Batsmen dismissed by the first ball of the match in the Indian Premier League
CH Gayle of Bangalore was dismissed by the first ball of the match against Punjab at Bangalore on 06.05.17 to provide the 20th occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of the match in the history of the Indian Premier League. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Pos | Batsman | Runs | Balls | Team | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| 1 | 01 | PA Patel | 00 | 01 | Chennai | Rajasthan | Jaipur | 04.05.08 |
| 2 | 01 | G Gambhir | 00 | 01 | Delhi | Chennai | Durban | 23.04.09 |
| 3 | 01 | JH Kallis | 00 | 01 | Bangalore | Delhi | P Elizabeth | 26.04.09 |
| 4 | 02 | K Goel | 00 | 00 | Punjab | Rajasthan | Cape Town | 26.04.09 |
| 5 | 01 | BB McCullum | 00 | 01 | Kolkata | Bangalore | Durban | 29.04.09 |
| 6 | 01 | ST Jayasuriya | 00 | 01 | Mumbai | Delhi | Centurion | 21.05.09 |
| 7 | 01 | S Badarinath | 00 | 01 | Chennai | Punjab | Centurion | 07.05.09 |
| 8 | 01 | MJ Lumb | 00 | 01 | Rajasthan | Kolkata | Ahmedabad | 20.03.10 |
| 9 | 01 | MK Tiwary | 00 | 01 | Kolkata | Deccan | Mum-DYP | 12.03.10 |
| 10 | 01 | S Aniruddha | 00 | 01 | Chennai | Punjab | Mohali | 13.04.11 |
| 11 | 01 | BB McCullum | 00 | 01 | Kochi | Pune | Mum-DYP | 13.04.11 |
| 12 | 01 | MA Agarwal | 00 | 01 | Bangalore | Mumbai | Bangalore | 12.04.11 |
| 13 | 01 | PA Patel | 00 | 01 | Deccan | Pune | Cuttack | 01.05.12 |
| 14 | 01 | MK Pandey | 00 | 01 | Pune | Deccan | Cuttack | 01.05.12 |
| 15 | 02 | M Vijay | 00 | 00 | Chennai | Delhi | Delhi | 10.04.12 |
| 16 | 01 | U Chand | 00 | 00 | Delhi | Kolkata | Kolkata | 03.04.13 |
| 17 | 01 | MDKJ Perera | 00 | 00 | Rajasthan | Pune | Pune-MCA | 11.04.13 |
| 18 | 01 | JH Kallis | 00 | 01 | Kolkata | Delhi | Dubai {CA} | 19.04.14 |
| 19 | 01 | DR Smith | 01 | 01 | Chennai | Kolkata | Chennai | 30.04.15 |
| 20 | 01 | CH Gayle | 01 | 01 | Bangalore | Punjab | Bangalore | 06.05.17 |
CH Gayle became the third Bangalore batsman to be dismissed by the first ball of the match in the tournament after JH Kallis and MA Agarwal
| No | Pos | Batsman | Runs | Balls | Team | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| 1 | 01 | JH Kallis | 00 | 01 | Bangalore | Delhi | P Elizabeth | 26.04.09 |
| 2 | 01 | MA Agarwal | 00 | 01 | Bangalore | Mumbai | Bangalore | 12.04.11 |
| 3 | 01 | CH Gayle | 01 | 01 | Bangalore | Punjab | Bangalore | 06.05.17 |
CH Gayle became the third batsman to be dismissed by the first ball of the match against Punjab in the tournament after S Badrinath and S Aniruddha
| No | Pos | Batsman | Runs | Balls | Team | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| 7 | 01 | S Badarinath | 00 | 01 | Chennai | Punjab | Centurion | 07.05.09 |
| 10 | 01 | S Aniruddha | 00 | 01 | Chennai | Punjab | Mohali | 13.04.11 |
| 20 | 01 | CH Gayle | 01 | 01 | Bangalore | Punjab | Bangalore | 06.05.17 |
M Chinnaswamy stadium, Bangalore has witnessed two occasions of batsman dismissed by the first ball of the match in the tournament. MA Agarwal and CH Gayle are the batsman. Coincidentally both represented Bangalore
| No | Pos | Batsman | Runs | Balls | Team | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| 1 | 01 | MA Agarwal | 00 | 01 | Bangalore | Mumbai | Bangalore | 12.04.11 |
| 20 | 01 | CH Gayle | 01 | 01 | Bangalore | Punjab | Bangalore | 06.05.17 |
BB McCullum, JH Kallis and PA Patel are the three batsmen in the tournament to be dismissed by the first ball of the match on two occasions. The performance of these three batsmen are tabulated below
| No | Pos | Batsman | Runs | Balls | Team | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| 1 | 01 | BB McCullum | 00 | 01 | Kolkata | Bangalore | Durban | 29.04.09 |
| 2 | 01 | BB McCullum | 00 | 01 | Kochi | Pune | Mum-DYP | 13.04.11 |
| 1 | 01 | JH Kallis | 00 | 01 | Bangalore | Delhi | P Elizabeth | 26.04.09 |
| 2 | 01 | JH Kallis | 00 | 01 | Kolkata | Delhi | Dubai {CA} | 19.04.14 |
| 1 | 01 | PA Patel | 00 | 01 | Chennai | Rajasthan | Jaipur | 04.05.08 |
| 2 | 01 | PA Patel | 00 | 01 | Deccan | Pune | Cuttack | 01.05.12 |