 164 19.3 20.0 Punjab Mum/BS 30.03.10
6 Bangalore 3 wkts 3 161 19.3 20.0 Delhi Delhi 26.04.11
7 Chennai 8 wkts 3 142 19.3 20.0 Pune Mumbai 27.04.11
8 Rajasthan 6 wkts 3 144 19.3 20.0 Pune Jaipur 01.05.11
9 Bangalore 4 wkts 3 102 12.3 13.0 Kolkata Bangalore 14.05.11
10 Bangalore 5 wkts 3 164 19.3 20.0 KE Punjab Mohali 20.04.12

 

Bangalore won this game by five wickets with three balls to spare providing the third occasion of Bangalore winning a game with exact three balls to spare in IPL. All such occasions are listed below

No Winner Margin BR Target Overs Max Opposition Ground Date
1 Bangalore 3 wkts 3 161 19.3 20.0 Delhi Delhi 26.04.11
2 Bangalore 4 wkts 3 102 12.3 13.0 Kolkata Bangalore 14.05.11
3 Bangalore 5 wkts 3 164 19.3 20.0 KE Punjab Mohali 20.04.12

Bangalore’s three wins provide the most occasions of a team winning a game with three balls to spare in IPL.

DJ Hussey became the highest run getter in T20 games. His 41 in this game gave him an aggregate of 4384 runs. He went past BJ Hodge who has an aggregate of 4352 runs which was the previous record for most runs in T20 runs.

DJ Hussey led Kings Eleven Punjab in this game in the absence of AC Gilchirst who was injured in the previous game. He became the 25th captain to lead a team in IPL. Note the coincidence – This was the 25th game in this edition of IPL.

V Kohli and AB de Villiers took a catch in this game to take their tally of catches to 25 as fieldsmen in IPL. They join the elite club of three fieldsmen who have pouched 25 plus catches in IPL to become the fourth and fifth fieldsmen. The complete list read thus – SK Raina {35}, RG Sharma {32}, AB de Villiers {25}, JH Kallis {25} and V Kohli {25}

CH Gayle and AB de Villiers added 131 runs for the fourth wicket in this game providing the 61st occasion of a three figure partnership in IPL. This stand also represents the sixth occasion of a three figure stand for the third wicket in IPL which are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Ground Date
1 CHGayle/ABdeVilliers 131 4th Bangalore Punjab Mohali 20.04.12
2 DAWarner, PDCollingwood 128 4th Delhi Kolkata Delhi 29.03.10
3 RVUthappa, DJBravo 113* 4th Mumbai Kolkata Kolkata 29.04.08
4 ASymonds, RGSharma 111 4th Deccan Rajasthan Hyd-RGS 24.04.08
5 SSTiwary, ATRayudu 110 4th Mumbai Rajasthan Mumbai BS 13.03.10
6 SBadrinath, MSDhoni 109* 4th Chennai Kolkata Kolkata 16.03.10

CH Gayle and AB de Villiers added 131 runs for the fourth wicket in this game providing the sixth occasion of Bangalore batsmen posting a three figure partnership in IPL which are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Ground Date
1 CHGayle/ABdeVilliers 131 4th Bangalore Punjab Mohali 20.04.12
2 JHKallis, RVUthappa 126* 2nd Bangalore Mumbai Johannesburg 03.05.09
3 TMDilshan, CHGayle 123 1st Bangalore Kolkata Kolkata 22.04.11
4 MAAgarwal, CHGayle 113 1st Bangalore Mumbai Chennai 27.05.11
5 CHGayle, VKohli 111 2nd Bangalore Punjab Bangalore 06.05.11
6 CHGayle, VKohli 109 2nd Bangalore Chennai Chennai 12.04.12

It is interesting to note out of these six three figure partnerships, five of them involve CH Gayle as one of the partners.

