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West Indies vs Zimbabwe one day series: First one day at Providence on 04.03.10 : Zimbabwe won by two runs

GA Lamb and SW Maskasdza made their one day debut for Zimbabwe in this game to become the 107^th and 108^th cricketers to represent Zimbabwe in one day games.

GA Lamb and SW Maskasdza made their one day debut for Zimbabwe in this game to become the seventh and eighth cricketers to represent Zimbabwe against West Indies in one day games. The others are – GE Peckover at Worcester on 13.06.83, ADR Campbell at Brisbane on 29.02.92, AM Blignaut at Singapore on 02.02.99, T Taibu at Harare on 23.06.01, V Sibanda at Bulawayo on 22.11.03 and A Meregwede at Harare on 30.11.03

GA Lamb and SW Maskasdza made their one day debut for Zimbabwe in this game providing the first occasion of two Zimbabwe cricketers making their debut against West Indies in an one day game

With SW Maskadza making his one day debut in this game, H Maskadza and SW Maskadza became the fourth pair of brothers to represent Zimbabwe in one day games. Other three are – A and GE Flower, GJ and JA Rennie and BC and PA Strang.

With SW Maskadza making his one day debut in this game, H Maskadza and SW Maskadza became the 40^th pair of two brothers to represent a team in the history of one day games.

With SW Maskadza making his one day debut in this game, H Maskadza and SW Maskadza became the 46^th pair of two or more brothers to represent a team in the history one day games.

West Indies capped AB Barath for this game. He became the 155^th cricketer to represent West Indies in one day games. He is the ninth West Indian cricketer to make one day debut against Zimbabwe. The others are – MV Nagamotoo at Chester-le-Street on 16.07.00, RO Hinds at Kandy on 16.12.02, D Brown at Kandy on 16.12.01, R Rampaul at Bulawayo on 22.11.03, FH Edwards at Harare on 29.11.03, S Chattergoon at Georgetown on 07.05.06, D Mohammad at Gros Islet on 10.05.06 and BA Parchment at Harare on 04.12.07.

V Sibanda and T Taibu added 100 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the sixth occasion of Zimbabwean batsmen posting a three figure partnership against for various wickets against West Indies. Other five are – 114 runs for the fourth wicket between ADR Campbell and A Flower at Singapore on 02.09.99, 186 runs unfinished stand for the fifth wicket between GW Flower and MW Goodwin at Chester-le-Street on 16.07.00, 126 runs for the fourth wicket between GW Flower and CB Vishart at Bulawayo on 01.07.01, 110 runs for the third wicket between V Sibanda and CB Wishart at Bulawayo on 22.11.03 and 167 runs for the first wicket between H Masakadza and V Sibanda at Bulwayo on 07.12.07

V Sibanda and T Taibu added 100 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the first occasion of Zimbabwean batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket against West Indies thus constituting a record stand for the second wicket. The previous best was – 64 runs stand between CJ Chibhabha and T Duffin at St John’s on 29.04.08

V Sibanda and T Taibu added 100 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 18th occasion of Zimbabwean batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket against various oppositions in one day games.

V Sibanda and T Taibu added 100 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 97th occasion of Zimbabwean batsmen posting a three figure partnership against various oppositions in one day games.

V Sibanda scored 95 in this game providing the 28^th occasion of a Zimbabwe batsman scoring ninety in an one day games.

V Sibanda scored 95 in this game providing the fifth occasion of a Zimbabwe batsman scoring ninety against West Indies. The other four occasions are – 95* by NC Johnson at Bristol on 06.07.00, 96* by GW Flower at Chester-le-Street on 16.07.00, 94 by GW Flower at Bulawayo on 01.07.01 and 96 by V Sibanda at Bulwayo on 07.12.07

V Sibanda registered his second ninety against West Indies, the first being 96 at Bulawayo on 07.12.07.

V Sibanda became the second Zimbabwean batsman to register ninety on two occasions against West Indies, the other batsman being GW Flower {96* at Chester-le-Street on 16.07.00 and 94 at Bulwayo on 01.07.01}.

V Sibanda registered his third ninety when he scored 95 in this game. The other two nineties are – 96 vs West Indies at Bulawayo on 07.12.07 and 93 not out against Bangladesh at Harare on 06.02.07

V Sibanda became the fourth Zimbabean batsman to register three or more nineties in one day games. The other three are – A Flower {09}, ADR Campbell {03} and BRM Taylor {03}

V Sibanda with his 95 in this game registered his 12^th one day half century and 13^th one day fifty. T Taibu with his 56 in this game registered his 12^th one day half century and 14^th one day fifty.

T Taibu’s 56 in this game represent the 81^st occasion of a Zimbabwe wicket keeper registering a fifty in one day games.

T Taibu’s 56 in this game represent his twelfth half century as a wicket keeper batsman in one day games. He went past BRM Taylor’s eleven half centuries and A Flower with 46 half centuries is ahead of T Taibu.

T Taibu was playing his 100^th one day innings and celebrated it by scoring a half century – 56.

T Taibu became the eighth Zimbabwe batsman to play 100 one day innings. Others are –GW Flower {212}, A Flower {208}, ADR Campbell {184}, HH Streak {159}, GJ Whittal {142}, SV Carlisle {107} and S Matsikenyeri {103}.

A Barath scored 50 on his one day debut. He became the 80^th batsman in the history of oen day games to score a fifty on one day debut. He is also the sixth West Indian batsman to register a fifty on one day debut. Others are – RB Kanhai – 55 vs England at Leeds on 05.09.73, DL Haynes – 148 vs Australia at St John’s on 22.02.78, EH Mattis – 62 vs England at Kingstown on 04.02.81, PV Simmons – 50 vs Pakistan at Lahore on 16.10.87 and SC Williams – 61 vs India at Faridabad on 17.10.94.

CH Gayle {57}, AB Barath {50} and S Chanderpaul {70} scored fifties in West Indian innings providing the 60th occasion of first three batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in the history of one day internationals.

CH Gayle {57}, AB Barath {50} and S Chanderpaul {70} scored fifties in West Indian innings providing the fifth occasion of first three West Indies batsman scoring fifties in an innings. The other four such occasions are witnessed in the games – against Sri Lanka at Sydney on 17.01.85 {CG Greenidge – 67, DL Haynes – 54, RB Richardson – 57}, against England at Kingstown on 02.03.94 {DL Haynes – 83, PV Simmons – 63, BC Lara – 60}, against New Zealand at Auckland on 02.01.00 {SL Campbell – 51, RD Jacobs – 65, BC Lara – 76} and against Australia at Greneda on 01.06.03 {CH Gayle – 60, WW Hinds – 103*, BC Lara – 75}

CH Gayle registered his 40^th one day half century and 59^th one day fifty when he scored 57 in this game, while SC Chanderpaul’s 70 in this game represents his 56^th one day half century and 66^th one day fifty.

SW Masakadza on his debut returned with figures of 3 for 36 providing the best figures by a Zimbabwe debutant bowler against West Indies. It is interesting to note that no Zimbabwean debutant has taken a wicket against West Indies on his debut. The only bowler who chanced his arms was AM Blignaut and had figures of none for 26. Another debutant of this game – GA Lamb was the first Zimbabwe bowler to capture a wicket against West Indies on debut when he clean bowled West Indian captain CH Gayle for 57.

The victory by two wickets in this game was Zimbabwe’s ninth victory in one day games against West Indies. The other eight wins are – won by six wickets at Bristol on 06.06.00, won by 70 runs at Canterbury on 11.07.00, won by six wickets at Chester-le-Street on 16.07.00, won by 47 runs at Sydney on 23.01.01, won by four wickets at Col-SSC on 09.12.01, won by six wickets at Bulawayo on 23.11.03, won by 21 runs at Harare 26.11.03 and won by 30 runs at Harare on 30.11.07

West Indies suffered its first loss against Zimbabwe on home soil when they lost this game by two runs.

Zimbabwe’s win by two runs provides the 23^rd occasion of a team winning a one day game by two runs margin. It also provides Zimbabwe its second win by two runs, the other being its win against Sri Lanka at Harare on 05.11.94

ADS Fletcher and N Deonarine were dismissed run out in this game providing the 35^th and 36^th occasion of West Indian batsmen dismissed run out against Zimbabwe in one day games.

IPL fever is on again. It is scheduled to take off on 12.03.10 for its third edition. Crickick.com has pleasure in rolling out to its visitors in an exclusive article the highlights of the first ever Indian Premier League 2008 held in India penned by HR Gopala Krishna, one of the renowned cricket statistician. Highlights of the second edition of IPL held in South Africa will be made available to the visitors before the scheduled kick off of IPL-3. Sit back and enjoy reading the highlights of the first edition …………..

RECORDS FOR ‘FIRSTS’

The first match of IPL 2008 was played at Bangalore between Bangalore Royal Challengers and Kolkata Knight Riders at Mangalam Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on 18.04.08

Some of the “firsts” of IPL 2008 edition are listed below :

Rival Captains : Rahul Dravid {BRC} and Saurav Ganguly {KNR}

Umpires : Rudy Koertzen and Asad Rauf

Match Referee : Javagal Srinath

Toss won by : Rahul Dravid

Elected to : Field

Batsman who faced the first delivery : SC Ganguly of KNR

Bowler who bowled the first delivery : Praveen Kumar of BRC

First runs scored : Leg bye – One run – first delivery

First runs of the bat : Four runs by McCullum of Zaheer Khan

First boundary four : Four runs by McCullum

Bowler who conceded the boundary four : Zaheer Khan

{Second delivery of his first over and team’s second over}

First boundary six : Six runs – McCullum

Bowler who conceded the boundary six : Zaheer Khan

{Fourth delivery of his first over and team’s second over}

First wide bowled : Praveen Kumar of BRC – Third delivery of his first over

First batsman to be dismissed : Saurav Ganguly caught JH Kallis of Zaheer Khan for 10 runs

First bower to take the wicket : Zaheer Khan

First dismissal – caught by fieldsman : JH Kallis

First catch dropped : B Akhil who fails to catch SC Ganguly of the bowling of A Noffke

First cricketer to make T20 debut in IPL : A Dinda of KNR

First batsman bowled : R Dravid bowled Ishant Sharma for two runs

First wicket keeping dismissal : CL White caught WP Saha bowled Agarkar

First Fifty of IPL : B Mccullum in 32 balls with five fours and three sixes

First hundred of IPL : B McCullum in 53 balls with eight fours and seven sixes

First 150 of IPL : B McCullum in 70 balls with 10 fours and 12 sixes

First bowler to complete four overs : Zaheer Khan – 4.0-0-38-1

First Left arm bowler who bowled the first over : SB Joshi of BRC

{Tenth over in KNR innings – conceded ten runs}

Most Expensive One Over : CW White whose one over costed 24 runs

First run out : AA Noffke of BRC – run out – for nine runs

TEAM RECORDS

Of the 59 matches played in the first edition, only one match was abandoned, 24 matches were won by runs margin and 34 matches were won by wickets margin. Two matches were won by 100 plus runs margin and one game was won without losing a wicket. As many as seven games were won by nine wickets margin.

