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V Kohli and AB de Villiers script a world record for the highest partnership in the history of Twenty20 games

V Kohli and AB de Villiers script a world record for the highest partnership in the history of Twenty20 games

V Kohli and AB de Villiers posted 215 runs in an unfinished partnership fof the second wicket in the game between Bangalore and Mumbai at Mum-WS on 10.05.15 to provide the fifth occasion of batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership in the history of Twenty20 games. All such occasions are listed below

 

No Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 V Kohli, AB de Villiers 215* 2nd Bangalore Mumbai Mumbai 10 May 2015
2 AC Gilchrist, SE Marsh 206 2nd Punjab Bangalore Dharamsala 17 May 2011
3 CH Gayle, V Kohli 204* 2nd Bangalore Delhi Delhi 17 May 2012
4 MC Juneja, AA Malek 202* 4th Gujarat Kerala Indore 30 Mar 2013
5 PJ Ingram, JM How 201 1st Central D Wellington New Plymouth 18 Jan 2012

 

V Kohli and AB de Villiers posted 215 runs in an unfinished partnership fof the second wicket in the game between Bangalore and Mumbai at Mum-WS on 10.05.15. This partnership represents the highest partnerhip for any wicket in the history of Twenty20 games. The previous best was the 206 runs partnership for the second wicket between Punjab and Banglaore at Dharamsala on 17.05.11. Both the occasions are listed below

 

No Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 V Kohli, AB de Villiers 215* 2nd Bangalore Mumbai Mumbai 10 May 2015
2 AC Gilchrist, SE Marsh 206 2nd Punjab Bangalore Dharamsala 17 May 2011

 

It is interesting to note that out of the five 200 plus runs partnerships in the history of T20 games, four of them have been posted in India – three in IPL games and one in Domestic tournament. The four partnerships are listed below

 

No Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 V Kohli, AB de Villiers 215* 2nd Bangalore Mumbai Mumbai 10 May 2015
2 AC Gilchrist, SE Marsh 206 2nd Punjab Bangalore Dharamsala 17 May 2011
3 CH Gayle, V Kohli 204* 2nd Bangalore Delhi Delhi 17 May 2012
4 MC Juneja, AA Malek 202* 4th Gujarat Kerala Indore 30 Mar 2013

 

SP Narine and SL Mallinga share the record for most four plus wicket hauls in T20 games

SP Narine and SL Mallinga share the record for most four plus wicket hauls in T20 games

 

SP Narine captured four for 19 representing Kolkata against Punjab at Kolkata on 09.05.15. It was his eleventh four wicket haul in T20 games and he now shares the record for most four wicket hauls in the history of T20 games with SL Malinga. He went past Umar Gul of Pakistan who has taken ten four wicket hauls in T20 games. The exploits of these three bowlers are furnished below

 