CH Gayle and AB de Villiers added 131 runs for the fourth wicket in this game providing the highest partnership for any wicket by Bangalore batsmen in IPL. This stand obliterated the previous best of 87 runs for the fourth wicket between JH Kallis and R Dravid against Delhi at Delhi on 30.04.08

No Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Ground Date
1 CHGayle/ABdeVilliers 131 4th Bangalore Punjab Mohali 20.04.12
2 JHKallis, RVUthappa 126* 2nd Bangalore Mumbai Johannesburg 03.05.09

CH Gayle and AB de Villiers added 131 runs for the fourth wicket in this game providing the highest partnership for fourth wicket by Bangalore batsmen in IPL. This stand obliterated the previous best of 126 runs in an unfinished stand for the second wicket between JH Kallis and RV Uthappa against Mumbai at Jo’burg on 03.05.09

CH Gayle and AB de Villiers added 131 runs for the fourth wicket in this game providing the highest partnership for the fourth wicket in IPL. This stand obliterated the previous best of 128 runs for the fourth wicket between DA Warner and PD Collingwood of Delhi against Kolkata at Delhi on 29.03.10

No Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Ground Date
1 CH Gayle/ABdeVilliers 131 4th Bangalore Punjab Mohali 20.04.12
2 DAWarner/PDCollingwood 128 4th Delhi Kolkata Delhi 29.03.10

CH Gayle and AB de Villiers added 131 runs for the fourth wicket in this game providing the fourth occasion of a three figure partnership in the fifth edition of IPL. All the four parnerships are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Ground Date
1 CHGayle/AB de Villiers 131 4th Bangalore Punjab Mohali 20.04.12
2 AMRahane, OA Shah 121 2nd Rajasthan Bangalore Bangalore 15.04.12
3 FduPlessis, SBadrinath 116 1st Chennai Pune Chennai 19.04.12
4 CHGayle, VKohli 109 2nd Bangalore Chennai Chennai 12.04.12

This stand represent the highest three figure partnership in this edition for any wicket obliterating the previous best of 121 runs for the second wicket between AM Rahane and OA Shah of Rajasthan against Bangalore on 15.04.12

CH Gayle’s 87 in this game represent his eighth fifty while appearing for Banglaore. Only JH Kallis has scored more fifties – 10 – for Bangalore.

CH Gayle’s 87 in this game represent his tenth fifty in IPL. He became the tenth batsman to score ten or more fifties in IPL. The following list shows the performance of these ten batsmen who have scored ten orm more fifties in IPL

No Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C F 50+ 0
1 JH Kallis 63 62 9 1649 89* 31.11 0 14 14 5
2 SE Marsh 34 33 5 1398 115 49.92 1 12 13 1
3 SK Raina 68 66 10 1925 98 34.37 0 13 13 2
4 G Gambhir 61 60 9 1654 86 32.43 0 12 12 4
5 RG Sharma 66 63 10 1666 87 31.43 0 12 12 4
6 SR Tendulkar 52 52 9 1739 100* 40.44 1 10 11 2
7 S Badrinath 68 54 17 1228 71* 33.18 0 11 11 4
8 AC Gilchrist 65 65 2 1702 109* 27.01 2 9 11 6
9 CH Gayle 33 33 4 1317 107 45.41 2 8 10 3
10 V Sehwag 55 55 3 1476 119 28.38 1 9 10 5

P Awana captured four for 34 in this game providing the 53rd occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in IPL. His figures also represent the 42nd occasion of a bowler capturing exact four wickets in IPL.

P Awana’s four for 34 in this game provide the seventh occasion of a Kings Eleven Punjab’s bowler capturing four or more wickets in IPL. The complete list is furnished below

No Player O M R W Team Opposition Ground Date
1 YA Abdulla 4.0 0 31 4 Punjab Bangalore Durban 24.04.09
2 YA Abdulla 4.0 1 36 4 Punjab Bangalore Durban 01.05.09
3 PC Valthaty 4.0 0 29 4 Punjab Deccan Hyd-RGS 16.04.11
4 BA Bhatt 2.5 0 22 4 Punjab Mumbai Mohali 10.05.11
5 PP Chawla 4.0 0 17 4 Punjab Bangalore Dharamsala 17.05.11
6 ADMascarenhas 4.0 0 25 5 Punjab Pune Mohali 12.04.12
7 P Awana 4.0 0 34 4 Punjab Bangalore Mohali 20.04.12

