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KPL VI – Match No 04 – Bellary Tuskers vs Namma Shivamogga – Match abandoned without a ball being bowled

 

This game was abandoned without a ball being bowled to provide the seventh occasion of a game abandoned without a ball being bowled. The other six such games are tabulated below. It also provides the first such occasion at Mysuru.

 

No	Team 1	Team 2	Winner	Ground	Match Date
1	Brigadiers	Diamonds	no result	Bangalore	Sep 24, 2010
2	Panthers	Mangalore	no result	Bangalore	Sep 27, 2010
3	Panthers	Rockstars	no result	Hubballi	Sep 05, 2015
4	Bulls	Mangalore	no result	Hubballi	Sep 07, 2015
5	Hubli-T	Mangalore	no result	Hubballi	Sep 10, 2015
6	Bulls	Mangalore	no result	Hubballi	Sep 21, 2016

 

KPL VI –  Match number 03 – Bijapur Bulls vs Mysuru Warriors at Mysuru on 04.09.17 – Mysuru Warriors won by four runs

 

KK Nair run aggregate in KPL read 812. He became the sixth batsman in the history of KPL to total 800 plus runs. Others are – MA Agarwal {1165}, KB Pawan {827}, R Jonathan {823}, Amit Verma {819} and R Samarth {802}

 

KC Cariappa’s lone wicket  in this  game fetched him an aggregate of 30 wickets in KPL. He became the bowler to capture 30 plus wickets in KPL as at the end of Mysuru Warrior’s innings.  Others are – K Gowtham {48}, R Vinay Kumar {43}, J Suchith {42}, VV Kumar {35}, Amit Verma {34}, NC Aiyappa {31} and SL Akshay {31}

 

RG More captured 4 for 25  in this game to provide the 36^th occasion of a  bowler capturing four or more wickets in an innings in KPL. It also provides the third occasion of Bijapur Bulls bowler capturing four wickets in KPL. Others are – N Mulky – 4-15 vs Mangalore at Bangalore on 19.09.10 and KC Cariappa – 4-19 vs Rockstars at Bangalore on 07.09.14

 

RG More registered his best bowling figures in KPL with his 4 for 25 in this game. His previous best was 2 for 14 representing Mangalore against Mysuru Warriors at Hubbalii on 05.09.15

 

This game witnessed rival skippers opening the innings for their respective teams – KK Nair for Mysuru Warriors and B Chipli for Bijapur Bulls to provide one of the rare occasions in KPL.

 

Mysuru Warriors was dismissed all out for 150 runs in this game to provide the second occasion of it  being  dismissed all out in KPL. The other occasion was against Panthers at Hubballi on 24.09.16 when ir was dismissed for 142.

 

M Nidesh and D Negi added 100 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 26^th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in KPL. It also provides the fifth occasion of Bijapur Bulls batsmen posting a three figure partnership in KPL.

 

M Nidesh and D Negi added 100 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the record partnership for the fourth wicket in KPL. The previous best was 97 runs partnership between SK Jain and B Akhil of Provident against Brigadiers at Bangalore on 13.09.09.

 

Mysuru Warriors won this game by four runs to provide the 16^th occasion of a team winning a game by single digit margin in KPL. It also provides the third occasion of a team winning a KPL game by exact four runs. The other two occasions are – Mangalore winning the game by four runs against Bulls at Mysore on 31.08.14 and Diamonds winning the game by four runs against Provident at Bangalore on 18.09.10

 

Mysuru Warriors won this game by four runs to provide the third occasion of it winning a game by single digit margin in KPL. The other two occasions are – Nine runs win against Bellary at Hubli  on 28.09.16 and six runs win against Panthers at Bangalore on 06.09.14

 

The following tables furnish the stats in KPL as of 02.09.17  – Most matches played {20 plus matches}, bowlers who have bowled 100 plus overs, bowlers who have bowled 75 plus overs, bowlers who have conceded 500 plus runs and bowlers who have bowled at least one maiden over in the tournament

 

KPL – MOST MATCHES PLAYED – 20 PLUS MATCHES
No	Player	Mat	Inns	Overs	M	Runs	W	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
1	Amit Verma	42	32	95.0	1	615	34	4/5	18.08	6.47	16.7	1	0
2	K Gowtham	39	38	120.0	1	791	48	4/16	16.47	6.59	15.0	1	0
3	CJ William	39	33	89.1	1	674	24	4/20	28.08	7.55	22.2	1	0
4	RR Bhatkal	39	31	76.0	0	598	20	3/14	29.90	7.86	22.8	0	0
5	R Vinay Kumar	37	34	123.3	2	765	43	4/12	17.79	6.19	17.2	1	0
6	S Hoover	36	29	75.5	0	587	28	3/15	20.96	7.74	16.2	0	0
7	B Akhil	36	30	84.1	0	645	23	2/4	28.04	7.66	21.9	0	0
8	NC Aiyappa	34	34	112.3	1	840	31	3/8	27.09	7.46	21.7	0	0
9	SL Akshay	34	33	103.0	1	864	30	4/29	28.80	8.38	20.6	1	0
10	AB Sagar	33	33	109.4	1	788	26	3/11	30.30	7.18	25.3	0	0
11	S Aravind	31	31	112.3	3	737	29	3/10	25.41	6.55	23.2	0	0
12	A Mithun	30	29	93.2	3	587	27	3/2	21.74	6.28	20.7	0	0
13	AA Kazi	30	26	73.0	0	545	20	3/11	27.25	7.46	21.9	0	0
14	UB Patel	29	27	93.2	1	696	29	4/11	24.00	7.45	19.3	2	0
15	RG More	29	25	85.4	1	636	24	2/14	26.50	7.42	21.4	0	0
16	STR Binny	29	23	74.1	1	599	22	3/23	27.22	8.07	20.2	0	0
17	KP Appanna	27	25	90.5	1	631	23	3/17	27.43	6.94	23.6	0	0
18	J Suchith	24	24	86.2	2	542	42	5/20	12.90	6.27	12.3	1	1
19	B Naveen	24	23	81.2	0	592	28	4/13	21.14	7.27	17.4	2	0
20	NV Prasad	24	23	72.1	2	492	25	4/14	19.68	6.81	17.3	2	0
21	P Dubey	24	23	77.0	1	506	25	4/19	20.24	6.57	18.4	1	0
22	VV Kumar	23	22	71.0	1	538	35	4/20	15.37	7.57	12.1	3	0
23	C Raghu	23	21	54.3	0	381	20	4/8	19.05	6.99	16.3	1	0
24	KC Cariappa	22	21	73.0	1	447	29	4/19	15.41	6.12	15.1	1	0
25	Kranthi Kumar	22	21	61.4	0	492	19	3/21	25.89	7.97	19.4	0	0
26	Sarfaraz Ashraf	22	21	64.0	0	413	14	4/16	29.50	6.45	27.4	1	0
27	MG Naveen	21	20	53.1	0	418	18	2/9	23.22	7.86	17.7	0	0
28	SB Joshi	21	20	66.0	1	401	16	3/10	25.06	6.07	24.7	0	0
29	BN Bharath	20	17	59.0	0	467	13	3/44	35.92	7.91	27.2	0	0