There were 33 instances of a team inserting the opposition. Of these 33 instances, there were 19 occasions of a team winning the game and 14 occasions of losing a game. There were 25 instances of teams batting first after winning the toss. Of these 25 instances, on nine occasions teams have won the game and on 16 occasions teams have lost the game.

The IPL 2008 witnessed as many as 13 matches producing a result in the last over of the match and three matches were decided on the last ball of the match.

On eleven occasions, teams have scored 200 plus runs. The highest team total was registered was 240-5 by Chennai against Mohali at Mohali on 19.04.08. There were three instances of teams registering less than 100 runs. The lowest team total was 67 all out by Kolkata against Mumbai at Mumbai on 16.05.08.

There were 12 instances of team losing all the ten wickets {all out}. Delhi was all out on three occasions – the most occasions in IPL 2008.

There were four instances of both teams registering 200 plus runs in match. Chennai figured as one of the team on three occasions

BATTING RECORDS

IPL 2008 witnessed five centurions in BB McCullum – 158* {Kolkata Vs Bangalore at Bangalore on 18.04.08}, MEK Hussey – 116* {Chennai Vs Mohali at Mohali on 19.04.08}, A Symonds – 117* {Hyd’bad Vs Jaipur at Hyd’bad on 24.04.08, AC Gilchrist – 109* {Hyd’bad Vs Mumbai at Mum-DYP on 27.04.08}, ST Jayasuriya – 114* {Mumbai Vs Chennai at Mumbai on 14.05.08}, and SE Marsh – 115 {Mohali Vs Jaipur at Mohalion 28.05.08}

As many as 78 instances of batsmen registering fifties were registered in the first edition of IPL. Team wise break up with the highest score for each team reads thus – Bangalore – 07 instances {HS – 75* by R Dravid vs Jaipur at Jaipur on 17.05.08}, Chennai – 14 instances {HS – 116* by MEK Hussey vs Mohali at Mohali on 19.04.08}, Delhi – 13 instances {HS – 94 by V Sehwag vs Hyderabad at Hyderabad on 19.04.08}, Hyderabad – 12 instances {HS – 117 by A Symonds vs Jaipur at Hyderabad on 24.04.08}, Jaipur – 15 instances {HS – 91 by GC Smith vs Chennai at Chennai on 24.05.08}, Kolkata – 08 instances {HS – 158 not out vs Bangalore at Bangalore on 18.04.08}, Mohali – 15 instances {HS – 115 by SE Marsh vs Jaipur at Mohali on 28.05.08} and Mumbai – 05 instances – {HS – 114 not out vs Chennai at Chennai on 14.05.08}

20 instances of two or more fifties were registered and there were eleven instances of a batsman registering exact two fifties were witnessed. There were just two instances of four fifties in a match. Hyderabad vs Mohali at Mohali on 23.05.08 and Jaipur vs Chennai at Chennai – were the two matches which witnessed four fifties.

Shaun Marsh of Mohali was the only batsman who scored six fifties in the first edition of IPL, while Gautham Gambhir of Delhi came up with five fifties. S Dhawan of Delhi, AC Gilchrist of Hyderabad, RG Sharma of Hyderabad, KC Sangakkara of Mohali, SR Watson of Jaipur and YK Pathan of Jaipur were the batsman who registered four fifties in the competition.

62 instances of opening batsmen registering fifties, 16 instances of captains registering fifties and 18 instances of wicket keepers scoring fifties were witnessed in the first edition of IPL. AC Gilchrist of Hyderabad remained the lone wicket keeper to score a hundred – 109 not out for Hyerabad against Mumbai at Mum-DYP on 27.04.08. Virender Sehwag {94 vs for Delhi against Hyderabad at Hyderabad on 22.04.08} and GC Smith {91 for Jaipur against Chennai at Chennai on 24.05.08} are the only two opening batsmen who scored nineties.

Shaun Marsh of Mohali, Gautam Gambhir of Delhi and Adam Gilchrist of Hyderabad registered six, five and four fifties respectively while opening the innings. Shaun Marsh’s six fifties remain the most fifties scored by a batsman in the first edition of IPL.

AC Gilchrist of Hyderabad and Kumar Sangakkara of Mohali shared the record for most fifties by wicket keeper batsmen – each scoring four fifties. Kumar Sangakkara with four half centuries to his credit has the record for most half centuries by a wicket keeper batsman in the tournament.

Andrew Symond’s 117 not out for Hyderabad against Jaipur at Hyderabad on 24.04.08 remains the only hundred in the losing cause in the first edition of IPL. As many as 36 fifties were in a losing cause and there were seven instances of two batsmen registering fifties going in vain. Hyderabad and Bangalore saw ten and seven instances of its batsmen’s fifties in a losing cause. Rohit Sharma of Hyderabad had three of his fifties in a losing cause, while Rahul Dravid of Bangalore, Y Venugopala Rao of Hyderabad, Adam Gilchrist of Hyderabad and Kumar Sangakkara of Mohali saw two of their fifties in a losing cause. IPL first edition witnessed seven fifties by captains and eight fifties by wicket keeper batsmen in a losing cause. Rahul Dravid amongst captains, Adam Gilchrist and Kumar Sangakkara amogns the wicket keeper batsmen saw two fifties scored by them going in vain.

86 instances of a batsman’s run out were witnessed with Bangalore batsmen having the record of most run outs – 17 followed by Jaipur {14}. As many as six batsmen were run out after scoring fifties, while seven batsmen were dismissed runout without scoring. Three batsmen were run out without facing a ball. Praveen Kumar of Bangalore and YK Pathan of Jaipur share the record for most run out – four – in the IPL first edition. Yuvraj Singh of Mohali remains the only captain who was run out on three occasions.

Five Mumbai batsmen were run out in an innings in the match between Mumbai and Mohali at Mumbai on 21.05.08. This instance is a record for a match also. Luke Ronchi of Bangalore and Kamran Akmal of Jaipur share the record of most run outs – two each – for a wicket keeper batsman.

As many as 12 batsmen were dismissed stumped, with wicket keeper Kamran Akmal representing Hyderabad effecting more stumping dismissals {04} in the IPL.

Only two instances of batsman dismissed hit wicket was witnessed – MA Khote of Mumbai and Misbah-ul-Huq of Bangalore were the batsmen and the bowler to be credited with these wickets was the same – Sreesanth of Mohali.

There were 67 instances of batsmen failing to open their account. Team wise break up reads thus – Bangalore {14}, Chennai {07}, Delhi {07}, Hyderabad {10}, Jaipur {05}, Kolkata {06}, Mohali {08} and Mumbai {10}. Bangalore had the most zeroes in the tournament – 14. Bangalore vs Mohali at Bangalore on 05.05.08 saw five Bangalore batsmen failing to open their account – a a record for most zeroes in an innings in IPL. A Mukund of Chennai collected his first ball duck on his T20 debut against Jaipur at Chennai on 24.05.08. PP Ojha of Hyderabad, A Nel of Mumbai and Sanjay Bangar of Hyderabad were dismissed for zero without facing a delivery. There were eight instances of captains and only one instance of a wicket keeper batsman failing to open their account in the tournament. Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag bagged two zeroes while leading Bangalore and Delhi respectively. M Rawat of Jaipur was the lone wicket keeper batsman to collect a zero in the match against Bangalore at Bangalore on 26.04.08. Of the 67 instances, 36 instances of a batsmen collecting the first ball duck were witnessed.

SIXES SCORED BY BATSMEN

A total of 622 sixes were scored in the tournament. Three matches saw 20 plus sixes – Chennai vs Mohali at Mohali on 19.04.08 {25}, Jaipur vs Hyderabad at Hyderabad on 24.04.08 {23} and Mohali vs Jaipur at Mohali on 28.05.08 {22}. Sanath Jayasuriya of Mumbai with 31 sixes to his credit has the record for most sixes by batsman in the tournament. SE Marsh of Mohali {26}, Yousuf Pathan of Jaipur {25} and V Sehwag of Delhi {21} are the other two batsmen who scored 20 plus sixes.

Break up of 622 sixes team wise read thus: Bangalore {59}, Chennai {86}, Delhi {54}, Hyderabad {92}, Kolkata {75}, Mohali {95} and Mumbai {76}. The record for most sixes by a team in the tournament is 95 which is credited to Mohali

FIFTY PLUS RUNS PARTNERSHIPS

As many as 93 partnerships of 50 plus runs were registered in the tournament. Team wise break up reads thus – Bangalore {05}, Chennai {16}, Delhi {09}, Hyderabad {10}, Jaipur {19}, Kolkata {08}, Mohali {16} and Mumbai {10}. Jaipur batsmen posted the most fifty plus stands in the tournament – 19, Wicket wise break up reads thus – First {23}, Second {22}, Third {18}, Fourth {18}, Fifth {08}, Sixth {03} and seventh {01}.

Greame Smith of Jaipur was one of the partner in ten fifty plus partnerships in the tournament – a record for the IPL. Shaun Marsh with nine fifty plus partnerships to his credit was close behind. Gautam Gambhir {06}, AC Gilchrist {05} and ST Jayasuriya {05} are the other batsmen with five or more fifty run stands to their credit in the tournament.

