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The third edition of IPL has witnessed two hundreds – by YK Pathan and DA Warner – which has taken the number of hundreds in Indian Premier League to ten at the end of the game between Delhi and Kolkata at Delhi on 29.03.10

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	BB McCullum	158*	Kolkata	Bangalore	Bangalore	18.04.08
2	MEK Hussey	116*	Chennai	Mohali	Mohali	19.04.08
3	A Symonds	117*	HYd’bad	Jaipur	HYd’bad	24.04.08
4	AC Gilchrist	109*	HYd’bad	Mumbai	Mumbai	27.04.08
5	ST Jayasuriya	114*	Mumbai	Chennai	Mumbai	14.05.08
6	SE Marsh	115	Mohali	Jaipur	Mohali	28.05.08
7	AB de Villiers	105*	Delhi	Chennai	Durban	23.04.09
8	MK Pandey	114*	Bangalore	HYd’bad	Centurion	21.05.09
9	YK Pathan	100	Jaipur	Mumbai	Mum-BS	13.03.10
10	DA Warner	107*	Delhi	Kolkata	Delhi	29.03.10

IPL has witnessed 34 three figure partnerships as at the end of the game between Delhi and Kolkata at Delhi on 29.03.10. Break up season wise read thus – 2008 edition {19}. 2009 edition {07} and 2010 edition {08}

No	Runs	Wkt	Partners
			Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	112*	2nd	G Gambhir, S Dhawan
			Delhi	Jaipur	Delhi	19.04.08
2	112*	2nd	V Sehwag, S Dhawan
			Delhi	HYd’bad	HYd’bad	22.04.08
3	104	3rd	ML Hayden, SK Raina
			Chennai	Mumbai	Chennai	23.04.08
4	111	4th	A Symonds, RG Sharma
			HYd’bad	Jaipur	HYd’bad	24.04.08
5	104	3rd	GC Smith, SR Watson
			Jaipur	Bangalore	Bangalore	26.04.08
6	155*	1st	AC Gilchrist, VVS Laxman
			HYd’bad	Mumbai	Mumbai	27.04.08
7	113*	4th	RUthappa, DJ Bravo
			Mumbai	Kolkata	Kolkata	29.04.08
8	115	1st	G Gambhir, Sehwag
			Delhi	Chennai	Chennai	02.05.08
9	104	6th	DJ Hussey, WP Saha
			Kolkata	Mohali	Mohali	03.05.08
10	121	3rd	G Gambhir, S Dhawan
			Delhi	Chennai	Delhi	08.05.08
11	109	1st	GC Smith, YK Pathan
			Jaipur	HYd’bad	Jaipur	09.05.08
12	102	3rd	SC Ganguly, DJ Hussey
			Kolkata	HYd’bad	HYd’bad	11.05.08
13	102*	2nd	SE Marsh, LA Pomersbach
			Mohali	Bangalore	Mohali	12.05.08
14	133	2nd	G Gambhir, S Dhawan
			Delhi	HYd’bad	Delhi	15.05.08
15	109	1st	GC Smith, SA Asnodkar
			Jaipur	Bangalore	Jaipur	17.05.08
16	133	2nd	SE Marsh, LA Pomersbach
			Mohali	Mumbai	Mumbai	21.05.08
17	101	1st	AC Gilchrist, HH Gibbs
			HYd’bad	Bangalore	HYd’bad	25.05.08
18	133	1st	SE Marsh, JR Hopes
			Mohali	Jaipur	Mohali	28.05.08
19	102*	2nd	PA Patel, SK Raina
			Chennai	Mohali	Mumbai	31.05.08
20	106	1st	PA Patel, ML Hayden
			Chennai	Bangalore	P Elizabeth	20.04.09
21	127	1st	STJayasuriya, SRTendulkar
			Mumbai	Kolkata	P Elizabeth	27.04.09
22	126*	2nd	JH Kallis, RUthappa
			Bangalore	Mumbai	Jo’burg	03.05.09
23	135	1st	NOjha, GC Smith
			Jaipur	Mohali	Durban	05.05.09
24	127	1st	GC Smith, SA Asnodkar
			Bangalore	Mumbai	Jo’burg	03.05.09
25	100	3rd	ML Hayden, MS Dhoni
			Chennai	Mohali	Centurion	07.05.09
26	104*	3rd	AM Rahane, JP Duminy
			Mumbai	Bangalore	P Elizabeth	10.05.09
27	130*	5th	OA Shah, AD Mathews
			Kolkata	HYd’bad	Mumbai	12.03.10
28	110	4th	SS Tiwary, AT Rayudu
			Mumbai	Jaipur	Mum-BS	13.03.10
29	107	5th	YK Pathan, P Dogra
			Jaipur	Mumbai	Mum-BS	13.03.10
30	101	1st	BJ Hodge, MK Tiwary
			Kolkata	Bangalore	Kolkata	14.03.10
31	129	1st	RS Bopara, MS Bisla
			Mohali	Bangalore	Bangalore	16.03.10
32	109*	4th	S Badrinath, MS Dhoni
			Chennai	Kolkata	Kolkata	16.03.10
33	142*	3rd	SK Raina, S Badrinath
			Chennai	Mumbai	Mum-BS	25.03.10
34	128	4th	DA Warner, PD Collingwood
			Delhi	Kolkata	Delhi	29.03.10

The following table shows the record partnerships for each wicket in IPL. During the third edition of IPL, partneships for the third wicket, fourth wicket and eighth wicket were rewritten