KPL – BOWLERS WHO HAVE BOWLED 100 PLUS OVERS
No	Player	Mat	Inns	Overs	M	Runs	W	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
1	R Vinay Kumar	37	34	123.3	2	765	43	4/12	17.79	6.19	17.2	1	0
2	K Gowtham	39	38	120.0	1	791	48	4/16	16.47	6.59	15.0	1	0
3	NC Aiyappa	34	34	112.3	1	840	31	3/8	27.09	7.46	21.7	0	0
4	S Aravind	31	31	112.3	3	737	29	3/10	25.41	6.55	23.2	0	0
5	AB Sagar	33	33	109.4	1	788	26	3/11	30.30	7.18	25.3	0	0
6	SL Akshay	34	33	103.0	1	864	30	4/29	28.80	8.38	20.6	1	0

KPL – BOWLERS WHO HAVE BOWLED 75  PLUS OVERS
No	Player	Mat	Inns	Overs	M	Runs	W	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
1	R Vinay Kumar	37	34	123.3	2	765	43	4/12	17.79	6.19	17.2	1	0
2	K Gowtham	39	38	120.0	1	791	48	4/16	16.47	6.59	15.0	1	0
3	NC Aiyappa	34	34	112.3	1	840	31	3/8	27.09	7.46	21.7	0	0
4	S Aravind	31	31	112.3	3	737	29	3/10	25.41	6.55	23.2	0	0
5	AB Sagar	33	33	109.4	1	788	26	3/11	30.30	7.18	25.3	0	0
6	SL Akshay	34	33	103.0	1	864	30	4/29	28.80	8.38	20.6	1	0
7	Amit Verma	42	32	95.0	1	615	34	4/5	18.08	6.47	16.7	1	0
8	UB Patel	29	27	93.2	1	696	29	4/11	24.00	7.45	19.3	2	0
9	A Mithun	30	29	93.2	3	587	27	3/2	21.74	6.28	20.7	0	0
10	KP Appanna	27	25	90.5	1	631	23	3/17	27.43	6.94	23.6	0	0
11	CJ William	39	33	89.1	1	674	24	4/20	28.08	7.55	22.2	1	0
12	J Suchith	24	24	86.2	2	542	42	5/20	12.90	6.27	12.3	1	1
13	RG More	29	25	85.4	1	636	24	2/14	26.50	7.42	21.4	0	0
14	B Akhil	36	30	84.1	0	645	23	2/4	28.04	7.66	21.9	0	0
15	B Naveen	24	23	81.2	0	592	28	4/13	21.14	7.27	17.4	2	0
16	P Dubey	24	23	77.0	1	506	25	4/19	20.24	6.57	18.4	1	0
17	RR Bhatkal	39	31	76.0	0	598	20	3/14	29.90	7.86	22.8	0	0
18	S Hoover	36	29	75.5	0	587	28	3/15	20.96	7.74	16.2	0	0

 

KPL – BOWLERS WHO HAVE CONCEDED 500 PLUS  RUNS
No	Player	Mat	Inns	Overs	M	Runs	W	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
1	SL Akshay	34	33	103.0	1	864	30	4/29	28.80	8.38	20.6	1	0
2	NC Aiyappa	34	34	112.3	1	840	31	3/8	27.09	7.46	21.7	0	0
3	K Gowtham	39	38	120.0	1	791	48	4/16	16.47	6.59	15.0	1	0
4	AB Sagar	33	33	109.4	1	788	26	3/11	30.30	7.18	25.3	0	0
5	R Vinay Kumar	37	34	123.3	2	765	43	4/12	17.79	6.19	17.2	1	0
6	S Aravind	31	31	112.3	3	737	29	3/10	25.41	6.55	23.2	0	0
7	UB Patel	29	27	93.2	1	696	29	4/11	24.00	7.45	19.3	2	0
8	CJ William	39	33	89.1	1	674	24	4/20	28.08	7.55	22.2	1	0
9	B Akhil	36	30	84.1	0	645	23	2/4	28.04	7.66	21.9	0	0
10	RG More	29	25	85.4	1	636	24	2/14	26.50	7.42	21.4	0	0
11	KP Appanna	27	25	90.5	1	631	23	3/17	27.43	6.94	23.6	0	0
12	Amit Verma	42	32	95.0	1	615	34	4/5	18.08	6.47	16.7	1	0
13	STR Binny	29	23	74.1	1	599	22	3/23	27.22	8.07	20.2	0	0
14	RR Bhatkal	39	31	76.0	0	598	20	3/14	29.90	7.86	22.8	0	0
15	B Naveen	24	23	81.2	0	592	28	4/13	21.14	7.27	17.4	2	0
16	S Hoover	36	29	75.5	0	587	28	3/15	20.96	7.74	16.2	0	0
17	A Mithun	30	29	93.2	3	587	27	3/2	21.74	6.28	20.7	0	0
18	AA Kazi	30	26	73.0	0	545	20	3/11	27.25	7.46	21.9	0	0
19	J Suchith	24	24	86.2	2	542	42	5/20	12.90	6.27	12.3	1	1
20	VV Kumar	23	22	71.0	1	538	35	4/20	15.37	7.57	12.1	3	0
21	P Dubey	24	23	77.0	1	506	25	4/19	20.24	6.57	18.4	1	0

