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Indian Premier League witness an unique oddity

Indian Premier League witness an unique oddity

In the 22nd game of the ongoing IPL edition 2020 in UAE between Sunrisers and Punjab at Dub-DSC on 08.10.20, Punjab’s innings threw up an unique happening in T20 games and also in Indian Premier League. Punjab’s batsmen batting at number nine, ten and eleven scored ducks. Number nine – Mohammad Shami faced one delivery, Number ten – S Cottrell faced two deliveries and Number eleven – A Singh faced three deliveries. Perhaps for the first time in the history of T20 games and Indian Premier League a game has witnessed such an happening – Number nine, Number ten and number eleven scoring ducks facing one, two and three deliveries respectively

Stats highlights of Match No 21 of IPL 2020

Stats highlights of Match No 21 of IPL 2020

MS Dhoni effected four dismissals – all caught – in this game to provide the 18th occasion of a wicket keeper effecting four or more dismissals in an innings in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerDisITeamOppGroundDate
1Sangakkara52DecBanHydRGS14.04.11
2YV Takawale41MumRajMumbai07.05.08
3MN van Wyk42KolBanDurban29.04.09
4KD Karthik42DelhiRajB’fontein17.05.09
5RV Uthappa42PuneMumMumbai06.04.12
6AC Gilchrist41PunCheDharamsala17.05.12
7BB McCullum42KolDelhiPuneMCA22.05.12
8MS Dhoni41CheBanChennai13.04.13
9PA Patel42MumGujMumbai16.04.16
10NV Ojha42SunMumVizag08.05.16
11WP Saha42PunRPunVizag21.05.16
12WP Saha41PunSunHydRGS17.04.17
14KD Karthik41KolRajKolkata15.05.18
15H Klassen42RajBanJaipur19.05.18
16Q de Kock42MumCheMumbai03.04.19
17SV Samson42RajCheSharjah22.09.20
18MS Dhoni41CheKolA Dhabi07.10.20

MS Dhoni effected four dismissals – all caught – in this game to provide the seventh occasion of a wicket keeper effecting four or more dismissal – all caught – in an innings in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerDisCtITeamOppGroundDate
1Sangakkara552DecBanHydRGS14.04.11
2MN van Wyk442KolBanDurban29.04.09
3AC Gilchrist441PunCheDharamsala17.05.12
4PA Patel442MumGujMumbai16.04.16
5NV Ojha442SunMumVizag08.05.16
6Q de Kock442MumCheMumbai03.04.19
7MS Dhoni441CheKolA Dhabi07.10.20

MS Dhoni became the third wicket keeper to effect four dismissals in an innings on two occasions in the tournament after KD Karthik and WP Saha. The following table lists the performance of these three wicketkeepers

NoPlayerDisITeamOppGroundDate
1KD Karthik42DelhiRajB’fontein17.05.09
2KD Karthik41KolRajKolkata15.05.18
        
1MS Dhoni41CheBanChennai13.04.13
2MS Dhoni41CheKolA Dhabi07.10.20
        
1WP Saha42PunRPunVizag21.05.16
2WP Saha41PunSunHydRGS17.04.17

MS Dhoni’s four catches in this game fetched him an aggregate of 104 catches in the tournament. He now owns the record for most catches by a wicket keeper in the tournament. KD Karthik with 103 catches held the record as at the end of Kolkata’s innings in this game.

MS Dhoni’s record for most catches was short lived as KD Karthik pouched one catch in Chennai innings to take his tally to 104. Thus at the end of this game, MS Dhoni and KD Karthik shared the record for most catches by a wicket keeper in the tournament. Both have pouched 104 catches at the end of this game.

MS Dhoni’s four catches in this game fetched him an aggregate of 175 catches in the T20 games. He became the first wicket keeper in the history of T20 games to pouch 175 catches. KD Karthik with 158 catches is close behind.

Kolkata was dismissed all out in this game for 167 to provide the 128th occasion of a team dismissed all out in an innings in the tournament. It also provides the 14th occasion of Kolkata dismissed all out in an innings in the tournament

Kolkata was dismissed all out in this game for 167 to provide the 50th occasion of a team dismissed all out in an innings while batting first in the tournament.

Kolkata was dismissed all out in this game for 167 on the last ball of its innings to provide the tenth occasion of a team dismissed all out in an innings on the last ball of its innings while batting first in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoScoreOversITeamOppGroundDate
116520.01DecBanHyd-RGS25.05.08
216320.01CheDelJo’sburg02.05.09
310520.01BanRajCenturion07.05.09
411620.01MumDelE London08.05.09
510920.01KocRajJaipur24.04.11
612820.01DelKolKolkata03.04.13
711320.01SunMumHyd-RGS17.05.15
815820.01GujBanBangalore24.05.16
914620.01SunBanHyd-RGS07.05.18
1016720.01KolCheA Dhabi07.10.20

DJ Bravo returned with 3 for 37 in this game which fetched him 150 wickets in the tournament. He became the fifth bowler in the tournament to aggregate 150 plus wickets in the tournament. Others are – SL Malinga {170}, A Mishra {160}, PP Chawla {156} and Harbhajan Singh {150}. Incidentally DJ Bravo was born on 07 Oct 1983.

F du Plessis pouched two catches in this game which fetched him 49 catches in the tournament. He now needs one catch for his 50 catches in the tournament. If he takes it, he would then become the 13th fieldsman in pouch 50 plus catches in the tournament. The following table lists all these fieldsmen. DA Miller has also pouched 49 catches in the tournament.

