PU Deshpande Runsd 76 not out in this game to provide the 209th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in KPL. It also provides the fifth occasion of Bangalore Blasters batsmen scoring a fifty in KPL. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
01	M Vishwanathan	65	Blasters	Panthers	Mysore	08.09.17
02	Nikin Jose	55	Blasters	Bellary	Hubballi	16.09.17
03	RV Uthappa	81	Blasters	Panthers	Bangalore	15.08.18
04	Arshdeep Singh	67	Blasters	Bellary	Bangalore	15.08.18
05	PU Deshpande	76*	Blasters	Mysuru-W	Mysuru	02.09.18

PU Deshpande’s 76 not out in this game represent his fourth fifty in KPL. All his fifties are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	PU Deshpande	52	Diamonds	Bulls	Bangalore	26.09.10
2	PU Deshpande	51*	Diamonds	Maharaajas	Bangalore	28.09.10
3	PU Deshpande	51	Mangalore	Bellary	Bangalore	05.09.14
4	PU Deshpande	76*	Blasters	Mysuru-W	Mysuru	02.09.18

It also represents his highest individual Runs in KPL. His previous best was 52 representing Shamanoor Davanagere Diamonds against Bijapur Bulls at Bangalore on 26.09.10

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	PU Deshpande	76*	Blasters	Mysuru-W	Mysuru	02.09.18
2	PU Deshpande	52	Diamonds	Bulls	Bangalore	26.09.10

This game witnessed three batsmen caught by substitutes to provide the 26^th occasion of a batsman caught by substitutes in KPL.

No		Batsmen	MoD	Runs	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	*	C Raghu	Ct-s	15	Maharajaas	Bulls	Bangalore	10.09.09
2		N Haldipur	Ct-s	11	Mangalore	Malnad	Bangalore	15.09.09
3	*+	RV Uthappa	Ct-s	05	Brigadiers	Malnad	Bangalore	27.09.10
4		TK Ananth	Ct-s	01	Brigadiers	Malnad	Bangalore	27.09.10
5		B Chipli	Ct-s	20	Belgavi	Bulls	Bangalore	05.09.14
6	+	KB Pawan	Ct-s	25	Mysuru-W	Bellary	Bangalore	07.09.14
7		Amit Verma	Ct-s	06	Bellary	Shivamogga	Hubballi	06.09.15
8		CJ William	Ct-s	30	Hubli-T	Panthers	Hubballi	08.09.15
9		S Kaushik	Ct-s	04	Hubli-T	Panthers	Hubballi	08.09.15
10		DK Mathias	Ct-s	16	Shivamogga	Mangalore	Hubballi	22.09.16
11	*	MK Pandey	Ct-s	04	Mysuru-W	Bulls	Hubballi	23.09.16
12		J Suchith	Ct-s	06	Mysuru-W	Belgavi	Hubballi	24.09.16
13	+	ND Ullal	Ct-s	11	Mysuru-W	Belgavi	Hubballi	24.09.16
14		KN Bharath	Ct-s	08	Panthers	Bellary	Mysore	12.09.17
15		HS Sharath	Ct-s	17	Bulls	Shivamogga	Hubballi	22.09.17
16		R Jonathan	Ct-s	29	Shivamogga	Hubli-T	Hubballi	19.08.18
17		CA Karthik	Ct-s	31	Bellary	Panthers	Hubballi	25.08.18
18		AA Kazi	Ct-s	10	Bellary	Panthers	Hubballi	25.08.18
19		S Manager	Ct-s	58	Mysuru-W	Hubli-T	Mysuru	26.08.18
20		R Jonathan	Ct-s	29	Shivamogga	Mysuru-W	Mysuru	28.08.18
21	*	AA Joshi	Ct-s	05	Shivamogga	Mysuru-W	Mysuru	28.08.18
22		K Kamat	Ct-s	00	Shivamogga	Mysuru-W	Mysuru	28.08.18
23		P Shekawat	Ct-s	00	Shivamogga	Panthers	Mysuru	02.09.18
24		AA Hoysala	Ct-s	06	Mysuru-W	Blasters	Mysuru	02.09.18
25	+	S Sharath	Ct-s	37	Mysuru-W	Blasters	Mysuru	02.09.18
26		NP Bhareth	Cr-s	12	Mysuru-W	Blasters	Mysuru	02.09.18