 

KPL – BOWLERS WHO HAVE BOWLED ATLEAST ONE MAIDEN OVER
No	Player	Mat	Inns	Overs	M	Runs	W	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
1	S Aravind	31	31	112.3	3	737	29	3/10	25.41	6.55	23.2	0	0
2	A Mithun	30	29	93.2	3	587	27	3/2	21.74	6.28	20.7	0	0
3	R Vinay Kumar	37	34	123.3	2	765	43	4/12	17.79	6.19	17.2	1	0
4	J Suchith	24	24	86.2	2	542	42	5/20	12.90	6.27	12.3	1	1
5	NV Prasad	24	23	72.1	2	492	25	4/14	19.68	6.81	17.3	2	0
6	Mitrakanth Yadav	16	13	43.0	2	289	20	4/17	14.45	6.72	12.9	3	0
7	K Gowtham	39	38	120.0	1	791	48	4/16	16.47	6.59	15.0	1	0
8	VV Kumar	23	22	71.0	1	538	35	4/20	15.37	7.57	12.1	3	0
9	Amit Verma	42	32	95.0	1	615	34	4/5	18.08	6.47	16.7	1	0
10	NC Aiyappa	34	34	112.3	1	840	31	3/8	27.09	7.46	21.7	0	0
11	SL Akshay	34	33	103.0	1	864	30	4/29	28.80	8.38	20.6	1	0
12	KC Cariappa	22	21	73.0	1	447	29	4/19	15.41	6.12	15.1	1	0
13	UB Patel	29	27	93.2	1	696	29	4/11	24.00	7.45	19.3	2	0
14	AB Sagar	33	33	109.4	1	788	26	3/11	30.30	7.18	25.3	0	0
15	P Dubey	24	23	77.0	1	506	25	4/19	20.24	6.57	18.4	1	0
16	RG More	29	25	85.4	1	636	24	2/14	26.50	7.42	21.4	0	0
17	CJ William	39	33	89.1	1	674	24	4/20	28.08	7.55	22.2	1	0
18	KP Appanna	27	25	90.5	1	631	23	3/17	27.43	6.94	23.6	0	0
19	STR Binny	29	23	74.1	1	599	22	3/23	27.22	8.07	20.2	0	0
20	CS Ragavendra	15	15	46.0	1	298	18	2/10	16.55	6.47	15.3	0	0
21	SB Joshi	21	20	66.0	1	401	16	3/10	25.06	6.07	24.7	0	0
22	PA Jain	17	17	60.2	1	490	15	3/33	32.66	8.12	24.1	0	0

 

KPL VI – Match No 02 – Bengaluru Blasters vs Mysuru Warriors at Bangalore on 02.09.17 – Mysuru Warriors won by 38 runs 

 

Intermittent rain delayed the start of the game at the scheduled time and the game started at 9.45 PM. An eight over a side game with two overs of power play was played.

 

Bengaluru Blasters became the 14^th team to take part in KPL. It is also the third team from Bangalore to participate in KPL. The complete list of team that have taken part in KPL read thus

 

No	Team	Span
1	Bangalore Brigadiers (Urban)	2009-2010
2	Bangalore Provident (Rural)	2009-2010
3	Malnad Gladiators	2009-2010
4	Mysore Maharaajas	2009-2010
5	Shamanoor Davangere Diamonds	2009-2010
6	Bijapur Bulls	2009-2016
7	Mangalore United	2009-2016
8	Belagavi Panthers	2009-2017
9	Bellary Tuskers	2014-2016
10	Rockstars	2014-2016
11	Hubli Tigers	2014-2017
12	Mysuru Warriors	2014-2017
13	Namma Shivamogga	2015-2016
14	Bengaluru Blasters	2017-2017

 

KK Nair who was one of the two cricketers to have played for a single in all the five previous editions was playing for his second team in KPL – Mysore Warriors in this edition.

 

KK Nair became the fourth captain to lead Mysore Warriors in KPL. Others are – MK Pandey {18}, CM Gautham {03] and AB Sagar {02}

 

KK Nair scored 14 in this game which fetched him an aggregate of 793 runs in KPL. He now occupies the sixth place in the list of most run getters in KPL. Others are – MA Agarwal {1165}, KB Pawan {827}, R Jonathan {823}, Amit Verma {819} and R Samarth {802}.

 

Bengaluru  Blasters was led by R Samarth in this  game. He became the 26^th captain to lead a team in KPL. The following table lists all the captains of KPL

 

No	Player	Span	No	Player	Span
1	B Akhil	2009-2016	14	RV Uthappa	2010-2016
2	R Vinay Kumar	2014-2017	15	Ganesh Satish	2010-2010
3	RK Sabharwal	2010-2015	16	R Ninan	2009-2009
4	K Sudeep	2014-2016	17	CJ William	2010-2010
5	DA Chougule	2009-2014	18	Amit Verma	2016-2016
6	MK Pandey	2014-2016	19	KK Nair	2016-2017
7	J Arunkumar	2009-2010	29	DT Patil	2009-2015
8	KR Kapoor	2014-2016	21	S Aravind	2015-2017
9	SB Joshi	2009-2010	22	CM Gautam	2015-2016
10	STR Binny	2015-2016	23	A Katti	2010-2010
11	SP Shinde	2009-2010	24	AB Sagar	2016-2016
12	B Chipli	2009-2015	25	KL Rahul	2014-2014
13	C Raghu	2009-2014	26	R Samarth	2017-2017

 

R Samarth scored a duck in this game to provide his third duck in KPL and his first as captain. R Samarth was playing his 25^th KPL game.He became the 39^th cricketer to play 25 or more KPL games.

