ROAD TO THE FINALS OF IPL 2016
MATCH RESULTS – BANGALORE
No	Team 1	Team 2	Winner	Margin	Ground	Match Date
2	Bangalore	Sunrisers	Bangalore	045 runs	Bangalore	Apr 12, 2016
2	Bangalore	Delhi	Delhi	007 wkts	Bangalore	Apr 17, 2016
3	Mumbai	Bangalore	Mumbai	006 wkts	Mumbai	Apr 20, 2016
4	Ris Pune	Bangalore	Bangalore	013 runs	Pune	Apr 22, 2016
5	Gujarat	Bangalore	Gujarat	006 wkts	Rajkot	Apr 24, 2016
6	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Sunrisers	015 runs	Hyd-RGS	Apr 30, 2016
7	Bangalore	Kolkata	Kolkata	005 wkts	Bangalore	May 02, 2016
8	Bangalore	Ris Pune	Bangalore	007 wkts	Bangalore	May 07, 2016
9	Punjab	Bangalore	Bangalore	001 run	Mohali	May 09, 2016
10	Bangalore	Mumbai	Mumbai	006 wkts	Bangalore	May 11, 2016
11	Bangalore	Gujarat	Bangalore	144 runs	Bangalore	May 14, 2016
12	Kolkata	Bangalore	Bangalore	009 wkts	Kolkata	May 16, 2016
13	Bangalore	Punjab	Bangalore	082 runs	Bangalore	May 18, 2016
14	Delhi	Bangalore	Bangalore	006 wkts	Raipur	May 22, 2016
15	Bangalore	Gujarat	Bangalore	004 wkts	Bangalore	May 24, 2016
MATCH RESULTS – SUNRISERS
No	Team 1	Team 2	Winner	Margin	Ground	Match Date
1	Bangalore	Sunrisers	Bangalore	045 runs	Bangalore	Apr 12, 2016
2	Sunrisers	Kolkata	Kolkata	008 wkts	Hyd-RGS	Apr 16, 2016
3	Sunrisers	Mumbai	Sunrisers	007 wkts	Hyd-RGS	Apr 18, 2016
4	Gujarat	Sunrisers	Sunrisers	010 wkts	Rajkot	Apr 21, 2016
5	Sunrisers	Punjab	Sunrisers	005 wkts	Hyd-RGS	Apr 23, 2016
6	Sunrisers	Ris Pune	Ris Pune	034 runs	Hyd-RGS	Apr 26, 2016
7	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Sunrisers	015 runs	Hyd-RGS	Apr 30, 2016
8	Sunrisers	Gujarat	Sunrisers	005 wkts	Hyd-RGS	May 06, 2016
9	Mumbai	Sunrisers	Sunrisers	085 runs	Vizag	May 08, 2016
10	Ris Pune	Sunrisers	Sunrisers	004 runs	Vizag	May 10, 2016
11	Sunrisers	Delhi	Delhi	007 wkts	Hyd-RGS	May 12, 2016
12	Punjab	Sunrisers	Sunrisers	007 wkts	Mohali	May 15, 2016
13	Delhi	Sunrisers	Delhi	006 wkts	Raipur	May 20, 2016
14	Kolkata	Sunrisers	Kolkata	022 runs	Kolkata	May 22, 2016
15	Sunrisers	Kolkata	Sunrisers	022 runs	Delhi	May 25, 2016
16	Gujarat	Sunrisers	Sunrisers	004 wkts	Delhi	May 27, 2016

 

RESULTS OF PLAY OFF MATCHES IN IPL 2016
No	Team 1	Team 2	Winner	Margin	Ground	Date
1	Bangalore	Gujarat	Bangalore	004 wkts	Bangalore	May 24, 2016	Q-1
2	Sunrisers	Kolkata	Sunrisers	022 runs	Delhi	May 25, 2016	E
3	Gujarat	Sunrisers	Sunrisers	004 wkts	Delhi	May 27, 2016	Q-2

APPROACHING MILESTONES AHEAD OF THE FINALS BETWEEN ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE AND SUNRISERS HYDERABAD AT BANGALORE ON 29.05.16

Chris Gayle is on the threshold of creating three new records in Twenty20 games. He has an aggregate of 8990 runs prior to the start of this game. He needs 10 more runs for 9000 runs in Twenty20 games. If he gets these  runs, he would then become the first batsman ever in the history of Twenty20 games to total 9000 runs. 

