Second Semi Final – Bijapur Bulls Vs Namma Shivamogga at Hubballi on Sept 22, 2017 – Bijpur Bulls won by four wickets with two balls to spare

Three cricketers – R Jonathan, M Nidesh and AA Joshi – were making their 45^th appearance in KPL in this game. They occupy the second place jointly in the list of cricketers who have played most games in KPL. The first place is occupied by Amit Verma who has played 45 games in KPL.

R Jonathan’s run aggregate in KPL read 967 at the end of this game. He now stands second in the list of batsmen who have scored most runs in KPL. The first place is occupied by MA Agarwal who has scored 1419 runs. MA Agarwal and R Jonathan are the only two batsmen who have aggregated 950 plus runs in KPL. R Jonathan went past B Chipli who has an aggregate of 949 runs on his way to second place. {stats as at the end of Namma Shivamogga innings}

B Chipli joined MA Agarwal and R Jonathan as the third batsman to total 950 plus runs. He made 10 in Bijapur Bulls innings to take  his aggregate in KPL to 959  runs.

B Akhil’s boundary sixes aggregate in KPL read 42. He occupies the third place in the list of batsmen who have scored most sixes in KPL. Others are – MA Agarwal {52} and Mohd Taha {49}.

M Nidish became the seventh batsman in KPL to score 36 or more boundary sixes. The complete list read thus. B Chipli and R Jonthan joined the list when they scored two and one boundary six in this match. B Chipli became the  fourth batsman to score 40 plus boundary sixes in KPL.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
1	MA Agarwal	41	41	6	1419	119*	40.54	3	6	0	134	55
2	Mohammed Taha	31*	30	1	889	93	30.65	0	7	0	91	49
3	B Akhil	42*	35	12	754	69*	32.78	0	5	0	56	42
4	B Chipli	44*	42	1	959	89	23.39	0	8	5	89	41
5	AA Joshi	45*	39	16	708	56*	30.78	0	2	1	46	37
6	R Jonathan	45*	42	9	967	77	29.30	0	6	3	74	37
7	M Nidesh	45*	40	10	845	70	28.16	0	4	2	50	36

S Manager’s aggregate runs at the end of this game read 510. He became the 28th batsman to total 500 plus runs in the tournament.

Bijapur Bulls posted its 27^th win in KPL when it won this game by four wickets and own the record for most wins in KPL. Close behind is Belagavi Panthers with 25 wins

Bijapur Bulls won this game with two balls to spare to provide the ninth occasion of a team winning a KPL game by exact two deliveries to spare. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Provident	7 wkts	2	142	19.4	20.0	v Brigadiers	Bengaluru	19 Sep 2010
2	Diamonds	4 wkts	2	175	19.4	20.0	v Bulls	Bengaluru	26 Sep 2010
3	Bulls	7 wkts	2	168	19.4	20.0	v Mysuru-W	Mysore	14 Sep 2015
4	Shivamogga	4 wkts	2	159	15.4	16.0	v Bellary	Hubballi	18 Sep 2016
5	Bulls	7 wkts	2	189	19.4	20.0	v Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	19 Sep 2016
6	Mysuru-W	4 wkts	2	162	19.4	20.0	v Bulls	Hubballi	23 Sep 2016
7	Hubli Tigers	5 wkts	2	174	19.4	20.0	v Mangalore	Hubballi	25 Sep 2016
8	Mysuru-W	3 wkts	2	155	19.4	20.0	v Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	14 Sep 2017
9	Bulls	4 wkts	2	158	19.4	20.0	v Shivamogga	Hubballi	22 Sep 2017

Bijapur Bulls won this game with two balls to spare to provide the third occasion of Bijapur Bulls winning a KPL game by exact two deliveries to spare. Mysuru Warriors has  won two KPL games  with  exact two deliveries  to  spare. All such occasions are tabulated below. Thus Bijapur Bulls has  won most KPL games with exact two deliveries to spare

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Bulls	7 wkts	2	168	19.4	20.0	v Mysuru-W	Mysore	14 Sep 2015
2	Bulls	7 wkts	2	189	19.4	20.0	v Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	19 Sep 2016
3	Bulls	4 wkts	2	158	19.4	20.0	v Shivamogga	Hubballi	22 Sep 2017
1	Mysuru-W	4 wkts	2	162	19.4	20.0	v Bulls	Hubballi	23 Sep 2016
2	Mysuru-W	3 wkts	2	155	19.4	20.0	v Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	14 Sep 2017