The ongoing edition of Indian Premier League has witnessed five occasions of batsmen’s fifties in a losing cause. AB de Villiers of Bangalore – 89 not out against Punjab at Indore on 10.04.17, R Pant of Delhi – 57 against Bangalore at Bangalore  on 08.04.17 and SK Raina of Gujarat – 68 not out against Kolkata at Rajkot on 07.04.17, MK Pandey of Kolkata – 81 not out against Mumbai at Mum-WS on 09.04.17, BA Stokes of Rising Pune Supergiants – 50 against Punjab at Indore on 08.04.17

 

The following table lists out the 41 occasions of Bangalore batsmen’s fifties going in vain, 36 occasions of Delhi batsmen’s fifties going in vain, six occasions of Gujarat batsmen’s fifties going in vain, 34 occasion of Kolkata batsmen’s fifties going in vain  and nine occasions of Rising Pune Supergiants batsmen’s fifties going in vain

 

No		Pos	Batsman	Runs		Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1		02	W Jaffer	50		Bangalore	Chennai	Bangalore	28.04.08
2		03	R Taylor	53		Bangalore	Chennai	Bangalore	28.04.08
3	*	05	R Dravid	66		Bangalore	Punjab	Bangalore	05.05.08
4	+	03	SP Goswami	52		Bangalore	Delhi	Bangalore	19.05.08
5		04	JH Kallis	54		Bangalore	Delhi	Delhi	30.04.08
6	*	06	R Dravid	75	*	Bangalore	Rajasthan	Jaipur	17.05.08
7	+	04	M Boucher	50	*	Bangalore	Kolkata	Kolkata	08.05.08
8		06	V Kohli	50		Bangalore	Deccan	Cape Town	22.04.09
9		03	JH Kallis	62		Bangalore	Punjab	Durban	24.04.09
10		01	JH Kallis	65	*	Bangalore	Kolkata	Kolkata	14.03.10
11		02	JH Kallis	52		Bangalore	Chennai	Chennai	31.03.10
12		01	JH Kallis	54		Bangalore	Delhi	Delhi	04.04.10
13		02	JH Kallis	68		Bangalore	Deccan	Bangalore	08.04.10
14		06	V Kohli	58		Bangalore	Deccan	Bangalore	08.04.10
15		02	TM Dilshan	59		Bangalore	Mumbai	Bangalore	12.04.11
16		04	V Kohli	71		Bangalore	Deccan	Hyd’bad	14.04.11
17	+	05	AB de Villiers	65		Bangalore	Chennai	Chennai	16.04.11
18		03	V Kohli	70	*	Bangalore	Chennai	Mumbai	24.05.11
19		02	CH Gayle	86		Bangalore	Kolkata	Kolkata	28.04.12
20		02	CH Gayle	71		Bangalore	Punjab	Bangalore	02.05.12
21		06	MA Agarwal	64	*	Bangalore	Mumbai	Bangalore	14.05.12
22	*	03	V Kohli	58		Bangalore	Chennai	Chennai	13.04.13
23		04	AB de Villiers	62		Bangalore	Chennai	Chennai	13.04.13
24	*	03	V Kohli	65		Bangalore	Pune	Bangalore	16.04.13
25		01	CH Gayle	51		Bangalore	Punjab	Mohali	06.05.13
26		02	CA Pujara	61		Bangalore	Punjab	Mohali	06.05.13
27		02	CH Gayle	77		Bangalore	Punjab	Mohali	14.05.13
28		03	V Kohli	57		Bangalore	Punjab	Mohali	14.05.13
29		06	AB de Villiers	53		Bangalore	Punjab	Bangalore	09.05.14
30	*	03	V Kohli	67		Bangalore	Sunrisers	Hyd-RGS	20.05.14
31		04	V Kohli	73		Bangalore	Chennai	Bangalore	24.05.14
32	*	02	V Kohli	79		Bangalore	Delhi	Bangalore	17.04.16