ST Jayasuriya – SR Tendulkar of Mumbai and GC Smith – SA Asnodkar of Jaipur share the record with four instances each for the same pair-same wicket fifty plus runs stands in the tournament.

21 three figure partnerships were registered in the tournament. 155 runs unfinished stand for the first wicket between Adam Gilchrist and VVS Laxman for Hyderabad against Mumbai remained the highest partnership in the tournament.

Gautam Gambhir and Shikar Dhawan were concerned in a century partnership on three occasions – a record for the same pair adding fifty plus runs in the tournament.

BOWLING RECORDS

There were 12 instances of bowlers conceding 50 plus runs in the tournament. Most expensive figures was 4.0-0-59-1 by RP Singh of Hyderabad against Kolkata at Hyderabad on 11.05.08. Of the 12 instances, four instances were by Delhi bowlers – most by any team in the tournament. Chennai, Jaipur, Hyderabad and Mohali had two instances of conceding 50 plus runs.

Munaf Patel of Jaipur and RP Singh of Hyderabad were the two bowlers who conceded 50 plus runs on two occasions.

Six bowlers went wicketless conceding 50 plus runs. VRV Singh’s 4.0-0-56-0 for Mohali against Mumbai on 21.05.08 remained the most expensive figures in this category. RP Singh of Hyderabad and Mohd Asif of Delhi conceded 50 plus runs providing the lone instance of rival bowelrs conceding 50 plus runs in the tournament. These two bowlers suffered the ignominy of going wicketless conceding 50 plus runs, providing the lone such instance in the tournament.

SR Watson of Hyderabad {52 and 3-10 against Delhi at Mumbai on 30.05.08} and Yousuf Pathan of Jaipur {56 and 3-22 against Mohali at Mum-DYP} provided the all round performance of a half century coupled with three wickets in the tournament.

Parthiv Patel of Chenni with his performance of three dismissals {all catches} and 51 not out remained the only wicket keeper with an all round performance of a half century and three catches in the tournament

LR Shukla of Kolkata with figures of 0.5-0-6-3 against Delhi at Kolkata remained the only bowler in the tournament to capture three wickets conceding single digit runs.

The tournament witnesses 16 instances of a bowler bowling a maiden over in his four over quota. M Gony of Chennai had the distinction of bowling maiden overs on three occasions. G McGrath of Delhi and Irfan Pathan of Mohali had the distinction of bowling maiden overs on two occasions.

G McGrath of Delhi, SK Warne of Jaipur, Praveen Kumar of Bangalore, Munaf Patel of Jaipur and Umar Gul of Kolkata earned the distinction of bowling a wicket maiden over in the tournament. The last named – Umar Gul of Kolkata – remained the only bowler in the tournament to capture two wickets while bowling a maiden over. He achieved this distinction against Jaipur at Kolkata on 20.05.08

The tournament witnessed 12 instances of a bowler capturing four or more wickets, which comprised of one six wicket haul, two five wickets haul and eight exact four wicket haul. Sohail Tanvir of Jaipur returned with best figures of the tournament with 4.0-0-14-6 against Chennai at Jaipur on 04.05.08. He also remained the only bowler to capture four or more wickets on two occasions, the other being his 4.0-0-14-4 against Mumbai at Jaipur on 26.05.08

M Morkel of Chennai with figures of 4.0-0-32-4 against Bangalore at Chennai on 21.05.08 remained the only bowler in the tournament to witness his four wicket haul in a losing cause. Bangalore won this game by 14 runs.

EXTRAS

28 extras conceded by Hyderabad against Kolkata on 20.04.08 remained the most extras conceded by a team in the tournament. The records for most byes, most leg byes, most no balls and most wides are listed below

Most byes	05 conceded by Mohali against Bangalore at Bangalore on 12.05.08
Most leg byes	12 conceded by Mohali against Mumbai at Mumbai on 21.05.08
Most Wides	18 conceded by Bangalore against Jaipur at Jaipur on 17.05.08
Most No Balls	04 conceded by Mohali against Jaipur at Jaipur on 21.04.08
Most No Balls	04 conceded by Kolkata against Jaupur at Jaipur on 01.05.08
Most No Balls	04 conceded by Kolkata against Hyderabad at Hyderabad on 11.05.08

SIXES CONCEDED BY BOWLERS

As many as 622 sixes were conceded by bowlers in the tournament. Break up team wise read thus – Bangalore {75}, Chennai {88}, Jaipur {86}, Kolkata {43}, Delhi {86}, Hyderabad {80}. Mohali {93} and Mumbai {66}. The record for most sixes conceded by a team in the tournament is 93 which is credited to Mohali. Piyush Chawla of Mohali conceded most sixes {21} in the tournament. He remains the only bowler to concede 20 plus sixes. SK Warne of Jaipur {18}, SK Trivedi of Jaipur {17}, JR Hopes of Mohali {17}, Yousuf Pathan of Jaipur {16}, Praveen Kumar of Bangalore, M Gony of Chennai {16} and Muralitharan of Chennai {15} are the other bowlers who have conceded 15 plus sixes in the tournament. Mohali remains the only team in the tournament which had three bowlers conceding 15 plus sixes

MOHALI’S DUAL DISTINCTION

Mohali holds the record for most sixes scored by a team {95} and also most sixes conceded by a team {93} in the tournament.

HAT TRICKS

L Balaji of Chennai {against Mohali at Chennai on 10.05.08}, Amit Mishra of Delhi {against Hyderabad at Delhi on 15.05.08} and M Ntini of Chennai {against Kolkata at Kolkata on 17.05.08} are the three bowlers who performed Hat trick in the tournament. L Balaji and Amit Mishra achieved the feat in the same over while M Ntini’s feat was spread across two overs

MAN OF THE MATCH AWARDS

All the matches carried the Man of the Match Awards with the exception of one match – Delhi vs Kolkata at Kolkata on 22.05.08 which was abandoned due to rain. Team wise break up of Man of the Match awards read thus – Bangalore {05}, Chennai {10}, Delhi {06}, Hyderabad {02}, Jaipur {12}, Kolkata {06}, Mohali {10} and Mumbai {07}.

SE Marsh of Mohali won the MoM Award on five occasions – the most by a cricketer in the tournament. SR Watson and Yousuf Pathan won MoM on four occasions.

SP Goswamy of Bangalore won MoM award on his T20 debut. SP Goswamy of Bangalore and JA Morkel of Chennai earned the MoM award for their performances when they were on the losing side.

There were eight instances of captains and eight instances of wicket keepers winning the MoM awards in the tournament.

TRIVIA

Bangalore lost its first three wickets fell for single digit in the match against Jaipur at Jaipur on 17.05.08. The tournament witnessed six instances of a team losing its first two wickets for single digit.

SM Pollock of Mumbai, Sohail Tanvir of Jaipur and S Sreesanth of Mohali earned the distinction of capturing two wickets in the first over of the match.

Four instances of both the openers registering fifties which included the lone instances of openers scoring a hundred and a fifty, lone instance of both the openers scoring zeroes, two instances of openers scoring a fifty and a zero were witnessed in the tournament. There were eight instances of both the openers scoring single digits and two instances of both the openers dismissed in the same manner.

The tournament saw 46 instances of a fiftyless innings and eleven instances of fiftyless matches.

There were two instances of six bowlers who chanced their arms in an innings captured at least one wicket. There were 18 instances of a wicket falling in the first over in the tournament.

J A Morkel, P Amaranath and L Balaji of Chennai conceded 35 runs each against Delhi at Delhi on 08.05.08 providing the lone instance of three bowlers conceding identical runs.

There were 18 instances of batsmen registering ten or more boundary fours in their innings. Kumar Sangakkara’s innings of 94 for Mohali against Mumbai at Mohali on 25.04.08 contained 13 boundary fours – a record for most boundary fours in an innings in the tournament. There were three instances of batsmen scoring ten or more sixes in their innings. Brendon McCullum’s 13 sixes for Kolkata against Bangalore at Bangalore on 18.04.08 is a record for most sixes by a batsman in the tournament. SE Marsh and Yuvraj Singh of Mohali scored six sixes each against Jaipur at Mohali on 28.05.08 providing the lone instance of two batsmen scoring five or more sixes in the tournament.

There were five instances of captain and wicket keeper opening the innings, 40 instances of captain being one of the openers, four instances of rival captains opening the innings, 33 instances of wicket keeper opening the innings, five instances of rival wicket keepers opening the innings.

There were eight instances of match won by a boundary six and 16 instances of wicket falling to the last ball of the innings.

OVERSEAS CRICKETERS

As many as 65 cricketers took part in the tournament. Bangalore had nine overseas cricketers playing for them while the rest of the seven teams had eight overseas cricketers on their rolls.

Break up 65 Cricketers country wise read thus – Australia {21}, Bangladesh {01}, England {01}, New Zealand {06}, Pakistan {10}, South Africa {10}, Sri Lanka {11}, West Indies {04} and Zimbabwe {01}

MOST RUNS AND MOST WICKETS FOR EACH TEAM

Team	Batsmen	Runs	Bowler	Wkts	Bowler	Wkts
Bangalore	R Dravid	371	Zaheer Khan	13
Chennai	SK Raina	421	M Gony	17	JA Morkel	17
Delhi	G Gambhir	534	P Sangwan	16
Jaipur	SR Watson	472	SK Warne	22
Kolkata	SC Ganguly	349	Umar Gul	12
Mohali	SE Marsh	616	S Sreesanth	19
Mumbai	ST Jayasuriya	514	A Nehra	12

RECORDS IN THE TOURNAMENT

SE Marsh of Mohali {616}, G Gambhir of Delhi {534} and ST Jayasuriya of Mumbai {514} were the three batsmen who aggregated 500 plus runs in the tournament. SE Marsh is the only batsman to score 600 plus runs.

Gautam Gambhir of Delhi with 68 boundary fours holds the record for most boundary fours in the tournament. SE Marsh of Mohali {59}, ST Jayasuriya of Mumbai {57}, GS Smith of Jaipur {54} and AC Gilchrist of Hyderabad {51} are the other two batsmen with 50 plus boundary fours.