P Awana’s four for 34 in this game provide the fourth occasion of a Kings Eleven Punjab’s bowler capturing four or more wickets against Bangalore in IPL. The complete list is furnished below

No Player O M R W Team Opposition Ground Date
1 YA Abdulla 4.0 0 31 4 Punjab Bangalore Durban 24.04.09
2 YA Abdulla 4.0 1 36 4 Punjab Bangalore Durban 01.05.09
3 PP Chawla 4.0 0 17 4 Punjab Bangalore Dharamsala 17.05.11
4 P Awana 4.0 0 34 4 Punjab Bangalore Mohali 20.04.12

P Awana’s 4 for 34 in this game provide the eleventh occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets against Bangalore in IPL. The following table lists out all the eleven occasions.

No Player O M R W Team Opposition Ground Date
1 GD McGrath 4.0 0 29 4 Delhi Bangalore Delhi 30.04.08
2 JA Morkel 4.0 0 32 4 Chennai Bangalore Chennai 21.05.08
3 CRD Fernando 4.0 0 18 4 Mumbai Bangalore Bangalore 28.05.08
4 YA Abdulla 4.0 0 31 4 Punjab Bangalore Durban 24.04.09
5 YA Abdulla 4.0 1 36 4 Punjab Bangalore Durban 01.05.09
6 A Singh 4.0 0 19 4 Rajasthan Bangalore Centurion 07.05.09
7 AD Mathews 4.0 0 19 4 Kolkata Bangalore Kolkata 14.03.10
8 PP Chawla 4.0 0 17 4 Punjab Bangalore Dharamsala 17.05.11
9 L Balaji 4.0 0 18 4 Kolkata Bangalore Bangalore 10.04.12
10 SK Trivedi 4.0 0 25 4 Rajasthan Bangalore Bangalore 15.04.12
11 P Awana 4.0 0 34 4 Punjab Bangalore Mohali 20.04.12

P Awana’s 4 for 34 in this game was in a losing cause providing the ninth occasion of a bowler’s four or more wickets going in vain in IPL. All the nine occasions are furnished below

No Player O M R W Team Opposition Ground Date
1 JA Morkel 4.0 0 32 4 Chennai Bangalore Chennai 21.05.08
2 YA Abdulla 4.0 1 36 4 Punjab Bangalore Durban 01.05.09
3 Harbhajan Singh 4.0 0 17 4 Mumbai Delhi Centurion 21.05.09
4 A Kumble 4.0 0 16 4 Bangalore Deccan Johannesburg 24.05.09
5 AD Mathews 4.0 0 19 4 Kolkata Bangalore Kolkata 14.03.10
6 Yuvraj Singh 4.0 0 29 4 Pune Delhi Mumbai 17.04.11
7 MM Patel 4.0 0 21 5 Mumbai Punjab Mohali 10.05.11
8 RP Singh 4.0 0 25 4 Kochi Punjab Indore 13.05.11
9 P Awana 4.0 0 34 4 Punjab Bangalore Mohali 20.04.12

P Awana’s 4 for 34 became the second Punjab bowler to witness his four wickets going in vain, after YA Abdulla. YA Abdulla’s four for 36 went in vain against Bangalore at Durban on 21.05.09. It is quite interesting to see that both these occasions are against Bangalore

No Player O M R W Team Opposition Ground Date
1 YA Abdulla 4.0 1 36 4 Punjab Bangalore Durban 01.05.09
2 P Awana 4.0 0 34 4 Punjab Bangalore Mohali 20.04.12

P Awana earned the distinction of becoming the third bowler to capture four or more wickets on IPL debut. Others are – Shoaib Akthar of Kolkata and K Cooper of Rajasthan