NoPlayerSpanMatInnsCtMax
1SK Raina2008-20191931921023
2KA Pollard2010-2020154154882
3RG Sharma2008-2020194194873
4AB de Villiers2008-2020159123853
5V Kohli2008-2020182180752
6DJ Bravo2008-2020137136743
7S Dhawan2008-2020164164702
8MK Pandey2008-2020135135653
9RA Jadeja2008-2020176175653
10DA Warner2009-2020131130564
11AM Rahane2008-2019140140542
12F du Plessis2012-2020077076494
13DA Miller2012-2020080080494

RA Jadeja pouched a catch in this game which fetched him 65 catches in the tournament. He  become the ninth fieldsman to pouch 65 plus catches in the tournament. The following table lists all these fieldsmen.

NoPlayerSpanMatInnsCtMax
1SK Raina2008-20191931921023
2KA Pollard2010-2020154154882
3RG Sharma2008-2020194194873
4AB de Villiers2008-2020159123853
5V Kohli2008-2020182180752
6DJ Bravo2008-2020137136743
7S Dhawan2008-2020164164702
8MK Pandey2008-2020135135653
9RA Jadeja2008-2020176175653

SR Watson scored 50 in this game to provide his 25th fifty of the tournament. He became the tenth batsman to score 25 plus fifties in the tournament. The following table lists all these ten batsmen.

NoPlayerMatRunsHSCHC50+
1DA Warner131488112644549
2V Kohli182554511353742
3SK Raina1935368100*13839
4RG Sharma1945109109*13839
5AB de Villiers1594550133*33538
6S Dhawan164470697*03737
7G Gambhir15442179303636
8CH Gayle1254484175*62834
9AM Rahane1403820105*22729
10SR Watson1403760117*42125

Kolkata won its eighth game against Chennai in 21 encounters when it won this game by ten wickets. This win also provides its 95th win in the tournament. Kolkata now occupies the third place in the teams which have won most games in the tournament. Mumbai has won 113 games which includes two tied games won on bowl out or super over and Chennai has won 102 games

Stats highlights of Match 20 of IPL 2020

Stats highlights of Match 20 of IPL 2020

RG Sharma was appearing in his 194th game. He now occupies the second place in the list of cricketers who have played most games in the tournament. The first place is credited to MS Dhoni who has 195 appearances. RG Sharma went past SK Raina who had 193 appearances on his way to second place.

Karthik Tyagi made his T20 debut and also his IPL debut in this game. He returned with figures of one for 36 in this game. His first victim was Q de Kock who was caught by JS Buttler for 23. He became the 60th cricketer to make his Twenty20 debut in the tournament.

RG Sharma’s T20 run aggregate read 8853 at the end of this game. He now needs 147 more runs for his 9000 runs. If he gets them, then he would become the eighth batsman and the second Indian batsman to complete 9000 plus runs in the history of T20 games.

SA Yadav scored 79 not out in this game which represent his eighth fifty in the tournament. It also provides his highest individual score in the tournament. His previous best was 72 against Rajasthan at Jaipur representing Mumbai on 22.04.18.

RG Sharma’s run aggregate representing Mumbai read 3939. He has scored 350 boundary fours and 157 boundary sixes. He became the fourth batsman to have an aggregate of 350 plus boundary fours representing a single team. The following table lists all the four batsmen.

NoPlayerTeamMatRuns4s
1V KohliBangalore1825545489
2SK RainaChennai1644527412
3G GambhirKolkata1083035352
4RG SharmaMumbai1493939350

RG Sharma’s run aggregate leading Mumbai in the tournament read 2904 at the end of this game from 110 matches.  He needs 96 more runs for his 3000 runs in the tournament while skippering a team in the tournament. RG Sharma’s run aggregate leading a team in the Twenty20 games read 3789 at the end of this game from 134 matches.  

Mumbai posted a team total of 193 for 4 in this game to provide the fourth occasion of Mumbai posing a team total in excess of 190 plus runs in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoScoreOversIOppGroundMatch Date
1212/620.01RajMum-BS13 Mar 2010
2197/620.01RajMumbai11 Apr 2012
3195/514.42RajMumbai25 May 2014
4193/420.01RajA Dhabi06 Oct 2020

JS Buttler scored 70 runs in this game to provide the 181st occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament. It also provides the 19th occasion of a Rajasthan wicket keeper posting a fifty in the tournament.

It also provides the 23rd occasion of a wicket keeper posting a fifty in the tournament against Mumbai.  It also provides the fourth occasion of a Rajasthan wicket keeper posting a fifty in the tournament against Mumbai.

JS Buttler scored 70 runs in this game to provide the tenth occasion of his scoring a fifty in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoScoreTeamOppositionDate
177 MumbaiPunjab20 Apr 2017
267 RajasthanDelhi02 May 2018
351 RajasthanPunjab06 May 2018
482 RajasthanPunjab08 May 2018
595*RajasthanChennai11 May 2018
694*RajasthanMumbai13 May 2018
769 RajasthanPunjab25 Mar 2019
859 RajasthanBangalore02 Apr 2019
989 RajasthanMumbai13 Apr 2019
1070RajasthanMumbai06 Oct 2020

JS Buttler’s 70 runs in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 89th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman’s fifty going in vain in the tournament. It also provides the eighth occasion of a Rajasthan wicket keeper’s fifty in a losig cause in the tournament.

JJ Bumrah captured 4 for 20 in this game to provide the 141st occasion of a bowler to pture four or more wickets in the tournament. It also provides the 121st occasion of a bowler capturing exact four wickets in the tournament. It also provides the 19th occasion of a Mumbai bowler capturing four or more wickets in the tournament.

JJ Bumrah captured 4 for 24 in this game to provide the second occasion of a bowler to capture four or more wickets in this edition of the tournament.