33		03	AB de Villiers	55		Bangalore	Delhi	Bangalore	17.04.16
34	*	01	V Kohli	100	*	Bangalore	Gujarat	Rajkot	24.04.16
35	+	04	KL Rahul	51	*	Bangalore	Gujarat	Rajkot	24.04.16
36	+	02	KL Rahul	51		Bangalore	Sunrisers	Hyd-RGS	30.04.16
37	*	03	V Kohli	52		Bangalore	Gujarat	Rajkot	02.05.16
38	+	01	KL Rahul	52		Bangalore	Kolkata	Bangalore	02.05.16
39		01	CH Gayle	76		Bangalore	Sunrisers	Bangalore	29.05.16
40	*	02	V Kohli	54		Bangalore	Sunrisers	Bangalore	29.05.16
41		03	AB de Villiers	89	*	Bangalore	Punjab	Indore	10.04.17
No		Pos	Batsman	Runs		Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1		01	G Gambhir	80		Delhi	Chennai	Delhi	08.05.08
2		04	S Dhawan	59		Delhi	Chennai	Delhi	08.05.08
3	*	02	V Sehwag	51	*	Delhi	Punjab	Delhi	17.05.08
4		03	AB de illiers	50		Delhi	Rajasthan	Centurion	28.04.09
5	+	05	KD Karthik	52		Delhi	Chennai	Jo’burg	02.05.09
6		02	DA Warner	51		Delhi	Chennai	Jo’burg	02.05.09
7		04	TM Dilshan	65		Delhi	Deccan	Centurion	22.05.09
8		01	V Sehwag	74		Delhi	Chennai	Delhi	19.03.10
9		01	DA Warner	57		Delhi	Deccan	Cuttack	21.03.10
10		02	V Sehwag	64		Delhi	Kolkata	Kolkata	07.04.10
11		06	PD Collingwood	51	*	Delhi	Deccan	Delhi	18.04.10
12		01	DA Warner	54		Delhi	Rajasthan	Jaipur	12.04.11
13		06	YVG Rao	60		Delhi	Rajasthan	Jaipur	12.04.11
14		01	DA Warner	51		Delhi	Deccan	Delhi	19.04.11
15		03	JR Hopes	54		Delhi	Bangalore	Delhi	26.04.11
16		06	JR Hopes	55		Delhi	Mumbai	Mumbai	07.05.11
17		06	LRPL Taylor	55		Delhi	Bangalore	Delhi	17.05.12
18		01	MJayawardene	55		Delhi	Chennai	Chennai	25.05.12
19		03	MJayawardene	66		Delhi	Kolkata	Kolkata	03.04.13
20		01	DA Warner	77		Delhi	Rajasthan	Delhi	06.04.13
21		02	DA Warner	61		Delhi	Mumbai	Mumbai	09.04.13
22		05	BJ Roheror	64		Delhi	Rajasthan	Jaipur	07.05.13
23		05	JP Duminy	67	*	Delhi	Bangalore	Sharjah	17.04.14
24		02	M Vijay	52		Delhi	Sunrisers	Dubai-DSC	25.04.14
25	+	04	KD Karthik	51		Delhi	Chennai	Delhi	05.05.14
26		05	MK Tiwary	61	*	Delhi	Rajasthan	Ahmedabad	15.05.14
27	+	04	KD Karthik	69		Delhi	Punjab	Delhi	19.05.14
28	*	01	KP Pietersen	58		Delhi	Punjab	Mohali	25.05.14
29		03	JA Morkel	73	*	Delhi	Chennai	Chennai	09.04.15
30	*	03	JP Duminy	56		Delhi	Rajasthan	Mum-BS	03.05.15
31		05	Yuvraj Singh	57		Delhi	Mumbai	Mumbai	05.05.15
32	+	01	Q de Kock	50		Delhi	Sunrisers	Raipur	09.05.15
33		05	KM Jadhav	63	*	Delhi	Sunrisers	Raipur	09.05.15
34		06	CH Morris	82	*	Delhi	Gujarat	Delhi	27.04.16
35	+	01	Q de Kock	60		Delhi	Bangalore	Raipur	22.05.16
36		05	R Pant	57		Delhi	Bangalore	Bangalore	09.04.17
No		Pos	Batsman	Runs		Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	*	03	SK Raina	75		Gujarat	Sunrisers	Rajkot	21.05.16
2	+	05	KD Karthik	53		Gujarat	Delhi	Rajkot	03.05.16
