Apporoaching milestones ahead of the game between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Lions at Bangalore on 27.04.17

Apporoaching milestones ahead of the game between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Lions at Bangalore on 27.04.17

V Kohli has scored 198 boundary fours at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. He needs two more boundary fours for his 200 boundary fours. If he scores them,then he would become the first batsman in  the history of Twenty20 games to score 200 boundary fours on a single ground.

 

SK Raina and RG Sharma share the second place in the list of batsmen who have scored most boundary sixes in the Indian Premier League. Both the batsmen have scored 167 boundary sixes. One more boundary six would fetch SK Raina his 168th boundary six and he would occupy the second place. The first place is occupied by CH Gayle who has scored 262 boundary sixes

 

V Kohli has pouched 58 catches in the tournament prior to the start of today’s game. He needs two more catches which would fetch him 60 catches. If he gets them, then he would become the sixth fieldsman in the history of Indian Premier League to pouch 60 plus catches. Others are – SK Raina {85}, AB de Villiers {69}, RG Sharma {65}, KA Pollard {62} and DJ Bravo {60}

 

Royal Challengers Bangalore would be playing its 148th IPL game today when they meet Gujarat Lions at Bangalore. Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians share the record for playing most games in the tournament – Both the teams would have played 148 IPL games at the end of this game.

 

SK Raina has scored 589 boundary fours in T20 games. He needs eleven more boundary fours for his 600 boundary fours. If he gets them, he would then become the twelfth batsman in the history of T20 games to score 600 plus boundary fours. The following table lists all of them

 

No Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0 4s
1 CH Gayle 291 286 37 10081 175* 40.48 18 61 15 770
2 BB McCullum 274 269 26 7635 158* 31.41 7 38 14 732
3 DA Warner 229 228 24 7203 135* 35.30 5 56 15 721
4 BJ Hodge 270 256 57 7338 106 36.87 2 48 14 707
5 G Gambhir 228 224 21 5952 93 29.32 0 50 18 698
6 LJ Wright 266 246 26 6296 153* 28.61 6 31 20 653
7 KC Sangakkara 235 229 20 5974 94 28.58 0 34 12 645
8 DR Smith 291 284 24 6776 110* 26.06 3 41 25 644
9 TM Dilshan 221 217 25 5193 104* 27.04 1 34 23 633
10 M Jayawardene 220 213 26 5455 116 29.17 3 36 11 630
11 V Kohli 213 200 38 6667 113 41.15 4 48 07 626

 

SK Raina has scored 589 boundary fours in T20 games. He needs eleven more boundary fours for his 600 boundary fours. If he gets them, he would then become the third Indian batsman in the history of T20 games to score 600 plus boundary fours. Others are G Gambhir {698} and V Kohli {626}

 

No Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0 4s
1 G Gambhir 228 224 21 5952 93 29.32 0 50 18 698
2 V Kohli 213 200 38 6667 113 41.15 4 48 07 626

 

CH Gayle has scored 743 boundary sixes prior to the start of this game. He needs seven more boundary sixes for his 750 boundary sixes. If he scores them, then he would become the first batsman in the history of T20 games to score 750 boundary sixes. He also would become the first batsman in the history of T20 games to score 750 plus boundary sixes and 750 plus boundary fours. He has already scored 770 boundary fours.

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