No Player O M R W Team Opposition Ground Date
1 Shoaib Akhtar 3.0 0 11 4 Kolkata Delhi Kolkata 13.05.08
2 K Cooper 4.0 0 26 4 Rajasthan Punjab Jaipur 06.04.12
3 P Awana 4..0 0 34 4 Punjab Bangalore Mohali 20.04.12

 

IPL 5 – Match No 24 – Chennai carves win against Pune – Earns the distinction of becoming the first team to win 40 games in IPL

IPL 5 – Match No 24 – Chennai carves win against Pune – Earns the distinction of becoming the first team to win 40 games in IPL

Match No 24 – Chennai Super Kings vs. Pune Warriors at Chennai on 19.04.12 – Chennai Super Kings won by 13 runs

MS Dhoni earned the distinction of becoming the first captain to keep wickets in T20 games. This game was his 100th game in the dual capacity. 

Chennai’s victory in this game was its 40th victory in IPL. Chennai became the first team in IPL to register 40 wins in IPL.

F du Plessis and S Badrinath scored 58 and 57 respectively in this game providing the 14th occasion of both the openers scoring fifties in the same innings in IPL. All such occasions are listed below.

No Pos Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 01 G Gambhir 50 Delhi Chennai Chennai 02.05.08
  02 V Sehwag 71 Delhi Chennai Chennai 02.05.08
               
2 01 GC Smith 75* Rajasthan Bangalore Jaipur 17.05.08
  02 SA Asnodkar 50 Rajasthan Bangalore Jaipur 17.05.08
               
3 01 SE Marxh 60 KE Punjab Deccan Mohali 23.05.08
  02 KCSangakkara 50 KE Punjab Deccan Mohali 23.05.08
               
4 01 SE Marsh 115 KE Punjab Rajasthan Mohali 28.05.08
  02 JR Hopoes 51 KE Punjab Rajasthan Mohali 28.05.08
               
5 01 ST Jayasuriya 52 Mumbai Chennai E London 04.05.09
  02 SR Tendulkar 68 Mumbai Chennai E London 04.05.09
               
6 01 NV Ojha 68 Jaipur Mohali Durban 05.05.09
  02 GC Smith 77 Jaipur Mohali Durban 05.05.09
               
7 01 BJ Hodge 50 Kolkata Bangalore Kolkata 14.03.10
  02 MK Tiwary 50 Kolkata Bangalore Kolkata 14.03.10
               
8 01 RS Bopara 77 Mohali Bangalore Bangalore 16.03.10
  02 MS Bisla 75 Mohali Bangalore Bangalore 16.03.10
               
9 01 S Dhawan 56 Mumbai Chennai Mum-BS 25.03.10
  02 SR Tendulkar 72 Mumbai Chennai Mum-BS 25.03.10
               
10 01 AC Gilchrist 61 KE Punjab Deccan Hyd-RGS 16.04.11
  02 PC Valthaty 75 KE Punjab Deccan Hyd-RGS 16.04.11
               
11 01 DA Warner 77 Delhi KE Punjab Delhi 23.04.11
  02 V Sehwag 77 Delhi KE Punjab Delhi 23.04.11
               
12 01 S Dhawan 95 Deccan KE Punjab Dharamsala 21.05.11
  02 DB Ravi Teja 60 Deccan KE Punjab Dharamsala 21.05.11
               
13 01 MEK Hussey 63 Chennai Bangalore Chennai 28.05.11
  02 M Vijay 95 Chennai Bangalore Chennai 28.05.11
               
14 01 F du Plessis 58 Chennai Pune Chennai 19.04.12
  02 S Badrinath 57 Chennai Pune Chennai 19.04.12

F du Plessis and S Badrinath scored 58 and 57 respectively in this game providing the second occasion of Chennai’s both the openers scoring fifties in the same innings in IPL. Both the occasions are listed below.

