Approaching milestones ahead of India-South Africa Twenty20 International five match series

Approaching milestones ahead of India-South Africa Twenty20 International five match series

KL Rahul will become the eighth captain to lead India in T20I when he leads India in T20 game against South Africa at Delhi on 09 Jun 2022. Others who have led India in T20Is are –

NoPlayerSpanMat
1V Sehwag2006-200601
2MS Dhoni2007-201672
3SK Raina2010-201103
4AM Rahane2015-201502
5V Kohli2017-202150
6RG Sharma2017-202228
7S Dhawan2021-202103

KL Rahul will become the 273rd captain to lead a team in the history of T20Is when he leads India in T20 game against South Africa at Delhi on 09 Jun 2022.

KL Rahul will become the fourth captain to lead India in T20I at home when he leads India in T20 game against South Africa at Delhi on 09 Jun 2022. Others who have led India at home in T20Is are –

NoPlayerSpanMat
1MS Dhoni2007-201620
2V Kohli2017-202123
3RG Sharma2017-202218

KL Rahul will become the 140th captain to lead a team on home soil in the history of T20Is when he leads India in T20 game against South Africa at Delhi on 09 Jun 2022.

KL Rahul will become the fifth captain to lead India against South Africa in T20I when he leads India in T20 game against South Africa at Delhi on 09 Jun 2022. Others who have led India against South Africa in T20Is are –

NoPlayerSpanMat
1V Sehwag2006-200601
2MS Dhoni2007-201609
3V Kohli2017-202104
4RG Sharma2017-202201

KL Rahul will become the 46th captain to lead a team against South Africa in T20I when he leads India in T20 game against South Africa at Delhi on 09 Jun 2022.

T Bavuma will become the seventh captain to lead South Africa against India in T20I when he leads South Africa against India at Delhi on 09 Jun 2022

NoPlayerSpanMat
1GC Smith2006-201004
2J Botha2011-201202
3AB de Villiers2012-201201
4F du Plessis2014-201503
5JP Duminy2018-201803
6Q de Kock2019-201902

KL Rahul has scored 18 fifties in T20Is and requires two more fifties for his 20 fifties. If he gets them, then he would become the seventh batsman in the history of T20Is to score 20 plus fifties.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHS50+
1V KohliInd978925329694*30
2RG SharmaInd12511715331311830
3Babar AzamPak746910268612227
4MJ GuptillNZl1121087329910522
5DA WarnerAua8888102554100*22
6PR StirlingIre10210182776115*21
7KL RahulInd565271831110*18

KL Rahul has scored 18 fifties in T20Is and requires two more fifties for his 20 fifties. If he gets them, then he would become the third Indian batsman in the history of T20Is to score 20 plus fifties.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHS50+
1V KohliInd978925329694*30
2RG SharmaInd12511715331311830
3KL RahulInd565271831110*18

KL Rahul has an aggregate of 1831 runs prior to the start of the series and requires 169 for his 2000 runs. If he gets them, then he would become the third Indian batsman to score 2000 plus runs in T20Is.  Others are – RG Sharma {3313} and V Kohli {3296}

KL Rahul has an aggregate of 1831 runs prior to the start of the series and requires 169 for his 2000 runs. If he gets them, then he would become the 16th batsman to score 2000 plus runs in the history of T20Is.  The following table lists the 15 batsmen who have achieved the feat.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHS
1RG SharmaInd125117153313118
2MJ GuptillNZl11210873299105
3V KohliInd978925329694*
4PR StirlingIre10210182776115*
5AJ FinchAus8989102741172
6Babar AzamPak7469102686122
7DA WarnerAus8888102554100*
8Mohd HafeezPak11910813251499*
9EJG MorganEng11510721245891
10Shoaib MalikPak12411133243575
11JC ButtlerEng8880182140101*
12BB McCullumNZl7170102140123
13KS WilliamsonNZl747210202195
14Mohd ShahzadAfg707032015118*
15MahmudullahBan11510723200264*

B Kumar has an aggregate of 58 wickets in T20Is and two more wickets would fetch him 60 wickets. He would then become the fourth Indian bowler to capture 60 plus wickets in T20Is. Others are – YS Chahal [68}, JJ Bumrah {67} and R Ashwin {61}.

