Indian Premier League highlights

IPL has 16 editions and the ensuing edition will be the 17^th edition. A peep into the previous sixteen editions will unfold the following interesting statistical nuggets/feats.

Chennai and Mumbai have won on five occasions – most occasions of a team winning the IPL.

Eight teams have played 100 plus matches of which seven teams have played 200 plus matches.  Mumbai owns the record for playing most matches – 248 matches.  Mumbai needs two more matches to become the first team to play 250 matches in the tournament.

Seven teams have won 100 plus matches in the tournament.  Mumbai owns the record for winning most matches – 138 matches.  

Six teams have lost 100 plus matches in the tournament. Delhi owns the dubious record of losing most matches – 127 matches.

Six teams have won 100 plus matches and lost 100 plus matches. Mumbai owns the record for winning most matches {138} and Delhi own the record for losing most matches {127}

Two teams have scored 250 plus runs in the tournament.

No	Team	Runs	Overs	I	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Bangalore	263/5	20.0	1	Pune	Bangalore	23.04.13
2	Lucknow	257/5	20.0	1	Punjab	Mohali	28.04.23

IPL has witnessed three occasions of a team dismissed all out after scoring 200 plus runs

No	Team	Runs	Overs	I	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Kolkata	202	19.1	2	Chennai	Mumbai	21.04.21
2	Kolkata	210	19.4	2	Rajasthan	Mum-BS	18.04.22
3	Punjab	201	19.5	2	Lucknow	Mohali	28.04.23

There are 170 occasions of teams posting 200 plus runs in an innings in the tournament. The following four teams have posted 200 plus runs in 20 plus occasions.  Bangalore {24}, Chennai {28},Mumbai {21} and Punjab {20}. Chennai owns the record for posting 200 plus runs on most occasions – 28. It needs two more occasions to become the first team to post 200 plus runs on 30 occasions. Bangalore needs one more occasion to post 200 plus runs in an innings on 25 occasions.

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore owns the record for having most occasions of 200 plus runs scored on it. As many as 27 occasions are witnessed at Bangalore. Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai has witnessed 21 such occasions.   These two grounds are the only two grounds to witness 20 plus occasions of 200 plus runs scored on them.

Mumbai as a city has witnessed 37 occasions of teams scoring 200 plus runs – Mum-WS {21}, Mum-BS {10} and Mum-DYP {06}.

The tournament has witnessed Teams posting 200 plus runs on 20 plus occasions against three teams – Punjab {26}, Bangalore {23} and Chennai {20}.

The tournament has witnessed 46 occasions of both teams posting 200 plus runs. It has also witnessed a similar number of occasions of teams losing a game after scoring 200 plus runs. Teams have lost the game on 24 occasions when they have posted 200 plus runs while batting first and have lost the game on 22 occasions when they have posted 200 plus while batting second.

There are 25 occasions of a team chasing a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament. The highest run chase was by Rajasthan against Punjab at Sharjah on 27.09.20.  Punjab’s total of 224 was chased by Rajasthan by posting 226-6 and Rajasthan won by four wickets

The tournament has witnessed 41 occasions of a team posting 100 and less than 100 runs in a completed innings. Delhi own the record of being dismissed for a total of 100 and less than 100 runs in a completed innings on most occasions – ten occasions. The lowest total in a completed innings is 49 by Bangalore against Kolkata at Kolkata on 23.04.17.

Bangalore holds the record for posting the highest total by a team and also the lowest total by a team in the tournament. Highest total in the tournament is 263 for 5 by Bangalore against Pune at Bangalore on 23.04.13.. The lowest total in the tournament is 49 by Bangalore against Kolkata at Kolkata on 23.04.17

The highest and the lowest total of the tournament was posted by Bangalore on the same date, same month but with a difference of four years – an amazing coincidence indeed

There are 18 occasions of a team dismissed all out for a total of 100 and less than 100 runs in a completed innings while batting first and  23 occasions of a team dismissed all out for a total of 100 and less than 100 runs in a completed innings while batting second.

There are ten occasions of a team winning a game by 100 plus runs in the tournament. The largest margin of win is by 146 runs – Mumbai beating Delhi at Delhi on 06.05.17. Bangalore holds the record of winning most games by 100 plus runs margin – four occasions.

There are fifteen occasions of a team winning a game without losing a wicket in the tournament.  Bangalore has won four games without losing a wicket – most occasions by any team.

There are eight occasions of a team winning a game by 50 deliveries to spare in the second innings.  Mumbai won by 87 deliveries to spare in the second innings against Kolkata at Mumbai on 1605.08 is the record for a team to win a game with most deliveries to spare in the second innings in the tournament.

There are eight occasion of a team winning a game by one run and three occasions of a team winning a game by one wicket in the tournament.

The tournament has witnessed fourteen tied games and 41 occasions of a team winning a game on the last ball of the match.