No Pos Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 01 MEK Hussey 63 Chennai Bangalore Chennai 28.05.11
  02 M Vijay 95 Chennai Bangalore Chennai 28.05.11
               
2 01 F du Plessis 58 Chennai Pune Chennai 19.04.12
  02 S Badrinath 57 Chennai Pune Chennai 19.04.12

 

F du Pliess and S Badrinath added 116 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 60th occasion of a three figure partnership in IPL. This stand also represent the 22nd occasion of a three figure partnership for the first wicket which are listed below

 

No Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Ground Date
1 AC Gilchrist, VVS Laxman 155* 1st Deccan Mumbai Mumbai 27.04.08
2 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 115 1st Delhi Chennai Chennai 02.05.08
3 GC Smith, YK Pathan 109 1st Rajasthan Deccan Jaipur 09.05.08
4 GC Smith, SA Asnodkar 109 1st Rajasthan Bangalore Jaipur 17.05.08
5 GC Smith, SA Asnodkar 127 1st Rajasthan Chennai Chennai 24.05.08
6 AC Gilchrist, HH Gibbs 101 1st Deccan Bangalore Hyd-RGS 25.05.08
7 SE Marsh, JR Hopes 133 1st Punjab Rajasthan Mohali 28.05.08
8 PA Patel, ML Hayden 106 1st Chennai Bangalore PElizabeth 20.04.09
9 STJayasuriya, SRTendulkar 127 1st Mumbai Kolkata PElizabeth 27.04.09
10 NV Ojha, GC Smith 135 1st Rajasthan Punjab Durban 05.05.09
11 BJ Hodge, MK Tiwary 101 1st Kolkata Bangalore Kolkata 14.03.10
12 RS Bopara, MS Bisla 129 1st Punjab Bangalore Bangalore 16.03.10
13 MJ Lumb, NV Ojha 109 1st Rajasthan Punjab Jaipur 07.04.10
14 BBMcCullum,MJayawardene 128 1st Kochi Mumbai Mumbai 15.04.11
15 AC Gilchrist, PC Valthaty 136 1st Punjab Deccan Hyd-RGS 16.04.11
16 TM Dilshan, CH Gayle 123 1st Bangalore Kolkata Kolkata 22.04.11
17 DA Warner, V Sehwag 146 1st Delhi Punjab Delhi 23.04.11
18 SR Watson, R Dravid 134* 1st Rajasthan Mumbai Mumbai 20.05.11
19 S Dhawan, DB Ravi Teja 131 1st Deccan Punjab Dharamsala 21.05.11
20 MA Agarwal, CH Gayle 113 1st Bangalore Mumbai Chennai 27.05.11
21 MEK Hussey, M Vijay 159 1st Chennai Bangalore Chennai 28.05.11
22 F du Plessis, S Badrinath 116 1st Chennai Pune Chennai 19.04.12

F du Pliess and S Badrinath added 116 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the third occasion of a three figure partnership by Chennai batsmen for the first wicket in IPL. The following table lists out all the three partnerships

No Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Ground Date
1 PA Patel, ML Hayden 106 1st Chennai Bangalore P Elizabeth 20.04.09
2 MEK Hussey, M Vijay 159 1st Chennai Bangalore Chennai 28.05.11
3 F du Plessis, S Badrinath 116 1st Chennai Pune Chennai 19.04.12

F du Pliess and S Badrinath added 116 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the twelfth occasion of a three figure partnership by Chennai batsmen for various wickets in  IPL. The following table lists out all the three partnerships

No Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Ground Date
1 ML Hayden, SK Raina 104 3rd Chennai Mumbai Chennai 23.04.08
2 PA Patel, SK Raina 102* 2nd Chennai Punjab Mumbai 31.05.08
3 PA Patel, ML Hayden 106 1st Chennai Bangalore PElizabeth 20.04.09
4 ML Hayden, MS Dhoni 100 3rd Chennai Punjab Centurion 07.05.09
5 S Badrinath, MS Dhoni 109* 4th Chennai Kolkata Kolkata 16.03.10
6 SK Raina, S Badrinath 142* 3rd Chennai Mumbai Mum-BS 25.03.10
7 M Vijay, JA Morkel 152 3rd Chennai Rajasthan Chennai 03.04.10
8 M Vijay, SK Raina 137* 2nd Chennai Kolkata Chennai 13.04.10
9 M Vijay, S Badrinath 124 3rd Chennai Punjab Mohali 13.04.11
10 MEK Hussey, SK Raina 137 2nd Chennai Rajasthan Chennai 04.05.11
11 MEK Hussey, M Vijay 159 1st Chennai Bangalore Chennai 28.05.11
12 F du Plessis, S Badrinath 116 1st Chennai Pune Chennai 19.04.12