Wkt	Runs	Partners
		Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1st	155*	AC Gilchrist, VVS Laxman
		Hyd’bad	Mumbai	Mumbai	27.04.08
2nd	133	G Gambhir, S Dhawan
		Delhi	Hyd’bad	Delhi	16.05.08
2nd	133	SE Marsh, LA Pomersbach
		Mohali	Mumbai	Mumbai	21.05.08
3rd	142*	SK Raina, S Badrinath
		Chennai	Mumbai	Mum-BS	25.03.10
4th	128	DA Warner, PD Collingwood
		Delhi	Kolkata	Delhi	29.03.10
5th	130*	OA Shah, AD Mathews
		Kolkata	Hyd’bad	Mumbai	12.03.10
6th	104	DJ Hussey, WP Saha
		Kolkata	Mohali	Mohali	03.05.08
7th	60	RA Jadeja, SK Warne
		Jaipur	Mohali	Cape Town	26.04.09
8th	53*	R McLaren, Harbhajan Singh
		Mumbai	Hyd’bad	Mumbai	28.03.10
9th	35	R Dravid, A Kumble
		Bangalore	Jaipur	Jaipur	17.05.08
10th	29*	SK Trivedi, MM Patel
		Jaipur	Delhi	B’fontein	17.05.09

SM Katich, the Australian opening batsman joined the select band of batsmen who have scored a hundred in their 50^th test. He scored 106 in the second innings of the Hamilton test between Australia and New Zealand on the third day. He was playing his 50^th test

He became the 30^th batsman in the annals of test cricket to achieve this distinction. He is the fifth Australian batsman, after RB Simpson., WM Lawry, MA Taylor and MJ Clarke to earn the distinction.

The break up team wise read thus – Australia {05}, England {09, India {05}, New Zealand {01}, Pakistan {01}, South Africa {04}, Sri Lanka {02} and West Indies {03}

No	Batsman	Cou	Score	Inns	Opposition	Venue	Start Date
1	Simpson RB	Aus	103	SI	India	Adelaide	28.12.1967
2	Lawry WM	Aus	205	FI	West Indies	Melbourne	26.12.1968
3	Taylor MA	Aus	170	FI	South Africa	Melbourne	26.12.1993
4	Clarke MJ	Aus	103*	SI	England	Birmingham	30.07.2009
1	Hobbs JB	Eng	159	FI	West Indies	The Oval	14.08.1928
2	Graveney TW	Eng	153	FI	Pakistan	Lord’s	23.06.1962
3	Barrington KF	Eng	256	FI	Australia	Manchester	23.07.1964
4	Botham IT	Eng	128	FI	India	Manchester	24.06.1982
5	Smith RA	Eng	175	FI	West Indies	St John’s	16.04.1994
6	Atherton MA	Eng	113	FI	West Indies	Nottingham	10.08.1995
7	Butcher MA	Eng	124	FI	Australia	Sydney	02.01.2003
8	Pietersen KP	Eng	102	SI	West Indies	Trinidad	10.03.2009
9	AN Cook	Eng	118	FI	South Africa	Durban	26.12.2009
1	Umrigar PR	Ind	112	FI	Pakistan	Delhi	08.02.1961
2	Gavaskar SM	Ind	221	SI	England	The Oval	30.08.1979
3	Viswanath GR	Ind	124	SI	West Indies	Chennai	12.01.1979
4	Kapil Dev N	Ind	100*	SI	West Indies	Trinidad	11.03.1983
5	Laxman VVS	Ind	178	FI	Australia	Sydney	02.01.2004
1	Wright JG	NZl	138	SI	West Indies	Wellington	20.02.1987
1	Javed Miandad	Pak	280*	FI	India	Hyderabad-Sind	14.01.1983
1	Cronje WJ	SAF	126	FI	England	Nottingham	22.07.1998
2	Kirsten G	SAF	134	SI	West Indies	Centurion	15.01.1999
3	Gibbs HH	SAF	183	FI	England	The Oval	04.09.2003
4	de Villiers AB	SAF	104*	FI	Australia	Johannesburg	02.03.2009
1	Jayasuriya ST	Srl	188	FI	Pakistan	Kandy	28.06.2000
2	Dilshan TM	Srl	162	FI	Bangladesh	Chittagong	03.01.2009
2	Dilshan TM	Srl	143	SI	Bangladesh	Chittagong	03.01.2009
1	Lloyd CH	WI	102	FI	India	Bridgetown	10.03.1976
2	Richards IVA	WI	109	FI	India	Georgetown	31.03.1983
3	Gayle CH	WI	317	FI	South Africa	St John’s	29.04.2005

The following highlights are relevant to SM Katich’s feat of scoring a hundred in his 50^th test. Javed Miandad scored hundreds in his debut test, 50^th test and 100^th test. He is the only batsman in the annals of test cricket to earn the distinction. Javed Miandad of Pak, GR Viswanath of Ind and AN Cook of Eng registered hundreds in his debut test and in his 50^th test. TM Dilshan is the only batsman to register hundreds in both innings of his 50^th test. He is the 25^th batsman to earn the distinction of scoring hundred in 50^th test. G Kirsten scored zero and 134 in his 50^th test. CH Gayle {317} remains the only batsman to register 300 plus runs in his 50^th test. KF Barrington {256} is credited with the distinction of becoming the first batsman to score a double hundred in his 50^th test. GR Viswanath-SM Gavaskar {brother-in-laws} are the only related cricketers in this elite list.

SK Raina of Chennai became the second batsman in Indian Premier League to aggregate 1000 runs after AC Gilchrist of Hyderabad.