YS Chahal has an aggregate of 68 wickets in T20Is prior to the start of the series. He needs two more wickets for his 70 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the first Indian bowler to capture 70 wickets in T20Is.

YS Chahal has an aggregate of 68 wickets in T20Is prior to the start of the series. He needs two more wickets for his 70 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the 18th bowler to capture 70 wickets in the history of T20Is.

Q de Kock has an aggregate of 1827 runs prior to the start of the series and requires to 108 more runs to surpass JP Duminy’s aggregate of 1935 runs. If he gets them, Q de Kock would become South Africa’s highest run getter in T20Is.

Q de Kock has an aggregate of 65 boundary sixes prior to the start of the series and requires to five more boundary sixes for his 70 boundary sixes. If he scores them, he would then become the third South African batsman to score 70 plus boundary sixes. Others are – DA Miller {77} and JP Duminy {71}

Mohd Shahzad of Afghanistan owns the record for most boundary sixes and most boundary fours by a wicketkeeper opening batsman in T20Is. He has scored 188 boundary fours and 68 boundary sixes. Q de Kock can own this record if he scores three boundary fours and four boundary sixes. Q de Kock has scored 184 boundary fours and 65 boundary sixes prior to the start of the tour.

Q de Kock has scored eleven half centuries in T20Is prior to the start of the tour as a wicket keeper opening batsman. He requires one more half century to equal the record of 12 half centuries and two more half centuries to surpass the record of 12 half centuries held by Mohd Rizwan of Pakistan as a wicket keeper opening batsman.

JC Buttler’s heroics in IPL 2022

JC Buttler’s heroics in IPL 2022

JC Buttler of Rajasthan has an aggregate of 824 runs in IPL 2022 as on 27.05.22. He became the third batsman in the history of IPL to amass 800 plus runs in an edition of IPL after V Kohli {973} and DA Warner {848}. The following table lists these three batsmen.

JC Buttler requires 25 more runs to occupy the second position in the list of batsmen who have scored most run in an edition of IPL. 25 more runs would fetch JC Buttler an aggregate of 849 runs with which he would unseat DA Warner who had scored 848 runs in 2016 representing Sunrisers.

NoPlayerTeamEdnMatInnsNORuns
1V KohliBangalore201616164973
2DA WarnerSunrisers201617173848
3JC ButtlerRajasthan202216162824

JC Buttler requires 76 more runs in this edition which would fetch him 900 runs. If he gets them, then he would become the second batsman in the history of  IPL to aggregate 900 plus runs in an edition of IPL. V Kohli is the other batsman who has an aggregate of 973 runs. JC Buttler will play one more game in IPL 2022. Rajasthan plays Titans in the final of IPL 2022 at Ahmedabad on 29.05.22

Victories without losing a wicket in Indian Premier League

Victories without losing a wicket in Indian Premier League

Indian Premier League has witnessed 15 occasions of a team winning a game without losing a wicket or by ten wickets.  All such occasions are tabulated below

NoWinnerMarginOppositionGroundDate
1Deccan10 wktsMumbaiMumbai27.04.08
2Delhi10 wktsPunjabCapeTown19.04.09
3Bangalore10 wktsRajasthanBangalore18.03.10
4Rajasthan10 wktsMumbaiMumbai20.05.11
5Mumbai10 wktsRajasthanJaipur20.05.12
6Chennai10 wktsPunjabMohali10.04.13
7Bangalore10 wktsDelhiDelhi26.04.15
8Sunrisers10 wktsGujaratRajkot21.04.16
9Kolkata10 wktsGujaratRajkit07.04.17
10Punjab10 wktsDelhiMohali30.04.17
11Bangalore10 wktsPunjabIndore14.05.18
12Chennai10 wktsPunjabDubDSC03.10.20
13Mumbai10 wktsChennaiSharjah24.10.20
14Sunrisers10 wktsMumbaiSharjah03.11.20
15Bangalore10 wktsRajasthanMumbai22.04.21

Bangalore {04}, Chennai {02}, Mumbai {02} and Sunrisers {02} are the four teams which have won the game without losing a wicket on two or more occasions.