Another record he is eyeing in T20 games is most boundary fours. He has scored 695 boundary fours and require five more which would fetch him 700 boundary fours. If he gets them, he would then become the first batsmen ever to score 700 boundary fours.

He has already scored 650 boundary sixes in T20 games. If he gets 700 boundary fours, he would then become the only batsman in the history of T20 games to score 700 boundary fours and 650 boundary sixes.

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
CH Gayle	2005-2016	253	248	34	8990	175*	42.00	17	56	13	695	650

He has represented the following teams in T20 games Barisal Bulls, Barisal Burners, Dhaka Gladiators, Jamaica, Jamaica Tallawahs, Kolkata Knight Riders, Lahore Qalandars, Lions, Matabeleland Tuskers, Melbourne Renegades, PCA Masters XI, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Somerset, Stanford Superstars, Sydney Thunder, West Indians, West Indies, Western Australia

V Kohli has scored 597 boundary fours and 198 boundary sixes in Twenty20 games as on date. He requires three more boundary fours and two more boundary sixes which would fetch him 600 boundary fours and 200 boundary sixes. If he gets them, he would then become the fifth batsman in the history of Twenty20 games to score 600 boundary fours and 200 boundary sixes. Others who have achieved the feat are – CH Gayle, DA Warner, BJ Hodge and BB McCullum. The exploits of these four batsmen along with V Kohli are furnished below

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	50+	0	4s	6s
1	CH Gayle	253	248	34	8990	175*	42.00	17	56	73	13	650	650
2	DA Warner	219	218	22	6799	135*	34.68	5	53	58	15	676	285
3	BJ Hodge	256	242	55	6998	106	37.42	2	46	48	13	681	231
4	BB McCullum	233	230	22	6632	158*	31.88	7	32	39	11	638	306
5	V Kohli	203	191	38	6391	113	41.77	4	45	49	06	597	198

V Kohli has scored 49 fifties in T20 games. One more fifty would give him a total of 50 fifties. If he gets it, he would then become the third batsmen in the history of Twenty20 games to score 50 fifties. Others to accomplish such a feat are – CH Gayle {73} and DA Warner {58}. It is interesting to note all the three batsmen are representing the different teams in the ongoing IPL.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	50+	0	4s	6s
1	CH Gayle	252	247	34	8981	175*	42.16	17	56	73	13	695	650
2	DA Warner	219	218	22	6799	135*	34.68	5	53	58	15	662	282
3	V Kohli	203	191	38	6391	113	41.77	4	45	49	5	597	198

V Kohli has scored 198 boundary sixes as on date. He needs two more boundary sixes for his 200 sixes. If he gets them, he would then become the 23^rd batsman in the history of Twenty 20 games to score 200 boundary sixes. V Kohli would become the sixth Indian batsman to score 600 boundary fours.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
1	RG Sharma	234	223	38	6137	109*	33.17	3	42	12	526	249
2	SK Raina	240	226	37	6324	109*	33.46	3	36	10	555	246
3	Yuvraj Singh	184	173	23	3957	83	26.38	0	23	6	302	222
4	YK Pathan	212	190	47	4090	100	28.60	1	19	15	326	212
5	MS Dhoni	240	216	86	4883	73*	37.56	0	18	7	345	206
6	V Kohli	202	190	38	6391	113	41.77	4	45	5	597	198

V Kohli has scored 597 boundary fours as on date. He requires three more boundary fours for his 600 fours. If he gets it, he would then become the fifth batsman in the history of Twenty20 games to score 600 boundary fours. Others are – CH Gayle {650}, BJ Hodge {681}, DA Warner {662} and BB McCullum {638}. V Kohli would earn the distinction of becoming the first Indian batsman to score 600 boundary fours in T20 games