He reached the milestone during his innings of 83 not out against Mumbai at Mumbai-BS on 25.03.10. Prior to the start of this match, he had an aggregate of 952 runs and completed 1000 runs when he was on 48 during his knock of 83 not out. At the end of this game his aggregate stood at 1035. He added 14 more runs to this total to take the aggregate to 1049 in the next match against Jaipur at Ahmedabad on 28.03.10.

AC Gilchrist’s 1081 hsve come from 36 matches, 36 innings of which one is not out., has an highest score of 109 not out and an average of 30.88 runs per innings, has scored one hundred and seven half centuries, has failed to open the account on three occasions, has hit 120 boundary fours and 57 boundary sixes

SK Raina’s 1049 runs have come from 37 mathces, 36 innings of which five were not outs, has an highest score of 98 and an average of 34.96 runs per innings, has scored six half centuries and is yet to score a zero, has hit 85 boundary fours and 48 boundary sixes

No	Score	Match	Ground	Date
1	32	Chennai v Mohali	Mohali	19.04.08
2	53	Chennai v Mumbai	Chennai	23.04.08
3		Chennai v Kolkata	Chennai	26.04.08
4	28	Chennai v RCB	Bangalore	28.04.08
5	3	Chennai v Delhi	Chennai	02.05.08
6	27	Chennai v Jaipur	Jaipur	04.05.08
7	32	Chennai v Hyderabad	Chennai	06.05.08
8	1	Chennai v Delhi	Delhi	08.05.08
9	26	Chennai v Mohali	Chennai	10.05.08
10	1	Chennai v Mumbai	Mum-WS	14.05.08
11		Chennai v Kolkata	Kolkata	18.05.08
12	21*	Chennai v RCB	Chennai	21.05.08
13	45	Chennai v Jaipur	Chennai	24.05.08
14	54*	Chennai v Hyderabad	Hyd-RGS	27.05.08
15	55*	Chennai v Mohali	Mum-WS	31.05.08
16	43	Chennai v Jaipur	Mum-DYP	01.06.08
17	8	Chennai v Mumbai	Cape Town	18.04.09
18	28	Chennai v RCB	P Elizabeth	20.04.09
19	41	Chennai v Delhi	Durban	23.04.09
20	25	Chennai v Hyderabad	Durban	27.04.09
21	98	Chennai v Jaipur	Centurion	30.04.09
22	32	Chennai v Delhi	Jo’burg	02.05.09
23	32	Chennai v Hyderabad	E London	04.05.09
24	32	Chennai v Mohali	Centurion	07.05.09
25	13	Chennai v Jaipur	Kimberley	09.05.09
26	13	Chennai v RCB	Durban	14.05.09
27	20	Chennai v Mumbai	P Elizabeth	16.05.09
28	52	Chennai v Kolkata	Centurion	18.05.09
29	20	Chennai v Mohali	Durban	20.05.09
30	20	Chennai v RCB	Jo’burg	23.05.09
31	6	Chennai v Hyderabad	Chennai	14.03.10
32	18	Chennai v Kolkata	Kolkata	16.03.10
33	49*	Chennai v Delhi	Delhi	19.03.10
34	15	Chennai v Mohali	Chennai	21.03.10
35	9	Chennai v RCB	Bangalore	23.03.10
36	83*	Chennai v Mumbai	Mum-BS	25.03.10
37	14	Chennai v Jaipur	Ahmedabad	28.03.10

SR Tendulkar scored his fourth half century in the third edition of IPL when he scored 55 in the game between Mumbai and Hyderabad at Mum-DYP on 28.03.10. The other three half centuries are – 63* vs Delhi at Delhi on 17.03.10, 71* vs Kolkata at Mumbai-BS on 22.03.10 and 72 vs Chennai at Mumbai-BS on 25.03.10

SR Tendulkar;s four half centuries in 2010 edition is the record for most half centuries scored by a captain in a single edtion of IPL. Other who have scored three half centuries in single edition are – AC Gilchrist in 2008 and 2009, V Sehwag in 2008, SC Ganguly in 2008

SR Tendulkar’s 55 in this game represents his seventh half century as captain in IPL games and he now shares the record of most half centuries with AC Gilchrist who has also scored seven half centuries

SR Tendulkar’s seven half centuries read thus – 65 vs Mohali at Mumbai on 21.05.08, 59 vs Chennai at Cape Town on 18.04.08, 68 vs Kolkata at Port Elizabeth on 27.04.09, 63* vs Delhi at Delhi on 17.03.10, 71* vs Kolkata at Mumbai-BS on 22.03.10. 72 vs Chennai at Mumbai-BS on 25.03.10 and 55 vs Hyderabad at Mum-DYP on 28.03.10

AC Gilchrist’s seven half centuries read thus – 54 vs Chennai at Chennai on 06.05.08, 61 vs Jaipur on 09.05.08, 50 vs Mohali at Mohali on 23.05,08, 71 vs Bangalore at Cape Town on 22.04.09, 64 vs Delhi at Durban on 13.05.09, 85 vs Delhi at Centurion on 22.05.09 and 54 vs Kolkata at Mum-DYP on 12,03.10

JA Morkel achieved the distinction of becoming the first cricketer to play 100 Twenty20 games when he appeared for Chennai Super Kings against Rajasthan Royals at Ahmedabad in the third edition of the ongoing Indian Premier League

Prior to the start of the IPL he had appeared in 93 Twenty20 games. He was playing the seventh match of the third edition of IPL today which was his 100^th Twenty20 appearance.