 

VV Kumar returned with figures of 2 for 13 in this game. He now has an aggregate of 35 wickets in KPL. He occupies the fourth place in the list of bowlers who have captured most wickets in KPL. Others are – K Gowtham {48}, R Vinay Kumar {43} and J Suchith {42}

 

SL Akshay’s three wickets in this game fetched him a total of 30 wickets in KPL. He became the seventh bowler to capture 30 plus wickets in KPL. Others are – K Gowtham {48}, R Vinay Kumar {43}, J Suchith {42}, VV Kumar {35}, Amit Verma {34} and NC Aiyappa {31}

 

Mysuru Warriors won this game by 38 runs to register its 16^th win in KPL. Mysuru Warriors became the fifth team to win 16 or more games in KPL.  Other teams to post 16 or more wins in KPL are – Bijapur Bulls {22}, Belagavi Panthers {21}, Hubli Tigers {16} and Mangalore United [16}

 

SL Akshay earned the distinction of becoming the first cricketer in KPL to represent five teams. He had represented Hubli Tigers, Malnad Gladiators, Mangalore United in the earlier editions and he is representing Mysuru Warriors  in this edition.

The following table furnishes the list of batsmen who have an aggregate of 500 plus runs in KPL and the list of bowlers who have an aggregate of 25 plus wickets in KPL. Figures are updated as of 01.09.17 – as at the end of the first game of sixth edition of KPL

KPL – MOST RUNS – 500 PLUS RUNS
No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	4s	6s
1	MA Agarwal	35	35	05	1165	119*	38.83	3	4	0	106	48
2	KB Pawan	39	38	02	827	73	22.97	0	5	1	84	19
3	R Jonathan	39	36	08	823	77	29.39	0	5	1	61	33
4	Amit Verma	42	37	05	819	73*	25.59	0	2	0	74	24
5	R Samarth	24	22	06	802	87*	50.12	0	7	2	86	14
6	RR Bhatkal	38	34	06	788	83*	28.14	0	2	1	88	14
7	B Chipli	37	35	01	785	89	23.08	0	6	4	66	34
8	KK Nair	29	26	04	779	100*	35.40	1	4	1	83	14
9	RV Uthappa	29	27	04	771	73*	33.52	0	6	3	63	28
10	R Vinay Kumar	37	33	05	771	70	27.53	0	5	0	63	18
11	Mohammed Taha	24	23	01	749	93	34.04	0	6	0	80	39
12	KR Kapoor	38	35	05	698	65	23.26	0	3	1	65	10
13	B Akhil	36	29	09	681	69*	34.05	0	5	0	49	38
14	M Nidesh	38	33	09	657	70	27.37	0	4	2	41	26
15	MK Pandey	29	26	04	641	112*	29.13	1	2	0	46	22
16	AA Joshi	39	33	14	606	56*	31.89	0	1	1	37	32
17	STR Binny	29	28	07	581	50*	27.66	0	1	1	42	21
18	CJ William	39	33	12	576	43	27.42	0	0	3	52	23
19	PU Deshpande	30	28	07	564	52	26.85	0	3	1	46	9
20	DT Patil	30	27	02	561	48	22.44	0	0	0	63	11
21	RP Kadam	22	20	00	557	61	27.85	0	6	2	72	5
22	RK Sabharwal	31	26	01	534	78	21.36	0	6	5	61	19
23	SN Raju	34	30	04	512	57*	19.69	0	1	1	36	23
24	SH Kirmani	28	21	05	508	89	31.75	0	5	1	41	20
25	A Arjun Hoysala	15	15	01	504	89*	36.00	0	4	0	60	6

 

KPL – MOST WICKETS – 25 PLUS WICKETS
No	Player	Mat	Inns	Overs	M	Runs	W	BBI	Ave	4	5
1	K Gowtham	39	38	120.0	1	791	48	4/16	16.47	1	0
2	R Vinay Kumar	37	34	123.3	2	765	43	4/12	17.79	1	0
3	J Suchith	23	23	85.2	2	534	42	5/20	12.71	1	1
4	Amit Verma	42	32	95.0	1	615	34	4/5	18.08	1	0
5	VV Kumar	22	21	69.0	1	525	33	4/20	15.90	3	0
6	NC Aiyappa	34	34	112.3	1	840	31	3/8	27.09	0	0
7	KC Cariappa	22	21	73.0	1	447	29	4/19	15.41	1	0
8	UB Patel	29	27	93.2	1	696	29	4/11	24.00	2	0
9	S Aravind	31	31	112.3	3	737	29	3/10	25.41	0	0
10	S Hoover	36	29	75.5	0	587	28	3/15	20.96	0	0
11	B Naveen	24	23	81.2	0	592	28	4/13	21.14	2	0
12	A Mithun	30	29	93.2	3	587	27	3/2	21.74	0	0
13	SL Akshay	33	32	101.0	1	858	27	4/29	31.77	1	0
14	AB Sagar	33	33	109.4	1	788	26	3/11	30.30	0	0
15	NV Prasad	24	23	72.1	2	492	25	4/14	19.68	2	0
16	P Dubey	24	23	77.0	1	506	25	4/19	20.24	1	0

 

KPL VI – Match No 01 – Belgavi Panthers vs Hubli Tigers at Bangalore on 01 Sep 2017 – Hubli Tigers won by six wickets

 

Belgavi Panthers are led by S Aravind in this edition. He became the third captain to lead Panthers in KPL. Others are – R Vinay Kumar {25 games} and J Arun Kumar {16 games}

 

Hubli Tigers are led by R Vinay Kumar in this game. He became the fifth captain to lead Hubli Tigers in KPL. Others are – KR Kapoor {15 games}, B Akhil {05 games}, S Aravind {04 games} and KL Rahul {01 games}

 

It is interesting to note that the rival captains in this game – S Aravind of Panthers and R Vinay Kumar of Hubli Tigers had led the opposite teams in the earlier editions of IPL. S Aravind had led Hubli Tigers in four matches in 2015 edition, while R Vinay Kumar had led Panthers in 2014, 2015 and 2016 editions of KPL

 

R Vinay Kumar who had represented Panthers in all the earlier five editions of KPL is representing the second team in KPL. He has appeared for Hubli Tigers in this edition.