SE Marsh of Mohali {06 fifties} and G Gambhir of Delhi {05 fifties} are the two batsmen who registered five or more fifties in the tournament. SE Marsh’s six fifties included a hundred. Thus these two batsmen share the record for most half centuries – five – in the tournament.

Sohail Tanvir of Jaipur captured most wickets – 22 – in the tournament and is the only bowler to capture 20 plus wickets.

Suresh Raina of Chenna pouched most catches in the tournament – ten catches from 16 matches. He is the only fieldsman excluding wicket keepers to pouch 10 or more catches in the tournament.

Sachin Tendulkar of Mumbai holds the record of most catches in an innings – four – in the tournament. He pouched four catches against Kolkata at Mumbai on 16.05.08

YV Takawale of Mumbai holds the record for most dismissals – eleven – in the tournament. He pouched ten catches and effected one stumping from seven matches. He also holds the record for most dismissals in a match – four dismissals. His effort of three catches and one stumping came against Jaipur at Mumbai on 07.05.08. Kamran Akmal of Jaipur holds the record for most stumpings in the tournament – four.

MS Dhoni of Chennai and SK Warne of Jaipur hold the record for most runs and most wickets respectively as captains. MS Dhoni aggregated 414 runs from 16 matches and SK Warne had a tally of 19 wickets from 15 matches.

MAN OF THE SERIES was bagged by SR Watson of Jaipur for his all round performance of 472 runs and 17 wickets from 15 matches

SE Marsh of Mohali was named as the BATSMAN OF THE SERIES for his prolific run aggregate – 616 runs from 11 matches. He scored five fifties – one hundred and five half centuries – a record for most fifties in the tournament and earned the Man of the Match award on five occasions – another record for most Man of the Match awards.

Sohail Tanvir of Jaipur was named as BOWLER OF THE SERIES for his 22 wickets aggregate from 11 games which included the best bowling figures of the tournament – 6 for 14

FAIRPLAY AWARD went to Chennai Super Kings, while the UNDER 19 SUCCESSFUL PLAYER award was bagged by SP Goswami of Bangalore Royal Challengers.

Most run aggregate : : First Five batsmen
No	Batsman	IPL Team	Runs
1	SE Marsh	Kings Eleven-Punjab	616
2	G Gambhir	Delhi Daredevils	534
3	ST Jayasuriya	Mumbai Indians	514
4	SR Watson	Rajasthan Royals	472
5	GC Smith	Rajasthan Royals	441
Most Wicket aggregate : First Five bowlers
No	Bowlers	Team	Wkts
1	Sohail Tanvir	Rajasthan Royals	22
2	SK Warne	Rajasthan Royals	19
2	S Sreesanth	Kings Eleven-Punjab	19
3	SR Watson	Rajasthan Royals	17
3	PP Chawla	Kings Eleven-Punjab	17
3	JA Morkel	Chennai Super Kings	17
3	MS Gony	Chennai Super Kings	17
4	VY Mahesh	Delhi Daredevils	16
5	MF Mahroof	Delhi Daredevils	15
5	Irfan Pathan	Kings Eleven-Punjab	15
5	RP Singh	Deccan Chargers	15

Chappell-Hadlee Series : First one day game at Napier on 03.02.10 : New Zealand won by two wickets

LRPL Taylor led New Zealand in this game to become the 19^th captain to lead New Zealand in one day games.

LRPL Taylor led New Zealand in this game and scored 70 become the third New Zealand Captain to register a fifty on captaincy debut. Others are – GM Turner – 171* vs East Africa at Birmingham on 07.06.75 and BB McCullum – 71 vs India at Christchurch on 08.03.09.

MEK Hussey’s 59 in this game provide the 180^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a fifty against New Zealand in one day games.

MEK Hussey’s 59 in this game represent his 29^th one day half century and 31^st fifty. It also represents his seventh one day half century and eight fifty against New Zealand.

MEK Hussey became the eighth Australian batsman to score seven or more half centuries against New Zealand. Others are – DM Jones {12}. RT Ponting {10}, DC Boon {09}, ME Waugh {09}, AC Gilchrist {08}, MJ Clarke {07} and ML Hayden {07}

MEK Hussey became the eighth Australian batsman to score eight or more fifties against New Zealand. Others are – RT Ponting {16}, DM Jones {14}, ME Waugh {12}, ML Hayden {11}, DC Boon {10}, AC Gilchrist {10} and MG Bevan {08}

BB McCullum effected his 196 dismissal as a wicket keeper when he had MJ Clarke caught of the bowling of Tuffey for 22 in this game. It was his 183rd catch and coupled with 13 stumping dismissals has an aggregate of 196 dismissals at the end of this game. McCullum had also pouched four catches as a fieldsman {not as a wicket keeper} has a tally of 200 dismissals at the end of this game.

DR Tuffey bagged three wickets conceding 58 runs in this game and also captured his 100^th one day wicket. His second wicket of the game – CL White whom he had bowled for 33 – was his 100^th one day victim.

DR Tuffey became the 100^th bowler in one day games to take 100 plus wickets. He is the 14^th New Zealand bowler to reach the milestone. Others are – DL Vettori {262}, CZ Harris {203}, CL Cairns {201}, KD Mills {162}, RJ Hadlee {158}, SE Bond {140}, EJ Chatfield {140}, JDP Oram {140}, DK Morrison {126}, SB Styris {125}, MC Snedden {114}, GR Larsen {113} and C Pringle {103}

SR Watson hit a six in this game which was his tenth boundary six against New Zealand. He became the eleventh Australian batsman to hit ten or more boundary sixes against New Zealand. Others are – AC Gilchrist {28}, A Symonds {23}, MEK Hussey {22}, ML Hayden {20}, RT Ponting {20}, DM Jones {16}, BJ Haddin {12}, ME Waugh {12}, SR Waugh {12} and CL White {10}

At the end of this game, head to head count read thus – Played 119 games. Won by Australia – 81 games, won by New Zealand – 33 games and No result games – 05

Australia has lost 14 games against New Zealand in New Zealand including this game. It is their second loss to New Zealand at Napier, the first being on 12.02.98. New Zealand had won this game by seven wickets with ten balls to spare.

New Zealand’s victory by two wickets in this game represents the second victory by two runs against Australia in New Zealand. The other win by two wickets margin was at Christchuch on 10.12.05

Apart from these two wins by two wickets margin, New Zealand had coasted to another two wickets win against Australia at Perth on 01.02.09, thus making three wins by two wickets margin against Australia in Australia-New Zealand one day series.

New Zealand’s win by two wickets in this game represent the 14^th win by wickets margin in the series and also eighth win by wickets margin in the one day games played in New Zealand.

Bangladesh vs England One day series : Second one day game at Dhaka {SBNS} on 02.03.10 : England won by two wickets

This game was Tamim Iqbal’s 75^th one day appearance. He became the tenth Bangladesh cricketer to play 75 plus one day games. Others are – Mohammad Ashraful {157}, Khaled Mashud {126}, Mohammad Rafique {123}, Habibul Bashar {111}, Mashrafe Mortaza {102}, Abdur Razzak {95}, Aftab Ahmed {84}, Shakib Al Hasan {84} and Khaled Mashud {77}.

Tamim Iqbal earned the distinction of becoming the first Bangladesh opening batsman to play 75 one day games.

Imrul Kayes’s 63 in this game represent his second one day half century and third one day fifty. Mushfiqur Rahim’s 76 in this game represent his sixth one day half century. The other five half centuries are – 98 vs Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on 18.08.09, 86 vs New Zealand at Dunedin on 08.02.10, 57 vs Zimbabwe at Harare on 10.02.97 and 56* vs India at Port of Spain on 17.03.07.

Imrul Kayes’s 63 and Mushfiqur Rahim’s 76 in this game represent the eight and ninth fifty by Bangladesh batsman against England in one day games

Imrul Kayes’s 63 and Mushfiqur Rahim’s 76 in this game represent the second occasion of two Bangladesh batsmen scoring fifties in an innings against England in one day games. The first occasion was at Nottingham on 21.06.75 when Javed Omar {59} and Mohammad Ashraful {94} had made fifties

Mushfiqur Rahim with his 76 in this game earned the distinction of becoming the first Bangaldesh wicket keeper to score a half century against England in one day games.

Mushfiqur Rahim’s 76 in this game provide the 13^th occasion of Bangladesh wicket keeper registering a fifty in one day games. Mushfiqur Rahim registered his sixth one day fifty with his 76 in this game. Khaled Mashud is the other wicket keeper batsman to score seven fifties.

Imrul Kayes’s 63 and Mushfiqur Rahim’s 76 in this game represent the first occasion of two Bangladesh batsmen scoring fifties in an innings against England in one day games on home soil.

Imrul Kayes and Mushfiqur Rahim added 90 runs for the third wicket in this game providing Bangladesh’s best partnership for the third wicket against England on home soil. The previous best was the 31 runs stand between Habibul Bashar and Rajen Saleh at Dhaka on 12.11.03.

England capped JC Tredwell for this game. He became the 214^th cricketer to represent England in one day games. He is the fourth England cricketer to make his debut against Bangladesh in one day games. The other three are – J Lewis at The Oval on 16.06.05, CT Tremlett at Nottingham on 21.06.05 and C Kieswetter at Dhaka on 28.02.10

JC Tredwell was making his one day debut in this game and returned with figures of none for 52. He became England’s fifth bowler to concede 50 plus runs without capturing a wicket on debut in one day games. Other four are – NV Radford {none for 61 vs Australia at Melbourne on 04.02.88}, DW Headley {none for 52 vs Pakistan at Manchester on 22.08.96}, GJ Batty {none for 55 vs Australia at Sydney on 13.12.02} and SI Mahmood {none for 56 vs New Zealand at Bristol on 04.07.04}

TM Bresnan with his 3 for 51 in this game registered his best one day bowling figures. His previous best was 2 for 10 vs Ireland at Belfast on 27.08.09. His figures of 3 for 51 in this game represents the first occasion of his capturing three wickets in his 20 games one day career.

