Match No 47 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Pune Warriors at Kolkata on 05.04.12 – Kolkata won by seven runs  

G Gambhir and BB McCullum added 113 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 67th occasion of three figure partnership in IPL. It also provides the 24^th occasion of a three figure partnership for the first wicket which are listed below

G Gambhir and BB McCullum added 113 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the eighth occasion of three figure partnership by Kolkata batsmen in IPL.

This stand also provides the second occasion of a three figure partnership for the first wicket by Kolkata batsmen in IPL. This stand represent the record stand for the first wicket by Kolkata batsmen in IPL

G Gambhir and BB McCullum added 113 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the third occasion of three figure partnership against Pune in IPL. It also provides the first occasion of a three figure partnership by Kolkata batsmen against Pune in IPL

G Gambhir and BB McCullum added 113 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 55th occasion of 50 plus runs partnership by Kolkata batsmen in IPL. It also provides the 16^th occasion of a three figure partnership by Kolkata batsmen against Pune in IPL

G Gambhir and BB McCullum added 113 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the second occasion of 50 plus runs partnership by Kolkata batsmen against Pune in IPL. It also represents the highest partnership for any wicket by Kolkata batsmen against Pune – the previous best was the 64 runs partnership between G Gambhir and YK Pathan at Mumbai on 19.05.11 

G Gambhir’s 56 in this game provide the    occasion of a Kolkata batsman scoring a fifty in IPL. It also represent the second occasion of a Kolkata batsman scoring a fifty against Pune in IPL

G Gambhir’s 56 in this game represent his seventh fifty when representing Kolkata. He is on par with SC Ganguly who also has scored seven fifties while playing for Kolkata. Thus G Gambhir and SC Ganguly share the record for most fifties by a Kolkata batsman in IPL, The performance of these two batsmen are furnished below. This statistics applies to Kolkata captains also in IPL

G Gambhir’s 56 in this game provide the 76^th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in IPL. It also represent the 16th occasion of a Kolkata captain scoring a fifty in IPL

G Gambhir registered his ninth fifty as captain when he made 56 in this game. All his fifties are listed below

G Gambhir became the fourth captain to score nine or more fifties in IPL. Others are – V Sehwag {12}, SR Tendukar {11} and AC Gilchrist {10}

G Gambhir with his aggregate of 1896 runs at the end of this game in IPL occupies the second place amongst the most run getters in IPL. SK Raina with his 2042 runs holds the first place. G Gambhir is one of the four batsmen who have scored 1800 runs in IPL. The other three are – SK Raina {2042}, SR Tendulkar {1851} and V Sehwag {1829}

V Sehwag’s 56 in this game represent his 15^th fifty in IPL. He now shares the record of most fifties in IPL with V Sehwag who also has scored 15 fifties. G Gambhir went past SE Marsh and JH Kallis who have scored 14 fifties on his way to the second position.

G Gambhir’s 56 in this game represent his fifth fifty in the on going fifth edition of IPL. He is the third batsman, after CH Gayle and V Sehwag to score five fifties in IPL Five. Three batsmen scoring fifties in a single edition is the first such occurrence in IPL.

The following table shows the batsmen who have scored five or more fifties in a single edition of IPL.

CH Gayle and G Gambhir are the two batsmen who have scored five fifties in two separate editions. The performances of these two batsmen are furnished below.

It is interesting to note that CH Gayle is the only batsmen to achieve this feat is consecutive or back to back editions – 2011 and 2012, while G Gambhir has achieved this feat two separate editions – 2008 and 2012