NoWinnerMarginOppositionGroundDate
1Bangalore10 wktsRajasthanBangalore18.03.10
2Bangalore10 wktsDelhiDelhi26.04.15
3Bangalore10 wktsPunjabIndore14.05.18
4Bangalore10 wktsRajasthanMumbai22.04.21
      
1Chennai10 wktsPunjabMohali10.04.13
2Chennai10 wktsPunjabDubDSC03.10.20
      
1Mumbai10 wktsRajasthanJaipur20.05.12
2Mumbai10 wktsChennaiSharjah24.10.20
      
1Sunrisers10 wktsGujaratRajkot21.04.16
2Sunrisers10 wktsMumbaiSharjah03.11.20
Winners in previous fourteen editions of Indian Premier League

Winners in previous fourteen editions of Indian Premier League

The IPL 2022 final has been slated for 29 May 2022. The finalists are Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals. These two teams clash for the title at Ahmedabad  on 29.05.22. Here are two tables showing the winners of each edition an also the winners , runners, margin of victory, venue and date

NoSeries/TournamentSeasonWinner
1 in India2008Rajasthan
2 in South Africa2009Deccan
3 in India2010Chennai
4 in India2011Chennai
5 in India2012Kolkata
6 in India2013Mumbai
7 in UAE and in India2014Kolkata
8 in India2015Mumbai
9 in India2016Sunrisers
10 in India2017Mumbai
11 in India2018Chennai
12 in India2019Mumbai
13 in UAE2020Mumbai
14 in India and in UAE2021Chennai
NoSeasonWinner Runners Margin Ground Date
12008Rajasthan Chennai 03 wkts Mumbai 01.06.08
22009Deccan Bangalore 06 runs Jo’burg 24.05.09
32010Chennai Mumbai 22 runs Mumbai 25.04.10
42011Chennai Bangalore 58 runs Chennai 28.05.11
52012Kolkata Chennai 05 wkts Chennai 27.05.12
62013Mumbai Chennai 23 runs Kolkata 26.05.13
72014Kolkata Punjab 03 wkts Bangalore 01.06.14
82015Mumbai Chennai 41 runs Kolkata 24.05.15
92016Sunrisers Bangalore 08 runs Bangalore 29.05.16
102017Mumbai Ris Pune 01 run Hyd-RGS 21.05.17
112018Chennai Sunrisers 08 wkts Mumbai 27.05.18
122019Mumbai Chennai 01 run Hyd-RGS 12.05.19
132020Mumbai Delhi 05 wkts Dub-DSC 10.11.20
142021Chennai Kolkata 27 runs Dub-DSC 15.10.21
JC Buttler’s feat in Indian Premier League

JC Buttler’s feat in Indian Premier League

JC Buttler’s 106 not out for Rajasthan against Bangalore at Ahmedabad on 27.05.22 represents his fifth century in IPL. He became the third batsman in the history of IPL to score five or more centuries. Others are – CH Gayle {06} and V Kohli {05}. The following table lists the centuries scored by these three batsmen.

NoPlayerRunsTeamOppositionGroundDate
1CH Gayle175*BangalorePuneBangalore23.04.13
2CH Gayle128*BangaloreDelhiDelhi17.05.12
3CH Gayle107BangalorePunjabBangalore06.05.11
4CH Gayle102*BangaloreKolkataKolkata22.04.11
5CH Gayle117BangalorePunjabBangalore06.05.15
6CH Gayle104*PunjabSunrisersMohali19.04.18
       
1V Kohli100*BangaloreGujaratRajkot24.04.16
2V Kohli108*BangaloreRis PuneBangalore07.05.16
3V Kohli109BangaloreGujaratBangalore14.05.16
4V Kohli113BangalorePunjabBangalore18.05.16
5V Kohli100BangaloreKolkataKolkata19.04.19
       
1JC Buttler124RajasthanSunrisersAhmedabad02.05.21
2JC Buttler100RajasthanMumbaiMum-DYP02.04.22
3JC Buttler103RajasthanKolkataMum-BS18.04.22
4JC Buttler116RajasthanDelhiMum-WS22.04.22
5JC Buttler106*RajasthanBangaloreAhmedabad27.05.22

JC Buttler’s 106 not out for Rajasthan against Bangalore at Ahmedabad on 27.05.22 represents his fifth century in IPL. He became the third batsman in the history of IPL to score five centuries representing a single team. Others are – CH Gayle {05} representing Bangalore and V Kohli {05} representing Bangalore. The following table lists the centuries scored by these three batsmen.