Mumbai won this game by 57 runs to provide the 55th occasion of a team winning a game by 50 plus runs in the tournament. It also provides the eleventh occasion of Mumbai winning a game by 50 plus runs in the tournament

Rajasthan was dismissed all out for 136 in this game to provide the 128th occasion of a team dismissed all out in the tournament. It also provides the 17th occasion of Rajasthan dismissed all out in the tournament. It also provides the 79th occasion of a team dismissed all out while batting second in the tournament.

Stats highlights of Match No 19 of IPL 2020

Stats highlights of Match No 19 of IPL 2020

Delhi posted a team total of 196 for 4 in this game to provide its highest team total against Bangalore in the tournament. It’s previous highest was 194 for 9 at Delhi on 17.05.12

S Dhawan’s run aggregate read 4706 at the end of this game in the tournament. He now copies the fifth place in the list of batsmen who have scored most tuns in the tournament. Others are – V Kohli {5545},  SK Raina {5368}, RG Sharma {5074} and DA Warner {4881}

S Dhawan’s boundary fours’ aggregate read 536 and boundary sixes’ aggregate read 99. He now needs on boundary six for his 100 boundary sixes in the tournament. If he gets that, he would become the first batsman in the history of the tournament to score 500 boundary fours and 100 boundary sixes.

MP Stoinis scored 53 in this game. His 50 came in 24 deliveries to provide the 16th occasion of a Delhi batsman scoring a fifty in 24 and less than 24 balls in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerBallsMatchVenueDate
1CH Morris17GujaratDelhi27 Apr 16
2RR Pant18MumbaiMumbai24 Mar 19
3V Sehwag20RajasthanJaipur01 May 12
4MP Stoinis20PunjabDub DSC20 Sep 20
5V Sehwag21RajasthanAhmedabad15 Mar 10
6Q de Kock22BangaloreBangalore17 Apr 16
7LRPL Taylor22BangaloreDelhi17 May 12
8V Sehwag22BangaloreDelhi19 Mar 10
9V Sehwag23PunjabDelhi17 May 08
10RR Pant23RajasthanDelhi02 May 18
11TM Dilshan24ChennaiDurban23 Apr 09
12DA Warner24PuneRaipur28 Apr 13
13SV Samson24GujaratDelhi04 May 17
14V Sehwag24ChennaiChennai02 May 08
15KM Jadhav24SunrisersRaipur09 May 15
16MP Stoinis24BangaloreDub DSC05 Oct 20

MP Stoinis became the third Delhi batsman to score fifties in 24 and less than 24 balls on two or more occasions. RR Pant {02} and V Sehwag {05} are the other two batsmen.

NoPlayerBallsMatchVenueDate
1MP Stoinis20PunjabDub DSC20 Sep 20
2MP Stoinis24BangaloreDub DSC05 Oct 20
      
1RR Pant18MumbaiMumbai24 Mar 19
2RR Pant23RajasthanDelhi02 May 18
      
1V Sehwag20RajasthanJaipur01 May 12
2V Sehwag21RajasthanAhmedabad15 Mar 10
3V Sehwag22BangaloreDelhi19 Mar 10
4V Sehwag23PunjabDelhi17 May 08
5V Sehwag24ChennaiChennai02 May 08

Delhi won this game by 59 runs to provide the 54th occasion of a team winning a game by 50 plus runs margin in the tournament. It also provides the fourth occasion of Delhi winning a game by 50 plus runs margin.

K Rabada captured 4 for 24 in this game to provide the 139th occasion of a bowler to capture four or more wickets in the tournament. It also provides the 119th occasion of a bowler capturing exact four wickets in the tournament. It also provides the 15th occasion of a Delhi bowler capturing four or more wickets in the tournament.

K Rabada captured 4 for 24 in this game to provide the first occasion of a bowler to capture four or more wickets in this edition of the tournament. It also provides the third occasion of K Rabada capturing four wickets in the tournament representing Delhi.

I Udana’s lone wicket in this game fetched him an aggregate of 150 wickets in T20 games.

V Kohli completed 9000 runs in T20 games when he was on 10 during the course of his 43 in this game. At the end of this game his run aggregate tead 9033 runs. His career figures read thus

PlayerSpanMatInnsNORunsHSAve
V Kohli2007-202028627151903311341.05
        
PlayerSpan1005004s6s 
V Kohli2007-20205659817289 

He has represented the following teams in T20 games – Delhi, India, Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore

V Kohli became the seventh batsman and also the first Indian batsman to complete 9000 plus runs. The following table lists all the nine batsmen.

NoPlayerMatInnsNORunsHSAve
1CH Gayle4043964813296175*38.20
2KA Pollard5174621331037010431.51
3Shoaib Malik39336699992695*37.17
4BB McCullum370364339922158*29.97
5DA Warner287286369451135*37.80
6AJ Finch29228732916117235.92
7V Kohli28627151903311341.05
Batsmen who have scored a fifty on IPL debut

Batsmen who have scored a fifty on IPL debut

D Padikkal of Bangalore scored 56 on his IPL debut against Sunrisers at Dub-RSC on 21.09.20 to become the 19th batsman to score fifty on IPL debut. The following table lists all these batsmen.