SL MALINGA
Inn O M R W Match Ground Date
1 4 0 22 4 Mumbai  v Punjab Mum-BS 30 Mar 2010
2 3.4 1 13 5 Mumbai  v Delhi Delhi 10 Apr 2011
3 4 0 20 4 Mumbai  v Somerset Chennai 08 Oct 2011
4 3 0 11 4 Nondescripts CC v Saracens Sports Club Col-Colts 30 Mar 2012
5 3.4 0 16 4 Mumbai  v Deccan Mum-WS 29 Apr 2012
6 4 1 21 4 Ruhuna Royals v Uthura Rudras Col-RPS 14 Aug 2012
7 4 0 31 5 Sri Lanka v England Pallekele 01 Oct 2012
8 4 0 32 5 Mumbai  v Chennai Johannesburg 20 Oct 2012
9 4 1 7 6 Melbourne Stars v Perth Scorchers Perth 12 Dec 2012
10 4 0 23 4 Mumbai  v Kolkata Abu Dhabi 16 Apr 2014
11 4 1 23 4 Mumbai  v Sunrisers Mum-WS 25 Apr 2015
SP NARINE
No O M R W Match Ground Date
1 2 0 9 4 Tri & Tob v Leeward Islands North Sound 11 Jan 2012
2 4 0 19 5 Kolkata v Punjab Kolkata 15 Apr 2012
3 3.1 0 15 4 Kolkata v Mumbai Mum-WS 16 May 2012
4 4 0 12 4 West Indies v New Zealand Lauderhill 01 Jul 2012
5 4 0 13 4 Kolkata v Delhi Kolkata 03 Apr 2013
6 4 0 22 4 Kolkata v Bangalore Ranchi 12 May 2013
7 4 1 9 4 Tri & Tob v Sunrisers Mohali 24 Sep 2013
8 4 0 20 4 Kolkata v Mumbai Abu Dhabi 16 Apr 2014
9 4 0 20 4 Kolkata v Bangalore Kolkata 22 May 2014
10 4 0 31 4 Kolkata v Perth Scorchers Hyd-RGS 24 Sep 2014
11 4 0 19 4 Kolkata v Punjab Kolkata 09 May 2015
UMAR GUL
No O M R W Match Ground Date
1 3.4 0 21 4 Peshawar Panthers v Hyderabad Hawks Lahore 25 Apr 2005
2 4 0 25 4 Pakistan v Scotland Durban 12 Sep 2007
3 4 0 23 4 Kolkata  v Kings XI Punjab Kolkata 25 May 2008
4 3 0 13 4 Pakistan v Sri Lanka King City 11 Oct 2008
5 3.2 0 15 4 Western Australia v South Australia Adelaide 28 Dec 2008
6 4 0 8 4 Pakistan v Australia Dubai-DSC 07 May 2009
7 3 0 6 5 Pakistan v New Zealand The Oval 13 Jun 2009
8 4 0 21 4 Islamabad Leopards v Abbottabad Falcons Lahore 03 Dec 2012
9 4 0 37 4 Pakistan v India Ahmedabad 28 Dec 2012
10 2.2 0 6 5 Pakistan v South Africa Centurion 03 Mar 2013

 

SP Narine captured four for 19 representing Kolkata against Punjab at Kolkata on 09.05.15. It was his seventh four wicket haul in IPL. SL Malinga is the other bowler to  capture four of  more wickets in IPL on five occasions in the history of IPL. The exploits of these two bowlers are furnished below

 

 

No No Player O M R W Team Opposition Ground Date
1 1 SP Narine 4.0 0 19 5 Kolkata Punjab Kolkata 15.04.12
  2 SP Narine 3.1 0 15 4 Kolkata Mumbai Mumbai 16.05.12
  3 SP Narine 4.0 0 13 4 Kolkata Delhi Kolkata 03.04.13
  4 SP Narine 4.0 0 22 4 Kolkata Bangalore Ranchi 12.05.13
  5 SP Narine 4.0 0 20 4 Kolkata Mumbai Abu Dhabi 16.04.14
  6 SP Narine 4.0 0 20 4 Kolkata Bangalore Kolkata 22.05.14
  7 SP Narine 4.0 0 19 4 Kolkata Punjab Kolkata 08.05.15
                     
2 1 SL Malinga 4.0 0 22 4 Mumbai Punjab Mum-BS 30.03.10
  2 SL Malinga 3.4 1 13 5 Mumbai Delhi Delhi 10.04.11
  3 SL Malinga 3.4 0 16 4 Mumbai Deccan Mumbai 29.04.12
  4 SL Malinga 4.0 0 23 4 Mumbai Kolkata Abu Dhabi 16.04.14
  5 SL Malinga 4.0 0 23 4 Mumbai Sunrisers Mum-WS 25.04.15

 

 

CH Gayle’s distinction in Twenty20 games

CH Gayle’s distinction in Twenty20 games

CH Gayle’s lone  boundary six in the game between Bangalore and Rajasthan at Bangalore  on 29.04.15 gave him the 500th boundary six in Twenty20 games and  with the the distinction of becoming the first ever batsman to score 500 boundary sixes in the history of Twenty20 games

His lone boundary four in this game gave him an aggregate of 569 boundary fours. He  is the only batsman in the history of Twenty20 games to score 500 boundary fours and 500 boundary sixes – an unique distinction for the master batsman from West Indies

Bowlers who have captured 200 plus wickets in Twenty20 games – SL Malinga’s distinction

Bowlers who have captured 200 plus wickets in Twenty20 games – SL Malinga’s distinction

SL Malinga became the first bowler in the history of T20 games to capture 275 wickets. His four wicket haul representing Mumbai against Sunrisers at Mum-WS on 23.04.15 saw him to this landmark. He is one of the eight bowler who have captured 200 plus wickets in T20 games. The following table lists the bowlers who have performed the feat.