NoPlayerRunsTeamOppositionGroundDate
1CH Gayle175*BangalorePuneBangalore23.04.13
2CH Gayle128*BangaloreDelhiDelhi17.05.12
3CH Gayle107BangalorePunjabBangalore06.05.11
4CH Gayle102*BangaloreKolkataKolkata22.04.11
5CH Gayle117BangalorePunjabBangalore06.05.15
       
1V Kohli100*BangaloreGujaratRajkot24.04.16
2V Kohli108*BangaloreRis PuneBangalore07.05.16
3V Kohli109BangaloreGujaratBangalore14.05.16
4V Kohli113BangalorePunjabBangalore18.05.16
5V Kohli100BangaloreKolkataKolkata19.04.19
       
1JC Buttler124RajasthanSunrisersAhmedabad02.05.21
2JC Buttler100RajasthanMumbaiMum-DYP02.04.22
3JC Buttler103RajasthanKolkataMum-BS18.04.22
4JC Buttler116RajasthanDelhiMum-WS22.04.22
5JC Buttler106*RajasthanBangaloreAhmedabad27.05.22

JC Buttler’s 106 not out for Rajasthan against Bangalore at Ahmedabad on 27.05.22 represents his fourth century in IPL 2022. He became the second batsman in the history of IPL to score four centuries a single edition. Other batsman to achieve such a feat is V Kohli of Bangalore. V Kohli had scored four centuries in 2016 edition. The following table lists the centuries scored by these two batsmen.

NoPlayerRunsTeamOppositionGroundDate
1V Kohli100*BangaloreGujaratRajkot24.04.16
2V Kohli108*BangaloreRis PuneBangalore07.05.16
3V Kohli109BangaloreGujaratBangalore14.05.16
4V Kohli113BangalorePunjabBangalore18.05.16
       
1JC Buttler100RajasthanMumbaiMum-DYP02.04.22
2JC Buttler103RajasthanKolkataMum-BS18.04.22
3JC Buttler116RajasthanDelhiMum-WS22.04.22
4JC Buttler106*RajasthanBangaloreAhmedabad27.05.22
JC Buttler scores his sixth century in T20 games

JC Buttler scores his sixth century in T20 games

JC Buttler’s 106 not out for Rajasthan against Bangalore at Ahmedabad on 27.05.22 was his sixth century in T20 games. He became the eleventh batsman in the history of T20 games to score six or more centuries. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerMatInnsNORunsHSC
1CH Gayle4634555314562175*22
2M Klinger206198255960126*8
3DA Warner3253244210740135*8
4AJ Finch35334733105851728
5LJ Wright337313288381153*7
6BB McCullum370364339922158*7
7KL Rahul187174306358132*6
8Babar Azam2192103678801226
9SR Watson343335348821124*6
10RG Sharma38437147101631186
11JC Buttler3142925281591246

JC Buttler’s 106 not out for Rajasthan against Bangalore at Ahmedabad on 27.05.22 fetched him an aggregate of 8159 runs in T20 games. He became the eighh batsman in the history of T20 games to score 8000 plus runs coupled with six or more centuries. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerMatInnsNORunsHSC
1CH Gayle4634555314562175*22
2DA Warner3253244210740135*8
3AJ Finch35334733105851728
4RG Sharma38437147101631186
5BB McCullum370364339922158*7
6SR Watson343335348821124*6
7LJ Wright337313288381153*7
8JC Buttler3142925281591246
Batsmen scoring 500 plus runs in five or more editions of Indian Premier League