 

R Vinay Kumar captured his 42^nd wicket in KPL when he had BR Sharath leg before wicket for 1 in this game. This wicket gave him the joint second place amongst the bowlers who have captured most wickets  in KPL with J Suchith who has also captured 42 wickets in KPL. The first place is occupied by K Gowtham who has an aggregate of 47 wickets. R Vinay Kumar returned with two wickets in this game which fetched him 43 wickets in KPL. He now occupies the second place amongst the bowlers who have captured most wickets in KPL. K Gowtham has 48 wickets at the end  of this game

 

KN Bharath was dismissed run out for 20 in this game to provide the 222nd occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in KPL. It also provides the 30^th occasion of a Panthers batsman dismissed run out in KPL.

 

KV Siddarth scored 61 not out in this game to provide the 165^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in KPL. It also provides the 32^nd occasion of a Panthers batsman scoring a fifty in KPL. It also represents his first fifty in KPL. His previous best was 44 not out representing Shivamogga against Bijapur Bulls at Hubballi on 24.09.16

 

R Vinay Kumar’s run aggregate in KPL read 771 from 37 matches. Others to score 771 or more runs  in KPL are – MA Agarwal {1165}, KB Pawan {827}, R Jonathan {823}, Amit Verma {819}, R Samarth {802}, RR Bhatkal {788}, B Chipli {785},  KK Nair {779} and RV Uthappa {771}

 

MA Agarwal’s run aggregate, boundary fours aggregate and boundary sixes aggregate are record by a batsman in KPL.

At the end of this game, he had scored 1165 runs, 106 boundary fours and 48 boundary sixes.

 

This game was Panthers 42^nd game in KPL. It holds the record for playing most games in KPL. Hubli Tigers registered its 16^th win in KPL. Other teams to win 15 or more games in KPL are – Belagavi Panthers {21}, Bijapur Bulls {22}, Mangalore United {16} and Mysuru Warriors {15}

The tournament is scheduled for September 1 to 23 and will be telecast live by Star Sports.
The illustrious Karnataka captain has a bunch of exciting players whom he believes have the potential to win the coveted title. Hubli Tigers had finished runner-up in the last two editions of the KPL – 2015 and 2016.
“I am happy to be associated with Hubli Tigers. There are a lot of talented lads in the squad. I am confident that they will put their hands together to achieve our goal.
“I have been part of the KPL from its inception, but the title had eluded me. As a player and captain, this is a good opportunity to add another feather in my cap,” said Vinay, who had led Karnataka to a rare double-triple in domestic cricket.
“I had a discussion with the team owners. They are very supportive. It will be great if we win the elusive cup for them,” said Vinay.
Dashing opener Mayank Agarwal, all rounder Praveen Dubey, David Mathias and Abhishek Reddy are the key players in the Hubli Tigers’ squad.
“Hubli Tigers believe in fair play. I want the players to go and express themselves on the field. We are in it, to win it, “said team owner Sushil Kumar Jindal, who has adopted a tiger at the Mysore Zoo.
Hubli Tigers will play their first match on September 2 at the M Chinnaswamy stadium.

Team:
R Vinay Kumar (captain), Mayank Agarwal, Praveen Dubey, Abhishek Reddy, David Mathias, Abhishek Sakuja, Ritesh Bhatkal, Aman Khan, Nischal D, Prithvi Varadarajan, Siddhart KV, Melu Kranti Kumar, Anurag Bajpai, Ishfaq Nazir Bhat, Swapnil Yelave, Sharan Gouda, S. Shivraj, Rohit Gowda
Coach : Mansur Ali Khan, Asst Coach: Mukunda G

Mysuru Warriors, a cricket franchise from Agarbathi to Aerospace conglomerate, NR Group, appointed Karun Nair as the captain of the team for the upcoming edition of Karbonn Smartphones Karnataka Premier League. The 25-year-old prolific batsman will be leading the tournament, scheduled to start from September 1, 2017.
Karun is an Indian international cricketer, who has led Delhi Daredevils in the second leg of IPL this year. The talented cricketer will also be heading India ‘A’ team in the forthcoming test series against South Africa’s ‘A’ team. Karun will be joining the Mysuru Warriors by the end of this month, post his South Africa series.
Speaking about this latest appointment, Arjun Ranga, Owner, Mysuru Warrior says, “We are very confident about Karun Nair’s leadership skills. He along with our coaches has the ability to guide the team to excellence. Our good wishes are with the team.”

The team will soon commence their practice session at the SJCE Grounds, Mysuru, from August 14. The two top players of the team-Suchith J. and Shreyas Gopal will be joining the preparatory sessions after the conclusion of the ongoing Capt. K.Thimmappaiah Tournament organized by KSCA. Along with the selected team members, the 12 shortlisted players from the talent hunt will also be going through a regress practice session, after which 2 players will be chosen to officially represent Mysuru Warriors, in this year’s KPL  tournament.
The Mysuru Warriors’ new team for KPL 2017 includes Arjun Hoysala, Suchith J., K.C. Avinash, Shreyas Gopal, SuneelRaju, Bhareth N.P., Manjunath S.P., S.L. Akshay, Nikith S., Vyshak Kumar, Prateeksh R., Shivil Kaushik, Shrijith K.L., Vineet Yadav, Kushal Waadwani, Vikas Kumar Sinha and Ram SarikhYadav.