When he played the third match for Chennai Supet Kings against Delhi at Delhi on 13.03.10 in thee ongoing IPL he surpassed the record of most appearances in Twenty20 games held by DJ Hussey who had played 95 games. This game was the r96^th Twenty20 game for JA Morkel, He could not celebrate this game as much as he wanted. He failed with the willow by scoring duck and with the leather he could not pick any wicket but conceded 36 runs in the three overs he bowled

JA Morkel in his sojourn of 100 Twenty20 games has represented Titans, South Africa, Durham and Chennai Super Kings

His batting career figures of 100 matches read thus – 82 innings, 26 not outs, 1416 runs, 71 as his highest score, 25.29 average, three half centuries, four zeroes, 106 bounary fours and 72 boundary sixes. His highest score of 71 came in the game between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals at Chennai on 24.05.08

His bowling career figures read thus – 94 innings, 87 wickets conceding 2312 runs at an average of 26.57.. He has captured four wickets in an innings on two occasions. His best bowling figures are 4 for 30.in the game between Durham and Leicester at Leicester on 13.06.08. He has taken 22 catches

The following table shows the performance of JA Morkel’s one hundred Twenty20 games

No	Score	W	Runs	Ct	Match	Ground	Date
1	7	1	32		Titans v Lions	Centurion	08.04.04
2	8*	1	10		Titans v Eagles	Bloemfontein	13.04.04
3	6*	1	39		Titans v Dolphins	Durban	23.04.04
4		0	16		Titans v E Cape	Centurion	25.04.04
5					Titans v Warriors	P Elizabeth	01.04.05
6	36	2	29		Titans v Eagles	Centurion	05.04.05
7	28	1	41		Titans v Dolphins	Benoni	10.04.05
8	8	0	20		Titans v Lions	Jo’burg	15.04.05
9					Titans v WPBoland	Cape Town	17.04.05
10	0	0	30		Titans v CMCC	Leicester	16.09.05
11	11	0	13	1	RSA v NZl	Jo’burg	21.10.05
12	1	1	28		Titans v Dolphins	Durban	18.01.06
13	46*	1	14		Titans v Warriors	Benoni	22.01.06
14	6	0	37		Titans v C Cobras	Centurion	27.01.06
15	8	0	14		Titans v Eagles	B’fontein	29.01.06
16	7	1	22		Titans v Lions	Centurion	01.02.06
17					Titans v C Cobras	Centurion	10.02.06
18	4*	0	18		Titans v C Cobras	Centurion	11.02.06
19	27	0	12		RSA v India	Jo’burg	01.12.06
20		1	16		RSA v Pakistan	Jo’burg	02.02.07
21	56	1	26		Titans v Eagles	Centurion	25.02.07
22	12	2	21		Titans v Warriors	P Elizabeth	02.03.07
23	1	0	13		Titans v C Cobras	Cape Town	07.03.07
24	12	2	24		Titans v Lions	Jo’burg	09.03.07
25	18	0	30		Titans v Dolphins	Benoni	14.03.07
26	18	2	41		Titans v Lions	Jo’burg	18.03.07
27		0	16		RSA v West Indies	Jo’burg	11.09.07
28	41	0	6		RSA v Bangladesh	Cape Town	15.09.07
29	43	2	12		RSA v England	Cape Town	16.09.07
30		1	30	1	RSA v NZl	Durban	19.09.07
31	36	0	13	1	RSA v India	Durban	20.09.07
32	9	2	29	1	RSA v NZl	Jo’burg	23.11.07
33	1	0	5		RSA v West Indies	P Elizabeth	16.12.07
34	28*	0	11		RSA v West Indies	Jo’burg	18.01.08
35	38	2	21		Titans v Warriors	Benoni	28.03.08
36	18	0	15		Titans v Eagles	Kimberley	30.03.08
37	28	1	28	1	Titans v C Cobras	Centurion	02.04.08
38	22	2	20		Titans v Dolphins	Durban	09.04.08
39	0	0	27		Titans v Zim	Centurion	11.04.08
40	1	1	3		Titans v Lions	Centurion	13.04.08
41	12	1	20		Titans v C Cobras	Cape Town	20.04.08
42	33*	2	34	1	Titans v Dolphins	Durban	25.04.08
43		1	38		CSK v RCB	Bangalore	28.04.08
44	28	0	40		CSK v Delhi	Chennai	02.05.08
45	42	0	10		CSK v Jaipur	Jaipur	04.05.08
46	29*	1	26		CSK v Hyderabad	Chennai	06.05.08
47	30	2	35		CSK v Delhi	Delhi	08.05.08
48	7*	1	25	1	CSK v Mohali	Chennai	10.05.08
49	5	0	44		CSK v Mumbai	Mum-WS	14.05.08
50		0	25		CSK v Kolkata	Kolkata	18.05.08
51	1	4	32	1	CSK v RCB	Chennai	21.05.08
52	71	2	35		CSK v Jaipur	Chennai	24.05.08
53	12*	2	37	1	CSK v Hyderabad	Hyd-RGS	27.05.08
54		2	27		CSK v Mohali	Mum-WS	31.05.08
55	16	2	25		CSK v Jaipur	Mum-DYP	01.06.08
56	0	0	30	1	Durham v Derby	Ch-le-St	11.06.08
57	14*	4	30		Durham v Leicester	Leicester	13.06.08
58	5	2	26		Durham v Notts	Nottingham	14.06.08
59	45*	0	38		Durham v Lancs	Manchester	17.06.08
60		0	30		Durham v Leicester	Ch-le-St	20.06.08
61	17				Durham v Yorks	Leeds	22.06.08
62	11				Durham v Yorks	Ch-le-St	24.06.08
63	54*				Durham v Derby	Ch-le-St	25.06.08
64	4				Durham v Lancs	Ch-le-St	27.06.08
65	6	0	18		RSA v Bangladesh	Jo’burg	05.11.08
66	12	2	30	1	RSA v Australia	Melbourne	11.01.09
67	19	0	36		RSA v Australia	Brisbane	13.01.09
68	19*	2	33		Titans v Eagles	Centurion	06.02.09
69	37	1	36	1	RSA v Australia	Jo’burg	27.03.09
70	14*	1	24	1	RSA v Australia	Centurion	29.03.09
71	5	1	12		CSK v RCB	P Elizabeth	20.04.09
72	13*	1	41	1	CSK v Delhi	Durban	23.04.09
73	13	0	29		CSK v Hyderabad	Durban	27.04.09
74	4*	2	21		CSK v Jaipur	Centurion	30.04.09
75	6	1	32		CSK v Delhi	Jo’burg	02.05.09
76	4*	2	24		CSK v Hyderabad	E London	04.05.09
77	2*	1	36		CSK v Mohali	Centurion	07.05.09
78		1	24		CSK v Jaipur	Kimberley	09.05.09
79	9	2	13		CSK v RCB	Durban	14.05.09
80		1	31		CSK v Mumbai	P Elizabeth	16.05.09
81	21*	0	39		CSK v Kolkata	Centurion	18.05.09
82	20*	1	26		CSK v RCB	Jo’burg	23.05.09
83	24	2	15		RSA v Scotland	The Oval	07.06.09
84	10*	0	14		RSA v NZl	Lord’s	09.06.09
85		1	0	2	RSA v England	Nottingham	11.06.09
86	10	0	21		RSA v West Indies	The Oval	13.06.09
87	8*	0	12		RSA v India	Nottingham	16.06.09
88	2	0	13	1	RSA v Pakistan	Nottingham	18.06.09
89	9*	0	32	1	RSA v England	Jo’burg	13.11.09
90	14	2	35		RSA v England	Centurion	15.11.09
91		1	12		Titans v Dolphins	Durban	03.02.10
92		2	22	1	Titans v C Cobras	Centurion	07.02.10
93	13*	0	16		Titans v Lions	Centurion	10.02.10
94	42*	0	41		CSK v Hyderabad	Chennai	14.03.10
95		1	6	2	CSK v Kolkata	Kolkata	16.03.10
96	0	0	26		CSK v Delhi	Delhi	19.03.10
97	12*	2	23	1	CSK v Mohali	Chennai	21.03.10
98	19	1	28		CSK v RCB	Bangalore	23.03.10
99	0	0	26		CSK v Mumbai	Mum-BS	25.03.10
100	28	2	46		CSK v Jaipur	Ahmedabad	27.03.10