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
1	CH Gayle	252	247	34	8981	175*	42.16	17	56	13	695	650
2	BJ Hodge	256	242	55	6998	106	37.42	2	46	13	681	231
3	DA Warner	217	216	21	6678	135*	34.24	5	52	15	662	282
4	BB McCullum	233	230	22	6632	158*	31.88	7	32	11	638	306
5	V Kohli	202	190	38	6391	113	41.77	4	45	5	597	198

V Kohli has scored 78 boundary fours in the ongoing IPL 2016. He needs two more boundary fours for his 80 fours. If he gets it, he would then become the fifth batsman to score 80 plus boundary fours in a T20 series. JM Vince if Hampshire has scored 87 boundary fours in NatWest t20 blast in 2015, SR Tendulkar of Mumbai Indians has scored 86 boundary fours in IPL 2010, MEK Hussey of Chennai Super Kings has scored 81 boundary fours in IPL 2013 and DA Warner of Sunrisers Hyderabad has scored 80 boundary fours in the ongoing IPL 2016. V Kohli would become the fourth batsman to score 80 plus boundary fours in an IPL Series after SR Tendulkar of Mumbai Indians, MEK Hussey of Chennai and DA Warner of Sunrisers

V Kohli has scored 78 boundary fours in the ongoing IPL 2016. He needs two more boundary fours for his 80 fours. If he gets it, he would then become the fourth captain to score 80 plus boundary fours in a T20 series.JM Vince if Hampshire has scored 87 boundary fours in Natwest t20 blast in 2015, SR Tendulkar of Mumbai Indians has scored 86 boundary fours in IPL 2010 and DA Warner has scored 80 boundary fours in the ongoing IPL 2016.  V Kohli would become the third captain to score 80 plus boundary fours in an IPL Series after SR Tendulkar of Mumbai Indians and DA Warner of Sunrisers Hyderabad

If V Kohli gets his 80 fours, then IPL 2016 would become the first edition in the history of IPL to witness two captains scoring 80 plus four in the same edition. DA Warner of Sunrisers Hyderabad has already scored 80 plus boundary fours.

IPL 2016 became the first edition to witness two batsman scoring 700 plus runs in the history of IPL. V Kohli {919} and DA Warner {779} are the batmen who have scored 700 plus runs in the ongoing IPL.  If DA Warner gets to 800 runs by scoring 21 more runs in this game, then IPL 2016 would become the first edition to witness two batsmen scoring 800 plus runs.

If DA Warner gets to 800 runs by scoring 21 more runs in this game, then IPL 2016 would become the first edition to witness two captains scoring 800 plus runs.

AB de Villers has taken 19 catches as on date. One more catch by him would fetch him 20 catches and with it the distinction of becoming the first fieldsman to pouch 20 catches in a single edition of IPL. If he takes 20 catches, he would establish the record for most catches in any T20 series in the history ot Twnety 20 games.

V Kohli haS scored 29 fifties in IPL as on date. He needs one more fifty to get his 30^th fifty. If te gets it he would join the elite three batsmen who have scored 30 plus fifties in IPL – DA Warner {33}, G Gambhir [31} and RG Sharma {30}.

V Kohli has an aggregate of 919 runs in the ongoing IPL and owns the record for most runs by a captain in T20 series and also the record for most runs by a batsman in IPL. He needs 81 more runs for his 1000 runs. If he gets these runs, he would become the first captain ever to score 1000 runs in T20 series and also first batsman ever to score 1000 runs in an IPL edition

V Kohli has scored 146 boundary sixes in IPL as on date. He needs four more boundary sixes for his 150 sixes. If he scores them, he would then become the fourth batsman in the history of IPL to score 150 plus boundary sixes. Others are – CH Gayle {243}, RG Sharma {163} and SK Raina {160}

CH Gayle has scored 243 boundary sixes as on date. He needs seven more boundary sixes which would fetch him a total of 250 boundary sixes and also the record for becoming the first batsman to score 250 boundary sixes in the history of Indian Premier League.

V Kohli has scored four centuries in IPL. He needs one more century for his fifth century. If he gets it, then he would become the second batsman in the history of IPL to score five centuries after CH Gayle. CH Gayle has scored five centuries in IPL. V Kohli would also become the first batsman ever to score five centuries in a single edition of IPL.