NoPlayerRunsTeamOppGroundDate
1BB McCullum158*KolBanBangalore18.04.08
2MEK Hussey116*ChePunMohali19.04.08
3JR Hopes71PunCheMohali19.04.08
4G Gambhir58*DelRajDelhi19.04.08
5KC Sangakkara54PunCheMohali19.04.08
6S Dhawan52*DelRajDelhi19.04.08
7GC Smith71RajDecHydRGS24.04.08
8SE Marsh84*PunDecHydRGS01.05.08
9SA Asnodkar60RajKolJaipur01.05.08
10S Vidyut54CheDelChennai02.05.08
11SP Goswami52BanDelBangalore19.05.08
12DA Warner51DelCheJo’burg02.05.09
13AT Rayudu55MumRajMumBS13.03.10
14KM Jadhav50*DelBanBangalore25.03.10
15PD Collingwood54DelKolDelhi29.03.10
16OA Shah58*KolDecMumDYP12.03.10
17RE Levi50MumCheChennai04.04.12
18SW Billings54DelKolDelhi30.04.16
19D Padikkal56BanSunDubDSC21.09.20

He also became the eighth Indian batsman to score a fifty on IPL debut.  The following table lists all these batsmen.

NoPlayerRunsTeamOppGroundDate
1G Gambhir58*DelRajDelhi19.04.08
2S Dhawan52*DelRajDelhi19.04.08
3SA Asnodkar60RajKolJaipur01.05.08
4S Vidyut54CheDelChennai02.05.08
5SP Goswami52BanDelBangalore19.05.08
6AT Rayudu55MumRajMumBS13.03.10
7KM Jadhav50*DelBanBangalore25.03.10
8D Padikkal56BanSunDubDSC21.09.20

D Padikkal is the second batsman representing Bangalore to score a fifty on IPL debut. Prior to this SP Goswami had scored 52 against Delhi at Bangalore on 19.05.08 representing Bangalore

NoPlayerRunsTeamOppGroundDate
1SP Goswami52BanDelBangalore19.05.08
2D Padikkal56BanSunDubDSC21.09.20
Stats highlights of Match No 18 of IPL 2020

Stats highlights of Match No 18 of IPL 2020

Chennai won this game by ten wickets to provide the twelfth occasion of a team winning a game without losing a wicket in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoWinnerOppositionGroundDate
1DeccanMumbaiMumbai27.04.08
2DelhiPunjabCape Town19.04.09
3BangaloreRajasthanBangalore18.03.10
4RajasthanMumbaiMumbai20.05.11
5MumbaiRajasthanJaipur20.05.12
6ChennaiPunjabMohali10.04.13
7BangaloreDelhiDelhi26.04.15
8SunrisersGujaratRajkot21.04.16
9KolkataGujaratRajkit07.04.17
10PunjabDelhiMohali30.04.17
11BangalorePunjabIndore14.05.18
12ChennaiPunjabDub-DSC04.10.20

Chennai won this game by ten wickets to provide the second occasion of Chennai winning a game without losing a wicket in the tournament. Both such occasions are tabulated below. The first such occasion was also against Punjab at Mohali on 10.04.13. It is interesting to note that the day and the month are interpolated in these two occasions, while the interval in years is seven years.               

NoWinnerOppositionGroundDate
1ChennaiPunjabMohali10.04.13
2ChennaiPunjabDubDSC04.10.20

Chennai won this game by ten wickets to provide the fourth occasion of a team winning a game without losing a wicket in the tournament against Punjab. All such occasions are tabulated below. Punjab owns the dubious record of losing most games by ten wickets in the tournament.

NoWinnerOppositionGroundDate
1DelhiPunjabCape Town19.04.09
2ChennaiPunjabMohali10.04.13
3BangalorePunjabIndore14.05.18
4ChennaiPunjabDubDSC04.10.20

SR Watson and F du Plessis scored 83 and 87 respectively to provide the 55th occasion of both the openers scoring fifties in an innings in the tournament. It also provides the sixth occasion of both the openers from Chennai performing such a feat in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPosBatsmanRunsTeamOppnVenueDate
101MEK Hussey63CheBanChennai28.05.11
 02M Vijay95CheBanChennai28.05.11
 
201F du Plessis58ChePuneChennai19.04.12
 02S Badrinath57ChePuneChennai19.04.12
 
301M Vijay50*ChePunMohali09.04.13
 02MEK Hussey66*ChePunMohali09.04.13
 
401SR Watson57CheSunPune-MCA13.05.18
 02AT Rayudu100*CheSunPune-MCA13.05.18
 
501F du Plessis50CheDelVizag10.05.19
 02SR Watson50CheDelVizag10.05.19
 
601SR Watson83*ChePunDub-DSC04.10.20
 02F du Plessis87*CheiPunDub-DSC04.10.20

It also provides the twelfth occasion of both the openers performing such a feat in the tournament against Punjab All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPosBatsmanRunsTeamOppVenueDate
101NV Ojha68RajPunDurban05.05.09
 02GC Smith77RajPunDurban05.05.09
 
201DA Warner77DelPunDelhi23.04.11
 02V Sehwag77DelPunDelhi23.04.11
 
301S Dhawan95DecPunDharamsala21.05.11
 02DB Ravi Teja60DecPunDharamsala21.05.11
 
401M Vijay50*ChePunMohali09.04.13
 02MEK Hussey66*ChePunMohali09.04.13
 
501CA Pujara51BanPunMohali06.05.13
 02CH Gayle62BanPunMohali06.05.13
 
601DR Smith66MumPunA Dhabi18.04.14
 02BB McCullum67MumPunA Dhabi18.04.14
 
701MA Agarwal53*DelPunDelhi01.05.15
 02SS Iyer54DelPunDelhi01.05.15
 
801LMP Simmons71MumPunMohali03.05.15
 02PA Patel59MumPunMohali03.05.15
 
901RV Uthappa70KolPunKolkata04.05.16
 02G Gambhir54KolPunKolkata04.05.16
 
1001CH Gayle73BanPunBangalore18.05.16
 02V Kohli113BanPunBangalore18.05.16
 
1101DA Warner51SunPunMohali28.04.17
 02S Dhawan77SunPunMohali28.04.17
 
1201SR Watson83*ChePunDub-DSC04.10.20
 02F du Plessis87*ChePunDub-DSC04.10.20

It also provides the second occasion of both the Chennai openers performing such a feat in the tournament against Punjab. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPosBatsmanRunsTeamOppVenueDate
101M Vijay50*ChePunMohali09.04.13
 02MEK Hussey66*ChePunMohali09.04.13
 
