RG Sharma’s 73 for Hyderabad against Jaipur at Nagpur on 05.04.10 was in a losing cause providing the 83^rd occasion of a batsman’s fifty going in vain in IPL. The break up of these 83 occasions edition wise read thus – 2008 {36}, 2009 {25} and 2010 {22}

It is interesting to see two hundreds in IPL have also gone in vain. A Symond’s 117 not out for Hyderabad against Jaipur at Hyderabad on 24.04.08 and YK Pathan’s 100 for Jaipur against Mumbai at Mumbai {BS} on 13.03.10 provide the two occasions

The following table lists out all the 83 occasions of batsman’s fifties that have gone in vain in IPL

No	Batsman	Runs	Team 1	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	JR Hopes	71	Mohali	Chennai	Mohali	19.04.08
2	Sangakkara	54*	Mohali	Chennai	Mohali	19.04.08
3	Yuvraj Singh	57	Mohali	Jaipur	Jaipur	21.04.08
4	RG Sharma	66	Hyderabad	Delhi	Hyderabad	22.04.08
5	A Symonds	117*	Hyderabad	Jaipur	Hyderabad	24.04.08
6	W Jaffer	50	Bangalore	Chennai	Bangalore	28.04.08
7	R Taylor	53	Bangalore	Chennai	Bangalore	28.04.08
8	JH Kallis	54	Bangalore	Delhi	Delhi	30.04.08
9	SC Ganguly	51	Kolkata	Jaipur	Jaipur	01.05.08
10	RG Sharma	76*	Hyderabad	Mohali	Hyderabad	01.05.08
11	S Vidyut	54	Chennai	Delhi	Chennai	02.05.08
12	VVS Laxman	52	Hyderabad	Bangalore	Bangalore	03.05.08
13	RG Sharma	57	Hyderabad	Bangalore	Bangalore	03.05.08
14	DJ Hussey	71	Kolkata	Mohali	Mohali	03.05.08
15	WP Saha	59*	Kolkata	Mohali	Mohali	03.05.08
16	R Dravid	66	Bangalore	Mohali	Bangalore	05.05.08
17	G Gambhir	80	Delhi	Chennai	Delhi	08.05.08
18	S Dhawan	59	Delhi	Chennai	Delhi	08.05.08
19	MV Boucher	50*	Bangalore	Kolkata	Kolkata	08.05.08
20	AC Gilchrist	61	Hyderabad	Jaipur	Jaipur	09.05.08
21	SE Marsh	58	Mohali	Chennai	Chennai	10.05.08
22	Venugopala Rao	71*	Hyderabad	Kolkata	Hyderabad	11.05.08
23	S Badrinath	53	Chennai	Mumbai	Mumbai	14.05.08
24	R Dravid	75*	Bangalore	Jaipur	Jaipur	17.05.08
25	V Sehwag	51*	Delhi	Mohali	Delhi	17.05.08
26	Salman Butt	73	Kolkata	Chennai	Kolkata	17.05.08
27	Venugopala Rao	57	Hyderabad	Mumbai	Hyderabad	18.05.08
28	SP Goswami	52	Bangalore	Delhi	Bangalore	19.05.08
29	SR Tendukar	65	Mumbai	Mohali	Mumbai	21.05.08
30	AC Gilchrist	50	Hyderabad	Mohali	Mohali	23.05.08
31	RG Sharma	50	Hyderabad	Mohali	Mohali	23.05.08
32	PA Patel	54	Chennai	Jaipur	Chennai	24.05.08
33	JA Morkel	71	Chennai	Jaipur	Chennai	24.05.08
34	Jayasuriya	66	Mumbai	Delhi	Delhi	24.05.08
35	Sangakkara	64	Mohali	Kolkata	Kolkata	25.05.08
36	NK Patel	57	Jaipur	Mohali	Mohali	28.05.08
37	V Kohli	50	Bangalore	Hyderabad	Cape Town	22.04.09
38	ML Hayden	57	Chennai	Delhi	Durban	23.04.09
39	JH Kallis	62	Bangalore	Mohali	Durban	24.04.09
40	AB de Villiers	50	Delhi	Jaipur	Centurion	28.04.09
41	JP Duminy	59	Mumbai	Mohali	Durban	29.04.09
42	BJ Hodge	73	Kolkata	Mumbai	E London`	01.05.09
43	Yuvraj Singh	50	Mohali	Bangalore	Durban	01.05.09
44	KD Karthik	52	Delhi	Chennai	Jo’burg	02.05.09
45	DA Warner	51	Delhi	Chennai	Jo’burg	02.05.09
46	BJ Hodge	70*	Kolkata	Mohali	P E’beth	03.05.09
47	ST Jayasuriya	52	Mumbai	Bangalore	Jo’burg	03.05.09
48	DJ Bravo	50*	Mumbai	Bangalore	Jo’burg	03.05.09
49	MN van Wyk	74	Kolkata	Delhi	Durban	05.05.09
50	JP Duminy	52	Mumbai	Hyderabad	Centurion	06.05.09
51	Yuvraj Singh	58*	Mohali	Chennai	Centurion	07.05.09
52	SM Katich	50	Mohali	Chennai	Centurion	07.05.09
53	A Symonds	60*	Hyderabad	Mohali	Kimberley	09.05.09
54	BB McCullum	84*	Kolkata	Bangalore	Centurion	12.05.09
55	AC Gilchrist	64	Hyderabad	Delhi	Durban	13.05.09
56	ML Hayden	60	Chennai	Bangalore	Durban	14.05.09
57	JP Duminy	62	Mumbai	Chennai	P E’beth	16.05.09
58	SK Raina	52	Chennai	Kolkata	Centurion	18.05.09
59	AM Rahane	56	Mumbai	Delhi	Centurion	21.05.09
60	HH Gibbs	60	Hyderabad	Bangalore	Centurion	21.05.09
61	TM Dilshan	65	Delhi	Hyderabad	Centurion	22.05.09
62	AC Gilchrist	54	Hyderabad	Kolkata	Mumbai	12.03.10
63	YK Pathan	100	Jaipur	Mumbai	Mum-BS	13.03.10
64	RS Bopara	56	Mohali	Delhi	Mohali	13.03.10
65	JH Kallis	65*	Bangalore	Kolkata	Kolkata	14.03.10
66	AA Jhunjhunwala	53*	Jaipur	Delhi	Ahmedabad	15.03.10
67	RS Bopara	77	Mohali	Bangalore	Bangalore	16.03.10
68	MS Bisla	75	Mohali	Bangalore	Bangalore	16.03.10
69	V Sehwag	74	Delhi	Chennai	Delhi	19.03.10
70	IK Pathan	60	Mohali	Hyderabad	Cuttack	19.03.10
71	DA Warner	57	Delhi	Hyderabad	Cuttack	21.03.10
72	PA Patel	57	Chennai	Mohali	Chennai	21.03.10
73	CH Gayle	75	Kolkata	Mumbai	Mum-BS	22.03.10
74	SK Raina	83*	Chennai	Mumbai	Mum-BS	25.03.10
75	S Badrinath	55*	Chennai	Mumbai	Mum-BS	25.03.10
76	SE Marsh	57	Mohali	Mumbai	Mum-BS	30.03.10
77	JH Kallis	52	Bangalore	Chennai	Chennai	31.03.10
78	HH Gibbs	50	Hyderabad	Kolkata	Kolkata	01.04.10
79	NV Ojha	94*	Jaipur	Chennai	Chennai	02.04.10
80	SR Watson	60	Jaipur	Chennai	Chennai	02.04.10
81	JH Kallis	54	Bangalore	Delhi	Delhi	04.04.10
82	CH Gayle	88	Kolkata	Mohali	Kolkata	04.04.10
83	RG Sharma	73	Hyderabad	Jaipur	Nagpur	05.04.10