SK Raina collected his second zero in IPL when he failed to open his account in this game. This was his second duck in 66 innings and 68 matches. His first duck was against Kings Eleven Punjab on 13.04.11 at Mohali when he was caught by PC Valthaty of the bowling of Praveen Kumar. It was his first ball duck in this game. Against Pune at Chenani on 19.04.12, he collected the second ball duck when he was caught by M Kartik of A Nehra

 

 

IPL 5 – Match No 23 – Delhi's KP Pietersen's hundred floors Deccan Chargers

IPL 5 – Match No 23 – Delhi's KP Pietersen's hundred floors Deccan Chargers

Match No 23 – Delhi Daredevils vs. Deccan Chargers at Delhi on 19.04.12 – Delhi Daredevils won by five wickets

S Dhawan and PA Patel added 71 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 48th  occasion of Deccan Chargers batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership in IPL. This stand also represents the tenth occasion of Deccan Chargers batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership for the second wicket in IPL. All the ten occasions are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 S Sohal, KC Sangakkara 92 2nd Daredevils Delhi 19.04.11
2 AC Gilchrist, TL Suman 77 2nd Bangalore Bangalore 08.04.10
3 S Dhawan, KC Sangakkara 75 2nd KE Punjab Hyd-RGS 16.04.11
4 S Dhawan, PA Patel 71 2nd Daredevils Delhi 19.04.12
5 AC Gilchrist, AA Bilakhia 69 2nd Daredevils Centurion 22.05.09
6 HH Gibbs, DR Smith 61 2nd Mumbai Durban 25.04.09
7 HH Gibbs, A Symonds 55 2nd KE Punjab Cuttack 19.03.10
8 AC Gilchrist, SB Styris 54 2nd Super Kings Chennai 06.05.08
9 Shahid Afridi, HH Gibbs 50 2nd Daredevils Delhi 15.05.08
10 S Sohal, KC Sangakkara 50 2nd Bangalore Hyd-RGS 14.04.11

 

M Morkel’s aggregate of IPL wickets read 25 which include his 3 for 23 in this game. He became the 37th bowler to capture 25 or more wickets in IPL.

KP Pietersen’s 103 not out in this game represent the 20th hundred scored by a batsman in IPL. All the twenty hundreds are furnished below

No Player Runs Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Date
1 BB McCullum 158* 73 10 13 Kolkata Bangalore Bangalore 18.04.08
2 M Vijay 127 56 8 11 SuperKings Rajasthan Chennai 03.04.10
3 PC Valthaty 120* 63 19 2 Punjab SuperKings Mohali 13.04.11
4 V Sehwag 119 56 13 6 Delhi Deccan Hyd-RGS 05.05.11
5 A Symonds 117* 53 11 7 Deccan Rajasthan Hyd-RGS 24.04.08
6 MEK Hussey 116* 54 8 9 SuperKings Punjab Mohali 19.04.08
7 SE Marsh 115 69 11 7 Punjab Rajasthan Mohali 28.05.08
8 ST Jayasuriya 114* 48 9 11 Mumbai SuperKings Mumbai 14.05.08
9 MK Pandey 114* 73 10 4 Bangalore Deccan Centurion 21.05.09
10 MJayawardene 110* 59 14 3 Punjab Kolkata Kolkata 04.04.10
11 AC Gilchrist 109* 47 9 10 Deccan Mumbai Mumbai 27.04.08
12 DA Warner 107* 69 9 5 Delhi Kolkata Delhi 29.03.10
13 CH Gayle 107 49 10 9 Bangalore Punjab Bangalore 06.05.11
14 AC Gilchrist 106 55 8 9 Punjab Bangalore Dharamsala 17.05.11
15 AB de Villiers 105* 54 5 6 Delhi SuperKings Durban 23.04.09
16 AM Rahane 103* 60 12 5 Rajasthan Bangalore Bangalore 15.04.12
17 KP Pietersen 103* 64 6 9 Delhi Deccan Delhi 19.04.12
18 CH Gayle 102* 55 10 7 Bangalore Kolkata Kolkata 22.04.11
19 SR Tendulkar 100* 66 12 3 Mumbai Kochi Mumbai 15.04.11
20 YK Pathan 100 37 9 8 Rajasthan Mumbai Mumbai BS 13.03.10 

