Statistical titbits of the game between Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiant at Mumbai on 24.04.17
RG Sharma of Mumbai scored 58 against Rising Pune Supergiant at Mumbai on 24.04.17. This knock represents his 31st fifty in the tournament. He is one of the five batsmen who have scored 30 plus fifties in the Indian Premier League. DA Warner {36}, G Gambhir {33}, V Kohli {32}, RG Sharma {31} and SK Raina {31}. Thus he shares the fourth place along with SK Raina in the list of batsmen who have scored most fifties in the Indian Premier League.
RG Sharma of Mumbai scored 58 against Rising Pune Supergiant at Mumbai on 24.04.17. This knock represents his 30th half century in the tournament. He became the fourth batsman in the Indian Premier League to score 30 plus half centuries. Others are – DA Warner {34}, G Gambhir {33} and SK Raina {30}
RG Sharma’s run aggregate in the Indian Premier League at the end of the game between Mumbai and Rising Pune Supergiant at Mumbai on 24.03.17 read 3986. He requires 14 more runs for his 4000 runs. If he gets them, he would then become the third batsman in the history of Indian Premier League to score 4000 plus runs. Others are – SK Raina {4373} and V Kohli {4264}
MS Dhoni and RG Sharma were playing their 150th IPL game. They became the second and third cricketers to appear in 150 plus games in the history of the tournament after SK Raina SK Raina has most appearances in Indian Premier League – 154
Two cricketers from rival teams appearing in their 150th game of the tournament – first such happening in the tournament
MS Dhoni earned the distinction of becoming the first wicket keeper to appear in 150 games in the tournament.
Harbhajan Singh’s lone wicket in this game – that of Rising Pune Supergiant’s skipper SPD Smith who was bowled for 17 – gave him his 200th wicket in T20 games. At the end of this game, his wicket aggregate read 200. He became the 19th bowler in the history of T20 games to capture 200 wickets. He also became the third Indian bowler to accomplish such a feat. Others are – A Mishra {208} and R Ashwin {200}
Harbhajan Singh’s IPL wickets aggregate at the end of this game read 123. He now stands third in the list of bowlers who have captured most wickets in the tournament. SL Malinga {143} and A Mishra {131} occupy the first two places.