Team wise break up of 83 occasions read thus – Bangalore {12}. Chennai {10}, Delhi {09}, Hyderabad {16}, Jaipur {05}, Kolkata {10}, Mohali {13} and Mumbai {08}

Hyderabad batsmen have the record of scoring most fifties that have gone in vain – sixteen. They are closely followed by Mohali which has witnessed 13 half centuries in a losing cause

JH Kallis of Bangalore became the first batsman in IPL to witness five of his fifties in a losing cause. His fifth fifty was his 54 against Delhi at Delhi on 04.04.10. He wrested the record from AC Gilchrist and RG Sharma of Hyderabad who had four fifties in a losing cause.

However RG Sharma joined JH Kallis the very next day to share the record for most fifties in IPL in a losing cause as his 73 against Jaipur at Nagpur on 05.04.10.

No	Batsman	Runs	Team 1	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	JH Kallis	54	Bangalore	Delhi	Delhi	30.04.08
2	JH Kallis	62	Bangalore	Mohali	Durban	24.04.09
3	JH Kallis	65*	Bangalore	Kolkata	Kolkata	14.03.10
4	JH Kallis	52	Bangalore	Chennai	Chennai	31.03.10
5	JH Kallis	54	Bangalore	Delhi	Delhi	04.04.10
1	RG Sharma	66	Hyderabad	Delhi	Hyderabad	22.04.08
2	RG Sharma	76*	Hyderabad	Mohali	Hyderabad	01.05.08
3	RG Sharma	57	Hyderabad	Bangalore	Bangalore	03.05.08
4	RG Sharma	50	Hyderabad	Mohali	Mohali	23.05.08
5	RG Sharma	73	Hyderabad	Jaipur	Nagpur	05.04.10

It is rather harsh on JH Kallis who owns the record of most fifties in IPL to have the dubious record of witnessing five of his nine fifties in a losing cause also and share the record with RG Sharma