201SR Watson83*ChePunDub-DSC04.10.20
 02F du Plessis87*ChePunDub-DSC04.10.20

SR Watson and F du Plessis scored 83 and 87 respectively to provide the occasion of both the openers scoring unbeaten fifties in an innings in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPosBatsmenRunsTeamOppnVenueDate
0101Tendulkar58*MumRajJaipur20.05.12
 02DR Smith87*MumRajJaipur20.05.12
        
0201M Vijay50*ChePunMohali09.04.13
 02MEK Hussey66*ChePunMohali09.04.13
        
0301DA Warner74*SunGujRajkot21.04.16
 02S Dhawan53*SunGujRajkot21.04.16
        
0401SR Watson83*ChePunDubDSC04.10.20
 02F du Plessis87*ChePunDubDSC04.10.20

SR Watson and F du Plessis scored 83 and 87 respectively to provide the second occasion of both the Chennai openers scoring unbeaten fifties in an innings in the tournament. Both such occasions are tabulated below

NoPosBatsmenRunsTeamOppnVenueDate
0101M Vijay50*ChePunMohali09.04.13
 02MEK Hussey66*ChePunMohali09.04.13
        
0201SR Watson83*ChePunDubDSC04.10.20
 02F du Plessis87*ChePunDubDSC04.10.20

SR Watson and F du Plessis scored 83 and 87 respectively to provide the eleventh occasion of both the overseas openers scoring unbeaten fifties in an innings in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPosBatsmanRunsTeamOppVenueDate
101SE Marsh60PunDecMohali23.05.08
 02Sangakkara50PunDecMohali23.05.08
        
201SE Marsh115PunRajMohali28.05.08
 02JR Hopes51PunRajMohali28.05.08
        
301BB McCullum81KocMumMum-WS15.04.11
 02Jayawardene56KocMumMum-WS15.04.11
        
401CH Gayle57BanDecPune-MCA11.05.12
 02TM Dilshan53BanDecPune-MCA11.05.12
        
501DR Smith66ChePunAbu Dhabi18.04.14
 02BB McCullum67ChePunAbu Dhabi18.04.14
        
601MEK Hussey56MumRajAhmedabad19.05.14
 02LMP Simmons62MumRajAhmedabad19.05.14
        
701DR Smith53GujDelDelhi27.04.16
 02BB McCullum60GujDelDelhi27.04.16
        
81JM Bairstow114SunBanHyd-RGS31.03.19
 2DA Warner100*SunBanHyd-RGS31.03.19
        
91JM Bairstow61*SunCheHyd-RGS17.04.19
 2DA Warner50SunCheHyd-RGS17.04.19
        
101JM Bairstow80*SunKolHyd-RGS21.04.19
 2DA Warner67SunKolHyd-RGS21.04.19
 
111SR Watson83*ChePunDub-DSC04.10.20
 2F du Plessis87*ChePunDub-DSC04.10.20

KL Rahul scored 63 in this game to provide the 250th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in the tournament. It also provides the 21st occasion of a Punjab captain scoring a fifty in the tournament. It also provides the third occasion of a Punjab captain scoring a fifty in the tournament against Chennai

NoBatsmanRunsOppnVenueDate
1Yuvraj Singh58*ChennaiCenturion07.05.09
2AC Gilchirst64*ChennaiDharamsala17.05.12
3KL Rahul63ChennaiDub-DSC04.10.20

It also provides the 28th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in the tournament against Chennai.

KL Rahul scored 63 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 94th occasion of a captain’s fifty going in vain in the tournament. It also provides the eleventh occasion of a Punjab captain’s fifty going in vain in the tournament.

SR Watson and F du Plessis added 181 runs in an unfinished partnership for the first wicket in this game to provide the 204th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in the tournament. It also provides the 69th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in the tournament. It also provides the 27th  occasion of Chennai batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the tournament.

SR Watson and F du Plessis added 181 runs in an unfinished partnership for the first wicket in this game to provide the tenthoccasion of Chennai batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in the tournament for the first wicket. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPartnersRunsOppnGroundDate
1SR Watson, Fdu Plessis181*PunDubDSC04.10.20
2MEK Hussey, M Vijay159BanChennai28.05.11
3M Vijay, MEK Hussey139*PunMohali10.04.13
4SR Watson, AT Rayudu134SunPuneMCA13.05.18
5BB McCullum, DR Smith123PunA Dhabi18.04.14
6F du Plessis, S Badrinath116PuneChennai19.04.12
7DR Smith, BB McCullum109MumMumbai17.04.15
8PA Patel, ML Hayden106BanP E’beth20.04.09
9WP Saha, MEK Hussey103KolChennai28.04.13
10SR Watson, F du Plessis102DelPuneMCA30.04.18

SR Watson and F du Plessis added 181 runs in an unfinished partnership for the first wicket in this game to provide the record first wicket partnership by Chennai batsmen in the tournament. The previous best was 159 runs partnership between MEK Hussey and M Vijay at Chennai against Bangalore on 28.05.11. Both the occasions are tabulated below

NoPartnersRunsOppGroundDate
1SR Watson, Fdu Plessis181*PunDubDSC04.10.20
2MEK Hussey, M Vijay159BanChennai28.05.11

SR Watson and F du Plessis added 181 runs in an unfinished partnership for the first wicket in this game to provide the record partnership for any wicket by Chennai batsmen in the tournament. The previous best was 159 runs partnership between MEK Hussey and M Vijay at Chennai against Bangalore on 28.05.11. Both the occasions are tabulated below

NoPartnersRunsWktOppGroundDate
1SR Watson, Fdu Plessis181*1stPunDubDSC04.10.20
2MEK Hussey, M Vijay1591stBanChennai28.05.11

SR Watson and F du Plessis added 181 runs in an unfinished partnership for the first wicket in this game to provide the 39thoccasion of overseas batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in the tournament.  It also provides the fifteenh occasion of overseas batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket.

