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Captains scoring five or more fifties in a single edition of IPL – V Kohli is the new addition to the elite list

Captains scoring five or more fifties in a single edition of IPL – V Kohli is the new addition to the elite list

V Kohli’s 52 in the game between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders at Bangalore on 02.05.16 represents his fifth fifty as captain in the ongoing edition of IPL 2016. His feat of five fifties in IPL 2016 provides the seventh occasion of a captain scoring five or more fifties in a single edition of IPL. He became the sixth captain to accomplish such a feat. Others are – SR Tendulkar {five in 2010}, G Gambhir {five in 2012}, V Sehwag {five in 2012}, DA Warner {seven in 2015 and five in 2016} and RG Sharma {five in 2016}

IPL 2016 is the only edition in the history of IPL to witness three captains scoring five or more fifties which is a record for most captains scoring five or more fifties in a single edition – three captains achieving the feat. IPL 2012 had witnessed two captains – G Gambhir and V Sehwag – accomplishing such a feat.

No No Batsman Runs Team Oppn Venue Date
1 1 SR Tendulkar 63 Mumbai Delhi Delhi 17.03.10
  2 SR Tendulkar 71* Mumbai Kolkata Mum-BS 22.03.10
  3 SR Tendulkar 72 Mumbai Chennai Mum-BS 25.03.10
  4 SR Tendulkar 55 Mumbai Deccan Mumbai 28.03.10
  5 SR Tendulkar 89* Mumbai Rajasthan Jaipur 11.04.10
               
2 1 G Gambhir 64* Kolkata Bangalore Bangalore 10.04.12
  2 G Gambhir 66* Kolkata Punjab Mohali 18.04.12
  3 G Gambhir 93 Kolkata Bangalore Kolkata 28.04.12
  4 G Gambhir 63 Kolkata Chennai Chennai 30.04.12
  5 G Gambhir 62 Kolkata Chennai Kolkata 14.05.12
               
3 1 V Sehwag 57 Delhi Pune Delhi 21.04.12
  2 V Sehwag 87* Delhi Pune Pune-SRS 24.04.12
  3 V Sehwag 73 Delhi Mumbai Delhi 27.04.12
  4 V Sehwag 63 Delhi Rajasthan Delhi 29.04.12
  5 V Sehwag 73 Delhi Rajasthan Jaipur 01.05.12
               
4 1 DA Warner 53 Sunrisers Chennai Chennai 11.04.15
  2 DA Warner 57 Sunrisers Bangalore Bangalore 13.04.15
  3 DA Warner 91 Sunrisers Kolkata Vizag 22.04.15
  4 DA Warner 58 Sunrisers Punjbab Mohali 27.04.15
  5 DA Warner 61 Sunrisers Chennai Hyd-RGS 02.05.15
  6 DA Warner 81 Sunrisers Punjab Hyd-RGS 11.05.15
  7 DA Warner 52 Sunrisers Bangalore Hyd-RGS 15.05.15
               
5 1 DA Warner 58 Sunrisers Bangalore Bangalore 12.04.16
  2 DA Warner 90* Sunrisers Mumbai Hyd-RGS 18.04.16
  3 DA Warner 74* Sunrisers Gujarat Rajkot 21.04.16
  4 DA Warner 59 Sunrisers Punjab Hyd-RGS 23.04.16
  5 DA Warner 92 Sunrisers Bangalore Hyd-RGS 30.04.16
               
6 1 RG Sharma 84* Mumbai Kolkata Kolkata 12.04.16
  2 RG Sharma 62 Mumbai Bangalore Mumbai 20.04.16
  3 RG Sharma 65 Mumbai Delhi Delhi 23.04.16
  4 RG Sharma 68* Mumbai Kolkata Mumbai 28.04.16
  5 RG Sharma 85* Mumbai Ris Pune Pune-SRS 01.05.16
               
7 1 V Kolhi 75* Bangalore Sunrisers Bangalore 12.04.16
  2 V Kohli 79 Bangalore Delhi Bangalore 17.04.16
  3 V Kohli 80 Bangalore Ris Pune Pune-SRS 22.04.16
  4 V Kohli 100* Bangalore Gujarat Rajkot 24.04.16
  5 V Kohli 52 Bangalore Kolkata Bangalore 02.05.16