The team has retained Rx Murali as the head coach and Vijay Madyalkar as the assistant coach, along with Shyam Rao as the trainer and Raghavendra as his assistant. The team has also associated with Dr. Shravan as the team physiotherapist and Mohan Das as the assistant physiotherapist. The team also brings M.S. Ravindra as the talent manager, M.R. Suresh as the team manager and N. Arjun Kumar as the logistics manager for KPL 2017.

About Mysuru Warriors
Mysuru Warriors Team entered KPL in 2014 and emerged champions in the same season. Two-star players from Mysuru Warriors entered IPL in 2014 and the legacy continues. Most of the players selected by Mysuru Warriors have carved a niche for themselves in the Indian cricketing arena especially, the captain Mr. Manish Pandey, who is leading India ‘A’ in Australia. The team’s anthem is composed and sung by popular music director, Mr. Raghu Dixit. The strong sponsorship enjoyed by Mysuru

Warriors during the last season is a testimony of the recognition the team has garnered. It succeeded in bringing together like minded people towards supporting the novel cause of encouraging sports in India. Mysuru Warriors aim is to give an opportunity to young cricketers to experience professional cricket under lights and in the high-pressure T-20 format.

About NR Group
The Mysuru-based NR Group was founded by Shri N. Ranga Rao in 1948. A true visionary and philanthropist, Shri. Ranga Rao created the ubiquitous Cycle Pure Agarbathies which has today become the largest selling incense stick brand in the world. From a homegrown enterprise, NR Group has evolved into a successfully run business conglomerate with established presence in India and abroad. The Group has diversified into various business categories like functional air care products (Lia brand of room fresheners and car-fresheners), wellness home fragrance products (IRIS) under Ripple Fragrances, floral extracts (NESSO) and Rangsons Technologies. Today it is truly an Agarbathie to Aerospace conglomerate as it is also involved in making parts for defense helicopters. The organization has largely committed towards social responsibilities and fulfills them, through its charity arm ‘NR Foundation’. NR Group today is managed by the third generation of the Ranga family. For more information on NR Group, please visit HTTP://www.nrgroup.co.in/.

KPL 2016 found a new champion in Bellary Tuskers. Bellary Tuskers beat Hubli Tigers in the final at Hubli on 02.10.16 by 35 runs to clinch the title. www.hrgcricstats.com brings its reads the key statistical tables of KPL 2016. Read on please ………

MATCH RESULTS
No	Team 1	Team 2	Winner	Margin	Ground	Date
1	Shivamogga	Hubli Tigers	Hubli Tigers	002 wkts	Hubballi	Sep 17, 2016
2	Mysuru-W	Mangalore	Mysuru-W	007 wkts	Hubballi	Sep 17, 2016
3	Bulls	Panthers	Panthers	005 wkts	Hubballi	Sep 17, 2016
4	Mysuru-W	Rockstars	Mysuru-W	113 runs	Hubballi	Sep 18, 2016
5	Bellary	Shivamogga	Shivamogga	004 wkts	Hubballi	Sep 18, 2016
6	Hubli Tigers	Bulls	Bulls	007 wkts	Hubballi	Sep 19, 2016
7	Mangalore	Rockstars	Mangalore	053 runs	Hubballi	Sep 19, 2016
8	Shivamogga	Panthers	Panthers	008 wkts	Hubballi	Sep 20, 2016
9	Bellary	Hubli Tigers	Hubli Tigers	007 wkts	Hubballi	Sep 20, 2016
10	Bulls	Mangalore	no result		Hubballi	Sep 21, 2016
11	Bellary	Mysuru-W	Mysuru-W	009 runs	Hubballi	Sep 21, 2016
12	Panthers	Hubli Tigers	Hubli Tigers	004 wkts	Hubballi	Sep 22, 2016
13	Shivamogga	Mangalore	Shivamogga	007 wkts	Hubballi	Sep 22, 2016
14	Rockstars	Bellary	Bellary	008 wkts	Hubballi	Sep 23, 2016
15	Mysuru-W	Bulls	Mysuru-W	004 wkts	Hubballi	Sep 23, 2016
16	Mangalore	Bellary	Bellary	007 wkts	Hubballi	Sep 24, 2016
17	Bulls	Shivamogga	Bulls	065 runs	Hubballi	Sep 24, 2016
18	Mysuru-W	Panthers	Mysuru-W	034 runs	Hubballi	Sep 24, 2016
19	Hubli Tigers	Mangalore	Hubli Tigers	005 wkts	Hubballi	Sep 25, 2016
20	Shivamogga	Rockstars	Shivamogga	017 runs	Hubballi	Sep 25, 2016
21	Bellary	Panthers	Bellary	005 wkts	Hubballi	Sep 26, 2016
22	Bulls	Rockstars	Bulls	068 runs	Hubballi	Sep 26, 2016
23	Rockstars	Panthers	Panthers	009 wkts	Hubballi	Sep 28, 2016
24	Hubli Tigers	Mysuru-W	Mysuru-W	008 wkts	Hubballi	Sep 28, 2016
25	Bulls	Bellary	Bellary	006 wkts	Hubballi	Sep 29, 2016
26	Mangalore	Panthers	Panthers	039 runs	Hubballi	Sep 29, 2016
27	Mysuru-W	Shivamogga	Mysuru-W	033 runs	Hubballi	Sep 30, 2016
28	Hubli Tigers	Rockstars	Hubli Tigers	085 runs	Hubballi	Sep 30, 2016
29	Hubli Tigers	Panthers	Hubli Tigers	004 wkts	Hubballi	Oct 01, 2016
30	Mysuru-W	Bellary	Bellary	010 runs	Hubballi	Oct 01, 2016
31	Bellary	Hubli Tigers	Bellary	035 runs	Hubballi	Oct 02, 2016

 

