Salient Stats of Match No 03 – Bangalore vs Kolkata at Kolkata on 08.04.18
BB McCullum competed 9000 runs of his T20 career when he was on 8 during his knock of 43 in this game. His aggregate runs read 9035 at the end of this game. He became the second batsman to score 9000 plus runs in the history of T20 games after CH Gayle. CH Gayle has an aggregate of 11068 runs in T20 games.
BB McCullum became the first batsman in the history of T20 games to score 850 boundary fours. He neeed four boundary fours to reach the land mark. He scored six boundary fours in his knock of 43 in this game which fetched him an aggregate of 852 boundary fours.
V Kohli and RV Uthappa became the fifth and sixth cricketers to play 150 plus games in IPL. This game was the 150th game for both the cricketers. Others to appear in 150 plus games in IPL are – SK Raina {162}, MS Dhoni {160}. RG Sharma {160} and KD Karthik {153}
V Kohli became the first cricketer in the history of IPL to appear in 150 games for a single team. All his 150 games were played representing Royal Challengers Bangalore.
AB de Villiers had an aggregate of 3473 runs in IPL prior to the start of this edition. He needed 27 more runs for his 3500 runs. He scored 44 runs in this game which fetched him an aggregate of 3517 runs. He beaome the tenth batsman to total 3500 plus runs in IPL. Others to score 3500 plus runs in IPL are – SK Raina {4544}, V Kohli {4449}, RG Sharma {4222}, G Gambhir {4132}, DA Warner {4014}, RV Uthappa {3791}, CH Gayle {3626}, MS Dhoni {3566} and S Dhawan {3561}
AB de Villiers scored five boundary sixes in this game which fetched him an aggregate of 162 boundary sixes in IPL. He became the fifth batsman in the history of IPL to score 160 plus boundary sixes. Others are – CH Gayle {265}. RG Sharma {173}, SK Raina {173}, AB de Villiers {162}, DA Warner {160} and V Kohli {160}. V Kohli joined this elite list in this game. His lone boundary six in this game fetched him a total of 160 boundary sixes.