SR Watson and F du Plessis added 181 runs in an unfinished partnership for the first wicket in this game to provide the 23rdoccasion of batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnership in an innings in the tournament.  It also provides the ninth occasion of batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnership for the first wicket.

KL Rahul was caught by MS Dhoni of SN Thakur in this game. This catch fetched MS Dhoni 100 catches as a wicket keeper. He became the second wicket keeper in the tournament to pouch 100 catches after KD Karthik. KD Karthik has pouched 103 catches.

PP  Chawla’s lone wicket in this game fetched him an aggregate of 257  wickets in T20 games. He now holds the record for most wickets by an Indian bowler in T20 games. He went past A Mishra who has an aggregate of 256 wickets.

Stats highlights of Match No 17 of IPL 2020

Stats highlights of Match No 17 of IPL 2020

Mumbai {208 for 5} posted team total of 200 plus runs to provide the 103rd occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament. It also provides the 13th occasion of Mumbai posting a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament.

Mumbai {208 for 5} posted team total of 200 plus runs to provide the seventh occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament against Sunrisers.

Mumbai {208 for 5} posted team total of 200 plus runs to provide seventh occasion of teams posting a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament at Sharjah. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoTeamScoreOversIOppnDate
1Rajasthan216/720.01Chennai22.09.20
2Chennai200/620.02Rajasthan22.09.20
3Punjab223/220.01Rajasthan27.09.20
4Rajasthan226/619.32Punjab27.09.20
5Delhi228/420.01Kolkata03.10.20
6Kolkata210/820.02Delhi03.10.20
7Mumbai208/520.01Sharjah04.10.20

Q de Kock of Mumbai scored 67 in this game to provide the 179th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament. It also provides the 16th occasion of a Mumbai wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament

It also provides the second occasion of a Mumbai wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament against Sunrisers. Prior to this PA Patel had scored 51 not out at Hyd-RGS on 17.05.15

S Kaul of Sunrisers returned with figures of 2 for 64 in this game to provide the 161st occasion of a bowler conceding 50 plus runs in an innings in the tournament. It also provides the 15th occasion of a Sunrisers’ bowler conceding 50 plus runs in an innings in the tournament. It also provides the third occasion of a Sunrisers’ bowler conceding 50 plus runs in an innings in the tournament against Mumbai. All the three occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerWROppnGroundDate
1NL Perera055MumMumbai13.05.13
2Mishra A054MumDubDSC30.04.14
3S Kaul264MumSharjah04.10.20

S Kaul became the most expensive sunrisers’ bowler against Mumbai in terms of runs conceded. The preiouus record was held by NLTC Perera who had returned with figures of none for 55 at Mumbai on 12.05.13

S Kaul of Sunrisers returned with figures of 2 for 64 in this game to provide the 12th occasion of a bowler conceding 60 plus runs in an innings in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerWRTeamOppnGroundDate
1Basil Thampi070SunBanBangalore17.05.18
2I Sharma066SunCheHyd-RGS08.05.13
3MUrRehman066PunSunHyd-RGS29.04.19
4UT Yadav065DelBanDelhi10.05.13
5S Kaul264SunMumSharjah04.10.20
6S Sharma165PunSunHyd-RGS14.05.14
7VR Aaron263DelCheChennai25.05.12
8AB Dinda063PuneMumMumbai13.04.13
9MG Neser062PunBanMohali06.05.13
10SR Watson061BanSunBangalore29.05.16
11TG Southee061BanKolBengaluru05.04.19
12R McLaren260KolMumMumbai07.05.13

It also provides the occasion of a Sunrisers bowler conceding 60 plus runs in an innings in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerWRTeamOppnGroundDate
1B Thampi070SunBanBangalore17.05.18
2I Sharma066SunCheHyd-RGS08.05.13
3S Kaul264SunMumSharjah04.10.20

It also provides the third occasion of a Sunrisers bowler conceding 60 plus runs in an innings in the tournament against Mumbai. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerWRTeamOppnGroundDate
5S Kaul264SunMumSharjah04.10.20
8AB Dinda063PuneMumMumbai13.04.13
12R McLaren260KolMumMumbai07.05.13

DA Warner scored 60 in this game to provide the 249th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in the tournament. It also provides the 31st occasion of a Sunrisers’ captain scoring a fifty in the tournament. It also provides the 22nd occasion of captain scoring a fifty in the tournament against Mumbai

DA Warner scored 60 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 93rd occasion of a captain’s a fifty going in vain in the tournament. It also provides the tenth occasion of a Surnsisers’ captain scoring a fifty in a losing cause in the tournament.

DA Warner’s 60 represent his 49th fifty and most by a batsman in the tournament. It also represents his 35th half century representing Sunrisers. He became the second batsman in the tournament to score 35 plus half centuries representing a single team. V Kohli is the other batsman to score 37 half centuries representing Bangalore. DA Warner’s 60 represent his 22nd fifty while leading Sunrisers in the tournament.

