KPL 2018 – Match No 02 – Bijapur Bulls vs Hubli Tigers at Bangalore on 16.08.18 – Hubli Tigers won by four wickets
B Chipli was appearing in his 46th game in KPL. He became the second most capped cricketer in KPL. Amit Verma and M Nidesh have played 47 games in KPL.
B Chipli scored 29 runs in this game which fetched him an aggregate of 988 runs in KPL. He now occupies the second place in the list of batsmen who have scored most runs in KPL. MA Agarwal with 1419 runs to his credit occupies the first place.
R Vinay Kumar’s lone wicket in this game gave him an aggregate of 48 wickets in KPL. He occupies the second place in the lost of most wicket takers in KPL. K Gowtham with 52 wickets to his credit occupies the first place.
NS Bhiile dismissed four batsmen in this game to become the fourth wicketkeeper to dismiss four or batsmen in an innings in KPL. The following table lists the four wicketkeepers
| No | Player | Dis | Ct | St | Inns | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | RK Sabharwal | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Mangalore | v Diamonds | Bengaluru | 29 Sep 2010 |
| 2 | VST Naidu | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | Provident | v Gladiators | Bengaluru | 24 Sep 2010 |
| 3 | KN Bharath | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | Panthers | v Hubli Tigers | Mysore | 30 Aug 2014 |
| 4 | NS Bhille | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Hubli Tigers | v Bulls | Bengaluru | 16 Aug 2018 |
A Bajapi and KN Bharat were dismissed stumped in this game to provide the 86th and 87th occasion of a batsman dismissed stumped in KPL.
B Chipli was captaining a team for the 20th occasion in KPL. He became the fifth captain to lead a team in 20 or more games in KPL> Others are – B Akhil {35}, R Vinay Kumar {33}, RK Sabharwal {24} and K Sudeep {20}
Mohammad Taha scored 62 in this game which represents his eighth fifty in KPL. He shares the second place for most fifties by a batsman in KPL with B Chipli. MA Agarwal with nine fifties to his credit occupy the first place.
Mohammad Taha scored 62 in this game which represents his eighth half-century in KPL. He shares the record for most half-centuries by a batsman in KPL with B Chipli.
Mohd Taha’s aggregate run in KPL read 981 at the end of this game. He now stands third in the list of most run-getters in KPL. MA Agarwal {1419} and B Chipli {988} occupy the first two places.
Mohd Taha was dismissed run out for 62 in this game to provide the 248th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in KPL. It also provides the 28th occasion of an opening batsman batting at number one dismissed run out in KPL, It also provides the ninth occasion of a batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in KPL. All the nine occasions are tabulated below
| No | Batsmen | MoD | Runs | Team | Opposition | Venue | Date | |
| 1 | A Hoysala | R out | 87 | Mysuru-W | Mangalore | Hubballi | 05.09.15 | |
| 2 | + | M Viswanathan | R out | 65 | Blasters | Panthers | Mysore | 08.09.17 |
| 3 | R Samarth | R out | 64 | Bulls | Panthers | Hubballi | 17.09.16 | |
| 4 | + | VST Naidu | R out | 63 | Provident | Bulls | Bangalore | 14.09.09 |
| 5 | KN Bharat | R out | 62 | Panthers | Hubli-T | Hubballi | 20.09.17 | |
| 6 | Nikin Jose | R out | 55 | Blasters | Bellary | Hubballi | 16.09.17 | |
| 7 | R Samarth | R out | 53 | Bulls | Shivamogga | Hubballi | 24.09.16 | |
| 8 | + | Anurag Bajpai | R out | 51 | Panthers | Mangalore | Hubballi | 29.09.16 |
| 9 | Mohd Taha | R out | 62 | Hubli | Bulls | Bangalore | 16.08.18 |
Hubli Tigers posted its 20th win in KPL to become the third team to win 20 plus matches in KPL. Others are – Bijapur Bulls {27} and Belgavi Panthers {26}