 

CH Gayle dismisssed for Single digits in Indian Premier League

CH Gayle dismisssed for Single digits in Indian Premier League

CH Gayle was dismissed for 7 in the game between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders at Bangalore on 02.05.16 to provide the 19th occasion of CH Gayle dismissed for single digits in IPL  {zero to nine}. All such occasions are listed below

No Score How Out Fielder Bowler Match Date
1 7  bowled   Z Khan Kolkata  v Mumbai 01 May 2009
2 4  caught KAJ Roach A Symonds Kolkata  v Deccan 01 Apr 2010
3 7  stumped MS Dhoni R Ashwin Kolkata  v Chennai 13 Apr 2010
4 0  bowled   Kamran Khan Kolkata  v Rajasthan 17 Apr 2010
5 0  caught AC Gilchrist RJ Harris Bangalore v Punjab 17 May 2011
6 8  lbw   R Ashwin Bangalore v Chennai 24 May 2011
7 0  caught MS Dhoni R Ashwin Bangalore v Chennai 28 May 2011
8 2  caught LR Shukla JH Kallis Bangalore v Kolkata 10 Apr 2012
9 8  bowled   Pankaj Singh Bangalore v Rajasthan 15 Apr 2012
10 4  lbw   GB Hogg Bangalore v Rajasthan 23 Apr 2012
11 6  bowled   MM Patel Bangalore v Mumbai 14 May 2012
12 1  caught PA Patel GH Vihari Bangalore v Sunrisers 07 Apr 2013
13 4  caught MS Dhoni CH Morris Bangalore v Chennai 13 Apr 2013
14 4  bowled   IK Pathan Bangalore v Delhi 10 May 2013
15 4  caught WP Saha S Sharma Bangalore v Punjab 09 May 2014
16 6  lbw   UT Yadav Bangalore v Kolkata 22 May 2014
17 1  bowled   B Kumar Bangalore v Sunrisers 12 Apr 2016
18 0  caught JP Duminy Z Khan Bangalore v Delhi 17 Apr 2016
19 7 caught RV Uthappa M  Morkel Bangalore v Kolkata 02 May 2016

CH Gayle’s IPL Career reads thus

Player Teams Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 4s 6s
CH Gayle Kolkata, Bangalore 85* 84 12 3207 175* 44.54 5 18 4 261 231
Hat tricks in Indian Premier League

Hat tricks in Indian Premier League

A Patel of Kings Eleven Punjab performed the bowler’s dream of Hat trick against Gujarat Lions at Rajkot on 01.05.16 to provide the 12th occasion of bowling performing the hat trick in IPL. All such occasions are listed below

No Bowler Taam Oppn Venue Date Victims Over
1 L Balaji Chennai Punjab Chennai 10.05.08 I Pathan 19.3
  Bowling figs 4.0-0-24-5       PP Chawla 19.4
            VRV Singh 19.5
               
2 A Mishra Delhi Deccan Delhi 15.05.08 Ravi Teja 19.1
  Bowling figs 4.0-0-17-5       PP Ojha 19.2
            RP Singh 19.3
               
3 M Ntini Chennai Kolkata Kolkata 17.05.08 SC Ganguly 04.6
  Bowling figs 4.0-0-21-4       DB Das 16.1.
            DJ Hussey 16.2.
               
4 Yuvraj Singh Punjab Bangalore Durban 01.05.09 RV Uthappa 11.5
  Bowling figs 4.0-0-22-3       JH Kallis 11.6
            MV Boucher 13.1
               
5 RG Sharma Deccan Mumbai Centurion 06.05.09 AM Nayar 15.5
  Bowling figs 2.0-0-06-4       Harbhajan 15.6
            JP Duminy 17.1
               
6 Yuvraj Singh Rajasthan Deccan Jo’burg 17.05.09 HH Gibbs 11.6
  Bowling figs 4.0-0-13-3       A Symoonds 13.1
            YVG Rao 13.2
               
7 Praveen Kumar Bangalore Rajasthan Bangalore 18.03.10 DR Martyn 16.2
  Bowling figs 4.0-0-18-3       S Narwal 16.3
            P Dogra 16.4
               