No Player Mat Inns Overs M Runs Wkts BBI Ave 4 5
1 SL Malinga 208 203 753.5 12 5025 275 6/07 18.27 7 4
2 DP Nannes 215 211 770.4 09 5720 257 5/31 22.25 7 2
3 Yasir Arafat 197 195 681.0 08 5401 255 4/05 21.18 9 0
4 AC Thomas 214 203 721.2 15 5347 248 5/24 21.56 3 1
5 Azhar Mahmood 213 213 747.1 09 5670 241 5/24 23.52 2 1
6 DJ Bravo 235 221 710.3 01 5715 225 4/23 25.40 3 0
7 JA Morkel 268 243 730.5 07 5681 208 4/25 27.31 3 0
8 Saeed Ajmal 146 145 542.4 11 3396 207 4/14 16.40 7 0

Waiting in the wings to reach the 200 wicket mark in T20 games are SP Narine and KA Pollard. Both have an aggregate of 191 wickets and require nine more wickets to reach the landmark. The career performance of these two bowlers are furnished below

No Player Mat Inns Overs M Runs Wkts BBI Ave 4 5
1 SP Narine 149 146 568.1 12 3138 191 5/19 16.42 9 1
2 KA Pollard 273 211 554.5 01 4467 191 4/15 23.38 3 0

 

Batsmen who have scored 5000 plus runs in Twenty20 games – DR Smith is the new entrant to the elite list

Batsmen who have scored 5000 plus runs in Twenty20 games – DR Smith is the new entrant to the elite list

DR Smith’s run aggregate at the end of the game between Chennai and Punjab at Chennai on 24.04.15 read 5045 in T20 games. He completed 5000 runs when he was on 20 during his knock of 39 in the game between Chennai and Bangalore at Bangalore on 22.04.15. He became the ninth batsman in the history of IPL to score 5000 plus runs. The following table lists out all the batsmen who have accomplished the feat

No Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 4s 6s
1 CH Gayle 200 196 26 7184 175* 42.25 13 47 10 568 499
2 BJ Hodge 233 219 46 6363 106 36.78 2 42 11 638 198
3 DJ Hussey 248 236 46 5822 100* 30.64 1 31 14 400 230
4 BB McCullum 203 200 21 5802 158* 32.41 6 30 10 552 260
5 DA Warner 187 186 18 5586 135* 33.25 5 41 14 549 241
6 SK Raina 192 182 31 5295 109* 35.06 3 32 8 461 215
7 KA Pollard 273 243 73 5233 89* 30.78 0 27 10 344 348
8 OA Shah 213 200 48 5096 84 33.52 0 28 11 388 203
9 DR Smith 218 211 20 5045 110* 26.41 3 28 16 459 255

 

CH Gayle on the threshold of a new world record in the history of Twenty20 games

CH Gayle on the threshold of a new world record in the history of Twenty20 games

Chris Gayle is one boundary six shy of 500 boundary sixes in Twenty20 games. At the end of Bangalore-Delhi game at Delhi on 26.04.15, his aggregate of boundary sixes read a mammoth 499. If he scores one more boundary six, he  would then become the first batsman ever to score 500 boundary sixes in  the history of Twenty20 games.

If he gets one more boundary six, which would be his 500th boundary six in T20 games, he would be the proud owner of yet another world record. Having scored 568 boundary fours already, he would become the first batsman ever to score 500 boundary fours and 500 boundary sixes in the  history of Twenty20 games

Cricketers who have played 200 plus Twenty20 games

Cricketers who have played 200 plus Twenty20 games

CH Gayle became the sixteenth cricketer to play 200 games in the history of T20 games. The game between Bangalore and Delhi at Delhi on 26.04.15 was his 200th T20 game. The careers of these sixteen cricketers are furnished below.