JA Morkel’s performance in his first game, 25^th game, 75^th game and 100^th game read thus

No	Score	W	Runs	Ct	Match	Ground	Date
1	7	1	32		Titans v Lions	Centurion	08.04.04
25	18	0	30		TitansvDolphins	Benoni	14.03.07
50		0	25		CSK v Kolkata	Kolkata	18.05.08
75	6	1	32		CSK v Delhi	Jo’burg	02.05.09
100	28	2	46		CSK v Jaipur	Ahmedabad	27.03.10

When DJ Hussey caught MS Bisla of the bowling of A Agarkar for 22 in the IPL game between Mohali and Kolkata at Mohali on 27.03.10, it was the 48^th catch taken by DJ Hussey in Twenty20 games

With this catch, DJ Hussey shares the record for most catches by a fieldsman in Twnety20 games with M van Jaarsveld who also has taken 48 catches

DJ Hussey represented Australia, Australia A, Kolkata Knight Riders, Nottinghamshire and Victoria in Twenty20 games, while M van Jaarsveld represented Kent, Nottinghamshire and Titans

DJ Hussey was playing his 96^th Twenty20 game when he equaled the record held by M van Jaarsveld who had played 80 Twenty20 games.

DJ Hussey who was the most capped Twenty20 cricketer with 95 appearances prior to the start of the IPL, has the record bettered by JA Morkel during the course of third editon of IPL. JA Morkel now has 99 Twenty20 appearances as on 27.03.2010. He is set to become the first cricketer to make 100 Twenty20 appearances in the ongoing edtion of IPL

SC Ganguly’s 50 in the IPL game between Kolkata and Mohali at Mohali on 27.03.10 provide the 35th occasion of a captain scoring a half century in all the three editions of Indian Premier League matches played so far. All the 32 occasions are listed below

16 half centuries were scored in 2008 editon, 12 half centuries came in 2009 editon and seven half centuries have been scored in 2010 so far.

