TEAMS QUALIFIED FOR PLAY OFFS BASED ON THE POINTS OBTAINED IN THE LEAGUE STAGE
No	Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
1	Gujarat Lions	14	9	5	0	0	18	-0.374	2130/264.3	2285/271.1
2	Royal Challengers Bangalore	14	8	6	0	0	16	+0.932	2613/270.2	2345/268.3
3	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	8	6	0	0	16	+0.245	2082/259.5	2078/267.3
4	Kolkata Knight Riders	14	8	6	0	0	16	+0.106	2123/253.2	2121/256.2

FIRST PLAY OFF: ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE AND GUJARAT LIONS AT BANGALORE ON 24.05.2016

HOW THE TEAMS FARED IN THE LEAGUE STAGE
MATCH RESULTS – GUJARAT
No	Team 1	Team 2	Winner	Margin	Ground	Match Date
1	Punjab	Gujarat	Gujarat	005 wkts	Mohali	Apr 11, 2016
2	Gujarat	Ris Pune	Gujarat	007 wkts	Rajkot	Apr 14, 2016
3	Mumbai	Gujarat	Gujarat	003 wkts	Mumbai	Apr 16, 2016
4	Gujarat	Sunrisers	Sunrisers	010 wkts	Rajkot	Apr 21, 2016
5	Gujarat	Bangalore	Gujarat	006 wkts	Rajkot	Apr 24, 2016
6	Delhi	Gujarat	Gujarat	001 run	Delhi	Apr 27, 2016
7	Ris Pune	Gujarat	Gujarat	003 wkts	Pune	Apr 29, 2016
8	Gujarat	Punjab	Punjab	023 runs	Rajkot	May 01, 2016
9	Gujarat	Delhi	Delhi	008 wkts	Rajkot	May 03, 2016
10	Sunrisers	Gujarat	Sunrisers	005 wkts	Hyd-RGS	May 06, 2016
11	Kolkata	Gujarat	Gujarat	005 wkts	Kolkata	May 08, 2016
12	Bangalore	Gujarat	Bangalore	144 runs	Bangalore	May 14, 2016
13	Gujarat	Kolkata	Gujarat	006 wkts	Kanpur	May 19, 2016
14	Gujarat	Mumbai	Gujarat	006 wkts	Kanpur	May 21, 2016
MATCH RESULTS – BANGALORE
No	Team 1	Team 2	Winner	Margin	Ground	Match Date
2	Bangalore	Sunrisers	Bangalore	045 runs	Bangalore	Apr 12, 2016
2	Bangalore	Delhi	Delhi	007 wkts	Bangalore	Apr 17, 2016
3	Mumbai	Bangalore	Mumbai	006 wkts	Mumbai	Apr 20, 2016
4	Ris Pune	Bangalore	Bangalore	013 runs	Pune	Apr 22, 2016
5	Gujarat	Bangalore	Gujarat	006 wkts	Rajkot	Apr 24, 2016
6	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Sunrisers	015 runs	Hyd-RGS	Apr 30, 2016
7	Bangalore	Kolkata	Kolkata	005 wkts	Bangalore	May 02, 2016
8	Bangalore	Ris Pune	Bangalore	007 wkts	Bangalore	May 07, 2016
9	Punjab	Bangalore	Bangalore	001 run	Mohali	May 09, 2016
10	Bangalore	Mumbai	Mumbai	006 wkts	Bangalore	May 11, 2016
11	Bangalore	Gujarat	Bangalore	144 runs	Bangalore	May 14, 2016
12	Kolkata	Bangalore	Bangalore	009 wkts	Kolkata	May 16, 2016
13	Bangalore	Punjab	Bangalore	082 runs	Bangalore	May 18, 2016
14	Delhi	Bangalore	Bangalore	006 wkts	Raipur	May 22, 2016

APPROACHING MILESTONES AHEAD OF THE FIRST PLAY OFF MATCH BETWEEN ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE AND GUJARAT LIONS AT BANGALORE ON 24.05.16

Chris Gayle is on the threshold of creating three new records in Twenty20 games. He has an aggregate of 8981 runs prior to the start of this game. He needs 19 more runs for 9000 runs in Twenty20 games. If he gets these runs, he would then become the first batsman ever in the history of Twenty20 games to total 9000 runs. 