 

No Player Mat Runs HS Ave 100 Wkts BBI Ave 5 Ct St
1 KA Pollard 273 5233 89* 30.78 0 191 4/15 23.38 0 155 0
2 JA Morkel 268 3483 73* 25.23 0 208 4/25 27.31 0 53 0
3 DJ Hussey 248 5822 100* 30.64 1 67 3/25 26.61 0 121 0
4 RN ten Doeschate 242 4934 121* 29.90 2 94 4/24 26.32 0 88 0
5 DJ Bravo 235 3844 70* 26.88 0 225 4/23 25.40 0 122 0
6 BJ Hodge 233 6363 106 36.78 2 63 4/13 22.57 0 91 0
7 DR Smith 218 5045 110* 26.41 3 88 4/9 25.96 0 95 0
8 DP Nannes 215 66 12* 8.25 0 257 5/31 22.25 2 34 0
9 AC Thomas 214 407 30* 11.97 0 248 5/24 21.56 1 64 0
10 LJ Wright 214 4724 153* 26.68 4 79 3/17 32.44 0 70 0
11 Azhar Mahmood 213 3922 106* 25.63 2 241 5/24 23.52 1 40 0
12 OA Shah 213 5096 84 33.52 0 5 2/26 15.60 0 70 0
13 SL Malinga 208 285 37* 6.95 0 275 6/7 18.27 4 39 0
14 BB McCullum 203 5802 158* 32.41 6 – – – – 91 14
15 SB Styris 201 4020 106* 25.76 2 125 3/5 29.09 0 47 0
16 CH Gayle 200 7184 175* 42.25 13 72 4/22 30.44 0 51 0

 

It is interesting to note that the following cricketers who have played 200 plus T20 games are participating in the ongoing edition of IPL 2015.  CH  Gayle became the second cricketer to appear in 200 plus games in the ongoing IPL 2015 after BB McCullum,

 

No Player Mat Runs HS Ave 100 Wkts BBI Ave 5 Ct St
1 KA Pollard 273 5233 89* 30.78 0 191 4/15 23.38 0 155 0
2 JA Morkel 268 3483 73* 25.23 0 208 4/25 27.31 0 53 0
3 RN ten Doeschate 242 4934 121* 29.90 2 94 4/24 26.32 0 88 0
4 DJ Bravo 235 3844 70* 26.88 0 225 4/23 25.40 0 122 0
5 DR Smith 218 5045 110* 26.41 3 88 4/9 25.96 0 95 0
6 SL Malinga 208 285 37* 6.95 0 275 6/7 18.27 4 39 0
7 BB McCullum 203 5802 158* 32.41 6 – – – – 91 14
8 CH Gayle 200 7184 175* 42.25 13 72 4/22 30.44 0 51 0

 

SL Malinga’s distinction – owns the record for most four wicket hauls in the history of Twenty20 games

SL Malinga’s distinction – owns the record for most four wicket hauls in the history of Twenty20 games

SL Malinga captured four for 23 representing Mumbai against Sunrisers  at Mum-WS on 25.04.15. It was his eleventh four wicket haul in T20 games and he now owns the record for most four wicket hauls in the history of T20 games. He went past  Umar Gul of Pakistan and SP Narine of West Indies who also have taken ten four wicket hauls in T20 games. The exploits of these three  bowlers are furnished below

 