No	Captains	Runs	Team	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	V Sehwag	94*	Delhi	Hyd’bad	Hyd’bad	22.04.08
2	MS Dhoni	65	Chennai	Bangalore	Bangalore	28.04.08
3	Yuvraj Singh	57	Mohali	Jaipur	Jaipur	21.04.08
4	SC Ganguly	51	Kolkata	Jaupur	Jaipur	01.05.08
5	V Sehwag	71	Delhi	Chennai	Chennai	02.05.08
6	VVS Laxman	52	Hyd’bad	Delhi	Bangalore	03.05.08
7	R Dravid	66	Bangalore	Mohali	Bangalore	05.05.08
8	AC Gilchrist	54	Hyd’bad	Chennai	Chennai	06.05.08
9	AC Gilchrist	61	Hyd’bad	Jaupur	Jaipur	09.05.08
10	MS Dhoni	60*	Chennai	Mohali	Chennai	10.05.08
11	SC Ganguly	91	Kolkata	Hyd’bad	Hyd’bad	11.05.08
12	R Dravid	75*	Bangalore	Jaipur	Jaipur	17.05.08
13	V Sehwag	51*	Delhi	Mohali	Delhi	17.05.08
14	SR Tendulkar	65	Mumbai	Mohali	Mumbai	21.05.08
15	AC Gilchrist	50	Hyd’bad	Mohali	Mohali	23.05.08
16	SC Ganguly	86*	Kolkata	Mohali	Kolkata	25.05.08
17	SR Tendulkar	59	Mumbai	Chennai	Cape Town	18.04.09
18	SR Tendulkar	68	Mumbai	Kolkata	P E’beth	27.04.09
19	Yuvraj Singh	50	Mohali	B’lore	Durban	01.05.09
20	Yuvraj Singh	58*	Mohali	Chennai	Centurion	07.05.09
21	AC Gilchrist	71	Hyd’bad	B’lore	Cape Town	22.04.09
22	MS Dhoni	58	Chennai	Hyd’bad	E London	04.05.09
23	MS Dhoni	56	Chennai	Mohali	Centurion	07.05.09
24	BB McCullum	84	Kolkata	B’lore	Centurion	12.05.09
25	AC Gilchrist	64	Hyd’bad	Delhi	Durban	13.05.09
26	BB McCullum	81	Kolkata	Chennai	Centurion	18.05.09
27	V Sehwag	50	Delhi	Mumbai	Centurion	21.05.09
28	AC Gilchrist	85	Hyd’bad	Delhi	Centurion	22.05.09
29	AC Gilchrist	54	Hyd’bad	Kolkata	Mum-DYP	12.03.10
30	G Gambhir	72	Delhi	Mohali	Mohali	13.03.10
31	MS Dhoni	66*	Chennai	Kolkata	Kolkata	16.03.10
32	SR Tendulkar	63*	Mumbai	Delhi	Delhi	17.03.10
33	SR Tendulkar	71*	Mumbai	Kolkata	Mumbai-BS	22.03.10
34	SR Tendulkar	72	Mumbai	Chennai	Mumbai-BS	25.03.10
35	SC Ganguly	50	Kolkata	Mohali	Mohali	27.03.10

Of these 35 half centuries, there were two individual nineties – 94 not out by V Sehwag of Delhi against Hyderabad at Hyderabad on 22.04.08 and 91 by SC Ganguly of Kolkata against yderabad at Hyderabad on 11.05.08

V Sehwag’s 94 not out remains the highest individual score by a captain in IPL games.

No	Captains	Runs	Team	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	V Sehwag	94*	Delhi	Hyd’bad	Hyd’bad	22.04.08
2	SC Ganguly	91	Kolkata	Hyd’bad	Hyd’bad	11.05.08

Break up of Captain’s half centuries in IPL team wise read thus – Bangalore {02}, Chennai {05}, Delhi {05}, Hyderabad {08}, Kolkata {06}, Mohali {03} and Mumbai {06}. Hyderabad captains – VVS Laxman {01} and AC Gilchrist {07} hold the record of most fifties by a team.

No	Captains	Runs	Team	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	R Dravid	66	Bangalore	Mohali	Bangalore	05.05.08
2	R Dravid	75*	Bangalore	Jaipur	Jaipur	17.05.08
1	MS Dhoni	65	Chennai	Bangalore	Bangalore	28.04.08
2	MS Dhoni	60*	Chennai	Mohali	Chennai	10.05.08
3	MS Dhoni	58	Chennai	Hyd’bad	E London	04.05.09
4	MS Dhoni	56	Chennai	Mohali	Centurion	07.05.09
5	MS Dhoni	66*	Chennai	Kolkata	Kolkata	16.03.10
1	V Sehwag	94*	Delhi	Hyd’bad	Hyd’bad	22.04.08
2	V Sehwag	71	Delhi	Chennai	Chennai	02.05.08
3	V Sehwag	51*	Delhi	Mohali	Delhi	17.05.08
4	V Sehwag	50	Delhi	Mumbai	Centurion	21.05.09
5	G Gambhir	72	Delhi	Mohali	Mohali	13.03.10
1	VVS Laxman	52	Hyd’bad	Delhi	Bangalore	03.05.08
2	AC Gilchrist	54	Hyd’bad	Chennai	Chennai	06.05.08
3	AC Gilchrist	61	Hyd’bad	Jaupur	Jaipur	09.05.08
4	AC Gilchrist	50	Hyd’bad	Mohali	Mohali	23.05.08
5	AC Gilchrist	71	Hyd’bad	B’lore	Cape Town	22.04.09
6	AC Gilchrist	64	Hyd’bad	Delhi	Durban	13.05.09
7	AC Gilchrist	85	Hyd’bad	Delhi	Centurion	22.05.09
8	AC Gilchrist	54	Hyd’bad	Kolkata	Mum-DYP	12.03.10
1	SC Ganguly	51	Kolkata	Jaupur	Jaipur	01.05.08
2	SC Ganguly	91	Kolkata	Hyd’bad	Hyd’bad	11.05.08
3	SC Ganguly	86*	Kolkata	Mohali	Kolkata	25.05.08
4	BB McCullum	84	Kolkata	B’lore	Centurion	12.05.09
5	BB McCullum	81	Kolkata	Chennai	Centurion	18.05.09
6	SC Ganguly	50	Kolkata	Mohali	Mohali	27.03.10
1	Yuvraj Singh	57	Mohali	Jaipur	Jaipur	21.04.08
2	Yuvraj Singh	50	Mohali	B’lore	Durban	01.05.09
3	Yuvraj Singh	58*	Mohali	Chennai	Centurion	07.05.09
1	SR Tendulkar	65	Mumbai	Mohali	Mumbai	21.05.08
2	SR Tendulkar	59	Mumbai	Chennai	Cape Town	18.04.09
3	SR Tendulkar	68	Mumbai	Kolkata	P E’beth	27.04.09
4	SR Tendulkar	63*	Mumbai	Delhi	Delhi	17.03.10
5	SR Tendulkar	71*	Mumbai	Kolkata	Mumbai-BS	22.03.10
6	SR Tendulkar	72	Mumbai	Chennai	Mumbai-BS	25.03.10

