Indian Premier League 2010 : JH Kallis aggregates 500 runs in 2010 edition of IPL
JH Kallis aggregated 500 runs in IPL 2010 when he was on seven during the course of his knock of eight in the game against Kolkata at Bangalore on 10.04.10. At the end of the game his aggregate stood at 501.
He became the fifth batsman to aggregate 500 plus runs in a single edition of IPL. The other four batsmen are – SE Marsh of Mohali {616 in 2008}, ML Hayden of Chennai {572 in 2009}, G Gambhir of Delhi {534 in 2008} and ST Jayasuriya of Mumbai {514 in 2008}
SE Marsh’s 616 runs have come from 11 matches, 11 innings of which two were not outs. His highest score is 115 and he has an average of 68.44 runs per innings. He has scored one hundred and five half centuries. He has hit 59 boundary fours and 26 boundary sixes
ML Hayden’s 572 runs have come from 12 matches, 12 innings of which one was a not out. His highest score is 89 and has an average of 52.00. He has scored five half centuries. He has hit 60 boundary fours and 22 boundary sixes.
G Gambhir’s 534 runs have come from 14 matches, 14 innings of which one was not out. His highest score is 86 and has an average of 41.07 runs per innings. He has scored five half centuries. He has hit 68 boundary fours and eight boundary sixes
ST Jayasuriya’s 514 runs have come from 14 matches, 14 innings of which two were not outs. His highest score is 114 not out. He has an average of 42.03 runs per innings. He has scored one hundred and two half centuries. He has hit 57 boundary fours and 31 boundary fours
JH Kallis’s 501 runs have come from 11 matches, 11 innings of which four were not outs. His highest score is 89 not out. He has an average of 71.57 runs per innings. He has scored six half centuries. He has hit 61 boundary fours and eight boundary sixes
JH Kallis became the first batsman to aggregate 500 runs in the third edition of IPL. His performance in 2010 edition of IPL read thus – 65* vs Kolkata at Kolkata on 14.03.10, 89* vs Mohali at Bangalore on 16.03.10, 44* vs Jaipur at Bangalore on 18.03.10, 66* vs Mumbai at Mumbai on 20.03.10, 19 vs Chennai at Bangalore on 23.03.10, 27 vs Delhi at Bangalore on 25.03.10, 52 vs Chennai at Chennai on 31.03.10, 9 vs Mohali at Mohali on 02.04.10, 54 vs Delhi at Delhi on 04.04.10, 68 vs Hyderabad at Bangalore on 08.04.10 and 8 vs Kolkata at Bangalore on 10.04.10
Other IPL records held by JH Kallis are – Most fifties in all IPL {ten}, most fifties in a single edition of IPL {six in 2010 edition}, one of the five batsman who have an aggregate of 1000 IPL runs and the dubious record of witnessing most fifties in a losing cause {six}