KP Pietersen’s 103 not out in this game represent the fourth hundred by a Delhi batsman in IPL. All the four hundreds are listed below

No Player Runs Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Date
1 V Sehwag 119 56 13 6 Delhi Deccan Hyd-RGS 05.05.11
2 DA Warner 107* 69 9 5 Delhi Kolkata Delhi 29.03.10
3 AB de Villiers 105* 54 5 6 Delhi SuperKings Durban 23.04.09
4 KP Pietersen 103* 64 6 9 Delhi Deccan Delhi 19.04.12

Delhi and KE Punjab share the record for most hundreds in IPL. Both the teams have socred four hundreds which are listed below

No Player Runs Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Date
1 V Sehwag 119 56 13 6 Delhi Deccan Hyd-RGS 05.05.11
2 DA Warner 107* 69 9 5 Delhi Kolkata Delhi 29.03.10
3 AB de Villiers 105* 54 5 6 Delhi SuperKings Durban 23.04.09
4 KP Pietersen 103* 64 6 9 Delhi Deccan Delhi 19.04.12
                   
1 PC Valthaty 120* 63 19 2 KEPunjab SuperKings Mohali 13.04.11
2 SE Marsh 115 69 11 7 KEPunjab Rajasthan Mohali 28.05.08
3 MJayawardene 110* 59 14 3 KEPunjab Kolkata Kolkata 04.04.10
4 AC Gilchrist 106 55 8 9 KEPunjab Bangalore Dharamsala 17.05.11

KP Pietersen scored nine boundary sixes in his knock of 103 not out in this game providing the ninth occasion of a batsman scoring nine or more sixes in an innings in IPL. All the nine occasions are listed below

No Player Runs 6s Team Opposition Ground Date
1 BB McCullum 158* 13 Kolkata Bangalore Bangalore 18.04.08
2 ST Jayasuriya 114* 11 Mumbai Chennai Mumbai 14.05.08
3 M Vijay 127 11 SuperKings Rajasthna Chennai 03.04.10
4 AC Gilchrist 109* 10 Deccan Mumbai Mumbai 27.04.08
5 MEK Hussey 116* 9 SuperKings KE Punjab Mohali 19.04.08
6 CH Gayle 107 9 Bangalore KE Punjab Bangalore 06.05.11
7 AC Gilchrist 106 9 KE Punjab Bangalore Dharamsala 17.05.11
8 KP Pietersen 103* 9 Delhi Deccan Delhi 19.04.12

KP Pietersen’s nine sixes in this game is a record for most sixes scored in an innings in IPL. The previous record was credited to PD Collingwood – another England cricketer – who had scored seven sixes in his knock of 75 not out against Bangalore at Delhi on 04.04.10

The following list shows the Delhi batsmen who have scored five or more sixes in an IPL game.

No Player Runs 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 KP Pietersen 103* 9 Delhi Deccan Delhi 19.04.12
2 PD Collingwood 75* 7 Delhi Bangalore Delhi 04.04.10
3 V Sehwag 94* 6 Delhi Deccan Hyd-RGS 22.04.08
4 AB de Villiers 105* 6 Delhi SuperKings Durban 23.04.09
5 V Sehwag 119 6 Delhi Deccan Hyd-RGS 05.05.11