AC Gilchrist of Hyderabad {07}, SR Tendulkar {06} and MS Dhoni {05} are the captaind who have scored five or more fifties as captains in IPL. AC Gilchrist with seven fifties to his credit holds the record for most fifties by a captain in IPL

No	Captains	Runs	Team	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	AC Gilchrist	54	Hyd’bad	Chennai	Chennai	06.05.08
2	AC Gilchrist	61	Hyd’bad	Jaupur	Jaipur	09.05.08
3	AC Gilchrist	50	Hyd’bad	Mohali	Mohali	23.05.08
4	AC Gilchrist	71	Hyd’bad	B’lore	Cape Town	22.04.09
5	AC Gilchrist	64	Hyd’bad	Delhi	Durban	13.05.09
6	AC Gilchrist	85	Hyd’bad	Delhi	Centurion	22.05.09
7	AC Gilchrist	54	Hyd’bad	Kolkata	Mum-DYP	12.03.10
1	SR Tendulkar	65	Mumbai	Mohali	Mumbai	21.05.08
2	SR Tendulkar	59	Mumbai	Chennai	Cape Town	18.04.09
3	SR Tendulkar	68	Mumbai	Kolkata	P E’beth	27.04.09
4	SR Tendulkar	63*	Mumbai	Delhi	Delhi	17.03.10
5	SR Tendulkar	71*	Mumbai	Kolkata	Mumbai-BS	22.03.10
6	SR Tendulkar	72	Mumbai	Chennai	Mumbai-BS	25.03.10
1	MS Dhoni	65	Chennai	Bangalore	Bangalore	28.04.08
2	MS Dhoni	60*	Chennai	Mohali	Chennai	10.05.08
3	MS Dhoni	58	Chennai	Hyd’bad	E London	04.05.09
4	MS Dhoni	56	Chennai	Mohali	Centurion	07.05.09
5	MS Dhoni	66*	Chennai	Kolkata	Kolkata	16.03.10

The following table shows the captains who have scored three half centuries in each edition of IPL. AC Gilchist, SC Ganguly and V Sehwag scored three half centuries in the first editon, AC Gilchirst scored three half centuries in the second edition and SR Tendulkar scored three half centuries in the third edition. AC Gilchirst is the only captain to have scored three half centuries in two editions – first and second editions

No	Captains	Runs	Team	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	AC Gilchrist	54	Hyd’bad	Chennai	Chennai	06.05.08
2	AC Gilchrist	61	Hyd’bad	Jaupur	Jaipur	09.05.08
3	AC Gilchrist	50	Hyd’bad	Mohali	Mohali	23.05.08
1	SC Ganguly	51	Kolkata	Jaupur	Jaipur	01.05.08
2	SC Ganguly	91	Kolkata	Hyd’bad	Hyd’bad	11.05.08
3	SC Ganguly	86*	Kolkata	Mohali	Kolkata	25.05.08
1	V Sehwag	94*	Delhi	Hyd’bad	Hyd’bad	22.04.08
2	V Sehwag	71	Delhi	Chennai	Chennai	02.05.08
3	V Sehwag	51*	Delhi	Mohali	Delhi	17.05.08
1	AC Gilchrist	71	Hyd’bad	B’lore	Cape Town	22.04.09
2	AC Gilchrist	64	Hyd’bad	Delhi	Durban	13.05.09
3	AC Gilchrist	85	Hyd’bad	Delhi	Centurion	22.05.09
1	SR Tendulkar	63*	Mumbai	Delhi	Delhi	17.03.10
2	SR Tendulkar	71*	Mumbai	Kolkata	Mumbai-BS	22.03.10
3	SR Tendulkar	72	Mumbai	Chennai	Mumbai-BS	25.03.10

RT Ponting’s dismissal run out for 22 in the first innings of the ongoing second test against New Zealand provide the 13^th occasion of his being dismissed run out in a test innings. He now owns the record of most run out dismissals in the annals of test cricket. He wrested the record from AR Border and ML Hayden who were dismissed on 12 occasions

RT Ponting’s thirteen run out dismissals read thus – vs India at Adelaide in Dec 1999 for 125 : vs South Africa at Adelaide in Dec 2001 for 54 : vs South Africa at Sydney in Jan 2002 for 14 : vs South Africa at Durban in Mar 2002 for 89 : vs West Indies at Bridgetown in May 2003 for 113 : vs Sri Lanka at Galle in Mar 2004 for 28 : vs England at Nottingham in Aug 2005 for 48 : vs Bangladesh at Chittagong in Apr 2005 for 52 : vs England at Sydney in Jan 2007 for 45 : vs India at Nagpur in Nov 2008 for 8 : vs England at The Oval in Aug 2009 for 66 : vs New Zealand at Wellington in Mar 2010 for 41 and vs New Zealand at Hamilton in Mar 2010 for 22