Stats highlights of Match No 16 of IPL 2020

Stats highlights of Match No 16 of IPL 2020

Delhi {228 for 4} and Kolkata {210 for 8} posted team totals of 200 plus runs to provide the 101st and 102nd occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament.

Delhi {228 for 4} posted team total of 200 plus runs to provide the seventh occasion of Delhi posting a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament. It represents Delhi’s second highest team total in the tournament. Its highest team total is 231 for 4 against Punjab at Delhi on 23.04.11

Kolkata {210 for 8} posted team total of 200 plus runs to provide the twelfth occasion of a Kolkata posting a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament.

Delhi {228 for 4} posted team total of 200 plus runs to provide the tenth occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament against Kolkata. It also represents the highest total posted by a team against Kolkata in the tournament. The previous best was also by Delhi. Delhi had posted 219 for 4 at Delhi on 27.04.18

Kolkata {210 for 8} posted team total of 200 plus runs to provide the 12th occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament against Delhi

Delhi {228 for 4} and Kolkata {210 for 8} posted team totals of 200 plus runs to provide the 26th occasion of  both teams posting a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament.

Kolkata {210 for 8} posted team total of 200 plus runs to provide the 28th occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs batting second in the tournament

Delhi {228 for 4} and Kolkata {210 for 8} posted team totals of 200 plus runs to provide the fifth and sixth occasion of teams posting a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament at Sharjah. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoTeamScoreOversIOppnDate
1Rajasthan216/720.01Chennai22.09.20
2Chennai200/620.02Rajasthan22.09.20
3Punjab223/220.01Rajasthan27.09.20
4Rajasthan226/619.32Punjab27.09.20
5Delhi228/420.01Kolkata03.10.20
6Kolkata210/820.02Delhi03.10.20

Delhi’s 228 for 4 represent the highest team total posted by a team at Sharjah. The previous best was 226 for 6 by Rajasthan against Punjab on 27.09.20

NoTeamScoreOversIOppnDate
1Delhi228/420.01Kolkata03.10.20
2Rajasthan226/619.32Punjab27.09.20

Delhi {228 for 4} and Kolkata {210 for 8} posted team totals of 200 plus runs to provide the second occasion of both teams posting a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament at Sharjah. Both such occasions are tabulated below

NoTeamScoreOversIOppnDate
1Rajasthan216/720.01Chennai22.09.20
 Chennai200/620.02Rajasthan22.09.20
       
2Delhi228/420.01Kolkata03.10.20
 Kolkata210/820.02Delhi03.10.20

SS  Iyer of Delhi scored 88 not out in this game to provide the 248th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in the tournament. It also provides the 29th occasion of a Delhi captain scoring a fifty in the tournament.

It also provides the 30th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty against Kolkata in the tournament. It also provides the fifth occasion of a Delhi captain scoring a fifty against Kolkata in the tournament.

NoBatsmanRunsTeamOppnVenueDate
1G Gambhir71*DelKolDurban05.05.09
2Jayawardene66DelKolKolkata03.04.13
3KD Karthik56DelKolDubDSC19.04.14
4SS Iyer93*DelKolDelhi27.04.18
5SS Iyer88*DelKolSharjah03.10.20

A Mishra’s lone wicket in this game fetched him an aggregate of 256 wickets in T20 games. He now shares the record jointly with PP Chawla for most wickets by an Indian bowler in T20 games.

A Mishra’s lone wicket in this game fetched him an aggregate of 160 wickets in the tournament. He became the second bowler in the tournament to capture 160 plus wickets after SL Malinga. SL Malinga has an aggregate of 170 wickets in the tournament.

This game was the 150th game for A Mishra in the tournament. He became the fifth bowler to appear in 150 plus games in the tournament. Others are – RA Jadeja {174}, PP Chawla {161}, Harbhajan Singh {160} and KA Pollard {152}

Stats highlights of Match No 15 of IPL 2020

Stats highlights of Match No 15 of IPL 2020

V Kohli’s 72 not out in this game fetched him an aggregate of 5502 runs in the tournament. He earned the distinction of not only becoming the first batsman in the tournament to total 5500 runs but also became the first batsman to total 5500 runs representing a single team in the tournament. V Kohli represented Bangalore in all the 13 editions of the tournament.

His 72 not out in this game represent his 42nd fifty in the tournament. He stands second in the list of batsmen who have scored most fifties in the tournament. DA Warner has scored most fifties – 48 fifties in the tournament.

His 72 not out in this game represent his 37th half century in the tournament. He became the fifth batsman in the tournament to score 37 plus half centuries. The following table lists all the five batsmen

NoPlayerMatInnsNORunsHSAveHC
1DA Warner13013017482112642.6644
2SK Raina193189285368100*33.3438
3RG Sharma192187285068109*31.8738
4V Kohli18117327550211337.6837
5S Dhawan163*162214674097*33.1437

His 72 not out in this game provide his 70th fifty in T20 games. He now occupies the third place in the list of batsmen who have scored most fifties in T20 games. CH Gayle {104} and KA Pollard {84} occupy the first two places. AJ Finch is close behind with 69 fifties to his credit.

His 72 not out in this game provide his 70th fifty in T20 games. He became the first Indian batsmen to score seventy plus fifties in T20 games.