HIGHEST TOTALS – 175 PLUS RUNS
No	Team	Score	O	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Mysuru-W	219/4	20.0	1	Rockstars	Hubballi	18.09.16
2	Mangalore	195/3	20.0	1	Rockstars	Hubballi	19.09.16
3	Shivamogga	193/4	20.0	1	Rockstars	Hubballi	25.09.16
4	Bulls	191/3	19.4	2	Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	19.09.16
5	Bellary	189/5	20.0	1	Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	02.10.16
6	Hubli Tigers	188/7	20.0	1	Bulls	Hubballi	19.09.16
7	Hubli Tigers	184/7	18.0	1	Rockstars	Hubballi	30.09.16
8	Hubli Tigers	179/6	19.5	2	Panthers	Hubballi	22.09.16
9	Panthers	177/5	20.0	1	Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	22.09.16
10	Hubli Tigers	176/5	19.4	2	Mangalore	Hubballi	25.09.16
11	Rockstars	176/6	20.0	2	Shivamogga	Hubballi	25.09.16
12	Panthers	175/1	15.0	1	Mangalore	Hubballi	29.09.16
13	Bulls	175/8	20.0	1	Rockstars	Hubballi	26.09.16

 

VICTORY MARGIN – BY 50 PLUS RUNS
No	Winner	Margin	Target	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Mysuru-W	113 runs	220	Rockstars	Hubballi	18.09.16
2	Hubli Tigers	085 runs	185	Rockstars	Hubballi	30.09.16
3	Bulls	068 runs	176	Rockstars	Hubballi	26.09.16
4	Bulls	065 runs	160	Shivamogga	Hubballi	24.09.16
5	Mangalore	053 runs	196	Rockstars	Hubballi	19.09.16

 

VICTORY MARGIN – BY EIGHT OR MORE WKTS
No	Winner	Margin	BR	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Panthers	9 wkts	60	88	8.0	Rockstars	Hubballi	28.09.16
2	Panthers	8 wkts	19	126	16.5	Shivamogga	Hubballi	20.09.16
3	Bellary	8 wkts	52	98	11.2	Rockstars	Hubballi	23.09.16
4	Mysuru-W	8 wkts	06	170	19.0	Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	28.09.16

 

VICTORY MARGIN – BY 50 PLUS BALLS REMAINING IN THE SECOND INNINGS
No	Winner	Margin	BR	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Panthers	9 wkts	60	88	8.0	18.0	Rockstars	Hubballi	28.09.16
2	Bellary	8 wkts	52	98	11.2	20.0	Rockstars	Hubballi	23.09.16

 

MOST RUNS – 300 PLUS RUNS
No	Player	Team	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
1	MA Agarwal	Panthers	8	8	4	414	119*	103.50	1	3	0	44	15
2	Mohammed Taha	Hubli-T	9	9	0	358	89	39.77	0	3	0	39	20
3	RR Bhatkal	Mysuru-W	8	8	1	323	83*	46.14	0	2	0	38	8
4	R Samarth	Bulls	7	6	1	315	87*	63.00	0	4	0	27	8
5	RP Kadam	Bellary	9	9	0	304	61	33.77	0	4	2	43	4

 

HIGH SCORES – FIFTY PLUS RUNS
No	Player	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	MA Agarwal	119*	Panthers	Mangalore	Hubballi	29.09.16
2	N Shekhawat	106	Mangalore	Rockstars	Hubballi	19.09.16
3	A Arjun Hoysala	89*	Mysuru-W	Rockstars	Hubballi	18.09.16
4	Mohammed Taha	89	Hubli Tigers	Bulls	Hubballi	19.09.16
5	R Samarth	87*	Bulls	Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	19.09.16
6	RR Bhatkal	83*	Mysuru-W	Shivamogga	Hubballi	30.09.16
7	MA Agarwal	74*	Panthers	Bulls	Hubballi	17.09.16
8	R Vinay Kumar	70	Panthers	Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	22.09.16
9	MA Agarwal	69*	Panthers	Shivamogga	Hubballi	20.09.16
10	SH Kirmani	69	Shivamogga	Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	17.09.16
11	RV Uthappa	67	Bulls	Shivamogga	Hubballi	24.09.16
12	MA Agarwal	66*	Panthers	Rockstars	Hubballi	28.09.16
13	R Samarth	66	Bulls	Mysuru-W	Hubballi	23.09.16
14	KR Kapoor	65	Hubli Tigers	Mangalore	Hubballi	25.09.16
15	D Nischal	65	Shivamogga	Rockstars	Hubballi	25.09.16
16	CM Gautam	64	Mangalore	Mysuru-W	Hubballi	17.09.16
17	R Samarth	64	Bulls	Panthers	Hubballi	17.09.16
18	KB Pawan	62	Bellary	Mysuru-W	Hubballi	01.10.16
19	B Akhil	61*	Bellary	Bulls	Hubballi	29.09.16
20	RP Kadam	61	Bellary	Mysuru-W	Hubballi	21.09.16
21	RR Bhatkal	61	Mysuru-W	Bulls	Hubballi	23.09.16
22	RP Kadam	61	Bellary	Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	02.10.16
23	Mohammed Taha	59	Hubli Tigers	Rockstars	Hubballi	30.09.16
24	A Arjun Hoysala	58	Mysuru-W	Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	28.09.16
25	D Negi	57*	Hubli Tigers	Panthers	Hubballi	22.09.16
26	M Mohan	57	Rockstars	Shivamogga	Hubballi	25.09.16
27	AA Joshi	56*	Mysuru-W	Bulls	Hubballi	23.09.16
28	M Nidesh	54	Mangalore	Mysuru-W	Hubballi	17.09.16
29	KB Pawan	54	Bellary	Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	20.09.16
30	D Negi	53*	Hubli Tigers	Mangalore	Hubballi	25.09.16
31	RP Kadam	53	Bellary	Panthers	Hubballi	26.09.16
32	Mohammed Taha	52	Hubli Tigers	Bellary	Hubballi	20.09.16
33	MK Pandey	52	Mysuru-W	Bellary	Hubballi	21.09.16
34	M Kaunain Abbas	52	Panthers	Bellary	Hubballi	26.09.16
35	MG Naveen	52	Bulls	Rockstars	Hubballi	26.09.16
36	Rajeev	51	Rockstars	Mysuru-W	Hubballi	18.09.16
37	RV Uthappa	51	Bulls	Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	19.09.16
38	R Samarth	51	Bulls	Shivamogga	Hubballi	24.09.16
39	Anurag Bajpai	51	Panthers	Mangalore	Hubballi	29.09.16
40	STR Binny	50*	Shivamogga	Rockstars	Hubballi	25.09.16
41	Akshay Khodath	50*	Mysuru-W	Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	28.09.16
42	RP Kadam	50	Bellary	Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	20.09.16
43	B Akhil	50	Bellary	Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	02.10.16