CH Gayle has scored 24 fifties as on date. He needs one more fifty to join the elite list of batsman who have scored 25 plus fifties in IPL – DA Warner {32}, G Gambhir {31}, RG Sharma {30}, SK Raina {29}, V Kohli {29} and S Dhawan {25}. CH Gayle would become the seventh batsman to score 25 fifties in IPL.

V Kohli has an aggregate of 1544 runs in T20 games in the calendar year 2016. He needs 54 more runs for his 1600 runs. If he gets these runs, he would then become the second batsman after CH Gayle to score 1600 runs in a calendar year in T20 games. CH Gayle has scored 1665 in 2015

V Kohli has an aggregate of 145 boundary fours in T20 games in the calendar year 2016. He needs five boundary fours for his 150 fours. If he gets these fours, he would then become the first batsman to score 150 boundary fours in any calendar year in T20 games.

V Kohli has an aggregate of 4056 runs as on date. He needs 43 runs more to surpass SK Raina’s aggregate of 4098 runs to become the most run getter in the history of IPL.

AB de Villiers has an aggregate of 682 runs as on date. He needs 18 more runs for his 700 runs in the ongoing edition. If he gets these runs, then he would become the third batsman after V Kohli and DA Warner to score 700 plus runs in this edition.

If AB de Villiers gets his 700 runs, then IPL 2016 would become the first edition in the history of IPL to witness three batsmen scoring 700 plus runs.

AB de Villers has scored seven fifties in this edition and one more fifty will make him the third batsman to score eight or more fifties. Others are – V Kohli {10} and DA Warner {08}

V Kohli has scored 354 boundary fours in his IPL career as on date. He needs seven more boundary fours to get to 361 boundary fours. If he gets them, he would occupy the second place in the list of batsmen who have scored most boundary fours in IPL. He would go past SK Raina who has scored 360 boundary fours. The first place is occupied by G Gambhir who has an aggregate of 422 boundary fours.

B Kumar has an aggregate of 23 wickets as on date in IPL 2016. He needs two more wickets for his 25 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the first bowler in IPL 2016 to capture 25 wickets. YS Chahal and SR Watson have captured 20 wickets each for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2016

If B Kumar gets 25 wickets, he would become the fifth bowler to capture 25 plus wickets in an IPL edition and his feat would provide the sixth occasion of a bowler capturing 25 plus wickets in an IPL Edition. The following is the complete list of bowlers who have accomplished the feat

No	Player	Mat	Overs	M	Runs	W	BBI	Ave	4	5	Team	Edition
1	DJ Bravo	18	62.3	0	497	32	4/42	15.53	1	0	Chennai	2013
2	SL Malinga	16	63.0	2	375	28	5/13	13.39	0	1	Mumbai	2011
3	JP Faulkner	16	63.1	2	427	28	5/16	15.25	0	2	Rajasthan	2013
4	DJ Bravo	17	52.2	0	426	26	3/22	16.38	0	0	Chennai	2015
5	M Morkel	16	63.0	1	453	25	4/20	18.12	1	0	Delhi	2012

Whoever wins the IPL 2016 finals, it will the new team to win the IPL Trophy. The following table lists the previous edition’s winners. Sunrisers Hyderabad are the finalists for the first time, while Royal Challengers Bangalore are the finalists for the third time. The other two occasions were in 2009 and 2011. It had lost to Deccan Chargers in 2009 edition by six runs and lost to Chennai in 2011 by 58 runs

No	Series/Tournament	Season	Winner	Runners
1	Indian Premier League (in India)	2008	Rajasthan	Chennai
2	Indian Premier League (in South Africa)	2009	Deccan	Bangalore
3	Indian Premier League (in India)	2010	Chennai	Mumbai
4	Indian Premier League (in India)	2011	Chennai	Bangalore
5	Indian Premier League (in India)	2012	Kolkata	Chennai
6	Indian Premier League (in India)	2013	Mumbai	Chennai
7	Indian Premier League (in UAE and in India)	2014	Kolkata	Punjab
8	Indian Premier League (in India)	2015	Mumbai	Chennai

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore is hosting an IPL Final for the second time. Previously, it had hosted the 2014 Finals between Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings Eleven Punjab on 01.06.14. Kolkata Knight Riders had won the game by three wickets