KP Pietersen has not scored a half century in his last ten one day games. He had made 111 not out against India at Cuttack on 26.11.08. The scores in ten games after the Cuttack one day game read thus – 17 vs West Indies at Providence on 20.03.09, 12 vs West Indies at Providence on 22.03.09, 3 vs West Indies at Bridgetown on 29.03.09, Did not bat vs West Indies at Bridgetown on 03.04.09, 48 vs West Indies at Groslet on 03.04.09, 4 vs South Africa at Centurion on 22.11.09, 45 vs South Africa at Cape Town on 27.11.09, 3 vs South Africa at Port Elizabeth on 29.11.09, 1 vs Bangladesh at Dhaka on 28.02.10 and 18 vs Bangladesh at Dhaka on 02.03.10

EJG Morgan scored 110 not out in this game which was his second one day hundred and first hundred while appearing for England. He had made 115 for Ireland against Canada at Nairobi {Jaffrey} on 04.02.07

EJG Morgan became the first cricketer in the history of one day games to score a hundred representing two countries.

EJG Morgan’s 110 not out in this game represent the fourth hundred by an England batsman against Bangladesh in one day games. The other three hundreds are – 100 * by ME Trescothick at The Oval on 16.06.05, 152 by AJ Strauss at Nottingham on 21.06.05 ad 112* by PD Collingwood at Nottingham on 21.06.05.

EJG Morgan’s 110 not out in this game represent the first hundred by an England batsman against Bangladesh in Bangladesh in one day games. The previous best was 75* by PD Collingwood at Dhaka on 28.02.10 in the first one day game of this series.

EJG Morgan’s 110 not out in this game represent the 29^th hundred by an England batsman against various oppositions on away soil.

EJG Morgan’s 110 not out in this game represent the 92nd hundred by an England batsman against various oppositions in one day games.

EJG Morgan’s 110 not out in this game represent the 55th hundred by a batsman against Bangladesh in one day games.

EJG Morgan’s 110 not out in this game represent the 23rd hundred by a batsman against Bangladesh in Bangladesh in one day games.

AN Cook with his 60 in this game registered his second consecutive fifty as captain. It was also his one day career’s fifth half century and sixth fifty. AN Cook celebrated his 25^th one day game by registering a half century.

PD Collingwood became the 79^th cricketer in the history of one day games to appear in 175 plus one day games.

This game was the 175^th one day game for PD Collingwood. He became the first England cricketer to appear in 175 plus one day games. His career record at the end of this game read thus – 175 matches, 4560 runs, 101 wickets and 101 catches.

PD Collingwood is the 99^th bowler in the history of one day game to capture 100 plus wickets. He is the sixth England bowler to achieve the feat. Others are – D Gough – {234}, A Flintoff {168}, JM Anderson {161}, IT Botham {145} and PAJ DeFreitas {115}

PD Collingwood is the 23^rd fieldsman in the history of one day games to pouch 100 plus catches. He earned the distinction of becoming the first England fieldsman to pouch 100 plus catches in one day games. He reached the milestone of 100 catches during the first one day game of this series at Dhaka on 28.02.10 when he caught Mahmudullah of the bowling of GP Swann for zero.

Day/Date	Time	Teams/Ground
Fri Mar 12	20:00	1st match – Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders
		Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
Sat Mar 13	15:00	2nd match – Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals
		Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Sat Mar 13	20:00	3rd match – Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils
		PCA Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sun Mar 14	16:00	4th match – Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore
		Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Sun Mar 14	20:00	5th match – Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers
		MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Mon Mar 15	20:00	6th match – Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils
		Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Tue Mar 16	16:00	7th match – Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab
		M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Tue Mar 16	20:00	8th match – Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings
		Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Wed Mar 17	20:00	9th match – Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians
		Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Thu Mar 18	20:00	10th match – Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rajasthan Royals
		M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Fri Mar 19	16:00	11th match – Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings
		Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Fri Mar 19	20:00	12th match – Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab
		Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Sat Mar 20	16:00	13th match – Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders
		Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Sat Mar 20	20:00	14th match – Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore
		Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Sun Mar 21	16:00	15th match – Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils
		Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Sun Mar 21	20:00	16th match – Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab
		MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Mon Mar 22	20:00	17th match – Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders
		Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Tue Mar 23	20:00	18th match – Royal Challengers Bangalore v Chennai Super Kings
		M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Wed Mar 24	20:00	19th match – Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals
		PCA Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Thu Mar 25	20:00	20th match – Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings
		Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Thu Mar 25	20:00	21st match – Rajasthan Royals v Deccan Chargers
		Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Sat Mar 27	16:00	22nd match – Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders
		PCA Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sat Mar 27	20:00	23rd match – Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Daredevils
		M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Sun Mar 28	16:00	24th match – Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings
		Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Sun Mar 28	20:00	25th match – Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians
		Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
Mon Mar 29	20:00	26th match – Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders
		Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Tue Mar 30	20:00	27th match – Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab
		Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Wed Mar 31	16:00	28th match – Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Bangalore
		MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Wed Mar 31	20:00	29th match – Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals
		Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Thu Apr 1	20:00	30th match – Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers
		Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Fri Apr 2	20:00	31st match – Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Bangalore
		PCA Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sat Apr 3	16:00	32nd match – Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals
		MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Sat Apr 3	20:00	33rd match – Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers
		Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Sun Apr 4	16:00	34th match – Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab
		Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Sun Apr 4	20:00	35th match – Delhi Daredevils v Royal Challengers Bangalore
		Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Mon Apr 5	20:00	36th match – Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals
		VCA Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur
Tue Apr 6	20:00	37th match – Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians
		MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Wed Apr 7	16:00	38th match – Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab
		Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Wed Apr 7	20:00	39th match – Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils
		Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Thu Apr 8	20:00	40th match – Royal Challengers Bangalore v Deccan Chargers
		M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Fri Apr 9	20:00	41st match – Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians
		PCA Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sat Apr 10	16:00	42nd match – Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings
		VCA Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur
Sat Apr 10	20:00	43rd match – Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders
		M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Sun Apr 11	16:00	44th match – Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab
		Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Sun Apr 11	20:00	45th match – Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians
		Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Mon Apr 12	20:00	46th match – Deccan Chargers v Royal Challengers Bangalore
		VCA Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur
Tue Apr 13	16:00	47th match – Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils
		Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Tue Apr 13	20:00	48th match – Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders
		MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Wed Apr 14	20:00	49th match – Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Bangalore
		Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Thu Apr 15	20:00	50th match – Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils
		MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Fri Apr 16	20:00	51st match – Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers
		HPCA Stadium, Dharmasala
Sat Apr 17	16:00	52nd match – Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians
		M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Sat Apr 17	20:00	53rd match – Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals
		Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Sun Apr 18	16:00	54th match – Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings
		HPCA Stadium, Dharmasala
Sun Apr 18	20:00	55th match – Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers
		Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Mon Apr 19	20:00	56th match – Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians
		Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Wed Apr 21	20:00	Semi-Final – TBC v TBC
		M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Thu Apr 22	20:00	Semi-Final – TBC v TBC
		M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Sat Apr 24	20:00	3rd Place Play-off – TBC v TBC
		Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
Sun Apr 25	20:00	Final – TBC v TBC
		Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai

The T20 International between West Indies and Zimbabwe held at Trinidad on 28.02.10 threw some interesting stats which are chronicled below

This game represented the 150^th T20 International game.

V Sibanda was dismissed by the first ball of the match in this game. He was bowled by SJ Benn for zero. He became the fourth batsman in the history of T20I games to be dismissed by the first ball of a match. The other three are – AA Mulla of Canada vs Zimbabwe at King City on 11.08.09, Kamran Akmal of Pakistan vs Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 12.08.09 and JL Denly of England vs South Africa at Jo’burg on 13.11.09

V Sibanda collected his first ball duck in this game to provide the 19^th occasion of an opening batsman doing so in the history of one day internationals.

V Sibanda of Zimbabwe, P Utseya of Zimbabwe and DM Bravo of West Indies collected their first ball ducks in this game. At the end of this game number of occasions of a batsman collecting first ball ducks in a T20I game stood at 99.

DM Bravo collected his first ball duck on his T20I debut to provide the 18^th occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball duck on T20I debut. He is the third West Indian batsman to suffer such an ignominy. The other two are – DM Richards vs Bangladesh at Basseterre on 02.08.09 and N Deonarine vs Australia at Hobart on 21.02.10

ADS Fletcher of West Indies score zero in this game which was his fourth duck in T20I games. He is on par with HH Gibbs of South Africa who has also scored four zeroes. These two batsmen now share the record for most zeroes in T20I games.

Six batsmen of Zimbabwe scored zeroes in this game – V Sibanda, T Taibu, S Matsikenyeri, BRM Taylor, SW Masakadza and P Utseya – providing the second occasion of most zeroes in a T20I innings. The first such occasion was witnessed when six Kenyan batsmen failed to open their accounts against New Zealand at Durban on 12.09.07. These are the only two occasion in T20I games when six batsmen scored zeroes in an innings.

SW Masakadza of Zimbabwe and DM Bravo of West Indies scored zeroes in this game to provide the 34^th occasion of a batsman scoring zero on debut in a T20I game.

SJ Benn {4 for 06} and DJ Sammy {5 for 26} captured four or more wickets in this game providing the third occasion of two bowlers capturing four or more wickets in an innings. The other two occasions are witnessed in the match between Pakistan and Scotland at Durban on 12.09.07 {Pak bowlers – Umar Gul – 4 for 25 and Shahid Afridi – 4 for 19} and in the match between Netherlands and Kenya at Abu Dhabi on 11.02.10 {Netherland bowlers – Mudassar Bukhari – 4 for 33 and PM Seelar – 4 for 19}.

SJ Benn {4 for 06} and DJ Sammy {5 for 26} captured four and five wickets respectively in this game providing the first occasion of two bowlers capturing four and five wickets in an innings in the history of T20I games

SJ Benn returned with figures of 4 for 06 in this game to provide the fifth occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets conceding single digit runs in a T20I games. The other four are – MR Gillespie of New Zealand {4 for 07 vs Kenya at Durban on 12.09.07}, DW Steyn of South Africa {4 for 09 vs West Indies at P Elizabeth on 16.12.07}, Umar Gul of Pakistan {4 for 08 vs Australia at Dubai on 07.05.09} and Umar Gul of Pakistan {5 for 6 vs New Zealand at The Oval on 13.06.09}

SJ Benn {4 for 06} and DJ Sammy {5 for 26} captured four and five wickets respectively in this game providing the 37^th and 38^th occasion of bowler capturing four or more wickets in a T20I innings.

