Match No 54 – Mumbai Indians vs. Royal Challengers Bangalore at Mum-WS on 09.05.12 – Royal Challengers Bangalore won by nine wickets

 

RG Sharma’s duck in this game represent his fifth duck in IPL. He became the 18^th batsman to score five or more ducks in IPL. Batsmen who have collected seven ducks {03}; Batsmen who have collected six ducks {05} and batsmen who collected five ducks {10}

 

SR Tendulkar’s run aggregate in IPL read 1949 at the end of this match including his 24 in this game. He now occupies the second place amongst the highest run getters in IPL. The first place is occupied by SK Raina who has amassed 2078 runs. SR Tendulkar went past G Gambhir who has a total of 1932 on his way to second position. In fact, SK Raina, SR Tendulkar and G Gambhir are the only three batsmen who have an aggregate of 1900 plus runs in IPL.

 

SR Tendulkar was dismissed caught and bowled in this game providing the 102^nd occasion of a batsman dismissed caught and bowled in IPL. His dismissal also provide the 17^th occasion of a batsman dismissed caught and bowled in IPL 5

 

CH Gayle scored 82 not out in this game providing his 13^th fifty in IPL. He became the seventh batsman to score 13 or more fifties in IPL. Others are – V Sehwag {15}, G Gambhir {15}, SE Marsh {14}, JH Kallis {14}, RG Sharma {14} and SK Raina {13}

 

CH Gayle’s aggregate of boundary fours at the end of this game stood at 302 in T20 games. He also hit six boundary sixes to take his tally of sixes to 259. He has now a unique record in the history of T20 games. He became first batsman in the history of T20 games to score 300 boundary fours and 250 sixes.

 

CH Gayle required three more boundary fours for his 300 boundary fours in T20 games prior to the start of this game. At the end of this game, his boundary fours aggregate in T20 games read 302. He became the eleventh batsman to score 300 boundary fours in T20 games.

 

CH Gayle had scored 31 fifties in T20 games and held the record jointly with BJ Hodge for most fifties prior to the start of this game. His 82 not out in this game represents his 32^nd fifty. He now owns the record for most fifties in T20 games

 

CH Gayle’s 82 not out in this game represent his 25^th half century. He became the third batsman to score 25 or more half centuries, after BJ Hodge {29} and DJ Hussey {25}

 

CH Gayle and BJ Hodge with 18 Man of the match awards shared the record for most MoM awards in T20 games prior to the start of this game. .His MoM in this game gave him the distinction of most Man of the Match awards in T20 games

 

CH Gayle’s 82 not out in this game represent his sixth fifty in IPL 2012 He became the third batsman to score six fifties in a single edition of IPL. Others are – SE Marsh of Punjab in 2008 and JH Kallis of Bangalore in 2009

 

CH Gayle became the first batsman to score 500 plus runs in IPL 2012. He reached the milestone when he was on 67 during his knock of 82 not out in this game. At the end of this game his run aggregate stood at 515.

 

CH Gayle completed 500 runs in IPL 2012 during the course of his knock of 82 not out in this game. His feat provide the 12^th occasion of a batsman totaling 500 plus runs in an edition of IPL, All the 12 occasions are listed below

 

 

CH Gayle became the third batsman in IPL to score 500 plus runs in two editions after SE Marsh and SR Tendulkar. The performance of these three batsmen are tabulated below

 

 

CH Gayle became the second batsman to score 500 plus runs in consecutive editions of IPL after SR Tendulkar. CH Gayle has performed the feat in back to back editions of 2011 {606} and 2012 {515}. SR Tendulkar has scored 618 runs in 2010 and 553 runs in 2011. The performance of these two batsmen are tabulated below

 

 

CH Gayle’s 82 not out in this game represent his 11^th fifty in IPL representing Bangalore. He now holds the record for most fifties scored by a Bangalore batsman in IPL. He went past JH Kallis who had scored ten fifties

 

CH Gayle’s 82 not out in this game represent the 53^rd occasion of a Bangalore batsman scoring a fifty in IPL. It also represents the sixth occasion of a Bangalore batsman scoring a fifty against Mumbai in IPL.

 

 

CH Gayle and JH Kallis are the two Bangalore batsmen to score fifties on two occasions against Mumbai. Their performances are listed below

 

 

CH Gayle and V Kohli added 94 runs in an unfinished second wicket partnership in this game to provide the 57^th occasion of Bangalore batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership in IPL. This stand also represents the 18^th occasion of Bangalore batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership for the second wicket in IPL which are listed below

 

 

CH Gayle and V Kohli added 94 runs in an unfinished second wicket partnership in this game to provide the sixth occasion of Bangalore batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership against Mumbai in IPL.

 

 

V Kohli’s aggregate in IPL read 1512 at the end of this game. He became the 13th    batsman to score 1500 runs in IPL. The following list tabulates the batsmen who have achieved this feat

 

 

V Kohli became the sixth batsman in IPL to aggregate 1500 runs representing a single team in IPL. The following table lists the performances of these six batsmen

 

 

Bangalore won this game by nine wickets providing the 23^rd occasion of a team winning a game by nine or more wickets which is listed below

 

 

 

Bangalore’s win by nine wickets in this game represents its seventh victory by nine or more wickets in IPL. Bangalore holds the record for most wins in this category of statistics

 

 

Mumbai’s loss by nine wickets in this game was its fifth loss by nine or more wickets in IPL. Mumbai holds the record of most losses in this category of statistics. Kolkata and Rajasthan have suffered four losses by nine or more wickets in IPL. The following table lists the performances of these three teams