V Kohli’s T20 run aggregate read 8990 at the end of this game. He now needs ten more runs to complete 9000 runs. If he gets them, then he would become the first Indian batsman to complete 9000 plus runs in the history of T20 games. He also would become the seventh batsman to reach the milestone. The following table lists the seven batsmen

NoPlayerMatInnsNORunsHSAve
1CH Gayle4043964813296175*38.20
2KA Pollard5164611321034510431.44
3Shoaib Malik39136599992695*37.31
4BB McCullum370364339922158*29.97
5DA Warner286285369391135*37.71
6AJ Finch29028532914017236.12
7V Kohli28527051899011341.05

V Kohli’s 72 not out in this game provide the 247th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in the tournament. It also provides the 37th occasion of a Bangalore captain scoring a fifty in the tournament.

V Kohli’s 72 not out in this game represent his 42nd fifty in the tournament. It also represents his 35th fifty in the tournament while he was leading Bangalore.

V Kohli’s 72 not out provide the 21st occasion of a captain scoring a fifty against Rajasthan in the tournament.

Stats highlights of Match No 14 of IPL 2020

Stats highlights of Match No 14 of IPL 2020

MS Dhoni became the most capped player in the tournament. It was his 194th appearance in the tournament. He went past SK Raina who had appeared on 193 occasions in the tournament.

JM Bairstow was dismissed for a duck in this game to provide the 62nd occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck in the tournament. It also provides the fourth occasion of a Sunrisers’ wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck in the tournament. It also provides the second duck for JM Bairstow against Chennai in the tournament. Prior to this he had collected a duck against Chennai at Chennai on 23.04.19

DA Warner was caught by F du Plessis of PP Chawla for 28 in this game. It was his lone wicket in this game which fetched him a total of 256 wickets in T20Is. He now holds the record for most wickets by an Indian bowler in T20 games. He went past A Mishra who has an aggregate of 255 wickets.

PP Chawla’s lone wicket in this game fetched him an aggregate of 155 wickets in the tournament. He now occupies the third place in the list of bowlers who have taken most wickets in the tournament. SL Malinga {170} and A Mishra {159} occupy the first two places

MS Dhoni’s lone catch gave him a total of 103 catches in the tournament. He now occupies the second place in the list of fieldsmen who have pouched most catches in the tournament. KD Karthik {111} and SK Raina {102} occupy the first two places.

MS Dhoni’s lone catch gave him a total of 99 catches in the tournament while keeping wickets. He needs one more catch for his 100 catches. If he pouches it, he then would become the second wicket keeper in the tournament to pouch 100 plus catches. KD Karthik has pouched 103 catches as a wicket keeper in the tournament.

MS Dhoni’s run aggregate in the tournament read 4523 at the end of this game. He became the seventh batsman to complete 4500 plus runs in the tournament. The following table lists all the batsmen who have achieved this feat.

NoPlayerMatInnsNORunsHS
1V Kohli180172265430113
2SK Raina193189285368100*
3RG Sharma192187285068109*
4DA Warner130130174821126
5S Dhawan162161214648097*
6AB de Villiers157145334529133*
7MS Dhoni194174684523084*

MS Dhoni scored four boundary fours in his knock of 47 not out in this game which fetched him an aggregate of 303 boundary fours in the tournament. He became the 15th batsman in the tournament to score 300 plus boundary fours in the tournament. The following table lists all these batsmen.

NoPlayerMatInnsNORunsHSAve4s
1S Dhawan16216121464897*33.20531
2SK Raina193189285368100*33.34493
3G Gambhir1541521642179331.00492
4V Kohli18017226543011337.19480
5DA Warner13013017482112642.66467
6RG Sharma192187285068109*31.87444
7RV Uthappa1801731744278728.37437
8AM Rahane140132163820105*32.93404
9AB de Villiers157145334529133*40.43369
10CH Gayle125124154484175*41.13368
11PA Patel1391371128488122.60365
12KD Karthik18516628368597*26.70362
13SR Watson138134153627117*30.47346
14V Sehwag1041045272812227.55334
15MS Dhoni19417468452384*42.66303

MS Dhoni scored four boundary fours in his knock of 47 not out in this game which fetched him an aggregate of 303 boundary fours in the tournament. He became the eleventh Indian batsman in the tournament to score 300 plus boundary fours in the tournament. The following table lists all these batsmen.

NoPlayerMatInnsNORunsHSAve4s
1S Dhawan16216121464897*33.20531
2SK Raina193189285368100*33.34493
3G Gambhir1541521642179331.00492
4V Kohli18017226543011337.19480
5RG Sharma192187285068109*31.87444
6RV Uthappa1801731744278728.37437
7AM Rahane140132163820105*32.93404
8PA Patel1391371128488122.60365
9KD Karthik18516628368597*26.70362
10V Sehwag1041045272812227.55334
11MS Dhoni19417468452384*42.66303

RA Jadeja’s 50 in this game fetched him an aggregate of 2000 runs in the tournament. He became the 33rd batsman in the tournament to total 2000 plus runs in the tournament. He also became the 20th Indian batsman to achieve the feat.

RA Jadeja’s 50 in this game represent his first fifty of the tournament. His previous best was 48 against Deccan Chargers on 07.04.12 representing Chennai at Vizag. He was dismissed hit wicket of the bowling of DW Steyn in this game.

Sunrisers won this game by seven runs to provide the 67th occasion of a team winning a game by single digit runs {one to nine} in the tournament. It also provides the eighth occasion of Sunrisers winning a game by single digit runs in the tournament.

Sunrisers won this game by seven runs to provide the ninth occasion of a team winning a game by exact seven runs in the tournament. It also provides the second occasion of Sunrisers winning a game by exact seven runs in the tournament. Prior to this it had posted a win by seven runs against Rajasthan at Mum-BS on 07.05.15

RA Jadeja became the first all rounder in the tournament to score 2000 plus runs and capture 100 plus wickets in the tournament. He has an aggregate of 2000 runs and 110 wickets in the tournament.