DJ Sammy {5 for 26} captured five wickets this game providing the third occasion of bowler capturing five wickets in a T20I innings. The other two occasion are – Umar Gul of Pakistan {5 for 06 vs New Zealand at The Oval on 13.06.09 and N Odhiambo of Kenya {5 for 20 vs Scotland at Nairobi-G on 04.02.10}

SJ Benn {4 for 06} and DJ Sammy {5 for 26} captured four and five wickets respectively in this game which were in a losing cause providing the eighth and ninth occasion of bowler’s four or more wickets going in vain.

DJ Sammy {5 for 26} captured five wickets in this game which was in a losing caue providing the very first occasion of bowler’s five wicket haul going in vain in the history of T20I games.

SW Maskadza became the ninth related cricketer to play T20I game. His brother H Masakadza had already represented Zimbabwe in T20I games.

DM Bravo became the tenth related cricketer to play T20I game. His half brother DJ Bravo had already represented West Indies in T20I games.

The second T20 International between New Zealand and Australia at Christchurch on 28.02.10 has the following interesting statistics

Australia’s total of 214 for 4 in this game represents the highest total by a team batting second in T20I games. The previous best was India’s 211 for 4 vs Sri Lanka at Mohali on 12.12.09.

New Zealand and Australia scored 214 runs each in this game and their combined total of 428 runs represent the highest aggregate in a T20I game. The previous best was 418 runs between India [218 for 4} and England {200 for 6} at Durban on 19.09.07

In this game both the teams scored 200 plus runs – New Zealand {214 for 6} and Australia {214 for 4} – providing the fourth occasion of both the teams scoring 200 plus runs in a T20I game. The other three occasions are – India [218 for 4} and England {200 for 6} at Durban on 19.09.07, Sri Lanka {206 for 7} and India {211 for 4} at Mohali on 12.12.09 and West Indies {205 for 6} and South Africa {208 for 2} at Johannesburg on 11.09.08

This match had an aggregate team total of 428 runs providing the seventh occasion of a T20I game having a team total of 400 plus runs in the history of one day games.

This game ended in a tie providing the fifth occasion of a tied match in T20I games. The other four are – New Zealand vs West Indies at Auckland on 16.02.06, India vs Pakistan at Durban on 14.09.07, Canada vs Zimbabwe at King City on 11.10.09 and New Zealand vs West Indies at Auckland on 26.12.08

Of the above five tied games, New Zealand has been one of the teams on three occasions.

BB McCullum scored 116 not in this game to become the second centurion in T20I games. The first batsman was CH Gayle of West Indies who had made 117 against South Africa at Johannesburg on 11.09.07. Interesting both CH Gayle and BB McCullum scored hundreds while opening the innings.

DP Nannes of Australia {1 for 51} and JDP Oram of New Zealand {0 for 52} conceded 50 plus runs in this game to provide the 24^th and 25^th occasion of a bowler conceding 50 plus runs in the history of T20I games

JDP Oram of New Zealand {0 for 52} conceded 50 plus runs without capturing a wicket in this game to provide the 11^th occasion of a bowler conceding 50 plus runs with out capturing a wicket in the history of T20I games

JDP Oram of New Zealand {0 for 52} conceded 50 plus runs without capturing a wicket in this game to provide the second occasion of his conceding 50 plus runs with out capturing a wicket in a T20I games. The first occasion was against South Africa at Durban on 19.09.07 when he returned with figures of none for 50

JDP Oram remains the only bowler in the history of T20I games to concede 50 plus without capturing a wicket on two occasions.

BB McCullum with his 116 not out in this game scored his seventh one day fifty {01c plus 06 HC} and holds the record for most fifties in T20I games. He wrested the record from India’s G Gambhir who had six fifties {all half centuries} to his credit.

BB McCullum hit eight sixes in his innings of 116 not out and at the end of this game he has 105 sixes in T20 games. He became the third batsman after LRPL Taylor {115} and DJ Hussey {107} to aggregate 100 plus sixes in T20 games.

BB McCullum hit 12 boundary fours in his innings of 116 not out to take his aggregate of boundary fours to 216 in T20 games. He is one of the four batsmen to have an aggregate of 200 plus boundary fours in T20 games. The other three are – BJ Hodge {273}, GC Smith {229} and IJ Harvey {202}

At the end of this game, BB McCullum has an aggregate of 2268 T20 runs. He is the third batsman after BJ Hodge {2547} and DJ Hussey {2355} to have an aggregate of 2000 plus T20 runs.

BB McCullum with his 116 not out in this game registered his 15^th T20 fifty {03C plus 12 HC}. He is the third batsman in T20 games to register 15 or more fifties. The other two are – BJ Hodge {19 – 01C plus 18HC} and HD Ackerman {17 – all HCs}

GP Hopkins of New Zealand was dismissed hit wicket in this game. He is the third batsman in the history of T20I games to be dismissed hit wicket. The other two batsmen are – DO Obuya of Kenya {for zero vs New Zealand at Durban on 12.09.07} and AB de Villiers of South Africa {for zero vs Australia at Melbourne on 11.01.09}

Bangladesh vs England – First one day at Dhaka-Mirpur on 28.02.10 : England won by six wickets

England won the toss and inserted the opposition providing the 137^th occasion of England doing so against all the opposition. England has won 76 games, lost 54 games, tied one game and six games have ended as no result game when it has inserted the opposition.

England won the toss and inserted the opposition providing the third occasion of England doing so against Bangladesh. England has won all the three games.

Tamim Iqbal scored 125 in this game providing the 311^th occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred when a team has lost the toss and asked to bat first.

Tamim Iqbal scored 125 in this game providing the fifth occasion of a Bangladesh batsman scoring a hundred when Bangladesh lost the toss and asked to bat first. The other four occasions are – 123* by Shahriar Nafees vs Zimbabwe at Jaipur on 13.10.06, 134* by Shakib Al Hasan vs Canada at St John’s on 28.02.07, 104 by Shakib Al Hasan vs Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on 11.08.09 and 101 by Imrul Kayes vs New Zealand at Christchurch on 11.02.10

Tamim Iqbal scored 125 in this game providing the 18th occasion of a Bangladesh batsman scoring a hundred in one day games. He became the first Bangladesh batsman to score a hundred against England in one day games.

Tamim Iqbal scored 125 in this game providing the third occasion of his scoring a hundred in one day games. The other two hundreds are – 129 vs Ireland at Dhaka on 22.03.08 and 154 vs Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on 16.08.09

Tamim Iqbal with his three one day hundreds earned the distinction of becoming the fourth Bangladesh batsman to score three or more hundreds in one day games. The other three batsmen are – Shahriar Nafees {04}, Shakib Al Hasan {04} and Mohammad Ashraful {03}.

Tamim Iqbal’s 125 in this game was in a losing cause providing the fifth occasion of a Bangladesh batsman’s hundred going in vain. The other four occasions are – 101 by Mehrab Hossain vs Zimbabwe at Dhaka on 25.03.99, 108 by Shakib Al Hasan vs Pakistan at Multan on 16.04.08, 115 by Alok Kapali vs India at Karachi on 28.06.08 and 101 by Imrul Kayes vs New Zealand at Christchurch on 11.02.10

Tamim Iqbal’s 125 in this game represent the highest individual score by Bangladesh batsman in a losing cause. The previous best was 115 by Alok Kapali vs India at Karachi on 28.06.08

Tamim Iqbal’s 125 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 262^nd occasion of a batsman’s hundred going in vain in the history of one day games.

AN Cook registered his fourth one day half century and his fifth one day fifty when he made 68 in this game.

PD Collingwood registered his 25^th one day half century and 30^th one day fifty when he scored 75 not out in this game

AN Cook scored 64 in this game providing the 84^th occasion of a England captain scoring a fifty in one day games.

AN Cook became the seventh England captain to score a fifty on captaincy debut. The other six are – MH Denness – 66 vs West Indies at Leeds on 05.09.73, AJ Lamb 55* vs West Indies at Bridgetown on 03.04.90, MA Atherton – 86 vs West Indies at Bridgetown on 16.02.04, GP Thorpe – 62* vs Sri Lanka at Dambulla on 23.03.01, ME Trescothick – 52 vs Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on 10.10.01 and AJ Strauss – 74* vs India at Jamshedpur on 12.04.06.

England capped C Kieswetter in this game. He became the 213^th England cricketer to appear in one day games. He is the third England cricketer to make one day debut against Bangladesh. The other two are – J Lewis at The Oval on 16.06.05 and CT Tremlett at Nottingham on 21.06.05.

Aftab Ahmed and Mushfiqur Rahim were dismissed run out for 2 and 22 respectively in this game providing the ninth and tenth occasion of Bangladesh batsman dismissed run out against England.

Aftab Ahmed and Mushfiqur Rahim were dismissed run out for 2 and 22 respectively in this game providing the second occasion of two Bangladesh batsman dismissed run out in an innings against England. The first such occasion was witnessed at Dhaka {Bangabandhu National Stadium} on 12.11.03 when Hannan Sarkar {21} and Khaled Mashud {11} were dismissed run out

Bangladesh was dismissed all out for 228 in this game providing the 102^nd occasion of Bangaldesh being all out in one day games. It also represents the sixth occasion of Bangladesh being all out against England in one day games. Its total of 228 represents the highest team total when Bangladesh was all out against England. The previous best was 223 at Nottingham on 21.06.05.

MV Boucher effected five dismissals in this game providing the eighth occasion of his effecting five or more dismissals in one day games. It is the first occasion that a South African wicket keeper effecting five or more dismissals against India in a one day game.