SL MALINGA
No O M R W Match Ground Date
1 4 0 22 4 Mumbai  v Punjab Mum-BS 30 Mar 2010
2 3.4 1 13 5 Mumbai  v Delhi Delhi 10 Apr 2011
3 4 0 20 4 Mumbai  v Somerset Chennai 08 Oct 2011
4 3 0 11 4 Nondescripts CC v Saracens Sports Club Col-Colts 30 Mar 2012
5 3.4 0 16 4 Mumbai  v Deccan Mum-WS 29 Apr 2012
6 4 1 21 4 Ruhuna Royals v Uthura Rudras Col-RPS 14 Aug 2012
7 4 0 31 5 Sri Lanka v England Pallekele 01 Oct 2012
8 4 0 32 5 Mumbai  v Chennai Johannesburg 20 Oct 2012
9 4 1 7 6 Melbourne Stars v Perth Scorchers Perth 12 Dec 2012
10 4 0 23 4 Mumbai  v Kolkata Abu Dhabi 16 Apr 2014
11 4 1 23 4 Mumbai  v Sunrisers Mum-WS 25 Apr 2015
UMAR GUL
No O M R W Match Ground Date
1 3.4 0 21 4 Peshawar Panthers v Hyderabad Hawks Lahore 25 Apr 2005
2 4 0 25 4 Pakistan v Scotland Durban 12 Sep 2007
3 4 0 23 4 Kolkata  v Kings XI Punjab Kolkata 25 May 2008
4 3 0 13 4 Pakistan v Sri Lanka King City 11 Oct 2008
5 3.2 0 15 4 Western Australia v South Australia Adelaide 28 Dec 2008
6 4 0 8 4 Pakistan v Australia Dubai-DSC 07 May 2009
7 3 0 6 5 Pakistan v New Zealand The Oval 13 Jun 2009
8 4 0 21 4 Islamabad Leopards v Abbottabad Falcons Lahore 03 Dec 2012
9 4 0 37 4 Pakistan v India Ahmedabad 28 Dec 2012
10 2.2 0 6 5 Pakistan v South Africa Centurion 03 Mar 2013
SP NARINE
No O M R W Match Ground Date
1 2 0 9 4 Tri & Tob v Leeward Islands North Sound 11 Jan 2012
2 4 0 19 5 Kolkata v Kings XI Punjab Kolkata 15 Apr 2012
3 3.1 0 15 4 Kolkata v Mumbai Mum-WS 16 May 2012
4 4 0 12 4 West Indies v New Zealand Lauderhill 01 Jul 2012
5 4 0 13 4 Kolkata v Delhi Kolkata 03 Apr 2013
6 4 0 22 4 Kolkata v Bangalore Ranchi 12 May 2013
7 4 1 9 4 Tri & Tob v Sunrisers Mohali 24 Sep 2013
8 4 0 20 4 Kolkata v Mumbai Abu Dhabi 16 Apr 2014
9 4 0 20 4 Kolkata v Bangalore Kolkata 22 May 2014
10 4 0 31 4 Kolkata v Perth Scorchers Hyd-RGS 24 Sep 2014

 

CH Gayle reaches a new high in T20 games

CH Gayle reaches a new high in T20 games

He has an aggregate of 6975 runs in T20 games prior to the start of IPL 2015 . He needed 25 more runs for his 7000 runs. He reached the 7000 run mark when he was on 25 during his  knock of 96 against Kolkata at Kolkata on 11.04.15.  At the end of Bangalore’s second game against Sunrisers at Bangalore on 13.04.15, his run aggregate read a mammoth 7092. He became the first batman  in the annals of T20 games to total 7000 runs.

He has scored 494 boundary sixes in T20 games as on 13.04.15.  He needs six more boundary sixes to have an aggregate of 500 boundary sixes. If he scores these, he would then become the first batsman in the annals of T20 games to score 500 boundary sixes

He has an aggregate of 559 boundary fours and If he gets 500 boundary sixes, he would earn the distinction of becoming the first batsman in the annals of T20 games to score 500 boundary fours and 500 boundary sixes

 

His 96 against Kolkata at Kolkata on 11.04.15 was his 46th half century in T20 games prior to the start of IPL 2015. He needs four more half centuries for his 50th half centuries  in T20 games. If he gets them, he would then become the first batsman in the history of T20 game to score 50 half centuries.

 

 

 

Chris Gayle – Records waiting in Twenty20 games and IPL

Chris Gayle – Records waiting in Twenty20 games and IPL

He has an aggregate of 6975 runs in T20 games prior to the start of IPL 2015 . He needs 25 more runs for his 7000 runs.  If he gets these runs,  he would become the first batman  in the annals of T20 games to total 7000 runs.

He has scored 486 boundary sixes in T20 games prior to the start of IPL 2015. He needs 14 more sixes to have an aggregate of 500 boundary sixes. If he scores these, he would then become the first batsman in the annals of T20 games to score 500 boundary sixes

He has an aggregate of 549 boundary fours and If he gets 500 boundary sixes, he would  earn the distinction of becoming the first batsman in the annals of T20 games to score 500 boundary fours and 500 boundary sixes

He has scored 192 boundary sixes in IPL prior to the start of IPL 2015. He needs eight more boundary sixes to have an aggregate of 200 boundary sixes in IPL. If he scores these, he would then become the first batsman in IPL history to score 200 boundary sixes

He  has scored 45 half centuries in T20 games prior to the start of IPL 2015. He needs five more  half centuries for his 50 half centuries  in T20 games. If he gets them, he would then become the first batsman in the history of T20 game to score 50 half centuries.