3		05	AJ Finch	51	*	Gujarat	Sunrisers	Hyd-RGS	06.05.16
4		05	DR Smith	73		Gujarat	Bangalore	Bangalore	24.05.16
5		06	AJ Finch	50		Gujarat	Sunrisers	Delhi	27.05.16
6		07	SK Raina	68	*	Gujarat	Kolkata	Rajkot	07.04.17
No		Pos	Batsman	Runs		Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	*	02	SC Ganguly	51		Kolkata	Rajasthan	Jaipur	01.05.08
2		01	Salman Butt	73		Kolkata	Chennai	Kolkata	17.05.08
3		05	DJ Hussey	71		Kolkata	Punjab	Mohali	03.05.08
4	+	07	WP Saha	59	*	Kolkata	Punjab	Mohali	03.05.08
5		03	BJ Hodge	73		Kolkata	Mumbai	E London	01.05.09
6		03	BJ Hodge	70	*	Kolkata	Punjab	P E’beth	03.05.09
7	+	01	MN van Wyk	74		Kolkata	Delhi	Durban	05.05.09
8	*	01	BB McCullum	84	*	Kolkata	Bangalore	Centurion	12.05.09
9		01	CH Gayle	75		Kolkata	Mumbai	Mum-BS	22.03.10
10		02	CH Gayle	88		Kolkata	Punjab	Kolkata	04.04.10
11		01	JH Kallis	54		Kolkata	Chennai	Chennai	08.04.11
12		02	EJG Morgan	66		Kolkata	Kochi	Kochi	05.05.11
13		01	JH Kallis	59		Kolkata	Mumbai	Kolkata	22.05.11
14		06	RNtenDoeschate	70	*	Kolkata	Mumbai	Mumbai	25.05.11
15		04	MK Tiwari	59		Kolkata	Rajasthan	Jaipur	08.04.12
16		03	JH Kallis	79		Kolkata	Mumbai	Kolkata	12.05.12
17		05	EJG Morgan	51		Kolkata	Rajasthan	Jaipur	08.04.13
18		02	G Gambhir	59		Kolkata	Bangalore	Bangalore	11.04.12
19	*	02	G Gambhir	59		Kolkata	Punjab	Mohali	16.04.13
20		04	YK Pathan	72		Kolkata	Pune	Ranchi	15.05.13
21		04	RV Uthapppa	55		Kolkata	Delhi	Dubai-SSC	19.04.14
22		01	RV Uthappa	65		Kolkata	Rajasthan	Ahmedabad	05.05.14
23		02	G Gambhir	54		Kolkata	Rajasthan	Ahmedabad	05.05.14
24		02	G Gambhir	58		Kolkata	Bangalore	Kolkata	11.04.15
25		04	YK Pathan	52		Kolkata	Mumbai	Mumbai	14.05.15
26	*	02	G Gambhir	64		Kolkata	Mumbai	Kolkata	13.04.16
27		03	MK Pandey	52		Kolkata	Mumbai	Kolkata	13.04.16
28	*	02	G Gambhir	59		Kolkata	Mumbai	Mumbai	28.04.16
29		01	RV Uthappa	72		Kolkata	Delhi	Delhi	30.04.16
30		05	ShakibAl Hasan	66	*	Kolkata	Gujarat	Kolkata	08.05.16
31		06	YK Pathan	63	*	Kolkata	Gujarat	Kolkata	08.05.16
32	*	02	G Gambhir	51		Kolkata	Bangalore	Kolkata	16.05.16
33		03	MK Pandey	50		Kolkata	Bangalore	Kolkata	16.05.16
34		04	MK Pandey	81*		Kolkata	Mumbai	Mum-WS	09.04.17
No		Pos	Batsman	Runs		Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1		02	F du Plessis	69		Ris Pune	Gujarat	Rajkot	14.04.16
2		02	F du Plessis	67		Ris Pune	Punjab	Mohali	17.04.16
3		01	AM Rahane	67		Ris Pune	Kolkata	Pune-SRS	24.04.16
4		01	AM Rahane	53		Ris Pune	Gujarat	Pune-SRS	29.04.16
5		03	SPD Smith	101		Ris Pune	Gujarat	Pune-SRS	29.04.16
6		02	SS Tiwary	57		Ris Pune	Mumbai	Pune-SRS	01.05.16
7		01	AM Rahane	74		Ris Pune	Bangalore	Bangalore	07.05.16
8		03	SS Tiwary	52		Ris Pune	Bangalore	Bangalore	07.05.16
9		04	BA Stokes	50		Ris Pune	Punjab	Indore	08.04.17