MV Boucher effected five dismissals in this game providing the eleventh occasion of South African wicket keeper effecting five or more dismissals in one day games. The break up of these eleven occasions read thus – MV Boucher {08}, AB de Villiers {01}, DJ Richardson {02}

MV Boucher effected five dismissals in this game providing the seventh occasion of a wicket keeper effecting five or more dismissals against India in one day games. The break up of these six occasions read thus – AC Gilchrist of Australia – {03 occasions}, BB McCullum of New Zealand {02 occasions}, D Ramdin of West Indies {01 occasion}

MV Boucher effected five dismissals in this game providing the first occasion of a South African wicket keeper effecting five or more dismissals in one day games which included a stumping dismissal. It is interesting that all the other ten occasions were all caught dismissals.

S Sreesanth returned with figures of 9.0-0-83-0 in this game providing the 94th occasion of a bowler to concede 80 plus runs in an innings in the history of one day games. J Botha of South Africa also returned with figures of 10.0-0-80-2 in this game providing the 95^th instance.

S Sreesanth {9.0-0-83-0} and J Botha {10.0-0-80-2} conceded 80 plus runs in this game providing the fourth occasion of rival bowlers conceding 80 plus runs in an one day game.

JH Kallis registered his 17^th one day hundred when he made 104 not out in this game, while AB de Villiers scored his sixth one day hundred when he made 102 not out in this game.

AB de Villiers scored hundreds in consecutive one day games with his 102 not out in this game. In the previous game at Gwalior he had scored 114 not out. His feat provides the 58^th occasion of a batsman registering hundreds in consecutive innings in the history of one day games. He becomes the fourth South African batsman to achieve the feat. The other three are – HH Gibbs, JH Kallis and GC Smith.

AB de Villiers scored 100 in 58 balls which represent the seventh fastest hundred in one day games. The other six are – Shahid Afridi of Pakistan {in 37 balls vs Sri Lanka at Nairobi on 04.10.96}, MV Boucher of South Africa {in 44 balls vs Zimbabwe at Potchefstroom on 20.09.06}, BC Lara of West Indies {in 45 balls vs Bangladesh at Dhaka on 09.10.99}, Shahid Afridi of Pakistan {in 45 balls vs India at Kanpur on 15.04.05}, ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {in 48 balls vs Pakistan at Singapore on 02.04.96} and ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {in 55 balls vs Bangladesh at Karachi on 30.06.08}

HM Amla and LL Bosman added 113 runs for the first wicket and JH Kallis and AB de Villiers added 173* runs in an unfinished stand for the third wicket in this game providing the 161^st and 162^nd occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games.

These two three figure partnerships provide the 21^st and 22^nd occasion of three figure partnerships posted by South African batsmen against India.

HM Amla and LL Bosman added 113 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the eighth occasion of a three figure partnership for the first wicket by South African batsmen against India.

JH Kallis and AB de Villiers added 173* runs in an unfinished stand for the third wicket in this game providing the fifth occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games against India.

JH Kallis and AB de Villiers added 173* runs in an unfinished stand for the third wicket in this game providing the record third wicket partnership by South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games against India. The previous best was the 113 runs stand between DJ Cullinan and WJ Cronje at Jaipur on 23.10.96.

HM Amla and LL Bosman added 113 runs for the first wicket and JH Kallis and AB de Villiers added 173* runs in an unfinished stand for the third wicket in this game providing the third occasion of South African batsmen posting two three figure partnership in an innings against India. The other two such occasions were witnessed at New Delhi on 14.11.91 {111 runs for the second wicket between KC Wessels and PN Kirsten and 105 runs for the third wicket between PN Kirsten and AP Kuiper} and at Bloemfontein on 23.01.97 {111 runs for the third wicket between G Kirsten and DJ Cullinan and 102 runs unfinished stand for the fifth wicket between WJ Cronje and JN Rhodes}

HM Amla and LL Bosman added 113 runs for the first wicket and JH Kallis and AB de Villiers added 173* runs in an unfinished stand for the third wicket in this game providing the 107^th occasion of two three figure partnership in an innings in the history of one day games.

HM Amla and LL Bosman added 113 runs for the first wicket and JH Kallis and AB de Villiers added 173* runs in an unfinished stand for the third wicket in this game providing the 16th occasion of South African batsmen posting two three figure partnership in an innings in one day games.

LL Bosman registered his second one day half century when he scored 68 in this game. He first half century was his 88 vs Zimbabwe at Potchefstroom on 20.09.06.

HM Amla scored his seventh one day half century and eighth one day fifty when he scored 87 in this game.

India were dismissed all out for 275 in this game providing the 224^th occasion of India being dismissed all out in one day games. It also provides the 121^st occasion of India being all out when it has batted second.

India were dismissed all out for 275 in this game providing the 22nd occasion of India being dismissed all out in one day games against South Africa. It also provides the eleventh occasion of India being all out when it has batted second.

India vs South Africa ; Third one day game at Ahmedabad on 27.02.10 : South Africa won by 90 runs.

M Vijay and A Mithun made thier one day debut in this game. They became the 181^st and 182^nd Indian cricketerss to appear in one day games. They also became the 14^th Indian and 15^th Indian cricketers to make his one day debut against South Africa.

It is the second occasion that India has capped two cricketers against South Africa in one day game. On 05.10.01 at Johannesburg, SS Das and D Das Gupta had made their one day debut against South Africa

M Vijay became the third Indian opening batsman to make his one day debut against South Africa. The other two are – S Somasundar at Hyderabad- LBS on 17.10,96 and W Jaffer at Durban on 22.11.06.

A Mithun became the second Indian medium pace bowler to make one day debut against South Africa. I Sharma who had made his debut at Belfast on 29.06.07 was the other medium pace bowler.

South African innings contained four fifties – LL Bosman {68}, HM Amla {87}, JH Kallis {104} and AB de Villers {102} providing the 36^th occasion of four or more batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in One day games.

South African innings contained four fifties – LL Bosman {68}, HM Amla {87}, JH Kallis {104} and AB de Villers {102} providing the seventh occasion of four or more South African batsmen scoring fifties in an innings

South African innings contained four fifties – LL Bosman {68}, HM Amla {87}, JH Kallis {104} and AB de Villers {102} providing the first occasion of four or more South African batsmen scoring fifties in an innings against India.

South African innings contained four fifties – LL Bosman {68}, HM Amla {87}, JH Kallis {104} and AB de Villers {102} providing the second occasion of four or more batsmen scoring fifties in an innings against India. The first such occasion was witnessed a Vadodara on 25.10.09 in the game against Australia, when four Australian batsmen – TD Paine {50}, RT Ponting {74}, CL White {51} and MEK Hussey {73} had made fifties.

South African innings contained four fifties – LL Bosman {68}, HM Amla {87}, JH Kallis {104} and AB de Villers {102} providing the tenth occasion of first four batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in the history of one day games.

South African innings contained four fifties – LL Bosman {68}, HM Amla {87}, JH Kallis {104} and AB de Villers {102} providing the first occasion of first four South African batsmen scoring fifties in an innings against India.

South African innings contained four fifties – LL Bosman {68}, HM Amla {87}, JH Kallis {104} and AB de Villers {102} providing the third occasion of first four South African batsmen scoring fifties in an innings. The other two occasions are – vs Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on 23.09.01 – G Kirsten {66}, HH Gibbs {125}, JH Kallis {83} and JN Rhodes {54*} and vs Zimbabwe at Potchefstroom on 20.09.06 – LL Bosman {88}, AN Petersen {80}, JH Kallis {50} and MV Boucher {147*}

JH Kallis {104*} and AB de Villiers {102*} registered hundreds in South Africa’s innings providing the 83^rd occasion of two batsmen scoring hundreds in an innings in the history of one day games.

JH Kallis {104*} and AB de Villiers {102*} registered hundreds in South Africa’s innings providing the fifth occasion of two South African batsmen scoring hundreds in an innings in the history of one day games.

JH Kallis {104*} and AB de Villiers {102*} registered hundreds in South Africa’s innings providing the second occasion of two South African batsmen scoring hundreds in an innings in the history of one day games. The first such instance was witnessed at Kochi on 09.03.00, when G Kirsten {115} and HH Gibbs {111} had scored hundreds.

JH Kallis {104*} and AB de Villiers {102*} registered hundreds in South Africa’s innings providing the 14^th occasion of two batsmen scoring hundreds in an innings in the history of one day games against India. The break up of these 14 occasions country wise read thus – South Africa {02}, Pakistan {04}, West Indies {01}, Australia {03}, England {02}, Zimbabwe {01} and Sri Lanka {01}.

JH Kallis’s 104 not out in this game represent the 148^th occasion of a captain scoring a hundred in a one day game against India.

JH Kallis’s 104 not out in this game represent the 18^th occasion of a captain scoring a hundred in a one day game against India {Indian captains – eleven hundreds and visiting captains – seven hundreds}

JH Kallis’s 104 not out in this game represent the ninth occasion of a South Africa captain scoring a hundred in a one day game. He is the second South African captain to score a hundred in a one day game, after GC Smith who has scored eight hundreds.

JH Kallis’s 104 not out in this game represent the second occasion of a captain scoring a hundred in a one day game against India. The other occasion was GC Smith’s 134* at Kolkata on 25.11.05.

JH Kallis’s 104 not out in this game represent the 20^th occasion of a captain scoring a hundred in a one day game on Indian soil.

JH Kallis’s 104 not out in this game represent the 20th occasion of a captain scoring a hundred in a one day game on Indian soil {Indian captains – 11 and visiting captains -07}

A Mithun returned with figures of 8.0-0-63-0 on his debut in this game providing the third occasion of an Indian bowler going wicket less conceding 60 plus runs. The other two bowlers are – KD Ghavri {11.0-1-83-0 vs England at Lord’s on 07.06.75} and IK Pathan {10.0-0-61-0 vs Australia at Melbourne on 09.01.04}

S Sreesanth returned with figures of 9.0-0-83-0 in this game providing the eighth occasion of an Indian bowlers to concede 80 plus runs without a capturing a wicket in a one day game. Sreesanth is the first Indian bowler to go wicketless conceding 80 plus rung an innings against South Africa.

S Sreesanth returned with figures of 9.0-0-83-0 in this game providing the thirty eighth occasion of a bowler to concede 80 plus runs without a capturing a wicket in the history of one day games.