AR Border’s twelve run out dismissals read thus – vs England at Melbourne in Dec 1978 for Zero : vs India at Chennai in Sep 1979 for 162 : vs Pakistan at Faisalabad in Mar 1980 for 4 : vs New Zealand at Brisbane in Nov 1980 for 36 : vs Pakistan at Melbourne in Dec 1981 for 01 : vs Pakistan at Melbourne in Dec 1981 for 01 : vs New Zealand at Auckland in Mar 1982 for Zero : vs West Indies at Georgetown in Mar 1984 for 54 : vs West Indies at Trinidad in Apr 1991 for 43 : vs West Indies at Brisbane in Nov 1992 for 73 : vs South Africa at Adelaide in Jan 1994 for 04 and vs South Africa at Johannesburg in Mar 1994 for 34

ML Hayden’s twelve run out dismissals read thus – vs South Africa at Port Elizabeth in Mar 1997 for 14 : vs West Indies at Brisbane in Nov 2000 for 44 : vs West Indies at Adelaide in Dec 2000 for 58 : vs New Zealand at Brisbane in Nov 2001 for 13 : vs West Indies at Georgetown in Apr 2003 for 10 : vs West Indies at St John’s in May 2003 for 177 : vs India at Bangalore in Oct 2004 for 30 : vs New Zealand at Auckland in Mar 2005 for 09 : vs Bangladesh at Fatullah in Apr 2006 for 72 : vs England at Brisbane in Nov 2006 for 37 : vs India at Nagpur in Nov 2008 for 19 and vs New Zealand at Adelaide in Nov 2008 for 24

Indian selectors today named the Indian Squad for the ICC World Twenty20 to be held in Caribbean islands from April 30, 2010. Karnataka speedster R Vinay Kumar is the only new face in the squad who has been rewarded for his consistent performance in the domestic matches. R Vinay Kumar represents Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL.

Indian squad read thus : MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Vinay Kumar, Rohit Sharma

The following table shows the performance of the talented Karnataka speedster in Twenty20 games from the second edition of Indian Premier League held in South Africa upto the match against Mumbai on 20.03.10

R VINAY KUMAR
No	O	M	R	W	Match	Date
1	3	0	25	0	RCB v Rajasthan Royals	18 Apr 2009
2	1	0	12	0	RCB v Chennai Super Kings	20 Apr 2009
3	1	0	4	0	RCB v Kings XI Punjab	24 Apr 2009
4	3.2	0	28	0	RCB v Delhi Daredevils	26 Apr 2009
5	4	0	32	0	RCB v Mumbai Indians	03 May 2009
6	1	0	9	0	RCB v Rajasthan Royals	07 May 2009
7	4	0	30	1	RCB v Mumbai Indians	10 May 2009
8	4	0	33	2	RCB v Kolkata Knight Riders	12 May 2009
9	3	0	30	2	RCB v Chennai Super Kings	14 May 2009
10	4	0	38	2	RCB v Chennai Super Kings	23 May 2009
11	4	0	30	2	RCB v Deccan Chargers	24 May 2009
12	3.4	0	40	1	RCB v Cape Cobras	08 Oct 2009
13	2.5	0	20	2	RCB v Otago	12 Oct 2009
14	2	0	19	0	RCB v Kings XI Punjab	16 Mar 2010
15	4	0	25	0	RCB v Rajasthan Royals	18 Mar 2010
16	4	0	25	3	RCB v Mumbai Indians	20 Mar 2010

10th match: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rajasthan Royals at Bangalore: Mar 18, 2010: Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 10 wickets

Bangalore’s victory by ten wickets in this game provides the third occasion of a team winning an IPL game without losing a wicket. The other two occasions are – Hyderabad won by ten wickets against Mumbai at Mumbai on 27.04.08 and Delhi won by ten wickets against Punjab at Cape Town on 19.04.09. This is the first victory by a team without losing a wicket in the third edition.

Jaipur’s 92 all out provide the seventh occasion of team dismissed all out for a total less than 100 runs. The other occasions are – 58 by Jaipur vs Bangalore at Cape Town on 18.04.09, 67 by Kolkata vs Mumbai at Mumbai on 16.05.08, 82 by Bangalore vs Kolkata at Bangalore on 18.04.08, 87 by Delhi vs Jaipur at Mumbai on 30.05.08, 87 by Bangalore vs Chennai at Port Elizabeth on 20.04.09 and 95 by Kolkata vs Mumbai at Port Elizabeth on 27.04.09

Jaipur has been dismissed for a total less than 100 runs on two occasions by Bangalore – 58 at Cape Town on 18.04.09 and 92 at Bangalore on 18.03.10

Praveen Kumar performed the Hat trick in this game providing the 32^nd occasion of a bowler performing a hat trick in Twenty20 games.

Praveen Kumar’s hat trick in this game provides the seventh hat trick in IPL games. The other occasions are – L Balaji {Chennai vs Mohali at Chennai in 2007-08}, A Mishra {Delhi vs Hyderabad at Delhi in 2007-08], M Ntini {Chennai vs Kolkata at Kolkata in 2007-08], Yuvraj Singh {Mohali vs Bangalore at Durban in 2009}, RG Sharma {Hyderabad vs Mumbai at Centurion in 2009} and Yuvraj Singh {Mohali vs Hyderabad at Jo’burg in 2009}