8 A Mishra Punjab Deccan Dharmasala 21.05.11 R Mclaren 15.3
  Bowling figs 4.0-1-09-4       Mandeep Singh 15.4
            RJ Harris 15.5
               
9 A Chandila Rajasthan Pune Pune-SRS 13.05.12 JD Rydur 01.5
  Bowling figs 4.0-0-13-4       SC Ganguly 01.6
            RV Uthappa 02.1
               
10 PV Tambe Rajasthan Kolkata Ahmedabad 05.05.14 MK Pandey 15.1
  Bowling figs 4.0-0-26-3       YK Pathan 15.1
            RN ten Doeschate 15.2
               
11 SR Watson Rajasthan Sunrisers Ahmedabad 08.05.14 S Dhawan 03.6
  Bowling figs 2.0-0-13-3       MC Henriques 16.1
            KV Sharma 16.2
               
12 A Patel Punjab Gujarat Rajkit 01.05.16 KD Karthik 06.5
  Bowling figs 4.0-0-21-4       DJ Bravo 06.6
            RA Jadeja 10.1

DA Warner’s distinction

DA Warner’s distinction

DA Warner of Sunrisers scored 92 against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Hyd-RGS on 30.04.16 to register his fifth fifty in 2016 edition as captain of Sunrisers. He achieved a distinction which no captain has achieved in Indian Premier League He became the first and the only captain to score five or more fifties in two separate editions of IPL. He had scored seven fifties in 2015 edition and followed with five in 2016. It is interesting to note that DA Warner’s feat has come in two consecutive editions of IPL. His exploits as captain in these two editions are listed below

No Batsman Runs Team Oppn Venue Date
1 DA Warner 53 Sunrisers Chennai Chennai 11.04.15
2 DA Warner 57 Sunrisers Bangalore Bangalore 13.04.15
3 DA Warner 91 Sunrisers Kolkata Vizag 22.04.15
4 DA Warner 58 Sunrisers Punjbab Mohali 27.04.15
5 DA Warner 61 Sunrisers Chennai Hyd-RGS 02.05.15
6 DA Warner 81 Sunrisers Punjab Hyd-RGS 11.05.15
7 DA Warner 52* Sunrisers Bangalore Hyd-RGS 15.05.15
             
1 DA Warner 58 Sunrisers Bangalore Bangalore 12.04.16
2 DA Warner 90* Sunrisers Mumbai Hyd-RGS 18.04.16
3 DA Warner 74* Sunrisers Gujarat Rajkot 21.04.16
4 DA Warner 59 Sunrisers Punjab Hyd-RGS 23.04.16
5 DA Warner 92 Sunrisers Bangalore Hyd-RGS 30.04.16

His 92 in this game provides the ninth occasion of a captain scoring a ninety in IPL. All such occasions are listed below

No Batsman Runs Team Oppn Venue Date
1 V Sehwag 94* Delhi Deccan Deccan 22.04.08
2 SC Ganguly 91 Kolkata Deccan Deccan 11.05.08
3 G Gambhir 93 Kolkata Bangalore Kolkata 28.04.12
4 V Kohli 99 Bangalore Delhi Delhi 10.05.13
5 RG Sharma 98* Mumbai Kolkata Kolkata 08.04.15
6 DA Warner 91 Sunrisers Kolkata Vizag 22.04.15
7 G Gambhir 90* Kolkata Sunrisers Hyd-RGS 16.04.16
8 DA Warner 90* Sunrisers Mumbai Hyd-RGS 18.04.16
9 DA Warner 92 Sunrisers Bangalore Hyd-RGS 30.04.16

DA Warner is the only captain in the history of IPL to score a ninety on three separate occasions. Prior to his 92 in the game against Bangalore on 30.04.16, he shared the record for most nineties by a captain {on two occasions} with G Gambhir of Kolkata. The following table lists the nineties scored by these two captains

No Batsman Runs Team Oppn Venue Date
1 DA Warner 91 Sunrisers Kolkata Vizag 22.04.15
2 DA Warner 90* Sunrisers Mumbai Hyd-RGS 18.04.16
3 DA Warner 92 Sunrisers Bangalore Hyd-RGS 30.04.16
             
1 G Gambhir 93 Kolkata Bangalore Kolkata 28.04.12
2 G Gambhir 90* Kolkata Sunrisers Hyd-RGS 16.04.16