S Sreesanth returned with figures of 9.0-0-83-0 in this game providing the eighth occasion of an Indian bowler to concede 80 plus runs without a capturing a wicket in the history of one day games.

South Africa’s 365 for 2 in this game provide the 354^th occasion of a team posing 300 plus runs in an innings.

South Africa’s 365 for 2 in this game provide the 38th occasion of South Africa posing 300 plus runs in an innings.

South Africa’s 365 for 2 in this game provide the third occasion of South Africa posing 300 plus runs in an innings against India. The other two occasions are – 320 for 7 at Ahmedabad on 27.02.10 and 301 for 3 at Nagpur on 19.03.00.

South Africa’s 365 for 2 in this game represent South Africa’s highest team total against India

MV Boucher effected five dismissals in this game providing the 72^nd occasion of wicket keeper effecting five or more dismissals in one day games. At the end of this game, MV Boucher’s dismissals stood at 421 dismissals {399 catches and 22 stumpings}

MV Boucher effected five dismissals in this game providing the 72^nd occasion of wicket keeper effecting five or more dismissals in one day games. At the end of this game, MV Boucher’s dismissals stood at 421 dismissals {399 catches and 22 stumpings}

MV Boucher effected five dismissals in this game providing the 72^nd occasion of wicket keeper effecting five or more dismissals in one day games. At the end of this game, MV Boucher’s dismissals stood at 421 dismissals {399 catches and 22 stumpings}

India vs South Africa Second one day game at Gwalior on 24.02.10 : India won by 153 runs

MS Dhoni won the toss in this game providing the 32^nd occasion of India winning the toss in India-South Africa one day series

By a coincidence, V Sehwag was playing his 221^st match, exactly half of SR Tendulkar’s 442 matches. Their combined total is 663 matches.

SR Tendulkar was playing his 431^st innings in this game. The record for most innings played in one day games is 432 and is credited to ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka.

V Sehwag’s dismissal for 9 in this game represents his 42^nd dismissal for single digits which includes ten zeroes.

The three figure partnership of 194 runs between SR Tendulkar and KRD Karthik in this game represents the 292^nd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games. It also represents the 62^nd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in one day games.

The three figure partnership of 194 runs between SR Tendulkar and KRD Karthik in this game represents the 93rd occasion of SR Tendulkar being a partner in a three figure partnership in one day games.

SR Tendulkar registered his 46^th one day hundred in this game. This was his fourth hundred against South Africa. The other three hundreds are – 122 at Vadodara on 17.03.00, 114 at Mumbai on 14.12.96 and 101 at Jo’burg on 05.10.01. SR Tendulkar’s 200 not out in this game represents his highest score against South Africa

Break up of SR Tendulkar’s 46 hundreds team wise read thus : vs Australia – 09, vs England – 01, vs Kenya – 04, vs Namibia – 01, vs New Zealand – 05, vs Pakistan -05, vs South Africa – 04, vs Sri Lanka – 08, vs West Indies – 04 and vs Zimbabwe – 05.

KRD Karthik registered his fourth one day half century when he made 79 in this game. The other three are – 67 vs West Indies at Kingston on 28.06.09, 63 vs West Indies at Cuttack on 24.06.07 and 58* vs Bangladesh at Dhaka on 10.05.07. Thus his knock of 79 in this game represents his highest one day score.

194 runs partnership between SR Tendulkar and KRD Karthik in this game represents the ground record for the highest three figure partnership at Gwalior. The previous best was 190 runs partnership between SR Tendulkar and VVS Laxman against Australia on 26.10.03

194 runs partnership between SR Tendulkar and KRD Karthik in this game represents the 12^th three figure partnership at Gwalior.

With 25 boundary fours in this innings 200 not out, SR Tendulkar has now the record of most boundary fours in an innings. He wrested the record of 24 boundary fours of ST Jayasuriya in his knock of 157 against Netherlands at Amstelveen on 04.07.06 which was the previous record of most boundary fours in an innings.

SR Tendulkar with his score on 195 not out in this innings became the highest scorer in One day games when he went past the scores of 194 not out by CK Coventry of Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh at Bulawayo on 16.08.09 and 194 by Saeed Anwar of Pakistan vs India at Chennai on 21.05.97, SR Tendulkar’s score of 200 not out in this innings became the highest scorer on Indian soil going past 194 by Saeed Anwar of Pakistan vs India at Chennai on 21.05.97

SR Tendulkar became the first batsman in the history of one day games to score 200 runs when he scored 200 not out in this game. It was an improvement over his 186 not out against New Zealand at Hyderabad-LBS on 05.11.99

SR Tendulkar now owns the record for most 150 plus scores in one day games. His 200 not out in this game was his fifth score of 150 plus runs. He wrested the record from ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka who has scored four scores of 150 plus runs. Tendulkar’s five scores of 150 plus runs are – 200 not out vs South Africa at Gwalior on 24.02.10, 186 not out vs 175 vs Australia at Hyd-RGS on 05.11.09, 163 retd hurt vs New Zealand at Christchurch on 08.03.09 and 152 vs Namibia at Pietermaritzburg on 23.02.03

MS Dhoni’s 68 not out in this game represent his 35^th one day half century and 42^nd one day fifty. It also represents his 14^th one day half century and 16^th one day fifty in the dual role of captain-cum-wicket keeper. It also represents the 54^th occasion of a captain-cum-wicket keeper registering a fifty in one day games.

MS Dhoni’s 68 not out in this game represent the 127^th occasion of an Indian captain registering a fifty in one day games. This knock is MS Dhoni’s 16^th fifty while leading India. Other captains who have score more fifties than MS Dhoni are – SC Ganguly {32}, M Azharuddin {24} and R Dravid {21{

WD Parnell conceded 95 runs in this game providing the 16^th occasion of a bowler conceding 90 plus runs in one day games. His figures represent the most expensive bowling figures by a South Africal bowler in one day games.

WD Parnell became the third bowler to concede 90 plus runs against India in one day games. The other two bowlers are – RDM Leverock of Bermuda – 10.0-0-96-1 at Port of Spain on 19.03.07 and TG Southee of New Zealand – 10.0-0-105-0 at Christchurch on 08.03.09

India’s 401 for 3 in this game represent the ninth occasion of a team posting a total of 400 plus runs in one day games. India holds the record of scoring 400 plus runs on most occasions in one day games – three occasions – 413 for 5 vs Bermuda at Port of Spain on 19.03.07, 414 for 7 vs Sri Lanka at Rajkot on 15.12.09 and 401 for 3 vs South Africa at Gwalior on 24,02.10

This game witnessed two three figure partnerships in India’s innings. SR Tendulkar and KRD Karthik added 194 runs for the second wicket and SR Tendulkar and MS Dhoni added 101 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket – providing the 106^th occasion of a team posting two or more three figure partnerships in its innings.

This game witnessed two three figure partnerships in India’s innings. SR Tendulkar and KRD Karthik added 194 runs for the second wicket and SR Tendulkar and MS Dhoni added 101 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket – providing the 23^rd occasion of India posting two three figure partnerships in its innings.

India’s 401 for 3 in this game represent its highest team total against South Africa. The previous best was 310 at Nagpur on 19.03.00

Three South African bowlers conceded 70 plus runs in this game – DW Steyn {89}, WD Parnell {95} and CK Langveldt {70} providing the 12^th occasion of three or more bowlers conceding 70 plus runs in an innings in the history of one day games.

Three South African bowlers conceded 70 plus runs in this game – DW Steyn {89}, WD Parnell {95} and CK Langveldt {70} providing the second occasion of three or more South African bowlers conceding 70 plus runs in an innings in the history of one day games. The other occasion was against Australia at Johannesburg on 12.03.06, when five South African bowlers – M Ntini {80}, AJ Hall {80}, JJ van der Waath {76}, R Telemachus {87} and JH Kallis {70} – conceded 70 plus runs

Three South African bowlers conceded 70 plus runs in this game – DW Steyn {89}, WD Parnell {95} and CK Langveldt {70} providing the fourth occasion of three bowlers conceding 70 plus runs in an innings against India in one day games. The other two occasions were – Pakistan bowlers at Karachi on 13.03.04, England bowlers at Rajkot on 14.11.08 and Sri Lankan bowlers at Col-RPS on 14.09.09

DW Steyn conceded 89 runs in this game providing the 93^rd occasion of a bowler conceding 80 plus runs in one day games

DW Steyn conceded 89 runs without a wicket in this game providing the 37th occasion of a bowler conceding 80 plus runs without a wicket in one day games

JP Duminy collected his first ball duck in this game providing the 82^nd occasion of a South African batsman collecting his first ball duck in one day games.

JP Duminy collected his first ball duck in this game providing the fourth occasion of his first ball duck in one day games. The other three occasions are – vs Sri Lanka at Col-SSC on 31.08.04, vs India at Belfast on 01.07.07 and vs Sri Lanka at Centurion on 22.09.09

JP Duminy collected his first ball duck in this game providing the 12th occasion of a South African batsman collecting his first ball duck against India in one day games. PS de Villiers, JP Duminy, AC Hudson and L Klusener are the four South African batsmen who have collected first ball ducks on two occasions against India

AB de Villiers’s 100 plus in this game represent his fifth century and 25^th fifty in one day games. His other four hundreds are – 146 vs West Indies at St George’s on 10.04.07, 121 vs England at Cape Town on 27.11.09, 107 vs Zimbabwe at Harare on 26.08.07 and 103* vs Pakistan at Lahore on 18.10.07

AB de Villers’s 114 not out in this game was in a losing cause providing the 16^th occasion of South African batsman’s hundred going in vain. It also represents the 261st occasion of a batsman’s hundred going in vain in the history of one day games

AB de Villers’s 114 not out in this game was in a losing cause providing the fourth occasion of South African batsman’s hundred going in vain against India. The other three occasions are – 115 by G Kirsten at Kochi on 09.03.00, 111 by HH Gibbs at Kochi on 09.03.00 and 116* by HH Gibbs at Col-RPS on 25.09.02

India won this game by 153 runs providing the 26^th occasion of India winning the one day game by 100 plus runs margin. It is India’s second win by 100 plus runs margin against South Africa, the first being its 153 run victory at Dhaka on 14.04.03