Another record he is eyeing in T20 games is most boundary fours. He has scored 695 boundary fours and require five more which would fetch him 700 boundary fours. If he gets them, he would then become the first batsmen ever to score 700 boundary fours.

He has already scored 650 boundary sixes in T20 games. If he gets 700 boundary fours, he would then become the only batsman in the history of T20 games to score 700 boundary fours and 650 boundary sixes.

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
CH Gayle	2005-2016	252	247	34	8981	175*	42.16	17	56	13	695	650

He has represented the following teams in T20 games Barisal Bulls, Barisal Burners, Dhaka Gladiators, Jamaica, Jamaica Tallawahs, Kolkata Knight Riders, Lahore Qalandars, Lions, Matabeleland Tuskers, Melbourne Renegades, PCA Masters XI, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Somerset, Stanford Superstars, Sydney Thunder, West Indians, West Indies, Western Australia

V Kohli has scored 597 boundary fours and 198 boundary sixes in Twenty20 games as on date. He requires three more boundary fours and two more boundary sixes which would fetch him 600 boundary fours and 200 boundary sixes. If he gets them, he would then become the fifth batsman in the history of Twenty20 games to score 600 boundary fours and 200 boundary sixes. Others who have achieved the feat are – CH Gayle, DA Warner, BJ Hodge and BB McCullum. The exploits of these four batsmen along with V Kohli are furnished below

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	50+	0	4s	6s
1	CH Gayle	252	247	34	8981	175*	42.16	17	56	73	13	695	650
2	DA Warner	217	216	21	6678	135*	34.24	5	52	57	15	662	282
3	BJ Hodge	256	242	55	6998	106	37.42	2	46	48	13	681	231
4	BB McCullum	233	230	22	6632	158*	31.88	7	32	39	11	638	306
5	V Kohli	202	190	38	6391	113	42.04	4	45	49	5	597	198

V Kohli has scored 49 fifties in T20 games. One more fifty would give him a total of 50 fifties. If he gets it, he would then become the third batsmen in the history of Twenty20 games to score 50 fifties. Others to accomplish such a feat are – CH Gayle {73} and DA Warner {57}. It is interesting to note all the three batsmen are representing the different teams in the ongoing IPL.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	50+	0	4s	6s
1	CH Gayle	252	247	34	8981	175*	42.16	17	56	73	13	695	650
2	DA Warner	217	216	21	6678	135*	34.24	5	52	57	15	662	282
3	V Kohli	202	190	38	6391	113	42.04	4	45	49	5	597	198

V Kohli has scored 198 boundary sixes as on date. He needs two more boundary sixes for his 200 sixes. If he gets them, he would then become the 23^rd batsman in the history of Twenty 20 games to score 200 boundary sixes. V Kohli would become the sixth Indian batsman to score 600 boundary fours.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
1	RG Sharma	234	223	38	6137	109*	33.17	3	42	12	526	249
2	SK Raina	240	226	37	6324	109*	33.46	3	36	10	555	246
3	Yuvraj Singh	184	173	23	3957	83	26.38	0	23	6	302	222
4	YK Pathan	212	190	47	4090	100	28.60	1	19	15	326	212
5	MS Dhoni	240	216	86	4883	73*	37.56	0	18	7	345	206
6	V Kohli	202	190	38	6391	113	42.04	4	45	5	597	198

V Kohli has scored 597 boundary fours as on date. He requires three more boundary fours for his 600 fours. If he gets it, he would then become the fifth batsman in the history of Twenty20 games to score 600 boundary fours. Others are – CH Gayle {650}, BJ Hodge {681}, DA Warner {662} and BB McCullum {638}. V Kohli would earn the distinction of becoming the first Indian batsman to score 600 boundary fours in T20 games

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
1	CH Gayle	252	247	34	8981	175*	42.16	17	56	13	695	650
2	BJ Hodge	256	242	55	6998	106	37.42	2	46	13	681	231
3	DA Warner	217	216	21	6678	135*	34.24	5	52	15	662	282
4	BB McCullum	233	230	22	6632	158*	31.88	7	32	11	638	306
5	V Kohli	202	190	38	6391	113	42.04	4	45	05	597	198