S Sharath became the fourth wicket keeper batsman to be dismissed caught by a substitute in KPL. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	*+	Batsmen	MoD	Runs	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	*+	RV Uthappa	Ct-s	05	Brigadiers	Malnad	Bangalore	27.09.10
2	+	KB Pawan	Ct-s	25	Mysuru-W	Bellary	Bangalore	07.09.14
3	+	ND Ullal	Ct-s	11	Mysuru-W	Belgavi	Hubballi	24.09.16
4	+	S Sharath	Ct-s	37	Mysuru-W	Blasters	Mysuru	02.09.18

This game witnessed three Mysuru Warriors batsmen caught by substitutes to provide the eight occasions of Mysuru Warriors batsman caught by substitutes in KPL. All such occasions are listed below

No	Batsmen	MoD	Runs	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	KB Pawan	Ct-s	25	Mysuru-W	Bellary	Bangalore	07.09.14
2	MK Pandey	Ct-s	04	Mysuru-W	Bulls	Hubballi	23.09.16
3	J Suchith	Ct-s	06	Mysuru-W	Belgavi	Hubballi	24.09.16
4	ND Ullal	Ct-s	11	Mysuru-W	Belgavi	Hubballi	24.09.16
5	S Manager	Ct-s	58	Mysuru-W	Hubli-T	Mysuru	26.08.18
6	AA Hoysala	Ct-s	06	Mysuru-W	Blasters	Mysuru	02.09.18
7	S Sharath	Ct-s	37	Mysuru-W	Blasters	Mysuru	02.09.18
8	NP Bhareth	Cr-s	12	Mysuru-W	Blasters	Mysuru	02.09.18

This game witnessed three batsmen caught by substitutes to provide the second occasion of three batsman caught by substitutes in KPL. Both such occasions are listed below

No	Batsmen	MoD	Runs	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	R Jonathan	Ct-s	29	Shivamogga	Mysuru-W	Mysuru	28.08.18
2	AA Joshi	Ct-s	05	Shivamogga	Mysuru-W	Mysuru	28.08.18
3	K Kamat	Ct-s	00	Shivamogga	Mysuru-W	Mysuru	28.08.18
1	AA Hoysala	Ct-s	06	Mysuru-W	Blasters	Mysuru	02.09.18
2	S Sharath	Ct-s	37	Mysuru-W	Blasters	Mysuru	02.09.18
3	NP Bhareth	Cr-s	12	Mysuru-W	Blasters	Mysuru	02.09.18

Amit Verma’s aggregate of boundary fours in KPL read 101 at the end of this game. He became the fifth batsman in the history of KPL to aggregate 100 plus boundary fours. Others are – MA Agarwal {134}, Mohammed Taha {116}. B Chipli {109} and RR Bhatkal {107}

RV Uthappa’s run-aggregate read 918 at the end of this game. He became the tenth batsman to total 900 plus runs in KPL. The following table lists all those batsmen

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
1	MA Agarwal	41	41	06	1419	119*	40.54	3	6	0	134	55
2	B Chipli	49	47	01	1121	089	24.36	0	9	6	109	48
3	Amit Verma	53	48	06	1075	073*	25.59	0	3	0	101	34
4	R Jonathan	49	46	09	1065	077	28.78	0	6	3	080	42
5	Mohammed Taha	36	35	01	1055	093	31.02	0	9	1	116	53
6	RR Bhatkal	50	46	08	1015	083*	26.71	0	3	3	107	21
7	R Vinay Kumar	48	43	07	1004	070	27.88	0	5	0	078	28
8	KB Pawan	47	46	03	0965	073	22.44	0	6	2	099	21
9	M Nidesh	51	46	13	0940	070	28.48	0	4	2	052	42
10	RV Uthappa	34	32	04	0918	081	32.78	0	7	4	078	36

This game was won by Bangalore Blasters by two runs margin to provide the 24th occasion of a team winning a KPL game by single-digit margin