Batsmen scoring 500 plus runs in five or more editions of Indian Premier League

KL Rahul aggregated 618 runs in IPL 2022 representing Lucknow. It provides the fifth occasion of his totaling 500 plus runs in IPL. He became the fourth batsman in the history of IPL to aggregate 500 plus runs in five or more editions. Others are V Kohli {05}, S Dhawan {05} and DA Warner {06}

The following table lists the performance of these four batsmen

NoNoPlayerMatINORunsHSTeamEdn
11V Kohli16164973113Bangalore 2016
 2V Kohli1616263499Bangalore 2013
 3V Kohli1616455771Bangalore 2011
 4V Kohli1414353092*Bangalore2018
 5V Kohli1616550582*Bangalore 2015
 
21S Dhawan17173618106*Delhi2020
 2S Dhawan1616158792Delhi2021
 3S Dhawan1515156984Deccan  2012
 4S Dhawan1616152197*Delhi2019
 5S Dhawan1717450182*Sunrisers  2016
 
31KL Rahul14142670132*Punjab2020
 2KL Rahul1414265995*Punjab2018
 3KL Rahul1313362698*Punjab2021
 4KL Rahul14143593100*Punjab2019
 5KL Rahul15153616103*Lucknow2022
 
41DA Warner1717384893*Sunrisers  2016
 2DA Warner12122692100*Sunrisers2019
 3DA Warner14143641126Sunrisers  2017
 4DA Warner1414156291Sunrisers  2015
 5DA Warner1414352890Sunrisers  2014
 6DA Warner1616254885*Sunrisers2020
KL Rahul achieves a unique feat in IPL by scoring 500 plus in five consecutive editions.

KL Rahul achieves a unique feat in IPL by scoring 500 plus in five consecutive editions.

KL Rahul achieved a unique feat in IPL by scoring 500 plus in five consecutive editions. He went past DA Warner who had scored 500 plus runs in four consecutive editions. KL Rahul aggregated 618 runs in IPL 2022. The following table lists the performance of these two batsman

NoPlayerMatINORunsHSTeamEdn
1DA Warner1414352890Sunrisers  2014
2DA Warner1414156291Sunrisers  2015
3DA Warner1717384893*Sunrisers  2016
4DA Warner14143641126Sunrisers  2017
         
1KL Rahul1414265995*Punjab2018
2KL Rahul14143593100*Punjab2019
3KL Rahul14142670132*Punjab2020
4KL Rahul1313362698*Punjab2021
5KL Rahul15153616103*Lucknow2022
Batsmen dismissed run out for a duck after facing 20 plus deliveries in a test innings.

Batsmen dismissed run out for a duck after facing 20 plus deliveries in a test innings.

Ebadot Hossain of Bangladesh was dismissed run out for a duck after he had faced 20 deliveries against Sri Lanka in the ongoing test at Mirpur to provide the fourth occasion of a batsman dismissed run out for a duck after facing 20 plus deliveries in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

NoPlayerRBFITeamOppGroundMon/Year
1IM Chappell0221AusIndSydneyJan 1968
2HH Gibbs0224SAFNZlWellingtonMar 1999
3KD Ghavri0211IndAusMelbourneFeb 1981
4Ebadot Hossain0201BanSrkMirpurMay 2022
Batsmen scoring 700 plus runs in an IPL edition

Batsmen scoring 700 plus runs in an IPL edition

JC Buttler of Rajasthan scored 89 in the qualifier no one of IPL 2022 against Titans on 24.05.22 which fetched him an aggregate of 718 runs in IPL 2022. He became the first batsman to aggregate 700 plus runs in IPL 2022 and also became the first Rajasthan batsman to total 700 plus runs in IPL edtion. His feat of scoring 700 plus rus provides the seventh occasion of a batsman totaling 700 plus runs in an IPL edition.  All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerTeamSeasonMatInnsNORuns
1V KohliBangalore201616164973
2DA Warner`Sunrisers201617173848
3KS WilliamsonSunrisers201817173735
4CH GayleBangalore201215142733
5MEK HusseyChennai201317173733
6JC ButtlerRajasthan202215*151718
7CH GayleBangalore201316164708