KD Karthik has an aggregate of 97 dismissals prior to this game in the ongoing edition of IPL 2016.  He needs three more dismissals which would fetch him 100 dismissals in IPL and with it the record of becoming the first wicket keeper to effect 100 dismissals in IPL. He has pouched 71 catches and effected 26 dismissals

V Kohli has scored 78 boundary fours in the ongoing IPL 2016. He needs two more boundary fours for his 80 fours. If he gets it, he would then become the fourth batsman to score 80 plus boundary fours in a T20 series. JM Vince of Hampshire has scored 87 boundary fours in NatWest t20 blast in 2015, SR Tendulkar of Mumbai Indians has scored 86 boundary fours in IPL 2010 and MEK Hussey of Chennai Super Kings has scored 81 boundary fours in IPL 2013. V Kohli would become the third batsman to score 80 plus boundary fours in an IPL Series after SR Tendulkar of Mumbai Indians and MEK Hussey of Chennai

V Kohli has scored 78 boundary fours in the ongoing IPL 2016. He needs two more boundary fours for his 80 fours. If he gets it, he would then become the third captain to score 80 plus boundary fours in a T20 series.JM Vince if Hampshire has scored 87 boundary fours in Natwest t20 blast in 2015, SR Tendulkar of Mumbai Indians has scored 86 boundary fours in IPL 2010. V Kohli would become the second captain to score 80 plus boundary fours in an IPL Series after SR Tendulkar of Mumbai Indians.

AB de Villers has taken 18 catches as on date. Two more catches by him would fetch him 20 catches and with it the distinction of becoming the first fieldsman to pouch 20 catches in a single edition of IPL.

For the first time in the history of IPL, rival teams have batsmen who have scored 4000 plus runs in their ranks. For Bangalore it is V Kohli with 4056 runs to his credit, while for Gujarat it is SK Raina with 4096 runs to his credit. It is interesting to note that these two cricketers are leading their respective teams in this game.

V Kohli and SK Raina have scored 29 fifties in IPL as on date. Both of them need one more fifty to get their 30^th fifty. If they get them they would join the elite three batsmen who have scored 30 plus fifties in IPL – DA Warner {32}, G Gambhir [31} and RG Sharma {30}.

V Kohli has an aggregate of 919 runs in the ongoing IPL and owns the record for most runs by a captain in T20 series and also the record for most runs by a batsman in IPL. He needs 81 more runs for his 1000 runs. If he gets these runs, he would become the first captain ever to score 1000 runs in T20 series and also first batsman ever to score 1000 runs in an IPL edition

V Kohli has scored 146 boundary sixes in IPL as on date. He needs four more boundary sixes for his 150 sixes. If he scores them, he would then become the fourth batsman in the history of IPL to score 150 plus boundary sixes. Others are – CH Gayle {243}, RG Sharma {163} and SK Raina {160}

CH Gayle has scored 243 boundary sixes as on date. He needs seven more boundary sixes which would fetch him a total of 250 boundary sixes and also the record for becoming the first batsman to score 250 boundary sixes in the history of Indian Premier League.

V Kohli has scored four centuries in IPL. He needs one more century for his fifth century. If he gets it, then he would become the second batsman in the history of IPL to score five centuries after CH Gayle. CH Gayle has scored five centuries in IPL. V Kohli would also become the first batsman ever to score five centuries in a single edition of IPL.

CH Gayle has scored 24 fifties as on date. He needs one more fifty to join the elite list of batsman who have scored 25 plus fifties in IPL – DA Warner {32}, G Gambhir {31}, RG Sharma {30}, SK Raina {29}, V Kohli {29} and S Dhawan {25}. CH Gayle would become the seventh batsman to score 25 fifties in IPL.

V Kohli has an aggregate of 1544 runs in T20 games in the calendar year 2016. He needs 54 more runs for his 1600 runs. If he gets these runs, he would then become the second batsman after CH Gayle to score 1600 runs in a calendar year in T20 games. CH Gayle has scored 1665 in 2015

V Kohli has an aggregate of 145 boundary fours in T20 games in the calendar year 2016. He needs five boundary fours for his 150 fours. If he gets these fours, he would then become the first batsman to score 150 boundary fours in any calendar year in T20 games.