No	Winner	Margin	Target	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Bulls	5 runs	157	maharajas	Bangalore	10 Sep 2009
2	Panthers	6 runs	153	Gladiators	Bangalore	13 Sep 2009
3	Diamonds	7 runs	044	Gladiators	Bangalore	17 Sep 2009
4	Gladiators	2 runs	116	Diamonds	Bangalore	17 Sep 2010
5	Panthers	1 run	132	Brigadiers	Bangalore	18 Sep 2010
6	Diamonds	4 runs	117	Provident	Bangalore	18 Sep 2010
7	Maharaajas	5 runs	131	Brigadiers	Bangalore	21 Sep 2010
8	Mangalore	2 runs	136	Gladiators	Bangalore	23 Sep 2010
9	Mangalore	4 runs	176	Bulls	Mysore	31 Aug 2014
10	Hubli-T	3 runs	154	Mangalore	Bangalore	06 Sep 2014
11	Mysore-W	6 runs	133	Panthers	Bangalore	06 Sep 2014
12	Mangalore	6 runs	153	Mysore-W	Hubballi	09 Sep 2014
13	Bellary	7 runs	165	Mangalore	Mysore	12 Sep 2015
14	Hubli-T	3 runs	111	Bellary	Mysore	16 Sep 2015
15	Mysuru-W	9 runs	158	Bellary	Hubballi	28 Sep 2016
16	Mysuru-W	4 runs	151	Bulls	Mysore	04 Sep 2017
17	Bulls	1 run	066	Blasters	Hubballi	15 Sep 2017
18	Bulls	1 run	155	Panthers	Hubballi	18 Sep 2017
19	Hubballi Tigers	8 runs	124	Bellary	Hubballi	19 Sep 2017
20	Blasters	6 runs	168	Bellary	Bangalore	17 Aug 2018
21	Hubli-T	3 runs	182	Mysuru-W	Mysore	26 Aug 2018
22	Mysore-W	1 run	201	Panthers	Mysuru	31 Aug 2018
23	Bulls	2 runs	168	Mysuru-W	Mysuru	01 Sep 2018
24	Blasters	2 runs	148	Mysuru-W	Mysuru	02 Sep 2018

This game was won  by Bangalore Blasters by two runs margin to provide the fourth occasion of a team winning a KPL game by exact two runs margin

No	Winner	Margin	Target	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Gladiators	2 runs	116	Diamonds	Bangalore	17 Sep 2010
2	Mangalore	2 runs	136	Gladiators	Bangalore	23 Sep 2010
3	Bulls	2 runs	168	Mysuru-W	Mysuru	01 Sep 2018
4	Blasters	2 runs	148	Mysuru-W	Mysuru	02 Sep 2018

Mysuru Warriors became the second team to lose a game in KPL by a single-digit margin after Bellary Tuskers. The following table lists the four such occasions of both these teams  

No	Winner	Margin	Target	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Hubli-T	3 runs	111	Bellary	Mysore	16 Sep 2015
2	Mysuru-W	9 runs	158	Bellary	Hubballi	28 Sep 2016
3	Hubballi Tigers	8 runs	124	Bellary	Hubballi	19 Sep 2017
4	Blasters	6 runs	168	Bellary	Bangalore	17 Aug 2018
1	Mangalore	6 runs	153	Mysore-W	Hubballi	09 Sep 2014
2	Hubli-T	3 runs	182	Mysuru-W	Mysore	26 Aug 2018
3	Bulls	2 runs	168	Mysuru-W	Mysuru	01 Sep 2018
4	Blasters	2 runs	148	Mysuru-W	Mysuru	02 Sep 2018

Blasters won this game by two runs to provide the fifth occasion of a team winning a game by a single-digit margin in the ongoing edition of 2018. KPL has witnesses another edition – 2010 – in which there were five occasions of teams winning games by single-digit margin. The following table lists both the editions.

No	Winner	Margin	Target	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Gladiators	2 runs	116	Diamonds	Bangalore	17 Sep 2010
2	Panthers	1 run	132	Brigadiers	Bangalore	18 Sep 2010
3	Diamonds	4 runs	117	Provident	Bangalore	18 Sep 2010
4	Maharaajas	5 runs	131	Brigadiers	Bangalore	21 Sep 2010
5	Mangalore	2 runs	136	Gladiators	Bangalore	23 Sep 2010
1	Blasters	6 runs	168	Bellary	Bangalore	17 Aug 2018
2	Hubli-T	3 runs	182	Mysuru-W	Mysore	26 Aug 2018
3	Mysore-W	1 run	201	Panthers	Mysuru	31 Aug 2018
4	Bulls	2 runs	168	Mysuru-W	Mysuru	01 Sep 2018
5	Blasters	2 runs	148	Mysuru-W	Mysuru	02 Sep 2018