 

MOST FIFTIES– FOUR FIFTIES
No	Player	Team	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	50+	0
1	R Samarth	Bulls	7	6	1	315	87*	63.00	0	4	4	0
2	MA Agarwal	Panthers	8	8	4	414	119*	103.50	1	3	4	0
3	RP Kadam	Bellary	9	9	0	304	61	33.77	0	4	4	2

 

MOST SIXES – TEN OR MORE
No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	6s
1	Mohammed Taha	Hubli-T	9	9	0	358	89	39.77	0	3	0	20
2	MA Agarwal	Panthers	8	8	4	414	119*	103.50	1	3	0	15
3	D Negi	Hubli-T	9	9	3	256	57*	42.66	0	2	0	12
4	AA Joshi	Mysuru-W	8	6	3	153	56*	51.00	0	1	0	11
5	KB Pawan	Bellary	9	9	1	221	62	27.62	0	2	1	11

 

MOST SIXES IN AN INNINGS – FIVE OR MORE
No	Player	Runs	6s	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Mohammed Taha	89	7	Hubli Tigers	Bulls	Hubballi	19.09.16
2	MA Agarwal	66*	7	Panthers	Rockstars	Hubballi	28.09.16
3	N Shekhawat	106	5	Mangalore	Rockstars	Hubballi	19.09.16
4	KB Pawan	54	5	Bellary	Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	20.09.16
5	CJ William	39*	5	Hubli Tigers	Panthers	Hubballi	01.10.16

 

MOST WKTS – TEN OR MORE
No	Player	Team	M	I	O	M	Runs	W	BBI	Ave	4	5
1	J Suchith	Mysuru-W	8	8	30.0	1	194	15	4/26	12.93	1	0
2	VKumar	Mysuru-W	8	8	28.1	0	234	13	4/40	18.00	1	0
3	Amit Verma	Bellary	9	9	30.0	0	207	12	3/22	17.25	0	0
4	A Mithun	Bulls	7	7	20.0	2	138	11	3/2	12.54	0	0
5	IG Anil	Bellary	8	8	22.0	0	168	11	3/15	15.27	0	0
6	K Gowtham	Mysuru-W	8	8	31.0	1	173	11	3/23	15.72	0	0
7	S Hoover	Hubli-T	9	9	25.0	0	209	11	3/15	19.00	0	0
8	A Sakuja	Belagavi	5	5	19.0	0	109	10	3/16	10.90	0	0
9	P Dubey	Belagavi	8	8	26.0	0	178	10	4/19	17.80	1	0

 

FOUR WICKETS IN AN INNINGS
No	Player	O	M	Runs	W	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	T Pradeep	4.0	0	18	4	Panthers	Mysuru-W	Hubballi	24.09.16
2	P Dubey	4.0	0	19	4	Panthers	Shivamogga	Hubballi	20.09.16
3	J Suchith	4.0	1	26	4	Mysuru-W	Panthers	Hubballi	24.09.16
4	VKumar	3.5	0	40	4	Mysuru-W	Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	28.09.16

 

FIFTY PLUS RUNS CONCEDED IN AN INNINGS
No	Player	O	M	Runs	W	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	R Vinay Kumar	4.0	0	61	1	Panthers	Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	22.09.16
2	S Yadav	4.0	0	56	0	Mysuru-W	Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	28.09.16
3	Teja	4.0	0	54	0	Rockstars	Shivamogga	Hubballi	25.09.16

 

HIGHEST PARTNERSHIPS FOR EACH WICKET
Wkt	Runs	Partners	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1st	169	MA Agarwal, Anurag Bajpai	Panthers	Mangalore	Hubballi	29.09.16
2nd	112	R Samarth, RV Uthappa	Bulls	Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	19.09.16
3rd	68*	RR Bhatkal, AA Joshi	Mysuru-W	Shivamogga	Hubballi	30.09.16
4th	89	CM Gautam, M Nidesh	Mangalore	Mysuru-W	Hubballi	17.09.16
5th	104*	GS Chiranjeevi, B Akhil	Bellary	Bulls	Hubballi	29.09.16
6th	80*	KSiddharth, PU Deshpande	Shivamogga	Bulls	Hubballi	24.09.16
7th	55*	KN Bharath, CJ William	Hubli Tigers	Panthers	Hubballi	1.10.16
8th	25*	DK Mathias, R Yuvraj	Shivamogga	Mysuru-W	Hubballi	30.09.16
9th	30	R Vinay Kumar, T Pradeep	Panthers	Mysuru-W	Hubballi	24.09.16
10th	11	D Vishwanath, B Naveen	Rockstars	Bulls	Hubballi	26.09.16

 

THREE FIGURE PARTNERSHIPS
No	Partners	Runs	Wkt	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	MA Agarwal, Anurag Bajpai	169	1st	Panthers	Mangalore	Hubballi	29.09.16
2	A Arjun Hoysala, RR Bhatkal	118	1st	Mysuru-W	Rockstars	Hubballi	18.09.16
3	Mohammed Taha, AM Reddy	118	1st	Hubli Tigers	Bulls	Hubballi	19.09.16
4	R Samarth, RV Uthappa	112	2nd	Bulls	Hubli Tigers	Hubballi	19.09.16
5	GS Chiranjeevi, B Akhil	104*	5th	Bellary	Bulls	Hubballi	29.09.16